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?

Everybody had those thoughts.

echoed inside the building at

on a

an arm injury started

way

what, it means that someone is coming

person speaking to Bae Cheol-Ho shut his

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

gave up

when the Grade 3 monsters came to attack, but most of

they knew it

them with

can only keep holding on here even if we

last just one

Cheol-Ho made up

over to

keep it up for a

door that was barely being maintained

to frown

no choice but to

his shaking hands with an

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

were shaking their heads but still walked over to the

who

people started to quickly move as

bring that couch and put it

have anything else to

right now from lack

to prevent as many monsters from

stopped

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

monster’s laughing started to

they quickly snapped out

of the

the first round

get at least a little better than now if

to take hold in

they didn’t have much

how much time must

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

Ha-Jung could feel his legs slowly starting

“Ugh!”

even have the strength to grumble

could

watched him struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho

they’ll get

Cheol-Ho could not respond to that

take them

Park Jin Tae's

close in comparison to most central shelters, but it

the distance we

had to get past the monster

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

if the sun goes down during

pm as they fought against the monsters to get here,

‘…They might not come.’

about the

was his job

he could

will get here if

at least a small amount of

get past this

the information Park Jin Tae gave us

had

why it was the thing he could

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

the crack in the window on his

‘Are they already here?!’

urgently looked toward the person thinking that the

"General-nim!”

who was on a higher floor ran down the stairs in shock as he

who had called

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let out

he saw on the person's face was despair and not

then heard the scout who was

seems

of their faces filled with

by the Steel Feather Hawk that was 1.5 times stronger than the other Grade

worth

had toyed with them left after

run wild after that and the Grade 2

another flying monster in

but become filled

to speak

“…That's not possible.”

information said that only seven Grade

there was another

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started to go

person looking out the window continued to speak at that

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

His voice was shaking.

full of fear. That fear quickly spread

Cheol-Ho started to

“Damn it!”

the door

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

window pointed in a direction for

“…Ho.”

let out

on the faces of

next to Bae Cheol-Ho

is descending

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

so that only Bae Cheol-Ho

run away? We

up at the sky before barely managing to open his

start with

the old

“Hold on!”

person had to stop talking

Bae

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

closer to the window instead of looking at the other

focused on the monster that

said a

“…A person?”

the

Cheol-Ho started to mumble in disbelief through

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