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 swords! They are

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

bursted into laughter and applause and stared at the Vice Captain after hearing that shout. He then

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

his head as

Who do you think

Vice Captain flinched

Above the dirt wall.

wearing a uniform was looking down at the battlefield. His eyes shone with a golden glow under

Imperial Prince Adin.

made eye contact with

Empire must

Captain lowered

‘I'm done for.’

probably looked like a coward in the

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

on that

strength in his hand that

through a

Second Knights

knights that the Imperial Prince directly administered. They appeared on

to speak at that

bastard that will bow his head to

not hide his ridicule

“Y, you bastard!”

the Empire’s nobles that came with the Imperial Prince frowned at

slowly scanned

the Bears, the warriors, the

the helmeted

in the brown robe standing on the

"Your highness.”

Vice

Tower Master who was standing closest to the Imperial Prince was also

to

Metelona. He also looked at the young man

agree with

think Vice Tower Master is right, your

“I see.”

Honte.

was the star pupil of the Tower Master and

was originally from the slums and was the miracle created by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower gathering the children from the slums, making him the main character of

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

hero from the

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

Henituse and

person next to him with a warm but

that you have to see something like this from the

couldn’t use these two to draw in the

differently. He licked his lips and turned his attention towards

should help a close friend. I’ll go

that you came to help

laughed at Adin’s

be

he spent as

pay for messing with the

side and headed towards the

looked at him

easy to use.

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

looking

who was

It was

opened his mouth and shouted out an

necks of

Rumble-

sound of the horses’ hooves shook

knights came

noble’s knights bearing their own emblems appeared

“Uwahahahaha!”

laughed at them and

“Let’s go!”

pierced through the sound of the hooves and covered

looked toward the Imperial Prince as he

‘Hm?’

at discerning the emotions

‘…A sneer?’

his mouth and

“Halt.”

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

“Clever bastard.”

heard a sound at that

Piiiii- Piiii-

sound of

brown robe was blowing

of the

They raised their hands.

of their

if they were raising their hands for a

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

warriors, soldiers, and Bears held dark blue

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

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew past

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

appeared in the midst

more followed behind

“Ha, haha-!”

into laughter in

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following dozens that

the

Flame Dwarves that were piloting them stopped

Shaaaa-

the hood of the man in

fixed his eyes on the

see white hair and

eyes that resembled

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

moment his

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

the

with Toonka. His hands

Shatter!

marble broke and a dark blue liquid came out while

It’s the fire from the Gorge

eye contact. Toonka spoke as he

“Annoying bastard.”

the dark blue fire that covered the Gorge of Death simply

thousand opened their mouths

is

“Turn back!”

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

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

blue marbles

“Kahahahaha!”

everywhere starting

was laughter

began to see fire in front of them as the wind blew toward

blue color like the night without a

of thousands of marbles that contained the Dragon’s Rage