Trash of the Count’s Family - Chapter 566

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From the moment Kale Heniatus considered that this Trial Location might actually be the real world.
He made a decision.

‘What if this is another reality, and I must leave this place and return?’

The answer was singular.

‘I will teach them.’

I will show the people of this place the way.

The original twenty-year-old Kim Rok-soo believed himself to be nothing special.
But as I passed through twenty-five, thirty, and thirty-five, I gradually became a decent human being.

I had grown.
If I have grown, and now these people who should have died survive and grow instead?

‘They will all surpass me.’

The mere thought of it made me smile.
It was what Kale Heniatus had always desired.

And so he began his first lesson.

“Kiiiii-Kikiiiiii!”

Kale Heniatus rushed forward at even greater speed toward the three-meter skeletal mummy monster charging at me.

In that instant, Jang Man-su barely crawled forward and gripped the rooftop railing, peering through the gap to see outside.

He could see the wind enveloping Kale Heniatus and the crimson-golden light blooming in his hand.
But Jang Man-su cried out.

“Rok-soo! Get away!”

He saw a black beast charging toward Kale Heniatus.
A black serpent wolf.
Jang Man-su had witnessed people being devoured by that black wolf covered in serpent scales.
He had also heard that a Shelter resident who had greeted him before heading out to hunt had been killed by that creature’s claws.

It was terror incarnate, a living nightmare.
Compared to that house-sized serpent wolf, Kim Rok-soo appeared impossibly fragile and small.

“Roooaaarrr!”

The black serpent wolf lunged from Kale Heniatus’s right, its jaws gaping wide as it descended upon him.
Jang Man-su’s eyes widened, and his hands trembled against the railing.

No.
Kim Rok-soo could not die.

“Rok-soo–!”
Boom!

Jang Man-su’s cry and a deafening explosion erupted simultaneously.
Thick dust billowed upward.
But the dust quickly settled.
Jang Man-su found his mouth falling open without thought.

“…A shield?”

A silver shield, its wings spread wide, stood firm against the black wolf.

“…Insane. How many powers does that bastard have?”

Park Jin-tae’s murmur reached his ears, but Jang Man-su could say nothing.
It was small compared to his own shield.
Barely large enough to block the black wolf’s face and front claws.

Yet its purpose was different.
That was what Jang Man-su felt.

For Kim Rok-soo, the shield was not meant to block enemies, but to forge a straight path forward.

Jang Man-su’s eyes met Kale Heniatus’s beyond the shield.
It might have been a misunderstanding, but it felt as though he was being looked at directly.

It was as if Kale Heniatus was demonstrating how to use a shield this way to protect an ally during combat.
As if he were showing an example.

“…Is it just my imagination?”
“Imagination, my foot!”

Jang Man-su’s gaze shifted toward Park Jin-tae. But Park Jin-tae wasn’t looking at him. Instead, he opened his mouth.

“Look at what Jang Man-su just did—that’s how he used the shield, right? Can’t you see it clearly?”

Park Jin-tae fell silent for a moment.
His eyes remained fixed on the golden light emanating from Kale Heniatus’s hand.

“That crazy bastard.”

Park Jin-tae realized that the oppressive aura flowing from Kale Heniatus had vanished.
Yet his palms were still slick with sweat.

“Kiiiiee!”

Kale Heniatus, who had been staring at Jang Man-su, took another step forward.
Crack—
Fine fractures spread across the shield.

After all, it was an indestructible shield that was barely half intact.

“…And I can’t overextend myself.”

Kale Heniatus wasn’t using all of his power.
What mattered now was efficiency.

Whoosh—
Before the shield could shatter completely, Kale Heniatus rode the wind and launched himself forward.

“Roaaaagh!”

The wolf’s howl pierced Kale Heniatus’s ears.
At that moment, a figure descended onto the rooftop.

“Huff, huff! I’ve arrived!”

It was Bae Pureun.
Kim Min-ah approached Bae Pureun. More precisely, she approached her older brother, who was being carried on his back.

“Oppa!”
“Kim Min-jun.”

At the same time, Choi Han also approached Kim Min-jun and met his gaze.
Kim Min-ah hesitated and took a step back. She had caught sight of Grandmother Kim standing behind Choi Han.

“I’ll begin.”

Grandmother Kim placed her hand directly on Kim Min-jun’s festering wound.
Brilliant light enveloped his injury.

Then, a sharp sound pierced the air.

