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.

that

of all colors started to appear on top of Maple Castle’s walls. Furthermore, these robed mages were channeling their mana as if they were

them has the same outfit or even mana

their individual abilities they

Their numbers were small.

who remained to defend the castle looked at the mages and

the Magic Tower and kill all the mages didn’t know how to respond to the native Whipper Kingdom mages that came to

for the mages that

the fear induced by

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 Harol and

soldiers could hear

skills. There are many

statements. The chiefs around the wall all said the same thing as the

Kingdom’s mages

Those words were enough.

the greatest magical combat abilities on

that title now, it belonged to the Whipper Kingdom in the past. The Whipper Kingdom had powerful mages who were known to be unrivaled on the entire

the best were neither

strength better than

who were the only ones to have fought against those mages knew

started

and stay in

to the battlefield. Duke Huten glared at Rosalyn,

do something that you

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

kind of idiot kindly

At the same time,

“Begin!”

Oooong-

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

that had come from the Roan Kingdom had

different to the mages who

to run wild and free at least once? After

“That’s right.”

to himself as he

Commander Cale

Everyone here were loners.

of them had fled from the Magic Tower and lived away in seclusion with those who didn’t

of magic and had to conduct

in the Roan Kingdom and coordinated with

their lifelong loner lifestyles and coordinating with each other for two years, they weren’t able

could do

Oooong-

trains of the mages’

Their specialty, offensive magic spells,

Bang! Bang! Bang!

of consecutive

“Shield!”

blocked the magic attacks. The Empire versus the Whipper Kingdom. It was a fight between several hundred on one side and less than

the soldiers could

“Again!”

as they pulled

eyes, even when they were against the hundreds

warriors. The mages seemed excited as the spells they had trained in solitude shot

Huten shouted

“Attack!”

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 moment

on the towers, start

black alchemy towers started

Baaang!

spells from the

spells exploded midair, causing the area to shake and causing gusts of

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

opened their

that looked like birds from hell were flying

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

the Flame Dwarves, Rosalyn,

a voice in his ear through the video

raised his voice as he

“Strike!”

Baaang!

bird drove its body into the two

Bang! Bang! Bang-

the other black towers with their

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

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

of six towers were

struck and stared at the sole tower that

that tower was not casting

instead

if it was more important

one person

member of the Lion

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

that was like a mane, was

dare these Flame Dwarf

The Lion’s face contorted.

Kanelle recognized

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

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

at Chief Kanelle

you think you can win with such a crude object?!

in the Lion’s eyes. Cale’s nonchalant voice came through

Grin.

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

did not

not out yet, Kanelle was certain because Cale

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

Toonka to the knights for the time being and made eye contact with Duke

was

Whipper Kingdom used magic twice so far, however, Rosalyn had not used

Ooooong-

and more red mana

swayed around as if it was