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? How

Everybody had those thoughts.

inside the building

hold on

with an arm injury started to shout toward

There’s no way that

what, it means that

person speaking to Bae Cheol-Ho shut his

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

already gave up on

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

knew it was

them with

here even if we end up

last

Cheol-Ho made up his

then walked over

keep it up for a little

iron door that was barely

started to

no choice but

strength into his shaking hands with an

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

but still walked over to the iron door

who were not

started to quickly move as

Go bring that couch and put it by the

if they have anything else

out right now from lack

we can! We need to prevent as many monsters

stopped for

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

because the monster’s laughing started to

they quickly snapped out of

because of the

now send the first

better than now if they could hold on for just a

was starting to

they didn’t

started to think about how much time must have passed since they heard

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

his legs slowly starting to lose

“Ugh!”

didn’t even have the strength to

could

watched him struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho

get here? Hopefully they get

could not respond to that question. It

take them a

between Park Jin

close in comparison to most central

we have to worry about

the monster obstacles to get

longer, but Bae Cheol-Ho was certain that it

if the sun goes down

fought against the monsters to get here, if

‘…They might not come.’

about the worst possible

his job

the only thing he could say to the

get here if we

at least

get past this

Park Jin Tae gave

had

why it was the thing he could trust the most

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

out the crack in

‘Are they already here?!’

the person thinking that the reinforcements

"General-nim!”

a higher floor ran down the stairs in shock as he called

Cheol-Ho then saw the person who had called him from the

“Ah.”

let out

saw on the person's face

the scout who

appeared in the sky! It seems to be a

of their faces filled

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

worth chatting

toyed with them left after saying

after that and the

flying monster in such a

help but become filled with

Cheol-Ho started to speak at

“…That's not possible.”

only seven Grade 1 monsters would

there was another

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started

out the window continued to speak

heading down! I, it seems to be heading toward

His voice was shaking.

fear. That fear quickly spread to everybody inside the

Cheol-Ho started to frown

“Damn it!”

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

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

at the window pointed

“…Ho.”

Cheol-Ho let out a

put even more fear on the

person next to Bae

it is descending extremely

descending extremely quickly as he mentioned. It looked as

that only Bae Cheol-Ho

run away? We

sky before barely

start with the people in the

We will move the

“Hold on!”

to stop talking after hearing Bae Cheol-Ho

Bae

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

face closer to the window instead of looking

the monster that was descending

said

“…A person?”

the

started to mumble in disbelief through

person on top of the