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.

time, the sound of a group of people swiftly climbing

Clack. Clack. Clack.

symbolized that they

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

same outfit

their individual abilities they stood

Their numbers were small.

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

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 Whipper Kingdom mages that came to help

the mages that came

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

at

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

charge of the military operations began to travel back and forth across the castle wall. They were the ones

soldiers could hear their

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

around the wall all said the same thing as the soldiers

Whipper Kingdom’s mages are

Those words were enough.

greatest magical

the past. The Whipper Kingdom had powerful mages who were known to be unrivaled on the

that the best were neither

strength

only ones

started to

and stay in

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

to do something

mana began to be

kind of idiot kindly explains

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

“Begin!”

Oooong-

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

the Roan Kingdom had followed military

had said something different to the mages who had come

once? After observing Toonka, I think the people of the Whipper Kingdom are strongest when they are

“That’s right.”

mumbled to himself as

Commander Cale

Everyone here were loners.

Tower was doing or because they were in agony, all of them had fled from the Magic Tower and lived away in seclusion with those who didn’t belong to the mage

the mages couldn’t let go of magic and had to

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

two years, they weren’t able to use their individual powers to their heart’s

they could do

Oooong-

mages’ robes fluttered in

Their specialty, offensive magic spells, soon left

Bang! Bang! Bang!

consecutive

“Shield!”

Kingdom. It was a fight between several hundred on

the soldiers

“Again!”

of the native Whipper mages as they pulled up

their eyes, even when

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

Huten shouted at that

“Attack!”

was standing behind the 1st Mage Brigade that put up the shields shot out long-distance magic spells that they

towers, start your

mages on top of the black alchemy towers started

Baaang!

from the

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

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

made of dead bones opened their mouths

birds surrounded in layers of white bones that looked

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

Flame Dwarves, Rosalyn,

a voice in his ear through the video communication

raised his voice as he pulled on the bird’s

“Strike!”

Baaang!

bird drove its body into the two black

Bang! Bang! Bang-

struck the other

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

on top of the black towers had to recompose their wavering

total of six towers were

towers that he had struck and stared

on that tower was not casting offensive

instead

was more important to protect someone there

see the one person

a member of the Lion

Dwarves, specifically the Flame Dwarves, as if they did not exist in this world. Kanelle

like a mane, was fluttering in the

these Flame

The Lion’s face contorted.

recognized

the candidates to become the next Lion King, and next to him was

encountered in the

Kanelle as they made eye

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

clutched the reins that he was holding onto after he saw the murderous look in the Lion’s eyes. Cale’s nonchalant voice came

Grin.

corners of Kanelle’s lips started to go up. Cale’s voice returned as Edrich started to frown at Kanelle’s

wings did not fail this

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

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

made eye contact with Duke Huten who was looking

Huten was

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

Ooooong-

more red mana gathered

red glow swayed around as if it was waiting