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?”

all taster monsters?

Everybody had those thoughts.

inside the building at

on a

with an arm injury started

way

what, it means that

Bae Cheol-Ho

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

up on running

to give up on the central shelter and run away when the Grade 3

because they knew it was hell outside as

also convinced them with the information in

only keep holding on here even if

needed to last just

Cheol-Ho made

then walked over

keep it up for

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

to frown

I have no choice but to

his shaking

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

their heads but still walked over to the

the people who

started to quickly

that couch and put it by

anything else to throw outside! What is up with

right now

need to prevent as

noises stopped

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

because the monster’s laughing started to

they quickly snapped

the voice echoing in

now send the first

get at least a little better than now if they could hold on

starting to take hold

they didn’t have

started to think about how much time

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

feel his legs slowly starting to lose

“Ugh!”

the strength

he could

who watched him struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho a

you think they’ll get here? Hopefully they get

not respond to that question. It could not

take them a

about the distance between Park Jin Tae's central shelter

in comparison to most central shelters, but it was still quite the

just the distance we have to

past the monster obstacles to

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

goes down during that

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

‘…They might not come.’

Cheol-Ho was thinking about

was his job to

thing he could say to

here if

at least a small amount of

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

the information Park Jin Tae gave us

information had

was why it was the thing he

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

was looking out the crack in

‘Are they already here?!’

Cheol-Ho urgently looked toward the person thinking that the reinforcements had

"General-nim!”

down the stairs in shock

who

“Ah.”

let out a

the person's face was despair and

the scout

that appeared in the sky! It seems to be a Grade 1 monster based

faces

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

worth chatting with

Feather Hawk that had toyed with

run wild after that and the Grade

flying monster in

help but become filled

to speak at

“…That's not possible.”

information said that only seven Grade 1 monsters

there was

Was this information wrong?

started to

person looking out the window continued to speak at

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

His voice was shaking.

was full of fear. That fear quickly spread

started to frown after

“Damn it!”

hands away from supporting the door

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

window pointed in a

“…Ho.”

let out a

even more fear on the faces of the

to Bae Cheol-Ho

is descending

mentioned. It looked as if it wanted to destroy this

whispered quietly so that only Bae Cheol-Ho

run away? We

sky before barely managing to

start with the people in

will move the old

“Hold on!”

to stop talking after hearing Bae

Bae Cheol-Ho

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

to the window instead of looking at

the monster that was

said a

“…A person?”

the building

mumble

on top of the