“Kiii!”

A bandage-wrapped skeleton swung both arms toward Kale Heniatus.
Whoosh—
In an instant, the bandages on both arms transformed into razor-sharp whips, descending upon Kale Heniatus as if to cleave him in two.
The movements were dazzling.
There were no openings. Or rather, even if there were, they lasted only a few fleeting seconds. The bandage whips lashed out in all directions, striking down toward Kale Heniatus.

Park Jin-tae bit his lip.

“…That damned bandage—”

Park Jin-tae’s face twisted, remembering how he had barely escaped this monster alive.
In that instant, Choi Han’s voice rang out.

“Three steps to the left.”
“…What are you—”

Park Jin-tae’s eyes widened.
Kale Heniatus quickly took three steps to the left.

“The blind spot of the dual-arm bandage attack.”

In an instant, everyone’s gaze turned toward Choi Han.

“Look at Kim Rok-soo. I am merely reciting what he told me.”

At the same time, Lee Chul-min’s voice rang out.

“Incredible! It really is a blind spot!”

Park Jin-tae’s eyes widened as his gaze immediately shifted to Kale Heniatus.

‘Just as Choi Han said—no, just as Kim Rok-soo said!’

Three steps to the left.
A space where the bandage whip could not reach had appeared.

“Five steps forward.”

Kale Heniatus quickly took five steps forward. He murmured as if recalling what he had told Choi Han.
At that moment, Choi Han continued his words.

“The bandage monster raises its left arm.”
“The bandage monster raises its left arm.”

A pattern.
The unchanging pattern possessed by monsters of rank 1 and below.

Kale Heniatus saw the bandage monster’s left arm rise.

“First weakness. The left armpit.”

The moment the bandage monster raised its left arm, Kale Heniatus could see a crimson stone embedded where the armpit should be.

“Aim.”

Park Jin-tae heard Choi Han’s voice, but it sounded just like Kim Rok-soo’s.
No, that wasn’t right.
It was Kim Rok-soo’s voice.
Kim Rok-soo’s intent, transmitted through Choi Han.

Choi Han spoke.

“Fire.”

Park Jin-tae saw a golden gleam shoot toward his left armpit the instant the bandaged monster raised its arm—like a bullet from a gun.
It was exactly like a gun.
Park Jin-tae instinctively drew his own gun from his holster.

“First weak point destroyed.”
“Kiiiiiii-!”

The monster’s shriek and Choi Han’s voice rang out simultaneously.
Even in that moment, Park Jin-tae’s eyes remained fixed on Kale.

“Kii, kiiii!”

The monster’s gaze, burning with agony, turned toward Kale.
Sharp spines erupted from the bone concealed beneath the bandages, lashing toward Kale.

But Kale was no longer there.

“Move between the legs.”

Kale’s body was already sliding between the skeletal legs.
Park Jin-tae felt a chill run down his spine at such audacious movement.

Who would dare slip between the legs of a Grade 1 monster?
One that was lashing bandage whips in all directions, no less.

‘But Kim Rok-soo pulled it off!’

Sliding on his back between the legs, Kale raised both hands.

“Second weak point.”

I dispatch it swiftly.

“Inside the right thighbone.”

Crack, crackle!
Two streaks of Destructive Fire strike with precision directly at the location of the thighbone.

“Detonate!”

Boom!
The Destructive Fire erupts. Simultaneously, the skeletal monster’s shriek reverberates across the surroundings.

“Kiiieee—!”

The eyes within the skull glow crimson.

“Entering berserk phase.”

It was a characteristic of the skeletal monster.
Once the second weak point is exploited, it immediately enters the berserk phase, and its power doubles.
That’s what made it so terrifying.

“If you don’t know, then you’re in trouble.”

But if you do know?

“It becomes quite simple.”

The skeletal monster turns around.
Kale laughs in that moment.

He can clearly see Park Jin-tae watching him from atop the rooftop.

“He’s watching carefully.”

Kale swiftly shifts his body to the right at that instant.
Choi Han speaks.

“The black serpent wolf’s second attack.”

A black wolf on the right leaped over the skull and lunged toward Kale Heniatus.

“Target the ankle.”

Fire.
The fourth Destructive Fire pierced through the black wolf’s right ankle.

Serpentine skin.
But its weakness was fire.

“Krraaaaaaah!”

The wolf howled, its body tilting to one side.
Choi Han spoke.

“Jump.”

