Trash of the Count's Family

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Boom- boom- boom-

The ground began to rumble again with the sound of the drums.

“C, crazy bastards!”

The Vice Captain unintentionally started to swear.

“Vice Captain-nim! It’s the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers!”

“Damn it! I can’t believe the soldiers are coming out too. Are they planning to have an all-out battle right now?”

“…It looks like only the mages are planning to remain in the castle! All the soldiers are coming out!”

The voices of the knights, alchemists, and mages all jumbled together. However, everyone’s eyes were fixed onto the battlefield.

Behind the Bears came tens of thousands of armed soldiers with stiff expressions on their faces.

It was an incredibly small number compared to the Empire’s army, but it was still tens of thousands of soldiers. Most importantly…

“Crazy bastards……!”

They were a group of crazy people.

They were the ones that had laughed and ran amok in the pit of hellfire.

The soldiers were running forward with nothing but their bodies and their weapons.

‘…It’s frightening.’

The Vice Captain was frightened by the sight.

Unlike the other kingdoms, the Empire possessed magic and alchemy that were both developed to the highest level of technological prowess. However, those from the Empire were afraid of the soldiers that ran towards them with nothing but their bodies.

“…Focus on defense as much as possible while using the dirt wall as our line of defense!”

“Vice Captain-nim!”

The Vice Captain looked at the knight that was calling him.

“His Highness will be arriving soon! How can we show him such passive defense like this?”

Let’s fight bravely because the Imperial Prince will arrive soon.

The Vice Captain looked into the knight’s eyes.

The knight had seen his colleagues being torn to death by the Whipper Kingdom warriors in the pit of hellfire. There was fear in his eyes.

It was an emotion that someone from the Empire shouldn’t be showing.

‘We had a long period of peace.’

It had been a long time since the world had last experienced a war.

That was why they didn’t understand the meaning of war.

‘However, the Whipper Kingdom knows it.’

The period of peace.

Toonka’s group was the first to start fighting during that time of peace.

‘We didn’t realize that.’

What good were swords made of gold if you never used them?

How could they defeat the warriors that didn’t even hold swords made from dirt, but instead plowed through the mud with their bare hands?

The Empire’s army had no experience going past their limits.

“No, we’re going to hold out.”

That was why the Vice Captain chose to defend. However, several dissenting voices immediately started to speak up.

“We can’t do that!”

They were the leaders of the mages and alchemists.

“Vice Captain! We must fight in order to maintain the Empire’s pride!”

“That’s right. We cannot show people that we are being pushed back! It will be bad if our already low fighting spirit decreases even further! We need to boost our morale!”

‘These scumbags.’

Anger rose within the Vice Captain's mind at the sight of the leaders of the mages and alchemists.

‘Basically, you’re saying that the knights and the infantry are the ones who will die, right?’

The mages and alchemists would remain behind the dirt wall’s line of defense. However, the knights and the infantry, including the Vice Captain, had to step outside the line of defense and clash with the Whipper Kingdom’s army.

“Vice Captain-nim! His Highness will arrive soon!”

“We will look incompetent to his highness and the nobles even if we are splendidly holding down the line!”

“That’s right! We have to show them that we’re fighting hard in order to reduce the liability of our last defeat.”

Two of the knights looked earnestly at him. The Vice Captain closed his eyes after seeing the knights who were wary of the Imperial Prince’s impression.

‘Damn it! Our liabilities aren’t the issue here! We might die!’

How do these knights plan on defeating the Whipper Kingdom’s army that are putting their lives on the line when they shake in fear merely at the thought of their liabilities?

However, the Vice Captain was not someone who held the authority to command the entire army as he was only a Vice Captain.

“…Prepare for battle.”

The wooden door between the dirt walls slowly opened a few moments later and revealed the Empire’s army.

There stood the remaining half of the First Knights Brigade and the Empire’s soldiers who had swallowed their fear.

The ground was rumbling.

The earth rumbled more and more as the enemies approached.

“Kahahahaha! Did you finally come out to fight? Such cowards!”

Toonka jeered at the Empire’s army.

The battlefield was already filled with the Whipper Kingdom’s forces.

The soldiers, Bears, and warriors filled the battleground between Maple Castle and the Empire’s base while maintaining a wide formation.

