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!”

applause and stared at the Vice Captain after hearing that shout. He then stopped in front

evil Empire bastards with his head

head as he shouted

think? Who do

Captain flinched

Above the dirt wall.

gray-haired man wearing a uniform was looking down at the battlefield. His eyes shone with a golden

Imperial Prince Adin.

eye contact with

Empire must

Vice Captain lowered

‘I'm done for.’

a coward in

he looked nice, Imperial Prince Adin was someone who led administration and politics strictly based on ability. Everyone was

on

in his hand that was

a

Second Knights

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

speak at that

bow his head to us has

not hide his ridicule for

“Y, you bastard!”

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

scanned

Bears, the warriors, the soldiers,

addition, the

the man in the brown

"Your highness.”

Vice Tower

closest to the Imperial Prince was also

to

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

agree with

think Vice Tower Master is right,

“I see.”

Honte.

of the Tower Master and the future successor

Bell Tower gathering the children from the slums, making

to make

hero

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

Henituse and one

Prince looked at the person next to him

that you have to see something like this from

two to

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

friend. I’ll go to where the priests

I’m grateful that you came to help me for the

sincerely laughed at Adin’s

there be such

time he

messing with the

headed towards the priests with a stiff expression

at him

is easy to use. It’s

as he was worried about the war. Adin was keeping

looking at, Imperial Prince

Toonka who was shouting

smile. It was the smile of someone looking

and shouted out

knights, aim for the necks of the

Rumble-

sound of the horses’ hooves shook the

knights came pouring

their own emblems appeared in large numbers

“Uwahahahaha!”

at them and raised

“Let’s go!”

the sound of the hooves and covered

the Imperial Prince as he said

‘Hm?’

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

‘…A sneer?’

his mouth and started

“Halt.”

to a sudden halt. Toonka started to speak as

“Clever bastard.”

heard a sound at that

Piiiii- Piiii-

sound of a

in the brown

thousands of the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers

They raised their hands.

raised both of their hands high

as if they were raising their hands

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

of the warriors, soldiers, and Bears held

army who

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

blew past

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

bird appeared in the

more followed

“Ha, haha-!”

bursted into laughter

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following

skeleton birds smaller than the five in

that were piloting

Shaaaa-

of the man in the brown

Prince Adin fixed his eyes on

white

eyes that resembled

that extended from his nose to his forehead. The man with a mysterious air around

moment his

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

from the Empire

started with Toonka. His hands that were up went

Shatter!

broke and a dark blue liquid came out while Imperial Prince Adin shouted

It’s the fire from the

made eye contact. Toonka spoke as

“Annoying bastard.”

that covered the Gorge of Death simply from the dark

opened their mouths and

is His

“Turn back!”

behind Toonka lowered their hands as well as soon as Toonka turned

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

dark blue marbles were thrown

“Kahahahaha!”

burst out everywhere

laughter full of

see fire in front of them as the

dark blue color like

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