Kale Heniatus kicked off the ground. His body soared upward, treading on the wolf’s head.
In that instant, our eyes met.

“Kiiieeeee–!!”

The skeletal monster wielding bone studded with bandages and spikes, staring at me.
The moment I saw its eyes.

“Fire the final round.”

Choi Han’s single word—the character for ’round’ embedded itself precisely in Park Jin-tae’s mind.
And golden lightning struck down both of the skeleton’s eye sockets.

Boom!

The blast wasn’t powerful enough to obliterate the entire skull.
It merely caused an explosion where those two eyes had been.

Kale Heniatus rolled his body away from the explosion, tumbling across the ground.

The skeletal monster’s final weakness—its eyes, now burning red.

A fatal weakness that only reveals itself when reaching the berserk stage.
The skeletal monster tilted without even managing a scream.

“Kraaaaaah!”

The skeleton’s body crashed down upon the black wolf.
The black wolf, its ankle torn on one side, desperately tried to evade the skeleton’s body.

Flames were surging up from where the skeleton’s crimson eyes had burst.
The black serpent wolf with snake-like skin could not allow that fire to touch its hide.

But in that moment, Choi Han’s voice reached Jang Man-su’s ears.

“Use the shield.”

A silver shield blocked the black serpent wolf’s path forward.
The serpent wolf could not advance. And above it.

“Kraaaaaah!”

The skeleton’s head wreathed in flames, sharp bone spikes jutting forth, bandages that burned easily—all crashed down upon the serpent wolf.

Booooom–!
Flames erupted skyward.

The people on the rooftop heard Choi Han’s voice.

“I only memorized the first battle. The rest, Kim Rok-soo will teach you all.”

In the eyes of Park Jin-tae, Jang Man-su, Kim Min-ah, and everyone else, the burning monsters faded into the background as Kale Heniatus approached the building.

“Insane… insane bastard.”

Park Jin-tae’s voice trembled involuntarily.
And he had no mind to hide it.

How many minutes?
How many minutes did it take to defeat those two monsters?
It seemed like barely any time had passed.

“Damn it.”

Park Jin-tae’s hands trembled.

‘I think I can do this.’

Damn it all!
I could actually catch the bandaged monster. And that serpent wolf too.

‘If I work together with Jang Man-su.’

His gaze turned toward Jang Man-su.
Jang Man-su’s hands were also trembling. Jang Man-su opened his mouth.

“Hey, Jin-tae. When the rank 1 monsters come rushing in, the two of us can handle the bandaged monster and the serpent wolf, right?”

Park Jin-tae let out a small laugh at Jang Man-su, who spoke while awkwardly gauging his reaction. It was all he could do.
Because now it truly seemed possible to defeat the monster he had been avoiding all this time.

‘Of course, my skill level is lacking.’

Timing my movements like Kim Rok-soo and attacking the monster according to its patterns was no simple feat.
It required countless repetitions of training to engrave those patterns into my body like instinct.

‘Yet Kim Rok-soo managed it.’

Was such a thing even possible?
Could someone move like that simply through foresight and data analysis?

‘…Without countless experiences, he made it work.’

Park Jin-tae couldn’t believe it.
He quietly watched Kim Rok-soo approaching.

However, Kale Heniatus, who possessed countless experiences and patterns etched into his mind like instinct—something Park Jin-tae didn’t know—let out a quiet sigh.

‘This body is weak.’

My body was duller than when Team Leader Kim Rok-soo had inhabited it. Weaker.
It must have been due to insufficient strength.

Even the Ancient Powers—not even half of what I could wield—felt burdensome in this body.

‘But still, I was able to fight smoothly.’

Drip.
Kale Heniatus wiped away the blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and gazed up at the rooftop.
Park Jin-tae was looking at him with a peculiar expression, one corner of his mouth lifted. Kale let out a soft chuckle at Park Jin-tae and opened his mouth.

“Kim Min-ah. Bae Pureun.”

It was a call delivered in a flat tone, as if I had just returned from a casual stroll.
Kim Min-ah and Bae Pureun looked toward Kale Heniatus.
They were not alone.
Everyone gazed at Kale Heniatus through the building windows and from the rooftop.

Boom!
People heard the sound of two monsters approaching, but their eyes remained fixed on Kale Heniatus.
Kale Heniatus met their gazes calmly and spoke as if it were nothing.

“Come down. This time, I’ll teach you all a thing or two.”

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