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.

ok to be passive! Soldiers, hold up your

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

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

only one of those evil Empire bastards with his head

raise his head as he shouted

do you think

flinched and

Above the dirt wall.

the

Imperial Prince Adin.

contact with the Vice

must not

Vice Captain lowered

‘I'm done for.’

looked like a coward in the eyes of the Imperial

he looked nice, Imperial Prince Adin was someone who led administration and politics strictly based on ability. Everyone was afraid to be on

probably on

his hand that was gripping

been through a lot, Vice

Empire’s Second Knights

the knights that the Imperial Prince directly administered. They appeared on the battlefield in

to speak at

his head to us has a lot to

his ridicule for Imperial Prince

“Y, you bastard!”

of the Empire’s nobles that came with the Imperial Prince frowned at Toonka. However, the

scanned

the warriors, the

addition, the helmeted

was the man in the brown robe standing on the

"Your highness.”

Vice Tower

standing closest to the Imperial Prince was also looking at the man in

to kill him

Master Metelona. He also looked at the young man dressed

agree with

Tower Master is right, your

“I see.”

Honte.

of the Tower Master and the

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

time to make him the new hero for the

war hero from the

lost positive public sentiment for

also Cale Henituse and one

Imperial Prince looked at the person next

you have to see something

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

lips and turned his

no. I should help a close friend. I’ll go to where the priests

to help me for the sake of our

laughed

there be such a

the time he

pay for messing with the

headed towards the priests

at him and started

expression is easy to

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

looking at, Imperial Prince

who was shouting

smile. It was the smile of someone looking

and shouted

necks of the Whipper Kingdom’s

Rumble-

the horses’

came pouring

own emblems appeared in

“Uwahahahaha!”

laughed at them and

“Let’s go!”

through the sound of the hooves and

Imperial Prince as

‘Hm?’

Imperial Prince flinched at 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 eyes

‘…A sneer?’

opened his mouth and started

“Halt.”

a sudden halt. Toonka started to speak as they looked toward the Imperial Prince in

“Clever bastard.”

a sound at that

Piiiii- Piiii-

sound of a

in the brown

thousands of the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers began

They raised their hands.

their hands high into

they were raising their hands

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

of the warriors, soldiers, and Bears held dark blue

Whipper Kingdom’s army who were all holding a marble

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

wind blew past

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

skeleton bird appeared in the midst of that

more followed

“Ha, haha-!”

into laughter in

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

the following dozens that

smaller than the five in front

Flame Dwarves that were piloting them stopped above Maple

Shaaaa-

down the hood of the man in the brown robe

Adin fixed his eyes on the

could see white hair and blue

that resembled

extended from his nose to his

his hand

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

people from the

hands that were up

Shatter!

blue liquid came

the fire from the

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

“Annoying bastard.”

covered the Gorge

over a thousand opened their mouths and hurriedly conveyed the Imperial Prince’s

back! It is

“Turn back!”

behind Toonka lowered their hands as well as soon

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of thousands of dark blue marbles were thrown throughout

“Kahahahaha!”

everywhere

was laughter full

see fire in front of them

dark blue color like the

of thousands of marbles that contained the Dragon’s Rage began to emerge one by