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.

your shields

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

at the Vice Captain after hearing that shout. He then

right mindset! He’s the only one of those evil Empire bastards

head as he shouted

you think? Who do

Vice Captain flinched

Above the dirt wall.

gray-haired man wearing a uniform was looking down at the battlefield. His eyes

Imperial Prince Adin.

contact with the Vice

Empire must not

Captain lowered

‘I'm done for.’

probably looked like a coward in

who led administration and politics strictly based on ability. Everyone was

on that list

lost strength in his hand

a lot, Vice

Second

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

started to speak

looks that the bastard that will bow his head to

not hide his ridicule

“Y, you bastard!”

Imperial Prince frowned at Toonka. However, the

slowly scanned the

the warriors, the

the helmeted

the man in the brown robe standing on the castle

"Your highness.”

know, Vice Tower

Vice Tower Master who was standing closest to the Imperial Prince was also looking at the man in the brown robe. She opened her mouth to

have to

toward Vice Tower Master Metelona. He also looked at the young man

you agree

Master is right, your

“I see.”

Honte.

pupil of the Tower Master and the future successor

created by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower gathering the children from the

kept him at his side this time to make

hero from the

positive public sentiment

Cale Henituse and one

next to

to see something like this from

to draw in

licked his lips and turned his attention towards the

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

that you came to help me

laughed

could there be such

the time he

for messing with the

towards the priests with

at him and started to

expression is easy to

war. Adin was keeping him by his side because he found

looking at, Imperial Prince

at Toonka who was shouting directly at

was the

and shouted out

necks of

Rumble-

sound of the horses’

came pouring

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

“Uwahahahaha!”

laughed at them and raised his

“Let’s go!”

pierced through the sound of

the Imperial Prince

‘Hm?’

was good at discerning the emotions of others, he felt that the look in Toonka’s

‘…A sneer?’

his

“Halt.”

sudden halt. Toonka started to speak

“Clever bastard.”

heard a sound at that

Piiiii- Piiii-

the sound of

brown robe was blowing

thousands of the Whipper

They raised their hands.

both of their hands high into the

as if they were

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

Bears held dark

the Whipper Kingdom’s army who were

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew past

blew in a different direction from the spring winds that blew

skeleton bird appeared in the

more followed

“Ha, haha-!”

into laughter

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

the following dozens

than the five in

Flame Dwarves that were piloting

Shaaaa-

of the man in the brown

fixed his eyes

could see white hair and blue

those eyes that resembled the sky through the man’s

nose to his forehead. The man with a mysterious air around

moment his

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

people from the Empire were

with Toonka. His hands that were up went

Shatter!

marble broke and a dark blue liquid came out while Imperial Prince Adin shouted in

back. It’s the fire from the

and the Imperial Prince’s made eye contact. Toonka spoke as he ran

“Annoying bastard.”

blue fire that covered the Gorge of Death simply

opened their mouths and hurriedly

It is His

“Turn back!”

lowered their hands as well as soon as Toonka

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of thousands of dark blue marbles were

“Kahahahaha!”

out everywhere starting from

laughter full

fire in front of them as the

color like

of thousands of marbles that contained the Dragon’s