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.

of a group of people swiftly

Clack. Clack. Clack.

that they were

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

same outfit or even mana on the same

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

Their numbers were small.

defend the castle looked at the mages and suppressed their complicated

faction that rose up to destroy the Magic Tower and kill all the mages didn’t

that

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

at that

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

began to travel back and forth across the castle wall.

could

Empire holds above-average magic skills. There are many

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

the Whipper Kingdom’s mages are

Those words were enough.

greatest magical combat abilities on

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

were neither the Empire nor the other

their strength

only ones to

chiefs started to

focus and

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

you planning to do something that you

Huten spoke to Rosalyn as red mana began to be melded by

idiot kindly

At the same time, a voice started

“Begin!”

Oooong-

started to cause ripples in the air as they floated up

had come from the Roan Kingdom had followed military orders impeccably

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.”

himself as he recalled that

Commander Cale is

Everyone here were loners.

what the Magic Tower was doing or because they were in agony, all of them

had to conduct their research while living in

the Roan Kingdom and coordinated with each

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

could

Oooong-

of the mages’ robes

offensive magic

Bang! Bang! Bang!

of consecutive explosions

“Shield!”

The Empire versus the Whipper Kingdom. It was a fight between

soldiers

“Again!”

as they pulled up their sleeves and prepared their next spells at Rosalyn’s

fear in their eyes, even when they were against the

The mages seemed excited as

shouted

“Attack!”

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

start

on top of the black alchemy towers

Baaang!

magic spells from the Empire’s

causing the area to shake and causing gusts of

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

birds made of dead bones opened

in layers of white bones that looked like

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

were the Flame Dwarves, Rosalyn, and Mary’s

heard a voice in his ear through the video communication

Chief raised his voice as he pulled

“Strike!”

Baaang!

skeleton bird drove its body into

Bang! Bang! Bang-

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

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

high-grade mages on top of the black towers had to recompose their wavering bodies. However, their spells had either been canceled

total of six towers

struck and stared at

tower was not casting

instead continuously

more important to protect someone there

one person being protected by the

a member of the Lion

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

golden hair that was like a mane,

dare these

The Lion’s face contorted.

Kanelle recognized

was Edrich, one of the candidates to become the next

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

Kanelle as they made eye

you can win with such a crude object?! You’re

he saw the murderous look in the Lion’s eyes. Cale’s nonchalant voice came through the video communication device at

Grin.

as Edrich started to frown at

not fail

Kanelle was certain because Cale gave the

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

time being and made eye

was wary

Rosalyn had not used her magic even

Ooooong-

more red mana gathered around

as if it