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.

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

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

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

evil Empire bastards with his head on straight! You’re a warrior

his head as he

you think? Who do you think will win,

flinched and looked

Above the dirt wall.

man wearing a uniform was looking down at the battlefield. His eyes shone

Imperial Prince Adin.

eye contact

must

Vice Captain lowered his

‘I'm done for.’

like a coward in

Imperial Prince Adin was someone who led administration and politics strictly based on ability. Everyone was afraid to be on his watch

probably on that list

his

a lot, Vice

Second

that the Imperial Prince directly administered. They

to speak

that will bow his head

hide his

“Y, you bastard!”

nobles that came with the Imperial Prince frowned at Toonka.

slowly scanned

the Bears, the warriors, the

the

there was the man in the brown robe

"Your highness.”

know, Vice Tower

the Imperial Prince was also looking at the man in the brown robe.

have to

looked at the young man dressed in an

you agree with her,

Master

“I see.”

Honte.

the Tower Master and the future successor

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

Imperial Prince kept him at his side this time to make him the

hero

good way to bring back the lost positive public sentiment for the Empire, the

Cale Henituse and one more

Imperial Prince looked at the person next to him with a

sorry that you have to see something like this from

two to draw in the people’s

thought differently. He licked his lips and turned his attention towards the Whipper

a close friend. I’ll go to

I’m grateful that you came to

sincerely laughed at Adin’s

could there be such a

time he spent as Adin’s close

messing

headed towards the priests with a stiff

at him and started

is easy

the war. Adin was

you looking at, Imperial

back at Toonka who was

Toonka a gentle smile. It was the smile of someone looking at

mouth and shouted

aim for the necks

Rumble-

sound of the horses’ hooves

knights came

the Empire’s noble’s knights bearing their own emblems appeared in

“Uwahahahaha!”

at them and raised

“Let’s go!”

through the sound of the hooves

looked toward the Imperial

‘Hm?’

good at discerning the emotions of others, he felt

‘…A sneer?’

Imperial Prince opened his

“Halt.”

knights came to a sudden halt. Toonka started to speak as they looked

“Clever bastard.”

a sound at

Piiiii- Piiii-

the sound of a

brown robe

of thousands of the Whipper Kingdom’s

They raised their hands.

of their hands high into

they were raising their hands for

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

held dark

the Whipper Kingdom’s army

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

wind blew past

different direction from the spring winds that blew from the

appeared

more followed

“Ha, haha-!”

into laughter

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following

smaller than the five

piloting them stopped above Maple

Shaaaa-

of the man in the brown robe

Prince Adin fixed his eyes on the

see white

could see those eyes that resembled

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

moment his

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

people from the Empire were

with Toonka. His hands that were up

Shatter!

dark blue liquid came out while Imperial Prince Adin

It’s the fire from the

the Imperial Prince’s made eye

“Annoying bastard.”

dark blue fire that covered the

opened their mouths and hurriedly conveyed the Imperial Prince’s

It is His Highness’s

“Turn back!”

people behind Toonka lowered their hands as well as soon as Toonka

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of thousands of dark blue

“Kahahahaha!”

out everywhere

was laughter full

fire in front of them as the

a dark blue color like the night without

the Dragon’s Rage began to emerge one by