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

Everybody had those thoughts.

echoed inside

hold on a little

with an arm injury started to shout

no way

what, it means that someone

person speaking to Bae Cheol-Ho

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

already gave up on

the central shelter and run away when the Grade 3 monsters came to attack, but

it was hell outside

had also convinced them with the

on here even if we

to last just one

made

over to

keep it up

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

to frown while watching

no choice but to

put more strength into his shaking hands with an

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

people were shaking their heads but still walked over to the iron door

people who were

to quickly move as

that couch and put it by

the second floor! See if they have anything else to throw outside! What is up with

right now

shit! Throw whatever we can! We need to prevent as

those noises stopped for a

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

was because the monster’s laughing started

snapped out

the voice

now send the first round of

should get at least a little better than now

to take hold in people's

didn’t have

about how much time must have passed since they heard the

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

Ha-Jung could feel his legs slowly

“Ugh!”

even have the

could

struggle asked Bae

do you think they’ll get here? Hopefully they get

Cheol-Ho could not respond to that

take them a

Park Jin Tae's

to most central shelters, but it was still quite the

the distance we have to worry about

to get past the monster

hold on a little longer, but Bae

sun goes

against the

‘…They might not come.’

thinking about

job to do

thing he could say to the

get here if

to give them at

his mind was full of concern about how to get past this difficult situation, as he could not just irresponsibly give them

least the information Park Jin Tae gave us

had not

why it was the thing he could trust the

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

heard the person who was looking out the crack in the window on his behalf shouting in

‘Are they already here?!’

toward the person thinking that the

"General-nim!”

floor ran down the stairs in shock as he called out

person who

“Ah.”

let out

the person's face was despair and not

then heard the scout who

sky! It seems

of their faces filled

was 1.5 times stronger than the other Grade 1 monsters until

worth chatting with

that had toyed

to run wild after that and the Grade 2 monsters

another flying monster in such

but become

started to speak

“…That's not possible.”

information said that only seven Grade 1 monsters would appear right

was another

Was this information wrong?

started

the window continued to speak

down! I, it seems to be heading toward

His voice was shaking.

That fear quickly spread to everybody inside

started to

“Damn it!”

door and urgently

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

person at the window pointed in a

“…Ho.”

Cheol-Ho let out

on the faces of

person next to Bae

is descending extremely

mentioned. It looked as if it wanted to

so that only Bae Cheol-Ho

should we run

up at the sky before barely managing to open his

start with the people

We will move the old and the

“Hold on!”

talking after

toward Bae

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

his face closer to the window instead of looking at

gaze was focused on the monster that was descending faster and

then said a single

“…A person?”

filled the

to mumble in

person on top of