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.

up your shields rather than your swords!

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

bursted into laughter and applause and stared at the Vice Captain after

of those evil Empire bastards

his head as he

you think? Who do you think

Captain flinched

Above the dirt wall.

the battlefield. His eyes shone

Imperial Prince Adin.

eye contact

must not

Vice Captain lowered his

‘I'm done for.’

Captain probably looked like a coward in the eyes of

and politics strictly based on ability. Everyone was afraid to

probably on that

in his hand that was gripping his

a

Empire’s Second

Prince directly administered. They appeared

to speak at that

bastard that will bow his head to us has a

hide his ridicule for

“Y, you bastard!”

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

scanned

the Bears, the warriors,

addition, the

there was the man in the brown robe standing on the

"Your highness.”

Vice

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

to kill

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

you agree with her,

Tower Master is right,

“I see.”

Honte.

Master

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

to make him the new hero for the

war hero

bring back the lost positive public sentiment for the

Henituse and one

the person next to him with a warm but serious

you have to see something like this from

these two to draw in the people’s

Valentino thought differently. He licked his lips and turned his attention towards

I should help a close friend. I’ll go to

I’m grateful that you came to

sincerely laughed at Adin’s

could there be

the time he spent as Adin’s

messing

the priests with a stiff expression on

looked at him and

expression is easy to use. It’s

seemed to have a stiff expression as he was worried about the war. Adin was keeping him by

you looking

looked back at Toonka who was shouting directly

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

and shouted out

for the necks

Rumble-

horses’ hooves shook

came

Empire’s noble’s knights bearing their own emblems

“Uwahahahaha!”

laughed at them and raised his

“Let’s go!”

shout pierced through the sound of the hooves and covered

Imperial

‘Hm?’

was good at discerning the emotions of others, he felt that the

‘…A sneer?’

opened his mouth and started to

“Halt.”

to a sudden halt. Toonka started to speak as they looked toward

“Clever bastard.”

a sound at that

Piiiii- Piiii-

the sound of a

brown robe was blowing a

tens of thousands of the

They raised their hands.

of their hands high

were raising their hands

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

the warriors, soldiers, and Bears held dark blue marbles

Empire’s knights looked blankly at the Whipper Kingdom’s army who were all holding a marble in

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

wind blew

blew in a different direction from the

appeared in the midst of that

followed

“Ha, haha-!”

into laughter

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following dozens

skeleton birds smaller than the

that were piloting them

Shaaaa-

of the man in the

Adin fixed his eyes

could see white hair and

see those eyes that resembled

white-haired man was wearing a mask that extended from his nose to his forehead.

moment his hand went

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

the

hands that were up went

Shatter!

broke and a dark blue liquid came out while Imperial

fire from the Gorge of

eye contact. Toonka spoke as

“Annoying bastard.”

that covered the Gorge of Death simply from

that numbered over a thousand opened their mouths and hurriedly

is His Highness’s

“Turn back!”

behind Toonka lowered their hands as well

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

blue marbles were thrown throughout the

“Kahahahaha!”

burst out everywhere starting from

laughter full

front of them as the

blue color like the

tens of thousands of marbles that contained the Dragon’s