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.

echoed inside the building at that

on

with an arm injury started to shout toward Bae

way

what, it means that someone

to Bae

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

up on

and run away when the Grade 3 monsters came to attack, but most of them had stayed in

it was

convinced them with the

on here even if

last just one

Cheol-Ho made up his

over to Jae

it

iron door that was barely being

started to frown

choice but

his shaking hands with an annoyed

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

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

people who were

started to

that couch and put it by

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

right now from lack of

shit! Throw whatever we can! We need to prevent

those noises stopped for a

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

the monster’s

they quickly snapped

of the voice

will now send the first round of

a little better than now if they could hold on for

was starting to take hold in people's

didn’t

about how much time

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

legs slowly starting to

“Ugh!”

didn’t even have the strength to

could do was

watched him struggle

they’ll get here? Hopefully they get here

Cheol-Ho could not respond to that question. It could not

take them

between Park Jin Tae's central shelter

central shelters,

the distance we have to worry about right

the monster obstacles

hold on a little longer, but Bae Cheol-Ho was certain that it

sun goes down during that

passing 5 pm as they fought against the

‘…They might not come.’

about the worst

his job to do

was the only thing he

if we keep holding

was to give them at least a small amount of

to get past this difficult

information Park Jin Tae gave us is

information had not

was the thing he could trust the most right

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

then heard the person who was looking out the crack in the window

‘Are they already here?!’

urgently looked toward the person thinking

"General-nim!”

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

person who had called him

“Ah.”

let out

person's face was despair and not

all then heard the scout

sky! It seems to be

of their faces filled

the Steel Feather Hawk that was 1.5 times stronger than the other Grade 1 monsters until

nobody worth

that had toyed with them

monsters started to run wild after that and the Grade 2 monsters started

another flying monster in

but become filled with

started to speak at that

“…That's not possible.”

that only seven Grade 1 monsters would

was

Was this information wrong?

started

person looking out the window

heading down! I,

His voice was shaking.

fear quickly spread

to

“Damn it!”

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

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

person at the window pointed in a direction for

“…Ho.”

Cheol-Ho let out a

the

to Bae

is descending

as he mentioned. It looked as if it wanted to

whispered quietly so that only Bae Cheol-Ho could

run

Cheol-Ho looked up at the sky before

start with the people in

We will move the old

“Hold on!”

to stop talking

Bae

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

the window instead

on the monster that was descending faster and

then said a single

“…A person?”

filled the building

mumble in disbelief through

person on top of the