Trash of the Count’s Family - Chapter 567

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“Min-ah, should we head down?”

Upon hearing Bae Pureun’s voice, Kim Min-ah stared intently at Kale Heniatus before opening her mouth.

“Of course we’re heading down. What else would we do?”

Bae Pureun nodded at her words, though his eyes turned anxious as he gazed toward the South Side.

“Ugh. I hate snakes.”
“…The real problem is that it’s a human with a snake’s head.”
“Exactly.”

Though its head was that of a serpent, its body resembled a mythical giant from ancient tales. The monster was drawing closer.
Kim Min-ah observed the creature approaching alongside it and spoke with eerie calm.

“…And the other one has a human head but a snake for a body.”

Both monsters advanced slowly, as if savoring their leisure. Bae Pureun tore at his hair, his voice strained.
Bae Pureun opened his mouth while pulling at his hair in frustration.

“It’s just a complete disaster, that’s what.”
“Exactly! I’m telling you, reptiles terrify me.”
“But it’s fifty-fifty odds, so isn’t it worth trying?”
“…Min-ah.”
“…Mina.”

He was the type to put on an act like that intentionally.
That’s because Bae Pureun was the type to deliberately act that way.

“Anyway, come down-”

Kim Min-ah’s shoulders flinched as she was about to say they should go down.

“What are you dawdling for?”

Kale stepped lightly onto the railing as he descended to the rooftop.
Whiiiii—
Wind swirled shallowly around him in a vortex.

“Aren’t you coming down?”

Kale’s tone was as casual as suggesting a convenience store trip to a neighbor’s place.
Just then, Park Jin-tae stepped forward.

“Hey, Kim Rok-soo!”

Kale’s gaze turned toward Park Jin-tae.

“I want to take the next one.”
“…Feeling itchy, are we?”
“Yeah.”

Park Jin-tae gripped his gun, radiating heat throughout his entire body as if eager to fight.

“That won’t work.”
“What?”

But Kale shook his head firmly.

“This monster has a favorable matchup with Kim Min-ah and Bae Pureun’s team.”
“…Those kids?”

Park Jin-tae’s brow furrowed.

“What use are children who haven’t even reached adulthood? It’d be better if I stepped up first.”

Kale reinterpreted Park Jin-tae’s words.

“So you’re saying children are dangerous, so we should pull them back to the rear, and adults like yourself should be the ones fighting?”
“…What are you talking about?”

Park Jin-tae’s face twisted instantly as he avoided Kale’s gaze.
Then Kim Min-ah’s voice reached Park Jin-tae.

“I’m stronger than you, sir.”
“What?”

Park Jin-tae’s gaze shifted toward Kim Min-ah.
Kim Min-ah pulled out a hair tie and gathered her long, straight hair into a ponytail as she continued speaking.

“I saw you fighting, sir. I’m better at it than you are.”

Bae Pureun scratched his head and wedged himself between Park Jin-tae and Kim Min-ah.

“Ahem. Well, hyung? The three of us—Min-ah, Min-jun hyung, and I—we’ve survived together this whole time. So that explains everything, right?”

The moment Park Jin-tae saw Bae Pureun speak with such an awkward yet confident demeanor, the corners of his mouth lifted.

“You were playing dumb.”

Bae Pureun offered an uncomfortable smile at those words. Kim Min-ah patted his back.

“Let’s head down.”
“We’ll go together.”

Kim Min-ah’s gaze shifted to one side.
Choi Han placed a hand on the shoulder of Kim Min-jun, whose wounds had been largely treated.

“I’ve handled the urgent parts. We’ll just need to monitor it over time and see how it progresses.”

Grandmother Kim withdrew her hand from Kim Min-jun’s wound, her face etched with exhaustion.
Kim Min-ah’s eyes widened.
The wound that had been festering with pus and blood mixed together was now largely healed, though the scar marks remained.

It was a remarkable healing ability.
Because of this, even as Park Jin-tae and others expanded their influence within the Central Shelter, they heeded only Grandmother Kim’s words.

“You must be exhausted.”
“No.”

Grandmother Kim shook her head in denial at Kale’s words and reached out her hand toward him.

“I’m fine.”

Kale Heniatus stepped back.

“…You too-”
“It’s just a bruise.”
“But your mouth-”
“That’s internal.”
“…I see.”

Kale Heniatus casually wiped away the dried blood at the corner of his mouth without concern.
Grandmother Kim retreated with a pained expression on her face.

