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?”

care of all taster monsters? How was

Everybody had those thoughts.

inside the building at

hold on a

an arm injury started to

no way that is

that someone is coming to help

speaking to Bae Cheol-Ho shut

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

gave up on

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

knew it was hell outside

had also convinced them with the information

here even

to last

Cheol-Ho made

then walked over to

Ha-Jung! Please keep it up for a

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

to

I have no choice but

put more strength into his shaking hands with an

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

shaking their heads but still walked over to

the people who

started to quickly move

bring that couch and put it

anything else to throw outside!

right now from

to prevent as many

those noises stopped

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

because the monster’s laughing started to

snapped out

was because of the voice

the first round

should get at least a little better than now if they

thought was starting to take hold in

they didn’t have

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

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

could feel his legs slowly starting

“Ugh!”

the strength

could

struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho

do you think they’ll get here? Hopefully they get

Cheol-Ho could not respond to that question. It could

them

about the distance between Park Jin Tae's

most central shelters, but it was still quite the

just the distance we have

to get past the

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

the sun goes down during

the monsters to get here, if the sun

‘…They might not come.’

about the worst

was his job

was the only thing he could say to

if we

at least

was full of concern about how to get past this difficult

Jin Tae gave

had not

was the thing

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

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

‘Are they already here?!’

Cheol-Ho urgently looked toward the person thinking

"General-nim!”

floor ran down the stairs

person who had called him from the

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let out

the person's face was

then heard the scout who

sky! It seems

their faces filled

toyed with by the Steel Feather Hawk that was 1.5 times stronger

worth chatting

that had toyed with

monsters started to run wild after that and

flying monster

couldn’t help but

started to speak

“…That's not possible.”

that only seven Grade 1

there was another

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started to

person looking out the window continued to speak at that

monster is heading down! I, it seems

His voice was shaking.

fear quickly

to frown after realizing

“Damn it!”

from supporting the door and urgently ran

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

at the window pointed in a direction

“…Ho.”

let

even more fear on the faces of the

next to Bae Cheol-Ho continued to

is descending extremely

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

that only Bae

run

sky before barely managing

will start with

the old and the weak

“Hold on!”

person had to stop talking after hearing Bae

Bae Cheol-Ho in

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

closer to the window instead

on the monster

then said a

“…A person?”

filled the

started to mumble

a person on top