Trash of the Count's Family

Teaser: Someone screaming, 'RUN FOR COVEEEEEEEEEER.'

Skeleton birds.

The largest bird was about 15 meters in length.

The large birds made out of bones unfurled their wings.

Their wings blocked the sunlight.

A shadow fell over the Empire’s knights.

“That’s-?”

Duke Huten turned his gaze toward the sky and then looked back forward again.

“Hehehe.”

As the Duke unsheathed his sword, the barbarian who had been blocked by a wall of knights burst into laughter.

Toonka looked like he was dying of laughter. However, Duke Huten couldn’t laugh along as he looked at Toonka’s expression.

Five in total.

Four birds rose up together along with the one large bird in the center.

“Duke-nim!”

Behind him came the urgent voice of one of the Empire’s mage.

“This is the energy from highest-grade magic stones! Those are bones embedded with magic stones!”

The leisurely look in Duke Huten’s eyes changed. There was no urgency, however, there was a look of sharp fury in his eyes. He observed the barbarian, Toonka, who was looking at him and started to speak.

“Flame Dwarves and magic stones.”

It was probably the Flame Dwarves who had assembled those bones together.

Huten knew the face of that Flame Dwarf tribe’s chief. As an excellent sword master, if Huten concentrated his aura into his eyes, he could see the face of that Dwarf in the sky that the other knights could not see.

After all, would it make sense if Duke Huten of the Empire didn’t know the face of the leaders affiliated with the Indomitable Alliance?

The Flame Dwarf chief who wasn’t supposed to be here had appeared.

In addition, there was a skeleton that was moving through magic stones.

There was only one thing missing from the equation.

“Mages.”

Anger was visible on Duke Huten’s face.

The Whipper Kingdom was a place where all magic was supposedly eradicated.

He was not talking about the Whipper Kingdom’s mages.

Duke Huten looked past the barbarian warriors who were laughing at him and focused his gaze.

“It seems like the Breck Kingdom dared to interfere in this battle.”

The Flame Dwarves were captured and taken prisoner by the Breck Kingdom.

Flame Dwarves were weak in creating magic devices, yet those bastards were able to create a bird like that?

That was impossible without the help of mages.

Duke Huten’s gaze headed toward the top of Maple Castle’s walls.

He could see a woman at the center of the walls who was openly making her presence known by stirring the mana around her.

That woman, Rosalyn, was looking down at Duke Huten.

“Is this the Breck Kingdom’s decision?”

Huten’s voice was quite loud after being amplified through his aura. It was so that Rosalyn, who was standing above the castle walls, could hear him. Toonka was no longer the focus of his attention.

The Mogoru Empire which had built up its strength over hundreds of years was not afraid of an enemy like the Whipper Kingdom that did not have an established history and just ran wild with someone like Toonka as their leader.

However, things changed if the Breck Kingdom entered the fray.

Huten could see the smile appearing on Rosalyn’s lips. Rosalyn then responded cheerfully, matching the bright smile on her face.

“We are mercenaries.”

“What?”

Huten couldn’t help but blankly question her statement. He could then hear Toonka’s voice.

“I hired them.”

“…Commander.”

Huten turned his attention back to Toonka. Toonka snickered with a look that seemed to say, ‘What are you going to do about it?’

“I hired some mercenaries and bought the Dwarves from the Breck Kingdom.”

“Such nonsense……!”

It was utter nonsense.

Rosalyn, who was banished from the Breck Kingdom, was technically free from the Breck Kingdom’s rules. In addition, if the Whipper Kingdom had bought off the prisoners of war from them, then the Breck Kingdom would have mentioned it to the Empire out of formality. That way they would be able to say that they didn’t support the Whipper Kingdom and play off the exchange as a mere transaction between kingdoms.

“Are you telling me to believe in such bullshit?”

Huten, suddenly started to speak to Toonka in an unrestrained manner.

“It was your Imperial Prince who spouted bullshit first.”

Toonka gritted his teeth as he glared at Huten. A correspondence demanding a slave transaction. That was the biggest bullshit out there.

Huten snorted and looked towards Rosalyn as he started to speak.

“Rosalyn, you and the Breck Kingdom have a lot to explain to our Mogoru Empire.”