“Grandmother.”
“Thank you, Jin-ju. Sung-won.”

Lee Jin-ju and Lee Sung-won supported Grandmother Kim.
Kale Heniatus approached the siblings.

“Sung-won.”
“Yes?”
“You should head down too.”
“Me as well?”
“Yes.”

Kale Heniatus’s gaze turned toward Kim Min-jun.

“Kim Min-jun?”
“…Yes.”

He had learned the rough situation while being carried up by Bae Pureun. And during treatment, he witnessed Kim Rok-soo eliminate two rank 1 monsters in less than thirty minutes.

“You can still use your abilities, right?”

At Kale Heniatus’s words, Bae Pureun stepped forward.

“Wait. My brother still needs to stabilize-”

But Kim Min-ah grabbed his arm. Bae Pureun could see Kim Min-ah’s composed face.
She spoke calmly.

“Your brother’s ability can be used regardless of injuries. And.”

She surveyed the rooftop around her.
Two approaching monsters and the gazes fixed upon them.

“And trying to play it safe in a situation like this? I think that’s absurd.”

Kim Min-ah and Kim Min-jun’s eyes met.
Kim Min-jun’s mouth opened.

“That’s right. It’s an emergency.”

Park Jin-tae’s pupils took in the sight of Kim Min-jun.

‘Military uniform.’

The tattered and disheveled clothing was unmistakably a military uniform. Even his shoes were combat boots.
Kim Min-jun extended his hand toward Choi Han.
Kim Min-jun had witnessed Choi Han’s swordsmanship—the way he annihilated rank 3 monsters—from the opposite building alongside Kim Min-ah and Bae Pureun.

“I request your support.”
“Of course.”

Choi Han hoisted Kim Min-jun onto his back.
Kale Heniatus spoke, looking at Kim Min-jun and Lee Sung-won.

“In this battle, Kim Min-jun and Lee Sung-won will move together.”

The moment Kim Min-jun’s gaze turned toward Lee Sung-won, Kale Heniatus continued.

“Lee Sung-won’s ability is recording.”

In that instant, a glimmer of intrigue flickered across Kim Min-jun’s eyes.

“And Kim Min-jun’s ability is ‘transmission.'”

Kale Heniatus pointed to his own throat.

“Voice transmission.”

Lee Sung-won and Lee Jin-ju’s eyes turned toward Kim Min-jun.
Kale Heniatus quietly observed the three of them gazing at one another, then turned his body away.

Boom!
The club held in the serpent-headed giant’s hand crashed down upon the ground.
The two monsters that had been approaching slowly drew nearer.
The two creatures trampled over the corpses of the monsters that had burned to death moments before.

Crack.
The body of the monster that had terrified them just moments ago shattered, crumbling into ash.
The people swallowed hard as they watched, their eyes fixed on Kale Heniatus.

Kale Heniatus walked back toward the railing and tapped one person’s shoulder.

“Come down with Lee Chul-min and wait. You’re next.”

Whoosh—
He descended once more with the Wind at his side.
Bae Pureun followed close behind, carrying Kim Min-ah on his back.

“…Lee Chul-min!”
“Yes, sir!”
“Follow me!”

Lee Chul-min hesitated at Park Jin-tae’s command but had no choice but to follow.
Of course, Choi Han, Kim Min-jun, and Lee Sung-won were already descending via the staircase.

In the meantime, Kale Heniatus, Bae Pureun, and Kim Min-ah touched down on the ground.

Gulp.
Upon seeing the approaching serpent-headed monster and serpent-bodied monster, tension naturally coursed through Bae Pureun’s frame.

‘Indeed, they are different.’

Unlike the other monsters, these creatures inspired dread simply by being faced.

‘Can we win?’

Bae Pureun’s mind raced swiftly. His gaze turned toward Kale Heniatus.

‘Hmm!’

His eyes met Kale Heniatus’s gaze as the man looked at me.
Pfft. Kale let out a deflating laugh at the sight of Bae Pureun.
Kale observed Bae Pureun and thought to himself.

‘This naive side of him is quite amusing to watch.’

Bae Pureun.
He worked as a civil servant in the ‘A’ sector of the Central Shelter in Seoul, Korea, which had been recently rebuilt.
Kale recalled something Kim Min-ah had once said.

‘Bae Pureun? He’s currently on parental leave.’

Unlike the past when administrators like the Market Master and district chiefs had been elected, after the Great Calamity, the civil service structure was reorganized around the Central Shelter.

