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?

Everybody had those thoughts.

Cheol-Ho’s voice echoed inside the building

hold on a little

an arm injury started to shout toward Bae

way that is

it means that someone is coming to help

to Bae Cheol-Ho shut

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

already gave up on running

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

because they knew it was

convinced them

holding on here even if we end up

needed to last

Cheol-Ho made

walked over to Jae

it

door that was barely being maintained

to frown while watching

I have no choice but to keep

put more strength into his

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

people were shaking their heads but still walked over to the iron door and pushed against it with

who were not severely

started to quickly move

that couch and put it

they have anything else to throw outside! What is up with the kid making

out right now

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

noises stopped

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

because the monster’s laughing started to

they quickly snapped

the voice echoing

send the first round

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

to take hold in people's

didn’t

think about how much time must have passed since they

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

feel his legs slowly

“Ugh!”

the strength to grumble

he could

watched him struggle asked Bae

get here? Hopefully they get here

to that question.

them

between Park Jin Tae's

close in comparison to most central shelters, but

just the distance we have to

get past the monster obstacles to get

hold on a little longer, but Bae Cheol-Ho

the sun goes

5 pm as they fought against the monsters

‘…They might not come.’

about the worst possible

his job to

the only thing he could

if we keep

job was to give them at least a

about how to get past this difficult situation,

Jin Tae

had

was why it was the thing he could trust the most

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

out the crack in the window on his

‘Are they already here?!’

looked toward the person thinking that

"General-nim!”

floor ran down the stairs in

who had called him

“Ah.”

let

saw on the person's face was despair and not

the scout who was coming down the

It seems

faces filled

Hawk that was 1.5 times stronger than the

worth

Feather Hawk that had toyed with them

Grade 1 monsters started to run wild after that and the Grade 2 monsters started

another flying monster

but become

Cheol-Ho started to speak at that

“…That's not possible.”

Grade 1 monsters would appear

there was another

Was this information wrong?

started

window continued to speak at

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

His voice was shaking.

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

started to frown after

“Damn it!”

the door and

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

pointed in a direction for

“…Ho.”

let

even more fear on the faces of the others

person next to Bae Cheol-Ho continued

is descending extremely

he mentioned. It looked as

quietly so that only Bae Cheol-Ho

run away?

up at the sky before barely managing to

We will start with

We will move the

“Hold on!”

stop talking after hearing

toward Bae

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

to the window instead of looking at

monster that was descending faster

said a

“…A person?”

the building

to mumble in disbelief through the

a person on top of the