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?”

of all taster monsters? How was

Everybody had those thoughts.

inside the

hold on a little

an arm injury started to shout toward

way that

that someone is coming to

person speaking to Bae Cheol-Ho shut his

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

up

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

they knew it was hell outside

Cheol-Ho had also convinced them with the information in

can only keep holding on here even if we

needed to last just one

Cheol-Ho made up his

then walked over to

Please keep it up

door that was barely being maintained by the tree trunks rather than

to

have no choice but to keep it

strength into his shaking hands with

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

to the iron door and pushed against it with their

were the people who

people started to quickly move

bring that couch and put it by

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

right now from

whatever we can! We need to prevent as many monsters

noises stopped for

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

monster’s laughing started to

they quickly snapped out

was because of the

send the

better than now if they could hold

was starting to take hold

didn’t

how much time must have passed since they

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

legs

“Ugh!”

even have the strength to grumble

could

struggle asked Bae

you think they’ll get

that question. It could not

them

the distance between Park

central shelters, but

just the distance we have to worry about right

had to get past the monster obstacles to get

on a little longer, but Bae Cheol-Ho was

sun goes

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

‘…They might not come.’

about the

his job to do

he could say to the

here if we

give them at least a small amount

about how to get past this difficult

Park Jin Tae gave us is

information had not

why it was the thing he could trust the

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

looking out the crack in the window on his

‘Are they already here?!’

toward the person thinking

"General-nim!”

higher floor ran down the stairs

then saw the person who had called

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let out

person's face was

scout who was coming down

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

their faces filled

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

worth

had toyed

started to run wild after that and the Grade 2 monsters

flying monster in such

but become filled

started to speak

“…That's not possible.”

seven Grade 1 monsters would appear right

there was another

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started to go

person looking out the window continued

down! I,

His voice was shaking.

full of fear. That fear quickly spread to everybody inside the

Cheol-Ho started to frown

“Damn it!”

hands away from supporting the door and

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

window pointed in a

“…Ho.”

let out a

put even more fear on the faces of the

next to Bae Cheol-Ho continued to

is

was descending extremely quickly as he mentioned. It looked as

that only Bae Cheol-Ho could

should we run away? We

up at the sky before barely managing to open his

start with

move the old

“Hold on!”

had to stop talking after hearing Bae

toward Bae Cheol-Ho in

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

to the window instead of looking at the other

focused on the monster that was descending faster and

then said a single

“…A person?”

the

to mumble in

on top of the monster’s