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.

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

Clack. Clack. Clack.

symbolized that they

Furthermore, these robed mages were channeling their mana as if they were ready to

of them has the same outfit or

their individual abilities they stood

Their numbers were small.

to 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 Whipper

for the mages that came

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

at

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

travel back and forth across the castle wall. They were the ones

soldiers could hear

magic skills. There are many of

hearing those statements. The chiefs around the wall all said the same thing as the soldiers looked

Kingdom’s mages are

Those words were enough.

greatest magical combat abilities on 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

knew that the best were neither the Empire

strength better

soldiers who were the only ones to

started to

and stay

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

something that

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

kindly explains themselves

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

“Begin!”

Oooong-

started to cause ripples in the air as they

from the Roan Kingdom had followed

said something different to the mages who had come here

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

“That’s right.”

mumbled to himself as

Cale is

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

of magic and had to conduct their research

the Roan Kingdom and coordinated with

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

could do

Oooong-

trains of the mages’ robes

offensive magic spells, soon left their

Bang! Bang! Bang!

of consecutive

“Shield!”

It was a fight between several

soldiers

“Again!”

Whipper mages as they pulled up their sleeves and prepared

eyes, even when they were against the hundreds of enemy

seemed excited as the spells they had trained in solitude shot up into

shouted at

“Attack!”

up the shields shot out long-distance magic spells that they had been preparing

on the towers, start

black alchemy towers started to attack

Baaang!

magic spells from the Empire’s

ones that hit the incoming Whipper Kingdom’s spells exploded midair, causing the

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

bones opened their mouths and let

bones that looked

one could see was the black-colored dead mana that

the Flame Dwarves, Rosalyn, and

his ear through the video

his voice as he

“Strike!”

Baaang!

bird drove its body into the

Bang! Bang! Bang-

struck the other black towers with their bodies one by

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

recompose their wavering bodies. However, their spells had either been

of six towers

had struck and stared at the sole

high-grade mage on that tower was not

was instead continuously creating

if it was more important to protect

could see the one person being protected by the

was a member of

as if they did not exist

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

these

The Lion’s face contorted.

recognized

to become the next Lion King, and next

in the north

Kanelle

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

subconsciously 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.

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

not fail this

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

conveyed to both Kanelle, who was in

for the time being and made eye contact

Huten was

so far, however, Rosalyn had not used

Ooooong-

red mana

bewitching red glow swayed around as if it was waiting for the right