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

Everybody had those thoughts.

Cheol-Ho’s voice echoed inside the building at that

on a little

injury started

way

what, it means that

to Bae

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

gave up on running

people had tried to give up on the central shelter and run away when the Grade 3 monsters came to attack, but

knew it was hell outside as

convinced them with the

holding on here even if we

to last just one

Cheol-Ho made up his

over to Jae

Please keep it up

then moved his hands toward the iron door that was barely being maintained

to frown

choice but to keep it

into his

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

were shaking their heads but still walked over to the iron door and pushed

people who were

started to quickly move

that couch and put

else to throw outside! What is up with

now

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

those noises stopped for

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

because the monster’s laughing started to

they quickly snapped out of

because of the voice echoing

the first round of

better than now

was starting to

didn’t have

think about how much time must have passed since

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

Ha-Jung could feel his legs slowly starting

“Ugh!”

have the

he could do was

who watched him struggle

think they’ll get here? Hopefully they get

not respond to that

take them a

between Park Jin Tae's central shelter and this central

were pretty close in comparison to most central shelters, but it was still quite

not just the distance we have to

get past the

longer, but Bae Cheol-Ho

sun goes down

against the monsters to get here, if the sun

‘…They might not come.’

Cheol-Ho was thinking about the worst possible

his job

the only thing he could say to the

here if

to give them at

get past this difficult

information Park Jin

information had

thing he could trust

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

was looking out the crack in the window on his

‘Are they already here?!’

looked toward the person thinking that the reinforcements

"General-nim!”

ran down the stairs in shock as

then saw the person who had called him from the

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let out

person's face was

scout who was coming down the

there’s another monster that appeared in the sky! It seems to be a Grade

of their faces filled with

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

nobody worth chatting

that had toyed with

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

flying monster in such

help but become filled with

Cheol-Ho started to speak at

“…That's not possible.”

only seven Grade 1 monsters would

was

Was this information wrong?

mind started

person looking out the window continued to speak

the monster is heading down! I, it seems to be heading

His voice was shaking.

fear quickly spread

Cheol-Ho started to

“Damn it!”

supporting the door and urgently ran

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

window pointed

“…Ho.”

let out a

on the faces of the others inside the

person next to Bae Cheol-Ho continued to

is

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

quietly so that only

run away? We can’t

up at the sky before barely

with the people in

will move the

“Hold on!”

to stop talking after hearing Bae

toward Bae Cheol-Ho in

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

closer to the window instead of looking at the

on the monster that was descending faster

then said a

“…A person?”

filled the

started to mumble in disbelief through

a person on top of the