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.

be passive! Soldiers, hold up your shields rather

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

laughter and applause and stared at the Vice Captain after hearing that shout. He

He’s the only one of those evil

raise his head as he

Who do you think will

Vice Captain flinched and

Above the dirt wall.

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

Imperial Prince Adin.

eye contact with

must

Vice Captain lowered

‘I'm done for.’

looked like a coward

Imperial Prince Adin was someone who led administration and politics strictly

probably on that

in his hand that was

a

Empire’s Second Knights

that the Imperial Prince directly administered. They appeared on the

speak at

bastard that will bow his head to us has a lot to

his ridicule for

“Y, you bastard!”

nobles that came with the Imperial Prince frowned at Toonka.

scanned the

warriors, the soldiers,

addition, the helmeted

was the man in the brown robe standing on

"Your highness.”

Vice

was standing closest to the Imperial Prince was also looking at the man in the brown

to kill

looked toward Vice Tower Master Metelona. He also looked at the young man dressed in an alchemist robe standing

agree

Vice Tower Master

“I see.”

Honte.

the star pupil of the Tower Master and the future

was the miracle created by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower gathering the children from the slums, making him the main character

Imperial Prince kept him at his side this time to

war hero

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

Henituse and one

next

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

to

He licked his lips and turned his

close friend. I’ll go to where

I’m grateful that you came to help me for the sake of

laughed at

there be such a

the time he spent as

pay for messing

headed towards the priests with a stiff expression on

him and

expression is easy to use.

about the war. Adin was

are you looking at, Imperial Prince

looked back at Toonka who

gentle smile. It was the smile of someone looking

mouth and shouted out an

the necks

Rumble-

sound of the horses’

came pouring

own emblems appeared

“Uwahahahaha!”

them and raised

“Let’s go!”

sound of

toward the Imperial Prince as he said

‘Hm?’

Imperial Prince flinched at the look in Toonka’s eyes. As someone who was good at

‘…A sneer?’

his mouth

“Halt.”

a sudden halt. Toonka started to speak as they looked toward the

“Clever bastard.”

a sound at

Piiiii- Piiii-

the sound

brown robe was

the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers

They raised their hands.

their hands

was as if they were raising their hands for

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

soldiers, and Bears held dark blue

blankly at the Whipper Kingdom’s army who were all

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew past

direction from the spring winds that blew from the

appeared in the

more followed behind

“Ha, haha-!”

bursted into laughter

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following dozens

of white skeleton birds smaller than the five in

Flame Dwarves that were piloting

Shaaaa-

down the hood of the man in the brown robe

Prince Adin fixed his

white hair and blue

resembled the sky through

wearing a mask that extended from his nose to his forehead. The man with a mysterious air around him raised

his hand

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

the

with Toonka. His hands that were up went back

Shatter!

came out

fire from the Gorge of

the Imperial Prince’s made eye contact. Toonka spoke as

“Annoying bastard.”

dark blue fire that covered the Gorge of Death

thousand opened their

back! It is His

“Turn back!”

lowered their hands as well

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

thousands of dark blue marbles were thrown throughout the

“Kahahahaha!”

burst out everywhere

laughter full

began to see fire in front of them as the wind blew toward

dark blue color like the night without a

that contained the Dragon’s Rage began