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 was

Everybody had those thoughts.

voice echoed inside the

hold on a

an arm injury started

way that

it means that someone

Bae Cheol-Ho shut his

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

up on

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

they knew it was hell outside as

Cheol-Ho had also convinced them with the

here even if we end up

last just one

made up

then walked over to

Please keep it

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

started to frown while

no choice but

put more strength into his shaking

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

walked over to the iron door and

the people who

people started to quickly

Go bring that couch and put

else to throw outside! What is

out right now from lack of

need to prevent as many monsters from getting near

those noises stopped

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

was because the monster’s

snapped out of

the

send the first round of

little better than now if they could hold on for just a bit

to take hold in people's

didn’t

to think about how much time must have passed since

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

feel his legs slowly starting to

“Ugh!”

didn’t even have the

he could

him struggle asked

they’ll get here? Hopefully they

to that question. It

take them

thinking about the distance between Park Jin Tae's central

were pretty close in comparison to most central shelters, but

just the distance we have to worry

get past the monster obstacles

hold on a little longer, but Bae Cheol-Ho was certain

goes down

the monsters to get here,

‘…They might not come.’

Cheol-Ho was thinking about the worst

was his job

was the only thing he could say to

here if we keep holding

job was to give them at least a small amount of

past this difficult situation, as he could not just irresponsibly give them

Park Jin Tae gave us

information had not

was why it was the thing he could trust the most right

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

person who was looking out the crack

‘Are they already here?!’

Cheol-Ho urgently looked toward the person thinking that the

"General-nim!”

who was on a higher floor ran down the

then saw the person who had

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let

he saw on the person's

the scout who

appeared in the sky! It seems to be

faces filled with

toyed with by the Steel Feather Hawk that was 1.5 times

worth

had toyed with them

to run wild after that and the

monster

couldn’t help but become filled with

started to

“…That's not possible.”

said that only seven Grade 1 monsters would

there was another

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started to

window

I, it seems

His voice was shaking.

quickly spread to

started to frown

“Damn it!”

Cheol-Ho moved his hands away from supporting the door and urgently ran toward the crack in

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

pointed in a direction

“…Ho.”

let out a

fear on the faces

Bae Cheol-Ho continued

is descending extremely

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

that only Bae

we run

sky before barely managing to open

with the people

move the old and the

“Hold on!”

to stop talking after

toward Bae Cheol-Ho in

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

to the window instead of looking at the

gaze was focused on the monster that

said a single

“…A person?”

filled the building

Cheol-Ho started to mumble in

person on top of the