Trash of the Count’s Family

ow old you are?”

There was no response.

He was completely ignored.

However, Choi Jung Soo still smiled. Unfortunately, that smile quickly disappeared.

Baaaaang—!

They heard a loud noise from the east side of City Hall.

* * *

“Wow, shit! What is this?”

Park Kyung Ho frowned while opening a crushed drawer.

”Why is there nothing here?”

They had started from the center of City Halls main building and moved east. The inside of the building was in better condition than they had expected. Of course, it was not bright since the electricity had gone out, but they were at least able to see enough.

If it wasnt so cloudy and was a bright day today, they might have been able to do search better.

Anyway, Park Kyung Ho ’s face had been bright when they started their search in this still standing building.

“Its all empty.”

However, every drawer was empty as Choi Soo-In mentioned.

“Haaa, why is it like this?”

”Do you think that someone else already went by?”

“We were the first-, ah!”

Park Kyung Ho gasped and then frowned. Choi Soo-In ’s face did not look good either. She sighed.

We were the first of the new employees to come here, but it is highly likely that other organizations have already been here.

“Haaaaaaaaa. I guess it is hopeless.”

Park Kyung Ho ruffled through his hair before standing up.

”Damn it!”

Bang!

He kicked a drawer before walking over to Choi Soo-In on the other side.

“Lets go somewhere else.”

“Yes. Lets do that.”

Choi Soo-In slowly spoke to Park Kyung Ho who was touching his short spear with a disappointed look on his face.

“I guess we shouldn ’t have been so mean to Mr. Choi Jung Soo and Mr. Kim Rok Soo if it was going to be like this.”

“…Haaa.”

Park Kyung Ho did not say anything else. He changed the topic instead.

I think that other organizations would have already searched all government offices.”

”Right? This treasure hunt was apparently harder than we expected.”

She smiled and then added on.

“I think Mr. Jung Soo should still be outside searching through the annex. I should tell them about it.”

“Do whatever you want.”

Park Kyung Ho grumbled before starting to walk toward the door at the center of the first floor.

“Lets quickly get out of here.”

“Okay. Huh?”

Choi Soo-In lowered her head at that moment.

“Hmm? Why are there so many spiders-”

Park Kyung Ho also looked at where she was looking.

”What the?”

There were all sorts of large and small spiders in multiple lines moving toward them.

No, they were moving past them.

“Why are there spiders all of a sudden-”

It was at that moment.

Shhhhhhh—

Park Kyung Ho heard an eerie noise behind him.

”Miss Choi Soo-In!”

He immediately moved toward Choi Soo-In and hid her behind his back.

Crack! Crack!

”T, that is-”

On the east side of the first floor… Something was approaching them from this end that they had yet to visit.

Choi Soo-In subconsciously shouted.

”W, why is there a monster?!”

Something close to 2 meters tall was coming toward them.

They could see red eyes in the darkness.

There were eight eyes.

Park Kyung Ho realized it as soon as he saw those eight eyes.

‘This is a spider.

And that bastard has seen us as well.

“…Huff.”

The monster spiders red eyes flashed and it approached them just as he gasped.

Crack, crack, craaaaaaaaaack-

It was moving very quickly.

The monster was large enough to fill the wide hallway.

The monster was not flustered.

A hunter never becomes flustered because of the prey.

“R, run-”

Park Kyung Ho could not continue speaking.

The monster was already close to them.

The spider extended a leg as if it was a spear.

Park Kyung Ho hugged Choi Soo-In and rolled on the ground.

Baaaaaaaaaang-!

The ground broke with a loud noise.

“Ugh!”

Park Kyung Ho, who barely managed to dodge the attack, could see the ground that was destroyed by the spider ’s leg stabbing through it. His pupils were shaking.

“Mr. Kyung Ho, what should we do?”

“…That……”

Choi Soo-In subconsciously asked after seeing the look in Park Kyung Ho ’s eyes.

“…Do you not have much real battle experience?”

“…That-”

Park Kyung Ho had repeatedly trained his ability and his physical body since awakening half a year ago. He only had a few real battle experiences through the Mountains and Streams Guild ’s Academy.

He was lucky and had many situations where he was protected during the initial stages of the cataclysm that he had not seen monsters very much. Well, he had many instances of running away after seeing monsters in the distance.

The monsters he had faced were all monsters that were under control.

“I had some real battle experience in the Academy-”

Park Kyung Ho had thought that those few times were enough. He had even gone up against a Grade 3 monster.

“I, Ive never seen such a mon-

That was why he knew.

‘That bastard is a 4, no, a Grade 3 monster.

Monsters became stronger the closer they got to Grade 1.

Park Kyung Ho had faced a Grade 3 monster before.

However, that was tens of trainees fighting against one Grade 3 monsters under the guidance of an instructor. There was no need to feel any pressure or fear for his life as he learned how to safely deal with a monster in a safe situation.

He had never faced a monster with just one other person, no, honestly speaking, just himself since he was the only battle team member.

“The Academy is not real experience! That ’s training too!”

Choi Soo-In shouted in a sharp voice before dragging Park Kyung Ho ’s body up.

Baaaaaang!

The spiders leg was attacking again.

“Run! We can ’t deal with it!”

She peeked behind her to escape. She then frowned.

“Fuck!”

The spiders were filling up the whole pathway.

Choi Soo-In and Park Kyung Ho would have to get past this wall of spiders if they wanted to run away.

That wasnt all. Spiders were filling the cracked windows as well. They were making the room darker.

‘Will it be possible?

They could just walk past if they were regular spiders.

However, the spiders eyes were red.

They were all like that monster spiders eyes. He had a bad feeling about it.

“Lets go!”

Park Kyung Ho shouted toward Choi Soo-In.

“The spider wall-”

“Do you have any other suggestions?!”

They had no other choice.

“Ill hold them back for now so go first!”

“Excuse me?”

Choi Soo-In could see Park Kyung Ho turn toward the monster spider while holding his short spear.

“Go out and send a rescue signal!”

“I got it!”

Choi Soo-In started moving toward a window that was not completely covered by spiders yet.

She was a healing-type supporter and didn ’t have any practical buffs. That was why the first thing she needed to do was to secure a path out.

Baaaaaang!

However, it was not easy.

The monster spider moved quickly.

Its target was Choi Soo-In.

“No!”

Park Kyung Ho charged at the spider with his short spear.

Crack, crack.

Currents slowly started flowing out of his spear.

Tap. Park Kyung Ho kicked off the ground before sending the short spear flying toward the spiders leg.

Baaaaang!

However, the spiders leg was firm.

“S, shit!”

The current-filled short spear was easily parried away.

The currents didn ’t seem to work on this spider.

“Miss Soo-In!”

The monster spider was already in front of Choi Soo-In.

Shhhhhh—

The mouth underneath the monster spiders eyes opened. It looked as if it would swallow Choi Soo-In.

“Fuck!”

Park Kyung Ho quickly stood up and charged toward the spider. He seemed ready to body slam it if his spear wouldn ’t work.

Crack.

He heard a different noise at that moment.

Screech.

The monster turned its head.

The large spiders red eyes were all looking in the same direction.

It was a different window covered in spiders.

About half of the glass in the window was broken and the frame was crushed.

Craaaaaack-!

That window was destroyed.

Spiders blasted off of it.

‘Fog?

Choi Soo-Ins eyes opened wide.

‘No.

This was not fog.

White smoke squeezed through the window.

Bang!

The window was destroyed completely and someone jumped in.

”Mr. C, Choi Jung Soo!”

The person who jumped in was Choi Jung Soo with his sword in his hand.