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?”

taster monsters? How was

Everybody had those thoughts.

Cheol-Ho’s voice echoed inside the building

on

with an arm injury started to shout toward Bae

way that

means that

Bae Cheol-Ho

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

up

and run away when the Grade 3 monsters

because they knew it

Cheol-Ho had also convinced them with the information

on here even if we end

last just

Cheol-Ho made up

over

keep it up

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

started to frown while

have no choice but to keep it

into his shaking hands with an annoyed

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

heads but still walked over to

who were not

other people started to quickly move as

couch and put it by the

have anything else to throw outside! What is up with the

right now from lack

need to prevent as

those noises stopped

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

monster’s

they quickly snapped

was because of the

will now send the first round

should get at least a little better than now if they

starting to take hold

didn’t have much

time must have passed since they heard the

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

feel his legs slowly starting to

“Ugh!”

have the strength

could do

watched him struggle asked Bae

they’ll get here? Hopefully they

to that

them

thinking about the distance between Park Jin Tae's

in comparison to most central shelters, but it was still

we have to worry about

get past the monster

a little longer, but Bae Cheol-Ho was

sun goes down during that

passing 5 pm as they fought against the

‘…They might not come.’

Cheol-Ho was thinking about the worst possible

his job to

he could say to the

get here if we keep holding

at

get past this difficult situation, as he could

information Park Jin Tae gave us

information had not

was why it was the thing he could trust the

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

person who was looking out the crack

‘Are they already here?!’

the person thinking that the reinforcements

"General-nim!”

higher floor ran down the stairs in shock as he called

Cheol-Ho then saw the person who had called him from

“Ah.”

let out a

the person's face was despair and not

then heard the scout who was coming

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

of their faces

was 1.5 times

nobody worth chatting with

had toyed

remaining Grade 1 monsters started to run wild after that and

monster in such a

but become filled with

to

“…That's not possible.”

said that only seven Grade 1 monsters would

was

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started

looking out the window continued to speak at that

monster is heading down! I, it seems to be heading toward

His voice was shaking.

fear quickly spread to everybody inside the

started to frown after

“Damn it!”

away from supporting the door and urgently ran toward the crack in the

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

pointed in a direction for

“…Ho.”

Cheol-Ho let

fear on the faces of the

to Bae

it is

mentioned. It

that only Bae Cheol-Ho

should we run away? We can’t

looked up at the sky before barely managing

We will start with the people in

move the old and

“Hold on!”

person had to stop talking after hearing Bae

Bae

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

face closer to the window instead

monster that

said a single

“…A person?”

the building

mumble in disbelief

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