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.

hold up your shields rather than your swords! They

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

stared at the Vice Captain after hearing that shout. He then stopped in front of

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

head as he

you think? Who do you think will win, Imperial

Captain flinched and

Above the dirt wall.

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

Imperial Prince Adin.

eye contact with the

Empire must not

Captain

‘I'm done for.’

probably looked like a coward in the

administration and politics strictly based on ability. Everyone was afraid to be on

on that

Vice Captain lost strength in his hand that was gripping his

a

Empire’s Second

that the Imperial Prince directly administered. They appeared

started to speak at

looks that the bastard that will bow his head to us has a

not hide his ridicule for

“Y, you bastard!”

Prince frowned at Toonka.

slowly scanned the

the warriors, the soldiers, and

the helmeted

was the man in the brown robe standing on the castle

"Your highness.”

know, Vice

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

to

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

agree

Vice Tower Master is right, your

“I see.”

Honte.

Tower Master and the future

Bell Tower gathering

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

hero from the

was a good way to bring back the lost positive public sentiment for the

Henituse and

Imperial Prince looked at the person next to him with a

I'm sorry that you have to see something like

two to draw in

differently. He licked his lips and turned

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

you came to help me for the

sincerely laughed

be such

lamented the time he spent as

for messing with the

the priests with a

him and started

is easy to use.

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

you looking at,

at Toonka who was shouting

gave Toonka a gentle smile. It was the

and shouted out an

aim for the necks

Rumble-

of the horses’

knights came pouring

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

“Uwahahahaha!”

laughed at them and raised

“Let’s go!”

shout pierced through the sound of the hooves and covered the

Imperial Prince as he

‘Hm?’

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

‘…A sneer?’

opened his mouth

“Halt.”

halt. Toonka started to speak as they looked toward

“Clever bastard.”

sound at

Piiiii- Piiii-

was the sound of

the brown

of thousands of the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers

They raised their hands.

raised both of their hands

if they were raising their

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

held dark blue marbles

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

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

wind blew

was a wind that blew in a different direction from the spring winds that blew from the Empire to the

white skeleton bird appeared in the

more followed

“Ha, haha-!”

into laughter in

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

the following dozens that

smaller than the

that were piloting them stopped

Shaaaa-

down the hood of the

fixed his eyes

could see white hair and

resembled the sky through the

man was wearing a mask that extended from his nose to his

his hand went

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

people from the Empire were

with Toonka. His hands that

Shatter!

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

fire from the

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

“Annoying bastard.”

covered the Gorge of Death simply from the dark blue

numbered over a thousand opened their

back! It is His Highness’s

“Turn back!”

Toonka lowered their hands as well

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of dark blue marbles were

“Kahahahaha!”

everywhere

laughter full of

army began to see fire in front of them

dark blue color like

of thousands of marbles that contained the