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.

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

Clack. Clack. Clack.

attires symbolized that they were

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

the same outfit or even mana on the same

was prepared to channel all of their individual abilities they stood on top of

Their numbers were small.

the castle looked

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

mages that came to

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

at that

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

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

soldiers could

Empire holds above-average magic skills. There

toward the mages after hearing those statements. The chiefs around the wall all said the same thing as the soldiers

Kingdom’s mages

Those words were enough.

the greatest magical combat abilities on the Western

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 to be unrivaled on the entire

knew that the best were neither the

strength better than

who were the only ones to have fought against

chiefs started

focus and stay in

attention back to the battlefield. Duke Huten glared at Rosalyn,

you planning to do something

began to

idiot kindly

abandoning the crown, shouted toward Duke Huten. At the same time, a voice started to speak

“Begin!”

Oooong-

to cause ripples in the air as they floated

Roan Kingdom had followed military orders impeccably during the

something different to the mages

it would be nice to run wild and free at least once? After observing Toonka, I think the

“That’s right.”

himself

Commander Cale

Everyone here were loners.

they hated what the Magic Tower was doing or because they were in agony, all of them had fled from the Magic Tower and lived away in seclusion

let go of magic and had to conduct their research while living in poverty or

and coordinated with each

after abandoning their 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 of the

could

Oooong-

of the mages’ robes fluttered in

raised their hands. Their specialty, offensive magic

Bang! Bang! Bang!

sound of consecutive explosions could

“Shield!”

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

the soldiers could see

“Again!”

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

in their eyes, even when they were against the

mages seemed excited as the spells they

Huten shouted

“Attack!”

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

towers, start your

top of the black alchemy towers started

Baaang!

spells from the

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

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

birds made of dead bones opened their

surrounded in layers of white bones that looked

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

the Flame Dwarves,

voice in his ear through the video communication device. Block

as he pulled on the bird’s

“Strike!”

Baaang!

bird drove its body into the two black

Bang! Bang! Bang-

skeleton birds followed suit and struck the other black towers with their bodies

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

of the black towers had to recompose their wavering bodies. However, their spells had either been canceled or flown in

of six towers

towers that he had struck and stared at the sole tower that had

on that tower

was instead continuously

was more important to protect

could see the one person

was a member of the

they did not exist in this world. Kanelle made eye contact with

hair that was like a

dare these Flame

The Lion’s face contorted.

recognized

Edrich, one of the candidates to become the next Lion King,

encountered in the north at Clopeh Sekka’s residence when he

Kanelle as they

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

in the Lion’s eyes. Cale’s nonchalant voice came through the video communication device at that moment.

Grin.

started to frown at Kanelle’s smile. Lions

not

was certain because Cale gave the order to begin. Fly up when

in

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

was wary

Whipper Kingdom used magic twice so far, however, Rosalyn had not used her

Ooooong-

more red mana gathered around

as if it