Trash of the Count's Family

The dark blue arrow instantly engulfed Honte’s body.

“No!”

The Empire’s knights flinched at the fierce shout.

Imperial Prince Adin shouted with a rare sense of urgency.

“We, we have to save Honte!”

He then paused and raised his voice.

“He is one of the pillars of the Empire’s future! Mages, go help him!”

However, his shout was in vain.

Cale broke out into laughter at Imperial Prince Adin’s shout as he looked at Honte.

“It’s too late.”

The dark blue arrow struck Honte.

Baaaam!

The deafening sound of the impact was heard.

Dust, gray smoke, and light burst out from the explosion.

The scale of the smoke was large enough to engulf not only Honte, but also the black skeleton bird.

“Ugh!”

The smoke slowly subsided and a collapsing person could be seen.

“Cough!”

“Ugh!”

Some of the battle leaders of the Alchemists’ Bell Tower who had been near Honte with the intention of protecting him were unable to withstand the explosive power and threw up blood as they collapsed.

The Captain of the Empire’s Mage Brigade’s hands were shaking. It was because he felt the vibrations of mana from the explosion that just unfolded.

He shouted to Imperial Prince Adin as he saw the smoke start to subside.

“Your highness! Honte is important, but you must escape! The enemy’s attack is beyond our expectations! I think the necromancer can even use magic!”

The Captain thought that Imperial Prince Adin should escape before the smoke completely subsided and before he ran into Commander Cale.

The fire that Cale used felt like divine judgment delivered by a god.

It was at that moment.

“As I thought, it’s too soon.”

“…Your highness?”

Adin drew a smile and the Mage Captain could see it.

“Huh?”

Someone could be seen cutting through the subsiding smoke.

The person had black mana around him.

It was Honte.

There wasn’t a single scratch on his body as he shot up into the sky with his hand outstretched and got rid of his shield.

That wasn’t all.

There was also another existence that cut through the smoke, no, that blew it away.

It was the black skeleton bird.

“It seems like that wasn’t enough.”

Cale drew a smile on his face that was pale from being driven to his physical limits. His hand moved and the black skeleton bird headed straight for Honte.

The black skeleton bird shot towards Honte who was rising into the air.

A battle began in the sky.

“Young master-nim.” Human!

Cale let out a laugh.

“Fine, I’ll do as you guys want this time.”

Cale began to move in accordance with Mary and Raon’s will.

Mary immediately straightened herself up on the black skeleton bird’s spine. She revealed her hand that was laced with black spider web-like scars.

Honte and Mary.

Both of their hands were aimed at each other.

The corners of Honte’s lips curled up. He stared downwards and opened his mouth once he knew that nobody else could hear him.

“The thing that had been extinct has reappeared.”

Black mana rose up from his hand.

Black mana also rose up from Mary’s hand at the same time.

Honte spoke in an amused tone as he saw Mary in her black robe.

“You necromancers have had that hideous appearance since long ago. How foolish.”

He then looked toward Cale.

“I was barely able to get rid of the necromancers and the Dark Elves you know. I thought that I had annihilated them all.”

Cale’s eyes widened. A chill rose in the air at the same time. There were many hidden happenings that were going on in the background regarding the punishment that the Church of the Sun God carried out against the necromancers as he had expected.

Cale realized something at the same time.

‘That bastard is the Tower Master.’

The Tower Master who had lived for a long time.

He was probably able to live so long by taking over other people’s bodies.

Honte spoke cheerfully despite receiving Cale’s sharp gaze.

“The Queen of Death must be very sad. She would have been glad to see someone following the path of a necromancer once again.”

The cheerfulness then disappeared from Honte’s face.

Contempt took its place instead.

“Too bad you’re going to meet your end and die like her.”

He continued to look at Cale as he continued to speak.

“I suppose that wind is also one of your ancient powers?”

Honte had not missed the power that Cale had used to grab the Imperial Prince’s neck.

“Your plate is weak, but very big. Very very big.”

He then licked his lips.

Cale felt uncomfortable seeing Honte’s expression.

‘What is with this bastard?

Could it be?’

Honte started to speak when Cale’s eyes caught his moving corpse’s body. His eyes contained bloodthirst as he gazed at Cale.

