Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 573: Night of Potential (9)

At the central shelter closest to the one Cale was at…

“Fuck!”

Jae Ha-Jung who was taking on the role of supporter at this location was frowning with both of his hands shaking.

The tree trunks coming out of his hands were tightly binding a large iron door.

Baaaaang! Bang!

But the iron door looked ready to break at any moment from the banging.

No, it was already starting to break.

The door had dents here and there and it was starting to bend, slowly causing gaps to appear on the sides.

And beyond the iron door…

“Kihehehe!”

They heard the laughter of an animal that resembled a monkey.

The banging on the iron door became louder every time it laughed.

“Fuck!”

He started to frown.

‘It’s toying with us!’

The monster was toying with the people who were hiding inside and doing everything they could to resist.

But that was slowly coming to an end.

“Hyung-nim!”

Bae Cheol-Ho, the ‘General’ at this central shelter, clenched his hand that was holding a piece of paper after hearing Jae Ha-Jung's desperate voice.

It was the information that Park Jin Tae, the leader of the nearby central shelter, had brought him last night.

He had thought that the fearless Park Jin Tae had finally gone crazy after hearing that it was information from one of his shelter’s ability users with the power of foresight.

But everything on that paper was true.

The monsters appeared along with the solar eclipse. The weaker Grade 3 monsters came charging in first.

Then, seven taster monsters appeared.

This extremely accurate foresight gave him the chills, but this information allowed them to last until now.

…Yes, until now.

It didn’t look as if they could last any longer.

“Ugh.”

“Huff, huff!”

There were injured people groaning in pain behind Bae Cheol-Ho.

And in front of him…

Beyond the breaking iron door…

“Kihehehe!”

He could hear the red monkey monster’s laugh as the other monsters started to approach.

He could see the Grade 2 monsters getting closer through the only crack on the boarded windows that they had purposely left in order to be able to look out.

The other Grade 1 taster monsters that had been leisurely enjoying the situation from the rear were approaching as well.

This all started to happen once the Steel Feather Hawk disappeared.

“Hyung-nim!”

"General-nim!”

Bae Cheol-Ho could hear people shouting for him from multiple directions.

The veins on the hand clenching the paper looked ready to burst, but he was just looking at the iron door that was on the brink of breaking with a stoic expression.

But he could not do that any longer.

“Hyung-nim! I can't hold on any longer!”

Jae Ha-Jung shouted toward Bae Cheol-Ho while looking as if he was going to cry.

His shaking hands and sweat-drenched body were telling them that he had reached his limits.

Bae Cheol-Ho grabbed his weapon again.

If it was difficult to last inside the building, he needed to at least head outside and lure the monsters away.

Bae Cheol-Ho started to speak.

“…Jae Ha-Jung.”

Jae Ha-Jung started to frown as if he knew what was about to happen.

Bae Cheol-Ho and Jae Ha-Jung started to speak at the same time.

“You can sto-”

“Hyung-nim, I will do what I can to hold on a little loon-”

It was at that moment.

{Starting now.}

Everybody inside the building shut up.

It was that voice.

They could not forget the voice that they heard during the solar eclipse. It was the voice that had been providing them with information every hour.

{We will now send the first round of reinforcements.}

Jae Ha-Jung and Bae Cheol-Ho looked toward each other.

Bae Cheol-Ho clenched his fists again.

{Please hold on a little longer.}

The woman continued to speak.

{The first round of reinforcements will take care of all taster monsters.}

Bae Cheol-Ho released his clenched fists.

Jae Ha-Jung started to mumble.

“…What? Is that even possible?”

all taster monsters?

Everybody had those thoughts.

voice echoed inside the building at

hold on

arm injury started to shout toward Bae

no way that is

matter what, it means that

person speaking to Bae Cheol-Ho shut his

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

gave up on running

give up on the central shelter and run away when the Grade 3 monsters came to attack,

knew it was hell outside as

them

here even if we end

needed to last just

made up

walked over

keep it up for a little

toward the iron door that was barely being maintained by the tree trunks rather than

Ha-Jung started to frown while

choice but to keep

put more strength into his shaking hands with an annoyed

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

were shaking their heads but still walked over to the iron door and pushed against it with

people who

other people started to

couch and

if they have anything else

right now from

shit! Throw whatever we can! We need to prevent as many monsters from

noises stopped for

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

was because the monster’s laughing started to

they quickly snapped

the voice echoing

send the first

little better than now if

starting to take hold in people's

didn’t have

to think about how much time must have passed since

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

feel his legs slowly

“Ugh!”

have the strength to

could

him struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho

get here?

could not respond to that question. It could not

take them

about the distance between Park Jin

comparison to most central shelters, but it was

distance we have to worry

past the

little longer, but Bae Cheol-Ho was

if the sun goes

it passing 5 pm as they fought against the monsters to get here,

‘…They might not come.’

about

was his job to do

only thing he could say

will get here if we

give them at least a small

get past this difficult situation, as he could not just

Jin Tae gave

had not

was the thing he could trust

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

the person who was looking out the crack in the window on his

‘Are they already here?!’

the person thinking that the

"General-nim!”

down the stairs in shock

who had called him from the

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let

the person's face was despair and not

all then heard the scout

the sky! It seems to be a Grade 1

of their faces filled

Hawk that was 1.5 times stronger than the other Grade

nobody worth chatting

Hawk that had toyed with

wild after that and the Grade 2 monsters

monster in

but become

to speak at

“…That's not possible.”

that only seven Grade 1

there was

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started to

looking out the window continued to speak at that

the monster is heading down! I, it seems

His voice was shaking.

full of fear. That fear quickly spread to

started to frown after realizing

“Damn it!”

the door and urgently ran toward the crack in the

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

window pointed in a direction

“…Ho.”

let

even more fear on the faces of the others inside the

to Bae Cheol-Ho continued

it is descending extremely

large monster was descending extremely quickly as he mentioned. It looked as if it wanted to

so that only Bae Cheol-Ho

should we run away?

at the sky before barely managing to open

start with the people

We will move the old and the

“Hold on!”

to stop talking after

looked toward Bae Cheol-Ho

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

to the

was focused on the monster that

said

“…A person?”

the

to mumble

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