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

They’re devils.

“Kahahahahaha!”

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

the right mindset! He’s the only one of those evil Empire bastards with his head on straight! You’re a

his head as he

Who do you think will

Captain flinched and looked

Above the dirt wall.

at the battlefield.

Imperial Prince Adin.

made eye contact with the Vice

Empire must

Vice Captain lowered his

‘I'm done for.’

looked like a coward in the

administration and politics strictly based on ability. Everyone

probably on that

Vice Captain lost strength in his hand

through a lot,

Second

the Imperial Prince directly

speak

that will bow his

hide his

“Y, you bastard!”

nobles that came with the Imperial Prince frowned at Toonka. However, the

slowly scanned

Bears, the warriors, the soldiers, and

addition, the helmeted

the brown robe standing on the castle

"Your highness.”

know, Vice Tower

who was standing closest to the Imperial Prince was also looking at

have to

Metelona. He also looked

you agree with

Master is right,

“I see.”

Honte.

Master and the future successor

the slums and was the miracle created by the Alchemists’ Bell Tower gathering the children from the slums, making him the main character of a

at his side this time to make him the new hero for the

hero from

bring back the lost positive public sentiment for the Empire,

also Cale Henituse and

looked at the person next to him with a warm but

sorry that you have to see something

these two to draw in the people’s

differently. He licked his lips and turned his attention

I should help a close friend. I’ll go

came to help me

sincerely laughed at Adin’s

there be such

the time he

pay for messing

and headed towards the priests

at him

expression is easy to use.

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

looking at, Imperial Prince

at Toonka who was

smile. It was the smile of someone looking at his

his mouth and shouted out an

for the necks of the Whipper

Rumble-

horses’ hooves

knights came pouring

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

“Uwahahahaha!”

laughed at them

“Let’s go!”

of

the Imperial Prince as

‘Hm?’

Prince flinched at the look in Toonka’s eyes. As someone who was good at discerning the emotions of others,

‘…A sneer?’

Prince opened his mouth and started to

“Halt.”

to a sudden halt. Toonka started to speak as they looked toward the Imperial Prince in

“Clever bastard.”

sound

Piiiii- Piiii-

the sound

man in the brown

thousands of the Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers began

They raised their hands.

of their hands high

was as if they were raising their hands

“What is that?”

“Huh? What’s that marble?”

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

Whipper Kingdom’s army who were all holding a marble in each

Shaaaaa- Shaaaa-

wind blew

direction from the spring winds that blew from the Empire to the

white skeleton bird appeared in the midst of

more followed

“Ha, haha-!”

into laughter in

“There’s a lot.”

One. Four.

following

than the five in front appeared in

piloting them stopped above Maple

Shaaaa-

wind blew down the hood of the man in the brown robe at

Adin fixed his eyes

see white

those eyes that resembled the sky

from his nose to his forehead. The

moment his hand went

Toonka shouted out loud.

“Run away!”

‘What? Run away?’

the Empire were

hands that were up went

Shatter!

and a dark blue liquid came out

the fire

Prince’s made eye contact. Toonka spoke as he

“Annoying bastard.”

covered the

that numbered over a thousand opened their

back! It is His Highness’s

“Turn back!”

their hands as well

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

of thousands of dark blue marbles were thrown throughout the

“Kahahahaha!”

everywhere starting

laughter full of

to see fire in front of

dark blue color like the night without a

that contained the Dragon’s Rage began to emerge one by