Trash of the Count's Family

Teaser: David vs Goliath.

Boom!

The alchemists and mages created another dirt pillar.

Cale didn't need to see the battlefield to know what was going on.

The alchemists and mages had appeared to support the roof of the palace when Sir Rex and his group had used magic bombs to blow it up.

They had scattered some unknown fluid which responded to the alchemists’ and mages’ mana and had shot up into the sky. Then the alchemists put a black thread of unknown origin around the pillar.

Once the black thread disappeared into the dirt pillar, it had turned into a sturdy black pillar.

Cale was only looking at the Flame Dwarves as he started to speak.

“An alchemist's job is to always come up with something new.”

Boom!

The black pillar continued to become larger until it turned into a tower.

The towers continued to grow in number until there was a total of seven towers.

The mages and alchemists would get to the top of these towers and launch long-range attacks from there.

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-

Cale looked toward the Dwarf Chief through the sound of the trumpet.

Alchemy.

The alchemy of this world was similar to alchemy on Earth.

Their goal was to create gold.

However, the methods to do that were different.

The alchemist of the Western continent sought to use natural elements to create gold. That was why these alchemists could not help but become close to mana which had the purest natural element.

‘But according to the Dragon half-blood, the alchemy that the White Star is looking for is not aiming to create gold.’

The ancient Dragon Eruhaben's voice could be heard in Cale’s mind.

‘Do you know why they are researching dead mana?’

Dead mana bombs. That was completely unrelated to alchemy if their goal was to create gold. However, the White Star’s Alchemists’ Bell Tower had partnered with the Empire for around twenty years to research dead mana bombs.

‘I originally thought that they just wanted dead mana bombs to use as weapons, but I realized that I was wrong after hearing what the Dragon half-blood had to say.’

Cale had never seen the ancient Dragon looking so serious.

Eruhaben had a shocked yet fearful expression on his face as he explained.

‘What the Alchemists’ Bell Tower wants is mana, not gold.’

Cale stiffened up after hearing that as well.

The reason they researched dead mana.

‘They want to create mana.’

Water, fire, wind, earth, and wood. Mana exists like each of these five basic elements of nature.

It was one of the foundations for power in the world.

And they were a group that was trying to create mana.

‘After hearing about that from the Dragon half-blood, I learned that the Alchemists’ Bell Tower is a higher-ranking organization than Arm.’

Cale completely understood.

He could not figure out what the crazy White Star wanted, however, that bastard had done all sorts of crazy shit, and creating mana was just one of them.

What would happen if that crazy bastard who would even attempt to create a chimera was able to create mana?

‘It’d become a total mess.’

There would be no chaos like that one.

That was why Cale made up his mind once again.

He was going to completely destroy the Alchemists’ Bell Tower.

This was the first step to getting that done.

Cale looked toward Kanelle, the chief of the Flame Dwarf tribe, and started to speak. He could see the shaking pupils in the chief’s eyes.

‘Yeah, I get it.

I'm sure war is scary.’

Cale tried to be the calm and collected commander and tried to speak with a majestic air as he understood what the Flame Dwarf chief might be thinking.

However, Chief Kanelle’s reaction was strange.

“…Chief Kanelle, what are you looking at?”

Kanelle was not looking at Cale, but behind Cale. Someone urgently rushed toward Cale at that moment.

It was Choi Han.

“Cale-nim!”

He seemed to be in such a shock that he called out Cale’s name. At the same time, Kanelle's mumblings reached Cale's ears. Kanelle was currently scared.

“The king- the king of beasts is-”

‘What?’

Cale quickly turned around. He could see the battlefield as he heard Choi Han’s voice.

“It is the Lions from last time!”

Cale could see a few people flying to the top of the black tower made by the alchemists using flight magic.