“I want it as my next body.”

‘Is he crazy?’

down his back the moment Cale thought

me.’ Is he

“He is crazy.”

the moment he heard Raon

grazed

Baaaaang!

An explosion occurred.

his head. He saw a black

Mary. She started to speak

“Please be quiet.”

with her usual calm and composed voice. However, the energy from the black arrow that came from

Oooong-

gathered together again and again. Cale looked at Honte who was unscathed. Human!

Raon’s serious

those arrows. However, necromancers can’t use dead mana just like magic, isn’t that right? All they

Cale flinched.

Boom. Boom. Boom.

His heart pounded again.

he couldn’t afford to use

dangerous.’ Human, his power is no

I don’t understand the principle behind it! It’s just different from magic that is from nature! I don’t know what kind of spell he is gathering his energy

of the

how Cale was able to realize what that energy was. It was an energy that deviated from the laws of nature that

“It’s black magic.”

Honte shrugged his shoulders.

there. I can use magic and can just kill

laughed. Then

necromancer, and

The wind was blowing.

the wind that was

force was gathering

Boom. Boom. Boom.

was beating harder

“Mary, Raon.”

He also motioned to Clopeh to have the white skeleton birds

“Hurry.”

needed to kill Honte before the spell was

Cale realized his party’s will the

began to move, but it wasn’t

right. I handle bones

was making it

she controlled the black skeleton bird at the same time. Then she threw

once told

“What? Your teacher?”

A

person who was known to have made the desert of the Caro Kingdom into the Land of Death

was born again as a

‘Could it be?’

mind, but Mary refuted that thought as she continued to speak as calmly

had

of the book that I self-studied from

all of this

no, the lives of the characters that Cale didn’t know of because

Oooong-

continued to grow

body of the black skeleton bird also started to shine more and more with a black light. The black arrow was also

to speak to

teacher wrote on the first page of that book that necromancers were weaker than black mages

to live a life of suffering

mages stop feeling pain the moment they take in black

mages were stronger than necromancers and didn’t feel

Mary when he had first explained about black mages and necromancers to her. That information still lingered in

to become a necromancer came out of her

of pain and

the words left by the owner

and the yearnings for life that they have. That is why necromancers are always in pain and

her mother’s voice telling

gratitude toward the dead. It is something that necromancers will remember

necromancer as soon as she heard that

never regretted her decision since

heard

the right

‘I know.’

move her hands. Her hand swung beautifully through the air as if she was a

shout from down below

“No! Save Honte!”

voice. It was such a strong order that

Adin couldn’t afford to

person appeared before the Imperial Prince as

forget

a black

he easily cleared through the knights and mages. The corners of Choi Han’s

highness! You

“Activate the shield!”

Prince Adin continued to speak to the voices that

“Save Honte.”

“Your highness!”

“You must save him!”

did not look at

looked up

stared into the sky despite the chaos around him from his subordinates

Ooooong-

spell looked like

and the large black arrow approached the spell at that

“Hahaha! Yes, come!”

stretched out his arms as he summoned more and more black mana

Oooong-

Cale leaned down.

vibrated as Mary and

Human! Don’t use your shield! I know you’re weak!

silver shield surrounded the black skeleton

started to speak

are about to crash

“Go!”

into a nine-headed snake and shot towards

Hiss- Hiss-

and tried to devour the black skeleton bird while revealing its

black skeleton bird’s beak and claws

Boom! Boooom! Booom!

frowned at the explosion. Black smoke and light burst from all over. However, the black skeleton bird

Crack.

of the shield broke off while the black skeleton bird’s bones began to crack

it did

was at that moment. Human,

“Something isn’t right.”

‘What?’

spoke

Cale’s eyes widened.

and rip off Honte’s neck if it went

he saw something

still wrapped in

lot of black mana despite having made

if he was about

at that

Honte opened his mouth.

at

‘What?’

happened before Cale could even ask

mana flashed and the spell

Oooong-

The spell soon appeared.

Imperial Prince Adin.

began to glow. Honte had used magic

shouted out

‘Teleport.’

That is teleportation magic.

“Raon!” I know!