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.

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

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

Vice Captain after hearing that shout. He then

one of those evil Empire bastards with

head as he

you think? Who do you think will

flinched and looked

Above the dirt wall.

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

Imperial Prince Adin.

contact with the Vice

Empire must not

Captain lowered his

‘I'm done for.’

looked like a coward in the eyes

politics strictly based on ability. Everyone was afraid to

probably on that

Vice Captain lost strength in his hand that was gripping

a lot,

Empire’s Second

the Imperial Prince directly administered. They appeared on the

started to speak at

bow his head

not hide his

“Y, you bastard!”

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

scanned the

warriors, the soldiers,

the

the man in the brown robe

"Your highness.”

Vice

Imperial Prince was also looking at

to kill

Prince looked toward Vice Tower Master Metelona. He also looked at the young

you agree with her,

think Vice Tower Master is right,

“I see.”

Honte.

Tower Master and the future successor of the Alchemists’

created by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower gathering the

kept him at his side this time to make

war hero from the

the lost positive public sentiment for the

Cale Henituse and one more

the person next to him with

I'm sorry that you have to see

use these two to draw in the

licked his lips and turned his attention towards

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

that you came to help

laughed at Adin’s

be such

the time he

messing with

towards the priests with a stiff

looked at him and started to

expression is easy to

worried about the war. Adin

you looking at, Imperial

at Toonka who was

a gentle smile. It was the smile of someone looking

mouth and

the necks of the Whipper Kingdom’s

Rumble-

horses’ hooves

knights came

knights bearing their own emblems appeared in large numbers starting with the Second

“Uwahahahaha!”

them and raised his

“Let’s go!”

pierced through the sound of the

the Imperial Prince as

‘Hm?’

eyes. As someone who was good at discerning the emotions

‘…A sneer?’

Prince opened his mouth and started to

“Halt.”

a sudden halt. Toonka started to speak as

“Clever bastard.”

a sound at that

Piiiii- Piiii-

sound of a

the brown robe was blowing

of thousands of the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers began to

They raised their hands.

raised both of their hands

if they were raising their hands for a

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

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

looked blankly at the Whipper Kingdom’s army who were

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

wind blew

a wind that blew in a different direction from the spring winds that blew

white skeleton bird appeared in the

followed

“Ha, haha-!”

into

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

the following dozens that

than the five in front appeared in the

Dwarves that were piloting them

Shaaaa-

blew down the hood of the man in

his eyes on the

see white

eyes that resembled the sky

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

his hand

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

from the

His hands that were

Shatter!

dark blue liquid came out while Imperial Prince Adin shouted in

fire from the

the Imperial Prince’s made eye contact. Toonka

“Annoying bastard.”

covered the Gorge of Death simply from the dark blue

thousand opened their mouths and hurriedly conveyed

It is

“Turn back!”

behind Toonka lowered their hands as well as soon

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of dark blue marbles

“Kahahahaha!”

everywhere starting from

laughter

see fire in front of them as the wind

color like the night

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