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? How

Everybody had those thoughts.

echoed inside the

on a

arm injury started to

way that

means that

person speaking to Bae Cheol-Ho

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

already gave up

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

because they knew it was hell

Cheol-Ho had also convinced them with the information

keep holding on here even if we end

needed to last just

Cheol-Ho made up

over

it

toward the iron door that was barely being maintained by the

started to frown while

have no choice but to keep

put more strength into his

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

walked over to

people who were not severely

to quickly move as

and put

they have anything else to throw

now from

whatever we can! We need to prevent as many monsters from getting near

noises stopped

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

because the monster’s laughing started

snapped out

the

send the first round

than now if they could hold on for

to take hold

they didn’t have much

time must have passed since they

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

legs slowly starting to

“Ugh!”

the

he could do was

him struggle

you think they’ll get here? Hopefully they get

not respond to that question. It

take them

about the distance between Park

central shelters,

we have

to get past the monster obstacles to get

Bae Cheol-Ho was certain that it would

if the sun goes down during

the monsters to get

‘…They might not come.’

was thinking about the worst

job to do

thing he could say to

will get here if we keep holding

to give them at

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

least the information Park Jin Tae

had

thing he could trust the

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

heard the person who was looking out the crack in the

‘Are they already here?!’

looked toward the person thinking

"General-nim!”

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

saw the person who had called him

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let

he saw on the person's face was

then heard the scout who

there’s another monster that appeared in the sky! It seems to be

faces filled with

Steel Feather Hawk that was 1.5 times stronger than the other Grade 1 monsters

worth chatting with

Feather Hawk that had toyed with them left

started to run wild after that and the Grade

flying monster

couldn’t help but become filled

started to

“…That's not possible.”

seven Grade 1 monsters

there was another

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started

looking out the window

I, it seems to

His voice was shaking.

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

started to

“Damn it!”

away from supporting the door and urgently ran

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

window pointed

“…Ho.”

let

fear on the faces of the others inside

next to Bae Cheol-Ho continued

it is

mentioned. It looked

quietly so that only Bae Cheol-Ho could

run away? We

sky before barely managing to

will start with the

will move the old

“Hold on!”

stop talking after hearing

toward Bae Cheol-Ho in

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

moved his face closer to the window instead of looking at the other

monster that was

then said a single

“…A person?”

the

started to mumble in disbelief through the

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