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?”

taster

Everybody had those thoughts.

voice echoed inside the building at that

hold on

injury started to shout toward

There’s no way

matter what, it means that someone is coming to help

person speaking to Bae Cheol-Ho shut his

Bae Cheol-Ho looked around.

already gave up on

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

knew it was

also convinced them with

on here even if we

to last just one

Cheol-Ho made up his

walked over to Jae

Please keep it

the iron door that was barely being maintained by the tree trunks rather than

Ha-Jung started to frown while watching

no choice but to keep

into his shaking hands

“Sigh.”

“Hey, let's go.”

were shaking their heads but still walked over to the iron door

people who were not

started to quickly move as

bring that couch and put it

See if they have anything else to throw outside! What

right now from lack

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

stopped

“Kihehe! Hehe! Kihehehe!”

monster’s

snapped out of

because of the voice

send the first round

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

was starting to take

didn’t

to think about how much time must have passed since they heard

Baaaaang! Bang! Baaaaang!

his legs slowly starting

“Ugh!”

even have the strength

could

struggle asked Bae Cheol-Ho a

you think they’ll get here?

Cheol-Ho could not respond to that question. It could

them a

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

to most central shelters, but it

we have to worry

the monster obstacles

to hold on a little longer, but Bae

goes

passing 5 pm as they fought against the monsters to

‘…They might not come.’

about the worst possible

his job

the only thing he

here if we

at least a small

mind was full of concern about how to get past this

Jin Tae

had

thing he

“Hyu, hyung-nim!”

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 out to

who had called him

“Ah.”

Cheol-Ho let out a

saw on the person's

then heard the scout

monster that appeared in the sky! It seems

of their faces filled with

Steel Feather Hawk that was 1.5 times

nobody worth chatting with

Feather Hawk that had toyed

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

flying monster

help but become filled

started to speak

“…That's not possible.”

said that only seven Grade

there was another

Was this information wrong?

Cheol-Ho’s mind started to

out the window continued to speak

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

His voice was shaking.

quickly spread to

to frown

“Damn it!”

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

“Hyung-nim, over there-”

at the window pointed in

“…Ho.”

Cheol-Ho let out

the faces of the

person next to Bae Cheol-Ho continued to

it is

as he mentioned. It looked as if it wanted

so that only Bae Cheol-Ho could

run away? We

the sky before barely managing to open his

start with the people in the

the

“Hold on!”

stop talking

Bae

“Hyung-nim?”

“…What is that?”

moved his face closer to the window instead of looking at

was focused on the monster that was descending faster

then said a single

“…A person?”

filled the building

mumble in disbelief

person on top of the