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

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

into laughter and applause and stared at the Vice Captain after hearing

He’s the only one of those evil Empire bastards with his

head as he shouted

you think? Who do you think will

flinched

Above the dirt wall.

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

Imperial Prince Adin.

contact with

Empire must not

Captain

‘I'm done for.’

looked like a coward

nice, Imperial Prince Adin was someone who led administration and politics strictly based on ability.

on that

Captain lost strength in his

been through a lot, Vice

Second

Imperial Prince directly administered. They appeared on the battlefield in

speak at that

bow his head to us has a lot to

did not hide his ridicule

“Y, you bastard!”

Empire’s nobles that came with the Imperial Prince

slowly scanned

Bears, the warriors, the

the

there was the man in the brown robe standing on the castle

"Your highness.”

know, Vice Tower

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

to

Imperial Prince looked toward Vice Tower Master Metelona. He also looked at the young man dressed in an alchemist robe standing

you agree with

Tower Master is right, your

“I see.”

Honte.

star pupil of the Tower Master and the future successor of

Alchemists’ Bell Tower gathering the children from the slums, making him the main character of a beautiful

him at his side this time to make him the new hero for the people

hero

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

Henituse

person next to him with a warm but

that you have to see something like

two to draw in the people’s

He licked his lips and turned his

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

that you came to help me for the sake of

laughed at Adin’s

could there be such a

time he spent as Adin’s close

pay for messing with the Caro

headed towards the priests with a

at him

is easy to use.

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

looking at,

Toonka who was shouting directly

gentle smile. It was the smile of someone

mouth and shouted

for the necks of the Whipper Kingdom’s

Rumble-

the horses’ hooves shook

came

knights bearing their own emblems appeared in large numbers starting with

“Uwahahahaha!”

them

“Let’s go!”

through the sound of the hooves and

the Imperial

‘Hm?’

at discerning the emotions of others, he felt that the

‘…A sneer?’

Imperial Prince opened his

“Halt.”

knights came to a sudden halt. Toonka started to speak as

“Clever bastard.”

a sound

Piiiii- Piiii-

was the sound

in the brown

the Whipper Kingdom’s

They raised their hands.

of their hands

were raising

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

soldiers, and Bears held dark

at the Whipper Kingdom’s army

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

wind blew past

from the spring winds that blew from

bird appeared in the midst of that

followed

“Ha, haha-!”

into laughter in

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following dozens

of white skeleton birds smaller than the five in front appeared in

that were piloting

Shaaaa-

the man in the

Adin fixed his eyes on the

could see white hair

eyes that resembled the sky through

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

moment his hand went

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

from the

started with Toonka. His hands

Shatter!

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

It’s the fire from the Gorge

made eye contact. Toonka spoke as

“Annoying bastard.”

that covered the Gorge of Death simply from the dark

that numbered over a thousand opened their mouths

is His Highness’s

“Turn back!”

lowered their hands as well as

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

blue

“Kahahahaha!”

burst out everywhere starting from

was laughter full of

see fire in front

color like the

of marbles that contained the Dragon’s Rage began to