Chapter 61.5

Paaat! Paat! Witira lightly waved her hand and there were some poisonous darts between her fingers. Cale could see Witira turning around and smiling at him. “I will take care of them quietly.” Some monsters started to reveal themselves from behind the trees. Witira looked toward them with a blank expression. “Are they mutated goblins?” “Keeeeeeeeeeeeek!” “Kirik, Kirik!” They seemed to be larger than the average goblins and their faces looked a bit different as well. Furthermore, their skin was purple and red. “No, they are not goblins.” WItira turned toward the hand that was placed upon her shoulder. Cale stood next to Witira and looked out toward the monsters approaching them. “Young master, it is dangerous in the front.” “They are Honta, a type of monster from the Eastern continent.” “Ah!” The Forest of Darkness had monsters from the Eastern Continent. Cale had encountered the first of the bunch. “They are similar to goblins, but dumber and have a tendency to be more cruel and violent.” “No wonder they seemed so foreign.” Witira nodded her head and calmly answered. “I will take care of them.” “No, I will do it.” “...Excuse me?” Witira was blankly staring at Cale until she saw On and Hong jump over Cale and land on the ground. The two of them brushed their bodies off and prepared for battle. “Even we can do this much.” Witira could see that over 10 of these small monsters were heading toward them. She then looked back at Cale and saw that his body was becoming surrounded by fog. At the same time, On started to slowly disappear. “I have something to test.” Cale needed to know approximately how strong he was. This was the perfect time to test it out. He had the Black Dragon to the right, Witira to the left, and Paseton behind him. Wasn’t this the perfect setting for him to run wild without worrying about being harmed? “Step back.” “...Young master Cale.” “Save me if it looks dangerous. How can I get hurt when I have all of you here?” Witira took a step back after seeing the completely confident gaze in Cale’s eyes that seemed to show full trust in the three of them. She went and stood with Paseton in the rear, ready to step in at any moment. At that moment, a shield was created around Witira and Paseton. The Black Dragon moved in front of the Whale siblings and started to speak. “The poison is stronger than it looks.” ‘Poison?’ That made Paseton look at his sister with confusion. Witira didn’t have any idea as well, so she just shook her head and looked forward before letting out a gasp of admiration. “... Not bad.” On, Hong, and Cale were all surrounded by fog. Furthermore, the color of the fog was weird. It was closer to red than the usual white. Poison. She seemed to understand the meaning of that word. “Kirik, kirik!” “Kiriiiiiiiiiirik!” “So loud.” Cale created gusts of wind in one hand and both feet while being surrounded by the fog. Cale could feel the Vitality of the Heart starting to run wild in his chest and gave the order. “Let’s go.” Cale’s body instantly shot forward, and, at the same time, a thick fog surrounded the area. “Kirik? Kirik, kirik!” “Kiiii!” The fog was so thick that you could not even see a few inches in front of your eyes. Two strands of red fog started to move inside that thick fog. Bang! A whirlwind shot up to the sky and cut off one of the monster’s arms in the process. “Gek, kirik, kek!” The red fog swallowed up that monster. Cale then shot up from right next to the spot and called forth his shield. The shield that was almost twice the size as Cale was roaming around the red fog. Then suddenly, the shield dropped straight toward the ground. Boom! The sound of something being squashed came along with the loud noise. As soon as the shield landed, a whirlwind filled with red fog was created right next to it. Two monsters who were caught up in the whirlwind were vomiting blood as they got blasted into the air. “Kek.” “Ugh, kek!” The monsters’ poisoned bodies started to bleed out of every orifice. Paseton blankly watched that scene before blurting out. “I thought you said he was weak?” “He is weak.” Paseton started to think after hearing the Black Dragon’s confident answer. ‘They may be small, but there are over ten of them. And they are monsters that are stronger than goblins.’ He looked toward his sister, who casually answered while smiling brightly. “Looks like it will end soon.” Boom! Another loud noise was heard as the fog slowly started to dissipate. It had finished like she had said. Paseton could now see Cale. “They must be weak because we are still only near the entrance.” Cale was speaking confidently while standing on top of his symbol, the silver shield. Underneath the shield were two monsters that were no longer recognizable. Meeeeow. The fog disappeared and the silver kitten On reappeared. “The poison seems to be weak.” The red kitten Hong reappeared while shaking his tail. The ground where Hong had been was completely black. Hong used his back paws to cover up the black dirt with some other dirt. It was a peaceful scene, but Paseton couldn’t help but ask after seeing the corpse of a monster that died from poison, a monster that was still dying from poison, and the monsters that died from being crushed by Cale’s shield or Cale’s whirlwinds. “Young master-nim, you didn’t get hurt, right?” “Nope.” Paseton urgently asked in shock. “You’re hurt?” Cale pointed to the back of his hand. “I got scratched.” Paseton immediately shut up. Witira patted her brother’s shoulder before approaching Cale. Cale lifted his shield up and put it away. Since it was an ancient power, he didn’t need to even wipe the blood off of it. It would be completely clean when he summoned it again. “Young master Cale, will you continue to take on the small monsters?” “Probably.” Cale washed the blood off of his hand after recalling his shield and whirlwinds. “I can’t push myself too hard because I am still in recovery.” WItira couldn’t help but laugh at the confident Cale, as well as On and Hong, who were getting feedback from the Black Dragon about their battle. Cale then urged her, as well as the rest of them, on. “Let’s hurry.” They still had a lot of ground to cover. Two days later, Cale lowered the map in his hand and looked out in front of him as he spoke to the rest of the group. “We are close now.” The boundary between the inner and outer regions. It would not be much longer until they reached that point.