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?”

care of all taster monsters? How

Everybody had those thoughts.

echoed inside the building

on a little

with an arm injury started to shout toward Bae

There’s no way

it means that someone is coming

speaking to Bae Cheol-Ho shut

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

already gave up on running

had tried to give up on the central shelter and run away when the Grade 3 monsters came to attack, but most of them had stayed in the

knew it was

also convinced them with the information

can only keep holding on here even if we end up

last just

made

walked over to Jae

Please keep it up

his hands toward the iron door that was barely being maintained by the tree

started to frown while

I have no choice but to keep it

put more strength into his shaking hands with

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

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

the people who were

to quickly move

that couch and put

anything else to throw outside! What is up with the kid making

right now from lack

we can! We need to prevent as many

noises stopped for

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

the monster’s laughing

quickly snapped out of

because of the voice echoing in their

now send the first round

a little better than now

thought was starting to

didn’t have

time must have passed since they

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

could feel his legs

“Ugh!”

even have the strength to grumble

he could do

watched him struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho

they’ll get here? Hopefully they get

that question. It could not be

take them

between Park

central shelters,

we have

past the monster obstacles

to hold on a little longer, but Bae Cheol-Ho was certain that it would be a long

sun goes down during that

fought against the monsters to get here, if the sun

‘…They might not come.’

about the worst

was his job to

he could say

here if we keep holding

was to give them at least a

get past this

Park Jin Tae

information had

it was the thing he

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

the crack in

‘Are they already here?!’

Cheol-Ho urgently looked toward the person thinking

"General-nim!”

on a higher floor ran down the stairs in shock as he called

the person who

“Ah.”

let out a

he saw on the person's face

all then heard the scout

appeared in the sky! It seems to be a Grade 1 monster based on

of their faces filled with

that was 1.5 times stronger than the other

nobody worth chatting

that had toyed with them left after saying

run wild after

monster in such

couldn’t help but

started to

“…That's not possible.”

Grade 1

there was

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started to

person looking out the window continued to speak at that

heading down! I, it seems to be

His voice was shaking.

was full of fear. That fear quickly spread to everybody inside the

started to frown after

“Damn it!”

door and urgently ran toward the crack in the

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

at the window pointed in a direction for

“…Ho.”

let out

the faces of the others inside

to Bae Cheol-Ho continued

is

quickly as he mentioned. It looked as if it wanted to

quietly so that only

we run away? We

up at the sky before barely managing to

will start with the

will move the old and the weak

“Hold on!”

stop talking

looked toward Bae Cheol-Ho

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

his face closer to the window instead of looking at

the monster that was descending faster and

then said

“…A person?”

the

to mumble in disbelief through the

person on top of the monster’s