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.

echoed inside the

hold on

injury started to shout

no way

it means that

to Bae Cheol-Ho shut

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

up on

to give up on the central shelter and run away when the Grade 3 monsters came

they knew it was

Cheol-Ho had also convinced them with the information in his

holding on here even if

last just one

made up

over

keep it up for

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

started to frown

no choice but to keep

more strength into his shaking hands with an

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

but still walked over to the iron door and pushed against

the people who were

other people started to quickly move as

Go bring that couch and put it by the

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

out right now

to prevent as many monsters

stopped for

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

because the monster’s laughing started

snapped out

of the

send the first round

least a little better than now if they could hold on for just a

thought was starting to take hold in

didn’t

think about how much time must have passed since they heard

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

could feel his legs slowly

“Ugh!”

didn’t even have the strength

he could

struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho a

you think they’ll get

that question. It

take them

the distance between Park Jin Tae's central shelter and this central

to most central shelters,

distance we

had to get past the monster obstacles to get

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

sun goes

it passing 5 pm as they fought against the

‘…They might not come.’

Cheol-Ho was thinking about the worst

his job to do

the only thing he could

get here if we keep

job was to give them at least a small amount

mind was full of concern about how to get past this difficult

least the information Park Jin Tae

had

the thing

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

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

‘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 out

who had called

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let out a

on the person's

scout who

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

faces filled

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

worth

toyed with them

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

another flying monster

couldn’t help but become filled with

to speak

“…That's not possible.”

only seven Grade 1 monsters would appear

was

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started to go

looking out the window continued

heading down! I, it seems to be

His voice was shaking.

quickly spread to everybody inside the central

Cheol-Ho started to frown

“Damn it!”

door and urgently ran toward the crack in the

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

window pointed in a direction

“…Ho.”

let

gasp put even more fear on the faces of the others

person next to Bae Cheol-Ho continued to

is descending

was descending extremely quickly as he mentioned. It

person whispered quietly so that

we run away?

looked up at the sky

start with the people in the

We will move the

“Hold on!”

talking after hearing Bae Cheol-Ho

toward Bae Cheol-Ho in

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

the window

focused on the monster that

then said a single

“…A person?”

the building

mumble

a person on top of