The Vice Captain steered his horse forward.

“Your formation is sloppy.”

The Whipper Kingdom that didn’t have enough troops even if they gathered together was continuously widening their formation.

The Vice Captain immediately recognized what they were trying to do.

“It seems like you want a melee.”

He slowly raised his sword and stepped forward.

It was possible that he was the only one in the Empire’s army who was willing to risk his life like those from the Whipper Kingdom’s army.

That was why he shouted.

“Concentrate our forces! Our role is to survive until the Imperial Prince arrives!”

He chose to survive.

“Vice Captain-nim!”

He ignored the knight’s protest.

ok to be passive! Soldiers, hold up your shields rather than your swords!

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

the Vice Captain after

the right mindset! He’s the only one of those evil Empire bastards with his head on straight! You’re a warrior like

his head as

Who do you think will win, Imperial

Captain flinched and looked

Above the dirt wall.

man wearing a uniform was looking down at the battlefield. His eyes shone with a golden glow under

Imperial Prince Adin.

made eye contact with the

must not

Captain lowered

‘I'm done for.’

Captain probably looked like a coward in the eyes of

politics strictly based on ability. Everyone was afraid to be on

on that

strength in his

through a lot, Vice

Second

Imperial Prince directly administered. They appeared on the battlefield in golden

started to speak at that

looks that the bastard that will bow his head to us

hide his

“Y, you bastard!”

the Imperial Prince frowned at Toonka. However,

slowly scanned the

Bears, the warriors, the soldiers,

the helmeted

in the brown robe standing on the

"Your highness.”

Vice Tower

also looking at the man in the brown robe. She

to

Metelona. He also looked at the young man dressed in an alchemist robe

agree with

Tower Master is right, your

“I see.”

Honte.

was the star pupil of the Tower Master and the future successor

the slums and was the miracle created by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower gathering the children from the slums, making

time to make

war hero

bring back the lost positive public sentiment for the Empire, the Imperial Prince, and the Alchemists’

Cale Henituse and one more

looked at the person next to him with

I'm sorry that you have to see something like this from

couldn’t use these two to draw in the people’s

Valentino thought differently. He licked his lips and turned his attention towards

close friend. I’ll go to

you came to help me

sincerely laughed at

be such a

he spent as Adin’s close

pay for messing with

Adin’s side and headed towards the priests with a

at him

easy to use. It’s

expression as he was worried about the war. Adin was keeping him

are you looking

at Toonka who

Toonka a gentle smile. It was the smile

and shouted

the necks of the Whipper

Rumble-

of the horses’

came pouring

thousand of the Empire’s noble’s knights bearing their own emblems appeared in large numbers starting with the

“Uwahahahaha!”

laughed at them and raised his

“Let’s go!”

through the sound of the hooves

looked toward the Imperial Prince

‘Hm?’

As someone who was good at discerning the emotions of others, he felt that the look in Toonka’s eyes was

‘…A sneer?’

opened his mouth

“Halt.”

started to speak as they looked toward the

“Clever bastard.”

heard a sound

Piiiii- Piiii-

the sound of

the brown robe was

of the Whipper

They raised their hands.

their hands high

were raising their

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

warriors, soldiers, and Bears held dark blue marbles in their raised

at the Whipper Kingdom’s army who were all holding a marble in

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

wind blew past

blew in a different direction from the spring winds

skeleton bird appeared in the

more followed

“Ha, haha-!”

into laughter in

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following

than the five in front appeared in

that were piloting them stopped above

Shaaaa-

the man in the

Prince Adin fixed his

see white

resembled the sky through the man’s

a mask that extended from his nose to his forehead. The

moment his hand went

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

people from the Empire

Toonka. His hands

Shatter!

came

the fire

eye contact. Toonka spoke as he ran

“Annoying bastard.”

that covered the Gorge of Death simply from the dark

opened their mouths and hurriedly conveyed

back! It is

“Turn back!”

behind Toonka lowered their hands as well as soon as Toonka

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of thousands of dark blue marbles were thrown throughout

“Kahahahaha!”

burst out everywhere starting from

was laughter

army began to see fire in front of them as the

a dark blue color like the night without a

the Dragon’s Rage began to emerge one by