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 rather than your

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

Captain after hearing that shout. He

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

head as

you think? Who do you think

Vice Captain flinched and looked

Above the dirt wall.

looking down at the battlefield. His eyes shone with a

Imperial Prince Adin.

eye contact with the Vice

must

Vice Captain lowered his

‘I'm done for.’

like a coward

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

on that

strength in his hand that was gripping

through a lot,

Second

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

speak

bow his

did not hide his ridicule for Imperial

“Y, you bastard!”

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

slowly scanned

the warriors,

the helmeted

the man in the brown robe

"Your highness.”

know, Vice

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

have to kill him

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

you agree with her,

Master is right, your

“I see.”

Honte.

Master and the future successor

Alchemists’ Bell Tower gathering the children from the slums, making him

this time to

hero from the

back the lost positive public

Cale Henituse and one

at the person next to him

to see something like

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

licked his lips and turned his

help a close friend. I’ll go to where

came to help me for the sake of our

laughed at

there be

lamented the time he

for messing

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

looked at him and

easy to use.

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

you looking at, Imperial Prince

looked back at Toonka who was shouting directly

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

and shouted out an

knights, aim for the necks of

Rumble-

horses’ hooves shook the

knights came

own emblems appeared in large numbers starting

“Uwahahahaha!”

laughed at them and raised

“Let’s go!”

pierced through the sound of the hooves and covered

looked toward the Imperial Prince as he

‘Hm?’

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

‘…A sneer?’

his mouth and started

“Halt.”

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

“Clever bastard.”

a sound at

Piiiii- Piiii-

was the sound of

man in the brown robe was blowing

of the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers began

They raised their hands.

their

were raising their hands for a

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

and Bears held dark blue marbles in

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

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew

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

skeleton bird appeared in the midst

followed

“Ha, haha-!”

bursted into laughter

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following

skeleton birds smaller than the five in front appeared in

Dwarves that were piloting them stopped above

Shaaaa-

blew down the hood of the man in the brown robe at that

Adin fixed his eyes

white hair and

eyes that resembled the sky

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

moment his hand went

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

from the

Toonka. His hands that were up

Shatter!

liquid came out while Imperial Prince Adin

It’s the fire from the

Prince’s made eye contact.

“Annoying bastard.”

that covered the Gorge of Death

knights that numbered over a thousand opened their mouths and hurriedly conveyed the

back! It is His

“Turn back!”

their hands as well as soon

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of dark blue marbles were thrown throughout the

“Kahahahaha!”

out everywhere starting

laughter full of

front of them as the

color like the night without a

tens of thousands of marbles that contained the