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 that

Everybody had those thoughts.

Cheol-Ho’s voice echoed inside the

on a

injury started to

no way

what, it means that someone

speaking to Bae

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

gave up on

run away when the Grade 3 monsters came to attack, but most of them had stayed

because they knew it

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

holding on here even if

to last

made up his

then walked over to Jae

Ha-Jung! Please keep it

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

Ha-Jung started to frown while watching

I have no choice but to

put more strength into his shaking hands

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

but still walked over to the iron door and pushed against it with their

the people who were not severely

other people started to quickly move

that couch and

on the second floor! See if they have anything else to throw outside!

now

to prevent as many monsters from getting

noises stopped for

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

the monster’s laughing started

snapped out of

of the voice echoing in

the

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

to take hold in

didn’t have much

about how much time must have passed since they

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

legs slowly starting to

“Ugh!”

have the strength to grumble

he could

him struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho

do you think they’ll get here? Hopefully

to that

them

the distance between Park Jin

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

we have to worry

the monster obstacles

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

goes down during

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

‘…They might not come.’

thinking about the worst

job to

he could say

if we keep

give them at least

how to get past this difficult situation, as he could not just irresponsibly give them false

Park Jin Tae

information had not

was why it was 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 shouting

‘Are they already here?!’

urgently looked toward the person thinking that the reinforcements

"General-nim!”

was on a higher floor ran down the stairs in shock

who

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let out

he saw on the person's

all then heard the scout who was coming

that appeared in the sky! It seems to be a Grade 1 monster based on its

of their faces filled with

Hawk that was

nobody worth chatting with

that had toyed with them left after

after that and the Grade 2 monsters started

flying monster in such a

but become

to

“…That's not possible.”

only seven Grade 1 monsters would appear right

there was another

Was this information wrong?

mind started to

the window continued to speak at

is heading down! I, it seems to be heading

His voice was shaking.

of fear. That fear quickly spread to

to frown after realizing

“Damn it!”

away from supporting the door and urgently ran toward the

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

window pointed in

“…Ho.”

let

gasp put even more fear on the faces of

next to Bae Cheol-Ho continued

is descending

mentioned. It looked as if

that only Bae Cheol-Ho could

should we run away?

the sky before barely

We will start with the people

will move the

“Hold on!”

had to stop talking after hearing Bae

Bae Cheol-Ho

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

to the window

monster that was descending

said a single

“…A person?”

filled the

mumble

a person on top of the monster’s