Thus, a chief was elected for each sector and administration began.
The chief of each Central Shelter sector was called a ‘Sector Chief’.

“Um, what should I do?”

Kale placed a hand on Bae Pureun’s shoulder as he asked cautiously.

‘In ten years, he’ll have the makings of a Sector Chief.’

In Kale’s memory, Bae Pureun held the position of Director of the Regional Defense Division in Seoul’s Central Shelter ‘A’ sector.

“…You bring the wind with you.”
“Pardon?”

People had always said that Bae Pureun carried the wind wherever he went.

“Bae Pureun.”
“Yes?”
“Will you fly through the sky using the wind?”

Bae Pureun hesitated at Kale Heniatus’s question before answering awkwardly.

“Isn’t that right?”
“Have you never thought about using Wind in a different way?”
“I tried, but it didn’t work out well. Haha.”

Tap. Tap.
Kale Heniatus patted Bae Pureun on the shoulder.

“Then this time, watch what I do and try to copy it.”
“Huh?”

Bae Pureun asked back, but Kale Heniatus didn’t spare him a glance.
Instead, he turned his gaze toward Kim Min-ah.
Kim Min-ah was staring intently at the two rank 1 monsters with sharp eyes. It was the gaze of someone searching, probing.

Kale Heniatus stepped beside her and opened his mouth.

“Try using the maximum of your power.”

In that instant, Kim Min-ah’s shoulders trembled.
She kept her gaze on the monsters as she spoke.

“…I can’t control it.”

Kale Heniatus’s lips curved upward.
At this point in time, Kim Min-ah couldn’t control her own power.
And she couldn’t use it properly.
That’s why she couldn’t properly stand against even a single monster.

To lead the vanguard assault unit at the Company where Kim Rok-soo served as Team Leader, there was one necessary condition.

A rank 1 ability user specialized in offense.
Kim Min-ah was someone who far exceeded that requirement.

Kale Heniatus spoke to her in a low voice.

“I’ll handle the control.”

Kim Min-ah’s gaze turned toward Kale Heniatus.
Meeting her wavering eyes, Kale Heniatus continued.

“You just need to use the power you have freely.”

Her trembling eyes gradually settled into calm.
Kim Min-ah nodded quietly.

“I’ll give it a try.”

That was the moment.

“What, what is that?”

Lee Chul-min’s eyes widened as he was about to exit the building through the 2nd Layer window.
Kim Min-ah’s figure reflected in his gaze.

Boom!

The ground trembled in an instant.
It wasn’t from a monster’s footsteps.

A translucent, colossal spear crashed down upon the earth.
And there was someone gripping that spear.

It was Kim Min-ah.
She wielded a lengthy spear three times her own height with effortless grace.

“What is she?”

Astonishment spilled from Lee Chul-min’s lips.
But faced with what came next, he could say nothing.
He could only gape.

“…Insane bastard.”

And Park Jin-tae couldn’t help but curse.
Kim Min-ah glanced to the side.
Her eyes trembled.

“What exactly—”

Kim Min-ah finally asked the question.

“Who exactly are you?”

Kale Heniatus’s figure reflected in her pupils.

Boom!
Another massive spear collided with the cement floor, kicking up a small cloud of dust.
Whoooosh—
Water spiraled, forming a single colossal spear.

The spear pointed its razor-sharp tip toward the sky as if to pierce through the heavens themselves.
A portion of the Sky-Devouring Water’s power unfolded in Kale Heniatus’s hands.

‘Definitely weakened.’

Kale Heniatus felt once more that the Ancient Power absorbed into his soul was merely a fragment.
Yet he harbored no regret over this diminished strength compared to before.

The method the Ancient Power Owners had taught him to grow stronger.

‘Devour our existence. With each of our voices silenced, you will grow stronger.’

Kale Heniatus had rejected that path.
Because of that refusal, he had felt the will of the Ancient Power Owners and spent every moment alongside them.

‘There will be chaos when I return.’

He recalled the worry that Jjangdol and the other Ancient Power Owners remaining in his body would unleash once he returned to the original world.

A soft chuckle escaped him.
Kale Heniatus laughed as he gripped the spear.
Splash—
Water wrapped around his hand, and the spear redirected toward the enemy instead of the sky.

Kim Min-ah stared in awe, her mind reeling.
In that moment, her eyes met his.

“Follow me.”

Kale pushed off the ground and left a single instruction.

“This is an attribute tutoring session, so watch carefully and follow along.”

It was the second lesson.

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