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? How

Everybody had those thoughts.

echoed inside

on

with an arm injury started to shout toward Bae

There’s no way that is

it means that someone

to Bae

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

gave up on running

away when the Grade 3

was because they knew it

Cheol-Ho had also convinced them

only keep holding on here even if

needed to last just one

made up his

over to

keep it

Cheol-Ho then moved his hands toward the iron door that was barely being maintained by the tree trunks

Ha-Jung started to frown while

no choice but

into his shaking

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

to the iron door and pushed

who were not severely

other people started to quickly move as

bring that couch and put it by the

people on the second floor! See if they have anything else

now from lack of

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

noises stopped for

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

monster’s laughing started to

snapped out of

because of the voice echoing

now send the first round

should get at least a little better than now if they could hold on for just a bit

to take hold

they didn’t have

how much time must have passed since they heard

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

feel his legs slowly

“Ugh!”

didn’t even have the strength

he could do was

him struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho a

get here? Hopefully they get here

respond to that question. It

take them a

about the distance between Park

were pretty close in comparison to most central shelters,

distance we

had to get past the monster

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

sun goes down during that

pm as they fought against the monsters to get here, if

‘…They might not come.’

Cheol-Ho was thinking about the worst possible

was his job to do

he could say

here if

give them at least

full of concern about how to get past this difficult situation, as he could not just

the information Park Jin Tae gave us

information had not

the thing he could

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

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

‘Are they already here?!’

Cheol-Ho urgently looked toward the person thinking that

"General-nim!”

who was on a higher floor ran down the stairs in shock as he called out to Bae

person who

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let out a

on the person's face was despair and

heard the scout who was coming

sky! It seems to be a Grade 1 monster based on its

their faces

Hawk that was 1.5 times stronger than

nobody worth

Feather Hawk that had toyed with

started to run wild after that and the

another flying monster in

help but become filled

Cheol-Ho started to speak at that

“…That's not possible.”

that only seven Grade

was

Was this information wrong?

mind started to go

person looking out the window

down! I, it

His voice was shaking.

quickly spread to

Cheol-Ho started to frown after

“Damn it!”

door and urgently ran toward the crack in the

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

at the window pointed

“…Ho.”

let out

the faces of the

to Bae Cheol-Ho continued to

is

he mentioned. It looked as if

person whispered quietly so that only

we run

sky before barely managing to

with the people

move the

“Hold on!”

talking after

Bae Cheol-Ho in

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

Cheol-Ho moved his face closer to the window instead of looking at the

was focused on the monster that

then said

“…A person?”

filled the building

started to mumble in

person on top of the monster’s