Two of their faces were familiar.

ones

they had visited Guardian Knight Clopeh Sekka’s house to steal the crown. Those arrogant Lions had ended up kneeling in front of Choi

their berserk transformation as they

Han, Cale, and the Flame

“C, commander-nim!”

expression

in leadership and adept at large

mountain, the Lions lived in

stronger than the, B, Bears. The Lion tribe even has two potential successors for the Lion

Chief Kanelle's eyes

who had annoyed the Flame Dwarf tribe in Arm every day, then the Lion tribe was the ones that treated the Flame Dwarves as if

considered the Dwarves to not even

kind of

Lion tribe was like the

could be the best if they did not have the tendency to be alone, however, the Lions who lived in a pride were considered to

who didn't appear with the Indomitable Alliance to appear with the

became extremely scared after seeing the Empire’s might as well as

Why?

and that sword

of them can join

a war without the main

fighting without any

“…Commander-nim.”

Dwarf’s expression did not look

be on Cale's side. He had chosen to join this side in order to survive.

I will go work with the other Dwarves waiting in the castle to build tools

some mages to the tower,

building tools for defending the castle like putting together more

while thinking about the Dwarves who would be working hard to complete these wings without knowing about the Empire's strength

useless in the

right now. The Lions, mages, and

afraid. How could they defeat so many enemies with less than five thousand on their side, especially when the Whipper Kingdom had so

was to lock up

agreed with

with the Whipper Kingdom’s forces. That was why Rosalyn shared

right. Young master Cale, we need to

to speak. She thought about Toonka as well as the native

Empire’s knights’ equipment, and as they did not have any magic fortification, it was as if

me, Commander Toonka and Chief Harol, we need

and lower the enemy numbers before sending the soldiers and warriors out when

Dwarves and

only way to reduce the difference in numbers. This is the only way to effectively defeat the Empire’s overwhelming numbers when we are

Rosalyn's analysis was blunt.

blunt and cold gaze while the Flame Dwarf Chief looked

at

“Pfft.”

Someone started to laugh.

Rosalyn’s eyes opened wide.

“…Commander?”

maniac who

Kanelle did not get angry at Toonka’s actions. It was

Harol was smiling

also one more person who was

“…Young master Cale.”

smile at this feeling that he had not felt in a while. Raon, who had been quietly invisible for a while, asked Cale in confusion. Human, what is going

‘What is going on?’

newly employed Kim Rok Soo had gone out to take care of some business with his team leader when they were beaten

spoken to his former

‘Team leader.’

that tone of yours,

will be able to fight using overwhelming

Don’t talk about the

‘That’s too bad.’

‘What is?’

Soo had thought it was too bad at

manpower and had to fight against large organizations or strong individuals even though they

Rok Soo had never fought against an enemy

had said the

to cause a damn ruckus

‘You crazy bastard.’

Crazy bastard.

team leader’s voice

Soo had been disappointed at that time, and that disappointment continued even when he followed in the footsteps of his team leader and became the new team

Empire was in possession

“Miss Rosalyn.”

Toonka and Harol. He then turned toward Rosalyn and continued

you know what makes the Whipper Kingdom so

“Excuse me?”

He was one of the mages who had escaped from the Whipper Kingdom. He calmly

Whipper Kingdom is scary because there

‘There is no defense?

don't ever defend

Flame Dwarf

Whipper warriors

“Ah!”

as she remembered that fact while the Flame Dwarf Chief's eyes opened wide from this fact he just found

the Whipper Kingdom's natives were born with magic resistance. That number only grew as

after the Magic Tower conducted their

was someone who was at the

physical strength was overwhelming, but his magic resistance was even greater

is

was just like regular steel

allowed them

could charge

if the Empire happened to be caught off guard last time, the Whipper Kingdom's forces had still fought against the Empire's knights and mages during the last battle

managed

difference

a large number

because they knew they needed at least

who made eye contact

is not in

“Kehe, kahahahahahaha!”

shook

see the Empire’s

and soldiers who were wearing armor fortified with magic, as well as the mages,

turned his head and