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.

Soldiers, hold up your shields

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

Captain after hearing that shout. He then stopped in front of the Empire’s

He’s the only one of those evil Empire bastards with his head on straight! You’re

his head as he

do you think? Who do you think

Captain flinched

Above the dirt wall.

the battlefield. His eyes

Imperial Prince Adin.

eye contact

Empire must

Captain

‘I'm done for.’

like a coward in the eyes of the Imperial

Adin was someone who led administration and politics strictly based

probably on that

Captain lost strength in his hand that was gripping his

through a

Second Knights

directly administered. They appeared on the battlefield

started to speak at that

the bastard that will bow his head

not hide his ridicule for

“Y, you bastard!”

the Imperial Prince frowned at Toonka. However,

scanned the

Bears, the warriors, the soldiers,

the

in the brown robe standing on the

"Your highness.”

Vice

standing closest to the Imperial Prince was also looking

to

He also looked

agree with her,

think Vice Tower Master is

“I see.”

Honte.

pupil of the Tower Master and the future successor of the Alchemists’ Bell

Bell Tower gathering the children

him at his side this time to

hero from

a good way to bring back the lost positive public sentiment for the Empire, the Imperial Prince, and the Alchemists’ Bell

also Cale Henituse

next to him with a

you have to see something like this

these two to draw in the

thought differently. He licked his lips and turned his

help a close friend. I’ll go to where the priests

that you came to help me for

sincerely laughed

could there be such a

lamented the time he

messing with the

the priests

him

expression is easy to

about the war. Adin was keeping him by his side because he found Valentino to

looking

back at Toonka who was

Toonka a gentle smile. It was

and shouted out

knights, aim for the necks of

Rumble-

the horses’ hooves

knights came pouring

a thousand of the Empire’s noble’s knights bearing their own emblems appeared

“Uwahahahaha!”

them

“Let’s go!”

pierced through the sound of the

toward the Imperial

‘Hm?’

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

‘…A sneer?’

his mouth and started

“Halt.”

to

“Clever bastard.”

heard a sound

Piiiii- Piiii-

the sound

in the brown robe was blowing a

of thousands of the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers began

They raised their hands.

both of their

if they were

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

held

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

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew

blew in a different direction from the spring winds that blew from

white skeleton bird appeared

followed

“Ha, haha-!”

into laughter

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following

than the five in front

that were piloting them

Shaaaa-

down the hood of the man in the brown

fixed his eyes on the

see white hair and blue

see those eyes that resembled the sky through the

extended from his nose to his forehead. The man

his

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

from the

His hands that were up went

Shatter!

and a dark blue liquid came out while Imperial

the fire

made eye contact. Toonka

“Annoying bastard.”

blue fire that covered the Gorge of Death simply from the

over a thousand opened their

back! It is

“Turn back!”

the people behind Toonka lowered their hands

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of thousands of dark blue marbles

“Kahahahaha!”

out everywhere starting from

laughter full

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

was a dark blue color like

of thousands of marbles that contained the Dragon’s Rage began to emerge