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.

group of people swiftly climbing up the stone steps of the castle wall could be

Clack. Clack. Clack.

attires symbolized that they were

walls. Furthermore, these robed mages were channeling

has the same outfit or even mana

their individual abilities they stood on top of the

Their numbers were small.

defend the castle

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

that came to

Tower had committed terrible deeds, the fear induced by the crazed group who killed them

at

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

back and forth across the castle wall. They were the ones who received

soldiers could

Empire holds above-average magic skills. There are

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

the Whipper Kingdom’s

Those words were enough.

kingdom with the greatest magical combat abilities on the

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

best were neither

their strength better than

who were the only ones to have fought against

chiefs started

and stay in

soldiers immediately turned their attention back to the battlefield. Duke Huten glared at Rosalyn, who was leading

you planning to do something that you can’t take

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

idiot kindly explains

toward Duke Huten. At the same time, a voice

“Begin!”

Oooong-

air as they floated up

Kingdom had followed military orders impeccably during the war up until

different to the

After observing Toonka, I think the people of the

“That’s right.”

himself as he

Commander Cale is

Everyone here were loners.

were in agony, all of them had fled from the Magic Tower and lived away in

magic and had to conduct their research

in the Roan Kingdom and coordinated with

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

could

Oooong-

trains of the mages’ robes

hands. Their specialty, offensive magic spells, soon left

Bang! Bang! Bang!

consecutive explosions could

“Shield!”

attacks. The Empire versus the Whipper Kingdom. It was a fight between several hundred on one side and less than a hundred

soldiers could

“Again!”

looks in the eyes of the native Whipper mages as they pulled

eyes, even when they

Whipper Kingdom’s warriors. The mages seemed excited as the

Huten shouted

“Attack!”

Brigade that put up the shields shot out long-distance magic

on the towers, start your attacks

black alchemy towers started to attack as

Baaang!

spells from the

spells exploded midair, causing the area to

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

dead bones opened their

in layers of white bones that looked

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

Flame Dwarves, Rosalyn, and Mary’s

a voice in his ear through

raised his voice as he pulled on the bird’s

“Strike!”

Baaang!

skeleton bird drove its body into the

Bang! Bang! Bang-

four skeleton birds followed suit and struck the other black towers with

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

high-grade mages on top of the black towers had to recompose their wavering bodies. However, their spells had either been canceled or flown in random

of six towers were

towers that he had struck and stared at the sole

mage on that tower was not casting

instead continuously creating

as if it was more important to

the one person being protected

a member of

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

Lion’s golden hair that was like a mane, was fluttering

these

The Lion’s face contorted.

recognized that

next Lion

Those two were the ones that Cale had encountered in the north at Clopeh Sekka’s residence when he stole the

Chief Kanelle

think you can win with such a crude object?! You’re just

Lion’s eyes. Cale’s

Grin.

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

not fail this

results were not out yet, Kanelle was certain because Cale

in the sky, and Rosalyn, who was

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

was wary of

used magic twice so far, however, Rosalyn had not used her magic even once during those two

Ooooong-

more red mana gathered around

red glow swayed around as if it was waiting