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.

a group of people swiftly

Clack. Clack. Clack.

attires symbolized that they were

these robed mages were channeling their mana as if they were ready to fight at any

same outfit

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

Their numbers were small.

the few soldiers who remained to defend the castle looked at the

kill all the mages didn’t know how to respond

for the mages that

the fear induced by the crazed group who killed them was still lingering on these

was at

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

across the castle wall. They were the ones who

soldiers could hear

magic skills. There are many of

wall all said the same thing

Kingdom’s mages

Those words were enough.

the greatest magical combat

now, it belonged to the Whipper Kingdom in the past. The Whipper Kingdom had powerful mages who were known to be

were neither the Empire nor the other

their strength better

were the only ones to have fought against

started to

and stay

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

do something that you

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

of idiot kindly explains themselves to

the crown, shouted toward Duke Huten. At the same time, a voice started to speak in her mind. Rosalyn! The human says

“Begin!”

Oooong-

stones started to cause ripples in the air as they floated up from the

the Roan Kingdom had followed military orders

to the mages who had come here for their,

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

“That’s right.”

to himself

Commander Cale

Everyone here were loners.

was doing or because they were in agony, all of them had fled

to conduct their research while living in poverty or in

had gathered in the Roan Kingdom and coordinated with each other in

became strong as a group 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

they could

Oooong-

mages’ robes fluttered in the

offensive magic spells, soon left

Bang! Bang! Bang!

of consecutive explosions

“Shield!”

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

soldiers could see

“Again!”

of the native Whipper mages as they pulled up their sleeves and prepared their next spells at Rosalyn’s

in their eyes, even when

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

shouted at

“Attack!”

was 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 the

towers, start

the black

Baaang!

magic spells from

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

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

birds made of dead bones opened their mouths

bones that looked like

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

Dwarves, Rosalyn, and Mary’s

a voice in his ear through the video communication device. Block

Chief raised his voice as he pulled on

“Strike!”

Baaang!

largest skeleton bird drove its body into the two

Bang! Bang! Bang-

the other black towers with their

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

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

total of six

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

high-grade mage on that tower

instead

it was more important to protect someone there than

see the one person being

was a member of the Lion

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

hair that was like a mane,

these Flame

The Lion’s face contorted.

Kanelle recognized

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

Cale had encountered in the north at Clopeh Sekka’s residence when

Chief Kanelle as they made

crude object?! You’re just

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

Grin.

returned as Edrich started to frown at

wings did not fail

results were not out yet, Kanelle was certain because Cale gave the

order was conveyed to both Kanelle, who was in the sky, and Rosalyn, who was on the

and made eye contact with Duke Huten

was wary of

so far, however, Rosalyn had not used her

Ooooong-

and more red

as if it was waiting for the right