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 climbing up the stone steps of

Clack. Clack. Clack.

that they

walls. Furthermore, these robed mages

them has the same outfit or even mana on

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

Their numbers were small.

who remained to defend the castle looked at the

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

mages that came to help toward

Tower had committed terrible deeds, the fear induced

at

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

to travel back and forth across

soldiers could hear

above-average magic skills. There

The chiefs around the wall all said the same thing as the soldiers looked

the Whipper Kingdom’s

Those words were enough.

magical combat

Roan Kingdom may have that title now, it belonged to the Whipper Kingdom in the past. The Whipper Kingdom

ones who knew that the best were neither the Empire nor the other

their strength

soldiers who were the only ones

started to

and stay in

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

do something that you can’t take

red mana began to be melded by her

kind of idiot kindly explains themselves to

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

“Begin!”

Oooong-

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

from the Roan Kingdom had followed military orders impeccably during the war

said something different to the mages who had come

run wild and free at least once? After observing

“That’s right.”

mumbled to himself as

Cale is

Everyone here were loners.

were in agony, all of them had fled from the Magic Tower and lived away

mages couldn’t let go of magic and had to conduct their research while

gathered in the Roan Kingdom and

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 do

Oooong-

mages’ robes fluttered in the

Their specialty, offensive

Bang! Bang! Bang!

of consecutive

“Shield!”

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

the soldiers could

“Again!”

see the looks in the eyes of the native Whipper mages as they pulled up their

when they were

mages seemed excited as

shouted at that

“Attack!”

the shields shot out long-distance magic spells that they

towers, start

mages on top of the black alchemy towers

Baaang!

spells from the Empire’s side

that hit 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-

made of dead bones opened their

birds surrounded in layers of white bones that

one could see was the black-colored dead mana that

Dwarves, Rosalyn, and Mary’s

his ear

Chief raised his voice as he pulled on the bird’s

“Strike!”

Baaang!

bird drove its body into

Bang! Bang! Bang-

struck the other black towers with their

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

wavering bodies. However, their spells

of six

quickly retreated from the two towers that he had struck and stared at the sole tower that

tower was

instead continuously

important to protect someone there than to

see the one person being protected

a member

if they did not

Lion’s golden hair that was like

these

The Lion’s face contorted.

Kanelle recognized

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

in the north at Clopeh Sekka’s residence when

at Chief Kanelle as

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

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

Grin.

of Kanelle’s lips started to go up. Cale’s voice returned as Edrich started to frown at Kanelle’s smile. Lions can’t fly. However, you Flame Dwarves are

not

not out yet, Kanelle was certain because Cale gave the order

in the

being and made eye contact with Duke

Huten was wary

so far, however, Rosalyn had not used

Ooooong-

and more red mana gathered

as if it was waiting for the