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.

to be passive! Soldiers, hold up your shields rather than

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

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

the only one of those evil Empire bastards with

raise his head

think? Who do you think will

flinched and

Above the dirt wall.

a uniform was looking down at the battlefield.

Imperial Prince Adin.

eye contact

must

Captain lowered his

‘I'm done for.’

like a coward in the eyes

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

on that list

in his hand that was

a lot, Vice

Empire’s Second Knights

knights that the Imperial Prince directly administered. They appeared on the

speak at that

his head

not hide his

“Y, you bastard!”

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

scanned

the Bears, the warriors, the soldiers, and

the helmeted

the man in the brown robe standing on the castle

"Your highness.”

know, Vice

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

have to kill him

looked at the young man dressed in

agree with

Master

“I see.”

Honte.

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

by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower gathering

this time to make him the new hero for the people

hero

bring back the lost positive public sentiment

also Cale Henituse and

at the person next

that you have to see something like this

use these two to draw in the

his lips and

close friend. I’ll

to

sincerely laughed at Adin’s

there be

he spent as Adin’s close

pay for messing

headed towards the priests with

at him and started

is easy to use.

as he was worried about the war. Adin

you looking at, Imperial

back at Toonka who was shouting

a gentle smile. It was the smile of someone

his mouth and shouted out

aim for the necks of the Whipper Kingdom’s

Rumble-

the horses’ hooves shook the

knights came

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

“Uwahahahaha!”

them and raised

“Let’s go!”

through the sound of the

the Imperial

‘Hm?’

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

‘…A sneer?’

opened his mouth

“Halt.”

started to speak as they looked toward the

“Clever bastard.”

sound at

Piiiii- Piiii-

the sound of

in the brown robe was blowing a

tens of thousands of the

They raised their hands.

raised both of their hands high into the

was as if they were raising their hands for

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

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

blankly at the Whipper Kingdom’s army who were all

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew

different direction from the

appeared in the midst

more followed

“Ha, haha-!”

bursted into laughter

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following

skeleton birds smaller than the five

Dwarves that were piloting them stopped

Shaaaa-

down the hood of the man in the brown robe

Prince Adin fixed his eyes on

see white hair and

those eyes that resembled the sky through the

man was wearing a mask that extended from his nose to his forehead. The man

moment his

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

from the

with Toonka. His hands that

Shatter!

and a dark blue liquid came out while Imperial

fire from the Gorge of

and the Imperial Prince’s made eye contact.

“Annoying bastard.”

dark blue fire that covered the Gorge of Death simply

their mouths

is

“Turn back!”

Toonka lowered their hands as well as soon

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

blue marbles

“Kahahahaha!”

out everywhere starting from

laughter full

army began to see fire in front of them as the wind blew toward

was a dark blue color like the night without

tens of thousands of marbles that contained the