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.

same time, the sound of a group of people swiftly climbing up the stone steps of the castle

Clack. Clack. Clack.

attires symbolized that they were

Maple Castle’s walls. Furthermore, these robed

the same outfit

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

Their numbers were small.

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

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

for the mages that came to help

to the Magic Tower had committed terrible deeds, the fear induced by the crazed

was at

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

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

could hear

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

hearing those statements. The chiefs around the wall all said

Whipper Kingdom’s mages are

Those words were enough.

the greatest magical

now, it belonged to the Whipper Kingdom in the past. The

ones who knew that the best were neither the Empire

know their strength better than

ones to

chiefs started to

and stay in

battlefield. Duke Huten

planning to do something that you can’t

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

of idiot kindly explains themselves

toward Duke Huten. At the same time, a voice

“Begin!”

Oooong-

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

the Roan Kingdom had followed military

said something different to the mages who

nice to run wild and free at least once? After observing Toonka,

“That’s right.”

to himself

Cale is

Everyone here were loners.

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

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

the Roan Kingdom and coordinated with each other

lifestyles and coordinating with each other for two years, they weren’t able to use their individual

could do that

Oooong-

of the mages’

hands. Their specialty, offensive magic spells, soon left

Bang! Bang! Bang!

of consecutive

“Shield!”

Whipper Kingdom. It was a fight between several hundred on one side

the soldiers

“Again!”

Whipper mages as they pulled up their sleeves and prepared their

was no fear in their eyes, even when they were

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

Huten shouted at that

“Attack!”

which 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

towers, start your

of the black

Baaang!

magic spells from the Empire’s

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

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

birds made of dead bones opened

surrounded in layers of white bones that looked like birds from

bones where no one could see was the black-colored dead mana that was lumped together and beating

Dwarves, Rosalyn,

voice in his ear through

his voice as

“Strike!”

Baaang!

bird drove its body into

Bang! Bang! Bang-

and struck the other black towers with

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

the black towers had to recompose their wavering bodies.

six

struck and stared at the sole tower that had not

tower was not

instead

it was more important

the one person being protected by

was a member of the

Dwarves, specifically the Flame Dwarves, as if they did

Lion’s golden hair that was like a

these

The Lion’s face contorted.

recognized

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

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

Kanelle

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

in the Lion’s eyes. Cale’s nonchalant voice came through the video communication device at that

Grin.

voice returned as Edrich started to frown at Kanelle’s smile. Lions can’t fly. However, you Flame Dwarves are flying

did not

Cale

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

time being and made eye contact with

was wary

magic twice so far, however, Rosalyn had not used her magic even once during those two

Ooooong-

more and more red mana gathered around

around as if it