Trash of the Count's Family

Teaser: Chris Jericho saying "You just made the list!"

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.

up your shields rather than your

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

and applause and stared at the Vice Captain after hearing that shout. He then stopped in front of

one of those evil Empire bastards with his

head

think? Who do

flinched

Above the dirt wall.

was looking down at the battlefield. His eyes shone

Imperial Prince Adin.

contact with the

Empire must not

Captain lowered

‘I'm done for.’

Captain probably looked like a coward

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

on that list

his

a

Second

knights that the Imperial Prince directly administered. They appeared on the

speak at

that will bow his

did not hide his ridicule for Imperial Prince

“Y, you bastard!”

the Empire’s nobles that came with the Imperial Prince frowned at Toonka. However, the

slowly scanned the

warriors, the

the helmeted

was the man in the brown robe standing

"Your highness.”

Vice

to the Imperial Prince was also looking at the man in the brown robe. She opened her mouth

have to kill

Vice Tower Master Metelona. He also looked

agree with her,

Tower Master is right, your

“I see.”

Honte.

pupil of the Tower Master and

Bell Tower gathering the children from the slums, making him the main character

at his side this time to make him the new

war hero from

way to bring back the lost positive public sentiment for the Empire, the Imperial Prince, and the

Cale Henituse and one more

person next to him with a

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

couldn’t use these two to

licked his lips and turned

a close friend. I’ll go to

to help me for the sake of

laughed

could there be

time he spent

messing with

left Adin’s side and headed towards the priests with a stiff expression on his

him and started

is easy to use. It’s

stiff expression as he was worried about the war. Adin

are you looking at,

at Toonka who was shouting directly at

gave Toonka a gentle smile. It was the smile of someone

mouth and shouted out an

necks

Rumble-

the horses’ hooves shook the

came pouring

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

“Uwahahahaha!”

laughed at them and raised

“Let’s go!”

through the sound of the hooves and

looked toward the Imperial

‘Hm?’

eyes. As someone who was good at discerning the emotions

‘…A sneer?’

Imperial Prince opened his mouth and started to

“Halt.”

Toonka started to speak as they looked

“Clever bastard.”

a sound

Piiiii- Piiii-

the sound of

the brown robe was blowing a

thousands of the

They raised their hands.

their

was as if they were raising their hands for a

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

Bears held dark blue marbles in their raised

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

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew past

direction from the spring winds that blew from the Empire

white skeleton bird appeared in

more followed behind

“Ha, haha-!”

bursted into laughter in

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

the following dozens

birds smaller than the five in front appeared in the

that were piloting them stopped

Shaaaa-

the man in

his eyes

white hair and blue

eyes that resembled

was wearing a mask that extended from his nose to his forehead. The man

his

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

people from the Empire were

Toonka. His hands that were up went

Shatter!

marble broke and a dark blue liquid came out while

It’s the fire from the

the Imperial Prince’s made eye contact.

“Annoying bastard.”

that covered the Gorge of Death simply from the dark blue

thousand opened their mouths and hurriedly conveyed

It is

“Turn back!”

hands as well as soon as Toonka

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of thousands of dark blue marbles were

“Kahahahaha!”

everywhere

was laughter full of

Empire’s army began to see fire in front of them as the wind blew

was a dark blue color like the night

the Dragon’s Rage began to emerge