The Breck Kingdom who dared to support the Whipper Kingdom and point its blade at the Empire must explain today’s occurrences to the Empire and bow down to them as an apology.

That was the weight of going against the Empire.

Huten could see Rosalyn’s smiling lips parting to speak. Her voice that was infused with mana rang out.

“Prepare to attack.”

Huten’s expression hardened.

same time, the sound of a group of people swiftly climbing up the stone steps of the castle wall

Clack. Clack. Clack.

attires symbolized that

Castle’s walls. Furthermore, these robed mages were

outfit or even mana on the same

individual abilities

Their numbers were small.

soldiers who remained to defend the castle looked at

the non-mage faction that rose up to destroy the Magic Tower and kill all the mages didn’t know how to respond to the native

same went for the mages that came

deeds, the fear induced by

at

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

charge of the military operations began to travel back and forth across the castle wall. They were the ones who received orders from Chief Harol and

could hear their

holds above-average magic skills. There are many of them as

around the wall all said the same thing as the soldiers looked toward the

Whipper Kingdom’s

Those words were enough.

kingdom with the greatest magical

Roan Kingdom may have that title now, it belonged to the Whipper Kingdom in the past. The Whipper Kingdom had powerful mages who were

the best were neither

their strength

the only ones to have fought against those mages knew

chiefs started

and stay

the battlefield. Duke Huten glared at Rosalyn, who was leading

you planning to do something

to Rosalyn as red mana began to be melded by her hands. She then started

kindly explains

At the same

“Begin!”

Oooong-

stones started to cause ripples in the air as they

that had come from the Roan Kingdom had followed military orders impeccably

Cale had said something different to the mages who

run wild and free at least once? After

“That’s right.”

mage mumbled to himself

Commander Cale

Everyone here were loners.

of them had fled from the

couldn’t let go of magic and had to conduct their research

mages had gathered in the Roan Kingdom and coordinated with each other in preparation for

lifelong loner lifestyles and coordinating with each other for two years, they weren’t able to use their individual powers to their heart’s content even a single time since the start

they could do that

Oooong-

trains of the mages’ robes

offensive magic spells, soon

Bang! Bang! Bang!

of consecutive explosions could

“Shield!”

the magic attacks. The Empire versus the Whipper Kingdom. It was a fight between several hundred on

the soldiers

“Again!”

the looks in the eyes of the native Whipper mages as

their eyes, even when they were against the

with the Whipper Kingdom’s warriors. The mages seemed excited as the spells they had trained in solitude

Huten shouted at

“Attack!”

standing behind the 1st Mage Brigade that put up the shields shot out long-distance magic spells that they had been preparing since the moment

towers, start your

on top of the black alchemy towers started to attack

Baaang!

magic spells from the

incoming Whipper Kingdom’s spells exploded midair, causing the area to shake and causing

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

made of dead bones opened their mouths and let out strange

bones that looked like birds

white bones where no one could see was the black-colored dead mana that

were the Flame Dwarves, Rosalyn, and Mary’s

Kanelle heard a voice in his ear through

as he pulled on the

“Strike!”

Baaang!

its

Bang! Bang! Bang-

struck the other black towers with their bodies one

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

wavering bodies. However, their spells

total of six towers were

struck and stared

high-grade mage on that tower was not

was instead

more important

person being protected by

member of

specifically the Flame Dwarves, as if they did not exist in this world. Kanelle made eye contact with one of those

was like a

these Flame

The Lion’s face contorted.

recognized that

the next Lion King, and next to him was Gronica

Gronica. Those two were the ones that Cale had encountered in the north at Clopeh Sekka’s

Chief Kanelle

such a crude object?! You’re just a damn Dwarf! You must have

Kanelle subconsciously clutched the reins that he was holding onto after he saw the murderous look in the Lion’s eyes. Cale’s nonchalant voice came through the video communication device

Grin.

as Edrich started to frown at Kanelle’s smile. Lions can’t fly. However, you Flame Dwarves are flying

not fail this

yet, Kanelle was certain because Cale gave the order to begin.

who was in the sky, and

entrusted Toonka to the knights for the time being and made eye contact with Duke Huten who was looking at

Huten was

had not used her magic even

Ooooong-

more and more red mana gathered

bewitching red glow swayed around as if it was waiting