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.

passive! Soldiers, hold up your

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

and applause and stared at the Vice Captain after

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

his head as

Who do you think will win, Imperial

Captain flinched and

Above the dirt wall.

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

Imperial Prince Adin.

eye contact

must not

Captain lowered

‘I'm done for.’

Vice Captain probably looked like a coward in the eyes

Prince Adin was someone who led administration and politics strictly based on ability. Everyone was afraid

on

Captain lost strength in his hand that

a lot, Vice

Empire’s Second Knights

directly administered.

started to speak

his head

hide his

“Y, you bastard!”

the Imperial Prince frowned at Toonka. However, the Imperial Prince’s

slowly scanned

the Bears, the warriors,

the helmeted

was the man in the brown

"Your highness.”

Vice

Vice Tower Master who was standing closest to the Imperial Prince was also looking at the man in the brown robe. She opened her

to

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

you agree

think Vice Tower Master is right, your

“I see.”

Honte.

the star pupil of the Tower Master and the future successor of the

the miracle created by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower gathering the children from

at his side this time to make him the new hero

war hero from

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

also Cale Henituse

looked at the person next to him with

to see something like this from

two to draw in the

his lips and turned his attention

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

that you came to help me for the sake of our

sincerely laughed

be

the time he spent as Adin’s close

for messing with the

towards the priests with a stiff expression

looked at him

is easy

have a stiff expression as he was worried about the war. Adin

are you looking at,

Toonka who was shouting directly

was the smile of someone looking at his

his mouth and

necks of the

Rumble-

the horses’ hooves shook

came

bearing their own emblems

“Uwahahahaha!”

laughed at them and

“Let’s go!”

of the hooves and covered

toward the Imperial Prince

‘Hm?’

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

‘…A sneer?’

opened his mouth

“Halt.”

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

“Clever bastard.”

sound at

Piiiii- Piiii-

sound of a

the brown robe was blowing

of the Whipper

They raised their hands.

both of their

they were raising

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

the warriors, soldiers, and Bears held dark blue marbles in their raised

knights looked blankly at the Whipper Kingdom’s army who

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew past

the spring winds that blew from the Empire

bird appeared

followed behind

“Ha, haha-!”

bursted into laughter

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following

birds smaller than the five in front

were piloting them stopped above

Shaaaa-

the man in the

Adin fixed his

could see white hair

eyes that resembled the sky

wearing a mask that extended from his nose to his forehead. The man with a mysterious air around him raised his

his hand went

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

people from the

with Toonka. His hands that were

Shatter!

liquid came out while Imperial Prince Adin shouted in

the fire from

Prince’s made eye contact. Toonka spoke as

“Annoying bastard.”

covered the Gorge of Death simply from the

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

is His

“Turn back!”

lowered their hands

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of dark blue marbles were thrown

“Kahahahaha!”

burst out everywhere starting

was laughter full of

fire in front of them

dark blue color like the

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