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

hold on a little

with an arm injury started to

way that is

means that someone is

person speaking to Bae

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

up on running

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

because they knew it was hell outside as

convinced them with the information

keep holding on here even if we

needed to last

made up

walked over to

Ha-Jung! Please keep it up for a little

toward the iron door that was barely being

to frown while watching

have no choice

put more strength into his shaking hands

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

but still walked over to

the people who

started to quickly move as

couch and

on the second floor! See if they have anything else to throw

right now from

we can! We need to

noises stopped

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

because the monster’s

they quickly snapped out of

the voice echoing in their

send the

get at least a little better than now

was starting to take hold

they didn’t

started to think about how much time must have passed

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

Ha-Jung could feel his legs slowly starting to lose

“Ugh!”

even have the strength

he could do was

watched him struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho

they’ll get here? Hopefully

not respond to that question. It could

take them

was thinking about the distance between Park Jin Tae's central shelter

most central shelters, but it was

just the distance we have

past the monster obstacles

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

if the sun goes down during that

they fought against the monsters to get here, if the

‘…They might not come.’

thinking about the

job to do

was the only thing he could

get here if we

job was to give them at least

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

least the information Park Jin Tae gave us

had

the thing he

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

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 that the reinforcements had

"General-nim!”

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

person who had called him

“Ah.”

let out

the person's face

heard the scout who

monster that appeared in the sky! It seems to be

of their faces filled with

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

worth chatting

that had toyed with them left after saying

wild after that and the

flying monster in such a

but become

Cheol-Ho started to

“…That's not possible.”

seven Grade 1 monsters would appear right

there was another

Was this information wrong?

mind started to

window continued to speak

the monster is heading down! I, it seems to

His voice was shaking.

was full of fear. That fear quickly spread to everybody inside the

started to frown after

“Damn it!”

supporting the door and urgently ran toward the crack in

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

person at the window pointed in a direction for

“…Ho.”

let out

put even more fear on the faces of

to Bae Cheol-Ho

is

was descending extremely quickly as he mentioned. It

whispered quietly so that only

we run away? We can’t

Cheol-Ho looked up at the sky before

with the people in the

sir. We will move the old and

“Hold on!”

had to stop talking after

looked toward Bae Cheol-Ho in

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

his face closer to the window instead of looking at

monster that was descending faster

then said a

“…A person?”

filled the

Cheol-Ho started to mumble in disbelief

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