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 rather than your swords! They

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

at the Vice Captain after hearing that shout. He then stopped in front of the Empire’s

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

raise his head as he shouted

do you think? Who do you think will win,

Vice Captain flinched and

Above the dirt wall.

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

Imperial Prince Adin.

made eye contact with

Empire must

Captain lowered his

‘I'm done for.’

like a coward in the

led administration and politics strictly

probably on that

his hand that was gripping his

been through a

Empire’s Second

Imperial Prince directly administered. They appeared on

started to speak

that will bow his

his ridicule for Imperial

“Y, you bastard!”

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

slowly scanned

Bears, the warriors, the soldiers,

the helmeted

in the brown robe standing on the castle

"Your highness.”

know, Vice

also looking at

to

looked at the young man dressed in

agree with her,

Tower Master is right,

“I see.”

Honte.

pupil of the Tower Master

Tower gathering the children from the slums, making

to make him the new hero

hero from

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

Henituse and one more

person next to

that you have to see something like this

two to draw in the people’s

He licked his lips and turned his attention towards

a close friend. I’ll go to where

I’m grateful that you came to help me

laughed

there be such

time he spent

messing with the Caro

left Adin’s side and headed towards the

him and started

easy to use. It’s

worried about the war. Adin was keeping him

are you looking

at Toonka who was shouting

Toonka a gentle smile. It was the smile

opened his mouth and

the necks of the Whipper

Rumble-

of the horses’

knights came

noble’s knights bearing their own emblems

“Uwahahahaha!”

them and raised his

“Let’s go!”

shout pierced through the sound of the hooves and covered the

toward the Imperial

‘Hm?’

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 was

‘…A sneer?’

Prince opened his mouth

“Halt.”

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

“Clever bastard.”

sound at that

Piiiii- Piiii-

the sound of

the brown robe was blowing a

tens of thousands of the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers

They raised their hands.

their hands high into the

as if they were raising

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

and Bears held dark blue

at the Whipper Kingdom’s army who were

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew past

wind that blew in a different direction from the

skeleton bird appeared in

followed behind

“Ha, haha-!”

bursted into laughter

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following

of white skeleton birds smaller than the

Flame Dwarves that were piloting them stopped above Maple

Shaaaa-

the hood of the

Prince Adin fixed his eyes on

see white hair and blue

could see those eyes that resembled the sky through

that extended from his nose to his forehead. The man with

his

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

the Empire were

with Toonka. His hands that were

Shatter!

and a dark blue liquid came out

back. It’s the fire from the

Prince’s made eye contact. Toonka spoke as

“Annoying bastard.”

fire that covered the Gorge of Death simply from the dark

their mouths and hurriedly

It is His

“Turn back!”

their hands as well as

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of dark blue marbles were thrown throughout

“Kahahahaha!”

out everywhere starting from

was laughter full of

see fire in front of them as the wind

a dark blue color like the

of marbles that contained the Dragon’s Rage began to