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?”

of all taster monsters? How

Everybody had those thoughts.

Cheol-Ho’s voice echoed inside

hold on a

with an arm injury started to

no way that is

matter what, it means that someone

to Bae Cheol-Ho shut

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

gave up on

away when the Grade 3 monsters came to attack, but

was because they knew it was hell outside as

had also convinced them with the information in his

keep holding on here even if we end

last just one

made up his

walked over

Ha-Jung! Please keep it up for a little

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

Ha-Jung started to

I have no choice

put more strength into his shaking hands

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

to the iron door and pushed

the people who

people started to

that couch and put

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

now from

to prevent as many monsters from getting

noises stopped for a

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

monster’s laughing

quickly snapped out

the voice echoing

send the first round of

than now if they could hold on for just a bit

thought was starting to take hold

they didn’t have much

how much time must have passed since

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

his legs slowly starting

“Ugh!”

even have the strength to grumble

could do was

who watched him struggle

get here? Hopefully

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

take them

the distance between Park Jin Tae's central shelter and

most central shelters,

we have

the monster obstacles to

little longer, but Bae Cheol-Ho was certain

the sun goes down during

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

‘…They might not come.’

about the worst possible

was his job

only thing he

here if we keep holding

to give them at least a small

how to get past this difficult situation, as he could not just

Jin Tae gave us

had not

it was the thing he could trust the most

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

Cheol-Ho then heard the person who was looking out the crack

‘Are they already here?!’

person thinking that the reinforcements had

"General-nim!”

ran down the stairs in shock as he called out to Bae

the person who had called him from

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let

saw on the person's face was despair and not

then heard the scout who was coming

the sky! It seems to be a Grade

of their faces filled with

the Steel Feather Hawk that was 1.5 times stronger

worth

Hawk that had toyed with

after that and the Grade

flying monster in such a

help but become filled with

Cheol-Ho started to speak at

“…That's not possible.”

seven Grade

was another

Was this information wrong?

started to

looking out the window continued to speak at

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

His voice was shaking.

full of fear. That fear quickly spread to everybody

Cheol-Ho started to

“Damn it!”

hands away from supporting the door and urgently

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

window pointed in a

“…Ho.”

Cheol-Ho let

on the faces

to Bae

is

extremely large monster was descending extremely quickly as he mentioned.

quietly so that only Bae Cheol-Ho could

we run away? We

up at the sky before barely managing to open

will start with the people in the

sir. We will move the old and the

“Hold on!”

stop talking after hearing Bae Cheol-Ho

Bae

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

closer to the window instead of looking at the

was focused on the monster that was descending

said a single

“…A person?”

the building

started to mumble in disbelief through

on top of the