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

Clack. Clack. Clack.

attires symbolized that

Maple Castle’s walls. Furthermore, these robed mages were channeling their mana as if

of them has the same outfit or even mana on the

channel all of their individual

Their numbers were small.

the few soldiers who remained to defend the castle looked at the mages and suppressed

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 Whipper Kingdom mages that came

same went for the mages that came to help toward the

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

was at that

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

and forth across the castle wall. They

soldiers could hear their

skills. There

the mages after hearing those statements. The chiefs around the wall all said the same

Kingdom’s

Those words were enough.

with the greatest magical

Whipper Kingdom in the past. The Whipper Kingdom had powerful

who knew that the best were neither the Empire nor the other

strength better than anyone

who were the only ones to have fought against those mages

chiefs started

and stay

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

you planning to do something

Rosalyn as red mana began to be

of idiot kindly explains themselves

of royalty despite abandoning the crown, shouted toward Duke Huten. At the same

“Begin!”

Oooong-

cause ripples in the air as they floated up

Kingdom had followed military orders

said something different to the mages who had

nice to run wild and free at least once? After observing Toonka, I think the people of the Whipper Kingdom are

“That’s right.”

himself as he recalled

Commander Cale

Everyone here were loners.

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

go of magic and had to conduct their research

mages had gathered in the Roan Kingdom and coordinated with each

their lifelong loner lifestyles and coordinating with each other for two years, they weren’t able

they could do that

Oooong-

mages’ robes

hands. Their specialty, offensive

Bang! Bang! Bang!

sound of consecutive

“Shield!”

Whipper Kingdom. It was a fight between several hundred on one side and less than a

the soldiers could see

“Again!”

see the looks in the eyes of the native Whipper mages as

when they were

The mages seemed excited as the spells they had trained in solitude

Huten shouted

“Attack!”

put up the shields shot out long-distance magic spells that they had been preparing since the moment the shield

start

black alchemy towers started to attack as

Baaang!

spells from the Empire’s

spells exploded midair, causing the area to shake and causing gusts of

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

of dead bones opened

in layers of white bones that looked like birds from hell were flying

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

Dwarves,

in his ear through the video communication

raised his voice as he pulled on the bird’s

“Strike!”

Baaang!

largest skeleton bird drove its

Bang! Bang! Bang-

the other

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

wavering bodies. However, their spells had either been canceled or flown in random

six towers were

retreated from the two towers that he had struck

on that tower was

was instead continuously creating

it was more important

person being

was a member of the

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

like a mane,

these

The Lion’s face contorted.

recognized that

become the next Lion

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

Chief Kanelle as they made

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

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 at that moment. That Lion bastard is always so

Grin.

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

did not

were not out yet, Kanelle was certain because Cale gave the order to begin. Fly

in the sky, and Rosalyn,

knights for the time being and made eye contact with Duke Huten who

was wary

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

Ooooong-

and more red mana

bewitching red glow swayed around as if it was waiting