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 the castle wall could be

Clack. Clack. Clack.

attires symbolized that they were

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

of them has the same outfit or

their individual abilities

Their numbers were small.

remained to defend the castle looked at the

the mages didn’t know

mages that came to

the fear induced by the crazed group who killed

at

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

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

soldiers could hear

above-average magic skills. There are many of them

statements. The chiefs around the wall all

Whipper Kingdom’s

Those words were enough.

kingdom with the greatest magical combat abilities on the

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 unrivaled on the entire

the best were neither the Empire nor the

their strength better than

Whipper Kingdom’s soldiers who were the only ones to have fought against

chiefs started to

and

back to the battlefield. Duke Huten

you planning to do something that you can’t take

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

of idiot kindly explains themselves to

had the proud face of royalty despite abandoning the crown, shouted toward Duke Huten. At the same time, a voice started

“Begin!”

Oooong-

cause ripples in the air as they floated up

that had come from the Roan Kingdom had followed military orders impeccably during the war up until

Commander Cale had said something different to the mages who had come here for

free at least once? After observing Toonka, I think the people of the Whipper Kingdom are

“That’s right.”

mage mumbled to himself as

Cale is

Everyone here were loners.

Magic Tower was doing or because they were in agony, all of them had fled from the Magic Tower and lived away in seclusion with those who didn’t belong to the

to conduct their research while living in poverty or in

the Roan Kingdom and coordinated with

coordinating with each other for two years, they weren’t able

could do that

Oooong-

of the mages’ robes fluttered in the

specialty, offensive magic spells, soon left their

Bang! Bang! Bang!

sound of consecutive explosions could be

“Shield!”

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

the soldiers

“Again!”

as they pulled up their sleeves and prepared

eyes, even when they were against the hundreds of enemy

mages seemed excited

shouted at

“Attack!”

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

towers, start your attacks as

mages on top of the black

Baaang!

from the Empire’s

midair, causing

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

dead bones opened their mouths and

layers of white bones that looked like birds from

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

were the Flame Dwarves, Rosalyn, and

in his ear through the video

raised his voice as he pulled on the

“Strike!”

Baaang!

bird drove its body into the two

Bang! Bang! Bang-

suit and struck the other black towers with their bodies one

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

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

total of six towers were

that he had struck and stared at the sole tower that had

mage on that tower was not

instead continuously creating

if it was more important to protect someone there than to

one person being protected by the

was a member

if they did not

Lion’s golden hair that was like a mane, was fluttering

these Flame Dwarf

The Lion’s face contorted.

recognized

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

and Gronica. Those two were the ones that Cale had encountered in the north at Clopeh

glared at Chief Kanelle as they made eye

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

Lion’s eyes. Cale’s nonchalant

Grin.

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

did not

Cale

to both Kanelle, who was in the sky, and

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

Huten was wary of

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

Ooooong-

and more red mana gathered around

glow swayed around as if it was waiting for