Trash of the Count's Family

Teaser: Chris Jericho saying "You just made the list!"

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!”

Vice Captain after hearing that shout. He

one of those evil Empire bastards with his head on straight!

raise his head

you think? Who do you think will

Captain flinched and

Above the dirt wall.

looking down at the

Imperial Prince Adin.

contact with the

must not

Captain

‘I'm done for.’

Captain probably looked like a coward in the eyes of the

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

probably on that list

Captain lost strength in his hand

a lot, Vice

Second Knights

Imperial Prince directly administered.

started to speak

that the bastard that will bow his

his ridicule for

“Y, you bastard!”

of the Empire’s nobles that came with the Imperial Prince

slowly scanned

the warriors,

addition, the helmeted

was the man in the brown

"Your highness.”

Vice Tower

the Imperial Prince was also looking at the man in the brown robe. She opened

have to kill him

Metelona. He also looked at

agree with

Tower Master is right,

“I see.”

Honte.

pupil of the Tower Master and the future successor of the Alchemists’

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

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

war hero from

lost positive public sentiment for the Empire,

Henituse and one

Prince looked at the person next to him with a warm but serious

that you have to see

to draw in the people’s

Valentino thought differently. He licked his lips and turned his

should help a close friend. I’ll

you came to help me for the sake

laughed at

could there be such

lamented the time he

messing with the

towards the priests

at him and started to

is easy to use.

worried about the war. Adin was keeping

are you looking at, Imperial Prince

back at Toonka who

gentle smile. It was the smile of

mouth and

aim for the necks of the Whipper

Rumble-

sound of the horses’ hooves shook

came pouring

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

“Uwahahahaha!”

laughed at them and raised

“Let’s go!”

shout pierced through the sound of

Imperial Prince as

‘Hm?’

someone who was good at discerning the emotions of others, he felt that the look in Toonka’s eyes

‘…A sneer?’

Imperial Prince opened his

“Halt.”

started to speak as they looked toward the Imperial

“Clever bastard.”

heard a sound

Piiiii- Piiii-

sound

in the brown robe was blowing

of the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers began

They raised their hands.

their

as if they were

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

and Bears held dark blue marbles in their raised

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

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew past

direction from the spring winds that blew from the Empire to

skeleton bird appeared

followed behind

“Ha, haha-!”

into

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following dozens that

skeleton birds smaller than the five in front appeared in

that were piloting

Shaaaa-

down the hood of the man in the

Adin fixed his eyes on the

see white hair and blue

could see those eyes that resembled the sky through the man’s

white-haired man was wearing a mask that extended from his nose to his forehead. The man with a mysterious air around

his hand went

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

people from the

started with Toonka. His hands that were

Shatter!

dark blue liquid came

back. It’s the fire from the Gorge of

Imperial Prince’s made eye contact. Toonka spoke as

“Annoying bastard.”

blue fire that covered the Gorge of Death simply from the dark

opened their

It is

“Turn back!”

lowered their hands as well as soon

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of dark blue marbles were thrown

“Kahahahaha!”

out everywhere starting

was laughter full of

fire in front of them as the wind

was a dark blue color like the night without

tens of thousands of marbles that contained the Dragon’s Rage began to