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’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

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

those evil Empire

his head as

you think? Who do

Vice Captain flinched and looked

Above the dirt wall.

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

Imperial Prince Adin.

made eye contact with

must

Captain lowered his

‘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 to

probably on that

in his hand that was gripping

through a lot,

Second

Imperial Prince directly administered. They appeared on the battlefield in golden

started to speak

that will bow his head to us has a lot to

hide his ridicule for Imperial

“Y, you bastard!”

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

slowly scanned the

the warriors, the

addition, the helmeted

in the brown robe standing

"Your highness.”

know, Vice Tower

Tower Master who was standing closest to the Imperial Prince was also looking

have to kill him

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

you agree with

Master is right, your

“I see.”

Honte.

Tower Master and the future successor of

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

this time to make him the new

war hero from

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

Cale Henituse and one

Imperial Prince looked at the person next to him with

have to

these two to draw

lips and turned

close friend. I’ll go to where the

came to help me for the

laughed at

be such

time he spent as

pay for messing with the Caro

side and headed towards the priests with a stiff expression on

looked at him and started

easy

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

you looking

looked back at Toonka who

gentle smile. It was the smile of someone looking at his

opened his mouth and

aim for the necks of

Rumble-

horses’

came

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

“Uwahahahaha!”

them

“Let’s go!”

sound of

Imperial

‘Hm?’

was good at discerning the emotions of others,

‘…A sneer?’

opened his

“Halt.”

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

“Clever bastard.”

heard a sound at

Piiiii- Piiii-

was the sound of a

man in the brown robe was blowing

of thousands of the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers began to

They raised their hands.

both of their hands high

were raising

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

held dark blue marbles

Kingdom’s army who were all holding a

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew past

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

appeared in the

more followed behind

“Ha, haha-!”

into laughter in

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

the following

skeleton birds smaller than the five

piloting

Shaaaa-

hood of the man in the brown robe at

Prince Adin fixed his eyes on the

see white

could see those eyes that resembled the sky through

nose to his

his hand went

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

from the Empire

Toonka. His hands that were

Shatter!

and a dark blue liquid came out while Imperial Prince Adin

fire from the Gorge

made eye contact. Toonka spoke

“Annoying bastard.”

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

over a thousand opened their mouths

is

“Turn back!”

behind Toonka lowered their hands as

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of dark blue

“Kahahahaha!”

everywhere starting from

was laughter

see fire in front of them as the wind

color like the

marbles that contained the Dragon’s