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

Clack. Clack. Clack.

attires symbolized that they

on top of Maple Castle’s walls. Furthermore, these robed mages were

of them has the same outfit or even

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

Their numbers were small.

the castle looked at

the mages didn’t

that came to help toward

committed terrible deeds, the fear

was at

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

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

could

There are many

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

Whipper Kingdom’s mages are

Those words were enough.

with the greatest magical combat abilities

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

best were neither

their strength better

Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers who were the only ones to

chiefs started to

focus and

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

to do something that

Huten spoke to Rosalyn as red mana began to be

idiot kindly explains themselves to

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

“Begin!”

Oooong-

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

the Roan Kingdom had followed military

said something different to the mages

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

“That’s right.”

mumbled to himself as he

Commander Cale is

Everyone here were loners.

because they hated what the Magic Tower was doing or because they were in agony, all of them had fled from the Magic Tower and

of magic and had to conduct their

the Roan Kingdom and coordinated with each other in preparation

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

could do that

Oooong-

the mages’ robes fluttered

raised their hands. Their specialty, offensive magic spells, soon

Bang! Bang! Bang!

of consecutive explosions could be

“Shield!”

Empire’s mages cast shields and blocked the magic attacks. The Empire versus the Whipper Kingdom. It was a fight between several hundred on one side

soldiers could

“Again!”

eyes of the native Whipper mages as they pulled up their sleeves and prepared their next

in their eyes, even when they

mages seemed

shouted

“Attack!”

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

start

on top of the black alchemy towers

Baaang!

magic spells from the

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

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

opened their mouths and

white bones that looked like birds from hell were

no one could see was the

were the Flame Dwarves, Rosalyn,

ear

raised his voice as he pulled on the

“Strike!”

Baaang!

drove its body into the two

Bang! Bang! Bang-

suit and struck the other black towers with their

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

on top of the black towers had to recompose their wavering bodies. However, their spells had either been

of six

two towers that he had struck

that tower was

instead continuously creating

if it was more important

could see the one person

member of the

tribe had treated the Dwarves, specifically the Flame Dwarves, as if they did not exist in this world. Kanelle made eye contact with

hair that was like a mane, was fluttering in the

dare these

The Lion’s face contorted.

Kanelle recognized

one of the candidates to become the next Lion

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

Chief Kanelle

a crude object?!

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

Grin.

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

did not fail this

out yet, Kanelle was certain because Cale gave the order to begin. Fly up when

Kanelle, who was in the sky, and Rosalyn, who was on

to the knights for the time being and made eye contact

was wary

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

Ooooong-

more red mana gathered

if