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 was

Everybody had those thoughts.

voice echoed inside the building

hold on

arm injury started to shout toward

no way that

what, it means that someone is coming to

speaking to Bae

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

up on running

up on the central shelter and run away when the Grade 3 monsters came to attack, but most of them had stayed

knew it was hell outside as

them

only keep holding on here even if

to last just

Cheol-Ho made up

over

keep it

toward the iron door that was barely being maintained by the tree trunks

started to

I have no choice

his shaking hands with an

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

over to

the people who were not severely

other people started to quickly move as

that couch and

have anything else to throw outside! What is up with the kid making

right now

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

noises stopped for a

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

was because the monster’s laughing

snapped out of

because of the voice

the first round

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

starting to take

they didn’t

time must have passed

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

legs slowly

“Ugh!”

even have the strength

he could do was

who watched him struggle asked Bae

think they’ll get here?

to that question. It

take them a

between Park

most central shelters, but it was still quite

distance we have

get past the monster obstacles to

said to hold on a little longer, but Bae Cheol-Ho

goes down

against the monsters to get here, if the

‘…They might not come.’

about the worst possible

his job to do

he could say to

will get here if we

give them at least a small amount of

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

the information Park Jin Tae gave us is

information had

the thing he could trust the most

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

Cheol-Ho then heard the person who was looking out the crack in the window on his behalf

‘Are they already here?!’

toward the person

"General-nim!”

on a higher floor ran down the stairs in shock

then saw the person who had called him

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let

the person's face

heard the scout who was coming

seems

faces

had been toyed with by the Steel Feather Hawk that was 1.5 times stronger than the other Grade

worth

Steel Feather Hawk that had toyed with them left after

1 monsters started to run wild after

monster in such a

but become

Cheol-Ho started to

“…That's not possible.”

information said that only seven Grade 1 monsters would appear

there was

Was this information wrong?

mind started

the window

I, it seems

His voice was shaking.

full of fear. That fear quickly spread to everybody

started to frown

“Damn it!”

Cheol-Ho moved his hands away from supporting the door and

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

pointed in a

“…Ho.”

let out a

gasp put even more fear on the faces of the

person next to Bae Cheol-Ho

it is descending extremely

extremely large monster was descending extremely quickly as he mentioned. It

person whispered quietly so that only Bae Cheol-Ho could

run away? We

up at the sky before barely

will start with the people in

We will move the old

“Hold on!”

had to stop talking after hearing

toward Bae Cheol-Ho in

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

moved his face closer to the window instead of looking at the other

was focused on the monster that was

said a

“…A person?”

the

Cheol-Ho started to mumble in

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