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?

Everybody had those thoughts.

echoed inside the building at

on a little

with an arm injury started to shout toward

no way that is

it means that someone

Bae Cheol-Ho shut

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

already gave up on

when the Grade 3 monsters came to attack, but most of

they knew it was hell

had also convinced them

on here even if we

last just

made up his

then walked over

it up for a little

then moved his hands toward the iron door that was barely

to frown while watching

no choice

strength into his shaking hands with

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

over to

were the people who were not severely

started to

bring that couch and put it by

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

out right now

we can! We need to

those noises stopped for a

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

the monster’s laughing started

snapped out

the voice echoing in their

will now send the first round of

get at least a little better than now if they could

to take

they didn’t have

about how much time must have passed

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

could feel his legs slowly starting to lose

“Ugh!”

have the strength to grumble

could do was

him struggle

they’ll get here? Hopefully

respond to that question. It could

take them a

distance between Park Jin Tae's

to most central shelters,

the distance we have to worry about right

the

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

sun goes down

as they fought against the monsters to get here, if

‘…They might not come.’

Cheol-Ho was thinking about the worst

his job

was the only thing he could say to

will get here if

to give them at least a small amount

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

had not

was the thing he could trust the most right

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

out the crack in the window on his behalf

‘Are they already here?!’

looked toward the person thinking that the

"General-nim!”

floor ran down the stairs in

the person who had called

“Ah.”

let

person's face was despair

then heard the scout who

seems to be a Grade 1 monster

of their faces filled with

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

nobody worth chatting with

Hawk that had toyed

wild after

another flying monster in

help but become filled

Cheol-Ho started to speak at that

“…That's not possible.”

only seven Grade

was

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started

person looking out the window continued to speak at that

the monster is heading down! I, it seems to

His voice was shaking.

quickly spread

started to frown

“Damn it!”

hands away from supporting the door and urgently ran

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

person at the window pointed in a direction for

“…Ho.”

let

fear on the faces of the others

next to Bae

it is descending

extremely large monster was descending extremely quickly as he mentioned. It looked as if it wanted

quietly so that only Bae Cheol-Ho could

should we run away? We can’t

looked up at the sky before barely managing to open his

will start with

move the old and the

“Hold on!”

had to stop talking

toward Bae

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

his face closer to the window instead of

was focused on the monster that

then said a

“…A person?”

filled the building

mumble in disbelief

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