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 was

Everybody had those thoughts.

Cheol-Ho’s voice echoed inside the building

on a

an arm injury started to shout toward

There’s no way that is

it means that someone is coming

person speaking to Bae Cheol-Ho shut

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

up on

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

because they knew it

had also convinced them with

on here

last just

made

then walked over to Jae

Please keep it up for a

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

Ha-Jung started to frown

I have no choice but to

his shaking hands with an

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

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

people who were not

other people started to quickly move

couch and put it

people on the second floor! See if they have anything else to throw outside! What is up with the kid making the flaming

right now from lack

to prevent as many monsters from getting

noises stopped for

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

the monster’s laughing started

quickly snapped

was because of the voice echoing in their

the first round of

now

thought was starting to take hold in people's

didn’t have

started to think about how much time must have passed since

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

Ha-Jung could feel his legs slowly

“Ugh!”

have the strength

could do was

struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho

do you think they’ll get here? Hopefully

that question.

them

thinking about the distance between Park

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

not just the distance we have to

to get past the monster

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

if the sun goes

pm as they fought against the monsters to get here,

‘…They might not come.’

thinking about the

was his job to

was the only thing he could say to

here if we keep

job was to give them at least a

full of concern about how to get past this difficult situation, as

Park Jin Tae gave us

had not

thing he could trust the most right

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

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

‘Are they already here?!’

looked toward the person thinking that the reinforcements had

"General-nim!”

down the stairs in shock as he called

person who had called him from the

“Ah.”

let out a

he saw on the person's face

scout who was coming down

in the sky! It seems to be

of their faces

that was 1.5 times stronger than the other Grade

nobody worth chatting

Hawk that had toyed with

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

another flying monster in such

couldn’t help but become

started to speak at that

“…That's not possible.”

said that only seven Grade

there was

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started to

looking out the window continued to

down! I, it seems to

His voice was shaking.

fear quickly spread to everybody inside the central

Cheol-Ho started to frown after

“Damn it!”

door and

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

pointed in a direction for

“…Ho.”

Cheol-Ho let out a

put even more fear on the faces of the others

Bae Cheol-Ho continued

it is

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

quietly so that

run away?

at the sky before barely managing to open

will start with the people

move the

“Hold on!”

stop talking after hearing Bae

Bae Cheol-Ho

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

to the window instead of looking at the

focused on the monster

said a single

“…A person?”

filled the building

started to mumble in disbelief through

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