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.

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

Clack. Clack. Clack.

that they were

top of Maple Castle’s walls. Furthermore, these robed mages were channeling their mana as if they were ready

them has the same outfit or even mana on the

their individual abilities they stood on top of the

Their numbers were small.

few soldiers who remained to defend the castle looked

rose up to destroy the Magic Tower and kill all the mages didn’t know how to respond to

mages that came to

fear induced by the crazed group who killed

was at

“Everyone, pull yourself together!”

back and forth across the

could hear

above-average magic skills. There are

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

the Whipper Kingdom’s mages are

Those words were enough.

with the greatest magical combat abilities on the

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 unrivaled

who knew that the best were neither the

their strength

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

started

and stay in

the battlefield. Duke Huten

something

to Rosalyn as red mana began to be

kindly

royalty despite abandoning the crown, shouted toward Duke Huten. At the same time, a

“Begin!”

Oooong-

ripples in the air as they floated up from the

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

different to the mages who

wild and free at least once? After observing Toonka, I think the people of the Whipper Kingdom are strongest when they

“That’s right.”

mumbled to himself as he recalled

Commander Cale

Everyone here were loners.

of them had fled from the Magic Tower and lived

let go of magic and had to conduct their research while

and coordinated with each

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

could do that

Oooong-

of the mages’ robes fluttered

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

Bang! Bang! Bang!

consecutive explosions could be

“Shield!”

mages cast shields and blocked the magic attacks. The Empire versus the Whipper Kingdom. It was a fight between

the soldiers

“Again!”

as they pulled up their sleeves and

fear in their eyes, even when they were against the

something they held in common with the Whipper Kingdom’s warriors. The mages seemed excited as the spells they

shouted at

“Attack!”

shields shot out long-distance magic spells that they had been preparing since

start

of the black alchemy towers started

Baaang!

from the Empire’s side

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

Duke Huten’s expression contorted.

“…The Flame Dwarves…!”

Screech-

opened their mouths and let

layers of white bones that looked like birds from hell were flying

no one could see was the

Flame Dwarves, Rosalyn, and

voice in his ear through the video communication

voice as he pulled

“Strike!”

Baaang!

drove its

Bang! Bang! Bang-

suit and struck the other black towers with

“Ugh!”

“My mana got disturbed!”

high-grade mages on top of the black towers had to recompose their wavering bodies.

of six towers

struck and stared at the sole tower that

tower was not

instead

it was more important to

one person being protected by

member

if they did not exist in

like a

these

The Lion’s face contorted.

Kanelle recognized

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

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

at Chief Kanelle as they

a crude object?! You’re just

he was holding onto after he saw the murderous look in the Lion’s eyes. Cale’s nonchalant

Grin.

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

not fail

Cale gave the order to begin. Fly up when I

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

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

was wary

twice so far, however, Rosalyn had not used her magic

Ooooong-

and more red mana gathered around

as if it