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.

your shields

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

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

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

raise his head as he shouted

you think? Who do

Captain flinched

Above the dirt wall.

down at the battlefield.

Imperial Prince Adin.

contact

Empire must

Captain

‘I'm done for.’

looked like a coward in the eyes of

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

on that

Captain lost strength in his hand that was gripping

a lot,

Second

the Imperial Prince directly administered. They

to speak

the bastard that will bow his head to

his ridicule for Imperial

“Y, you bastard!”

nobles that came with the Imperial Prince frowned at

slowly scanned

warriors, the soldiers,

the

the man in the brown robe standing on

"Your highness.”

Vice

Master who was standing closest to the Imperial Prince was also looking at the man in the brown robe. She

to

looked at the young man dressed in an

agree with her,

Tower Master is right,

“I see.”

Honte.

the Tower Master and the future successor of the

by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower

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

hero from the

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

also Cale Henituse and one

at the person next to him with

have to see something like this from

two to draw

licked his lips and turned his attention towards

friend. I’ll go to

you came to help me for the sake of

laughed at Adin’s

could there be

lamented the time he spent as Adin’s

messing with the

side and headed towards the

looked at him and started

expression is easy to

the war. Adin was keeping him

you looking

who was shouting directly

gentle smile. It was the smile

and

aim for the necks of

Rumble-

sound of the horses’

came pouring

noble’s knights bearing their own emblems appeared in large numbers starting with

“Uwahahahaha!”

at them and

“Let’s go!”

of the

looked toward the Imperial Prince

‘Hm?’

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

‘…A sneer?’

Imperial Prince opened his mouth and started

“Halt.”

sudden halt. Toonka started to speak as they

“Clever bastard.”

heard a sound

Piiiii- Piiii-

was the sound of

brown robe

tens of thousands of the Whipper Kingdom’s

They raised their hands.

raised both of their hands

they were

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

the warriors, soldiers, and Bears held dark blue marbles in their raised

knights looked blankly at the Whipper Kingdom’s army

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew

was a wind that blew in a different direction from the spring winds that blew from the Empire to

bird appeared in the

followed behind

“Ha, haha-!”

bursted into laughter

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following dozens

skeleton birds smaller than the five in front

Flame Dwarves that were piloting

Shaaaa-

the man in the brown robe at that

his eyes

could see white hair and blue

those eyes that resembled the sky through the man’s

a mask that extended from his nose to his forehead. The man with a mysterious air

his

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

people from the

started with Toonka. His hands that were up went

Shatter!

broke and a dark blue liquid came out

the fire from the

Prince’s made eye

“Annoying bastard.”

blue fire that covered the Gorge of Death simply

opened their mouths and hurriedly

is

“Turn back!”

lowered their hands as well as soon

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of dark blue marbles were thrown throughout

“Kahahahaha!”

everywhere starting from

was laughter

see fire in front of them as the wind

dark blue color like the night

of marbles that contained the