Trash of the Count’s Family

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“I found it.”

Cale had finally found it.

He looked toward the snake’s tail.

The cracked bell.
The bell that cracked after being hit by Cale ’s spear.

The crack continued to get bigger as the snake moved roughly.

Craaaaaaack.

And finally, once that crack went from the top to bottom…

He could see the small rock hiding inside the bell.
A red rock caught Cale’s attention.

‘That must be it.’

‘Alright, Kim Rok Soo.
You can see the center, right? In that case…’

Cale’s body started to move.

”Screeeeeeeeeech!”

The snake’s open mouth moved down toward Cale.

‘Run toward it.
Got it? Kim Rok Soo, run toward the center.
Then, your Embrace power will start to run wild.’
‘You mean your Embrace power will run wild, not mine.’
‘Ah, come on! Listen when I ’m telling you about my great ability! Hmm?’

Baaaaaang!

The snake’s head slammed down on Cale.

“Cale-nim!”

Choi Han’s shocked shout could be heard through the loud noise.

”Screeeeeeeeeech!”

The snake also screeched in anger as well.
The snake’s mouth was only full of broken rocks.
The snake’s red eyes started to move.
He noticed the running human.

“Huff, huff, huff.”

Cale ran.
He didn ’t use the Sound of the Wind.
He felt like he would faint if he used any more of his ancient powers.
He didn’t get Choi Han ’s help either.

‘I can’t get any help if I want to have full control of this power.’

Cale ’s mind started to quickly move as he was running so fast that he was almost out of breath.

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It was observing.
It was recording.
It was anticipating.

‘It’ll come at me again!’

The snake charged toward him again as Cale anticipated.
He started to imagine the snake’s movement.
He didn’t need much data.
There were only a few ways that such a large body could move on this narrow mountain peak.

‘It also needs to aim for me!’

“Ugh!”

The debris from the broken rocks started to leave scratches on Cale ’s body.
However, Cale had already anticipated when the snake’s scale would twitch.

‘3, 2, 1.’

Cale counted down and kicked off the ground.
He jumped up as far as this feeble body could jump.

“Cale-nim! Behind you!”

He heard Choi Han ’s voice.
Cale felt a warm breath behind him.
It was the snake ’s rough breathing.

Drip.
Drip.

Red liquid fell on Cale ’s head.

However, Cale didn’t care.

“Got you.”

His scratched up two hands were holding onto the snake’s bell.
One of his fingers then touched the red rock through the crack on the bell.

‘After that, just leave it to the ability.
The Embrace ability will take care of everything for you as it shoots up from your heart.
What do you think, doesn’t my ability sound amazing?’
‘It really is, team leader.’

Cale could feel a strong power shooting up from his heart.
The power flowed through his two hands.
It then passed through his fingers to touch the red rock.

‘I ’ll be honest with you.
I gave it the name Embrace, but… Ah, I ’m only telling you, okay? That ability is more of a binding than an embrace? No, hmm, is there no better word for it? Ah, right, dominance!’

Lee Soo Hyuk had laughed as he continued.

‘That power is like dominance.
It dominates the target and binds them into your hand.’
‘…Isn’t that too violent to call it Embrace?’
‘Nah, even such a power can be an embrace if I use it for good.
Isn’t that right? I only use it for good.’

Cale started to laugh.
It was similar to Lee Soo Hyuk ’s laugh from his memories.

“Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeech!”

The snake started to screech in pain.
Its large body started to twist.
The snake started to shake around trying to get Cale off its tail.

“Ugh!”

Cale clenched onto the bell and the red rock tighter as the snake flailed.

“Screeeeeeeeeeeeeech-!”

That action seemed to make the pain worse for the snake that could not even twist its body properly.
The ‘embrace’ that came out of Cale’s hands was surrounding the red rock as time went on.

Craaaaaaaack, crack!

The bell broke into pieces.

“Screeeeeeeeeech!”

The snake’s screeching became worse and Cale heard an unfamiliar voice in his mind.
He was hearing the voice of the ancient power like the others now that the obstacle was gone.
Nice to meet you.

Cale’s lips started to twist up.
The owner of the Blood-drenched Rock.
That was the ancient White Star.
Since you looked for this earth attribute power, are you trying to use it to drive the world into fear? That is a great idea-.
“What f*caking nonsense.” What?

Cale recalled the end of Lee Soo Hyuk ’s explanation.

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‘To finish it off, just place the power you ’ve embraced into a location of your choice! Then tada, the process is complete!’

‘I ’m sorry, team leader.
I ’m not someone who can do something like an embrace.’

One corner of Cale’s lips twisted up into a wicked smile.
The red rock that was surrounded by a transparent aura was inside Cale’s right hand.
Cale put his left hand into his robe and pulled something out from the chest area of his shirt.

It was something that was on his commander uniform.
It was a golden turtle badge that symbolized that he was part of the Henituse county, no, the Henituse duchy.
Cale moved his left hand with the badge toward his right hand.

The red rock and the golden turtle badge touched each other.
W, what are you trying to do right now? You dare to-!
“I dare? This trash bastard is really saying whatever the hell he wants.”

Ooooooo-

Cale could feel the power roaring in his hands.
Red light burst out of the gaps between his fingers.
It was the power of the red rock.
However, that power could only send out the light as the Embrace ability was holding it back.
U, ugh, aaaaaaaaaaaah-!

He heard the ancient White Star’s shout.
However, that noise slowly disappeared.

And once the red light disappeared, the Embrace ability disappeared, and Cale could only feel the badge in his hand…

“Cale-nim.”

He smiled at Choi Han who approached him and started to speak.

“I ’m done.”
“Ha, haha-”

Choi Han laughed at that.
It was a laugh of relief.
It was at that moment.
Human!
“Meeeeeow!”
“Cale!”

He could see the others running to the mountain peak.
Hunter Bobe, who was in the front, opened his eyes wide as soon as he arrived.

“The snake, the snake is-!”

He couldn’t finish his sentence as he watched the red snake start to fall to the ground.

“Ah.”

He then gasped.
The red scales started to fall off the falling snake.
The scales that were falling like flower petals started to spread out because of the wind.
The falling snake disappeared without a sound as the scales dispersed.

That sight looked extremely beautiful to Hunter Bobe.
They had made it to the peak by walking through the fog.
The sun was setting, and the red scales fluttered toward the sunset.
Cale was standing at the center of those red ‘flower petals.’

“F, for that snake to really disappear…”

The old Hunter who had to avoid the snake his whole life started to tear up.
He could see the rest of the group heading toward the red-haired man.
Human! Are you okay? Did you get the power? Are you not going to faint? You look fine!
“Meeeeeow!”
“Hey, you did it!”

Cale turned away from the others and looked down at the Henituse badge in his hand.
He then started to smile.

‘Team leader, what do you do after storing the power?’
‘After that, well, you just take it out whenever you need it.
Shouldn’t you be able to use your things as you please?’
‘Oh, that sounds good.’

Yes, it was very good.
He gently caressed the badge.
He was planning on using it any time he needed it.

‘Should I use Embrace on the White Star ’s other ancient powers?’

Cale who was thinking about using them in a way that did not fit the ’embrace’ name then heard the Super Rock ’s cautious voice.
Y, you ’re not going to cage us up, right? Right? Hmm? Think of all of our lovely memories together!

Raon ’s voice appeared in Cale ’s mind at that moment.
Human! We got a call from Dark Elf Tasha!

The Land of Death where the White Star should be.
They had received a call from there.