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?’

back the moment

Is he

“He is crazy.”

the moment he heard

small arrow grazed

Baaaaang!

An explosion occurred.

saw a black arrow flying towards Honte

She started

“Please be quiet.”

composed voice. However, the energy from the black arrow that came from her outstretched hand was anything but

Oooong-

together again and again. Cale looked at Honte

could hear Raon’s serious voice as Honte’s

necromancers can’t use dead mana just like magic, isn’t that right? All they can do is move things that are already

Cale flinched.

Boom. Boom. Boom.

His heart pounded again.

was pounding despite the fact that he couldn’t afford to use any more of

his power

well. But I don’t understand the principle behind it! It’s just different from magic that is from nature! I don’t know what

did not know the purpose of the energy that

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

“It’s black magic.”

Honte shrugged his shoulders.

have to control the dead like that hideous girl there. I can use magic and can just kill instead of just using the

he laughed. Then he

the necromancer, and you. I’ll get rid of

The wind was blowing.

the wind that was slowly gathering in the

great force was

Boom. Boom. Boom.

beating

“Mary, Raon.”

to them. He also motioned to Clopeh to have the

“Hurry.”

to kill Honte before the spell was

Cale realized his party’s will the

bird began to move, but

right. I handle bones

making it

black arrow as she controlled the black skeleton bird at

once told me

“What? Your teacher?”

asked and flinched. A puzzle arose in

was known to have made the desert of

someone who was born again as a necromancer in

‘Could it be?’

refuted that thought as she

about the necromancer book that she had received from the mayor of the Dark

of the former owner and author of the book that I self-studied

all of this for

these were the stories, no, the lives of the characters that Cale didn’t know of because he had only read up to

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skeleton bird also started to shine more and more with a black light. The black arrow

started to speak

book that necromancers were weaker than black mages and that necromancers would suffer

life of suffering

stop feeling pain the moment they take

were stronger than necromancers

the necromancer book to Mary when he had first explained about black mages and necromancers to

chose to become a necromancer

pain and even

the words left by the owner of the book were deeply imprinted in her

life that they

forget her mother’s voice telling her to run first

toward the dead. It is something that necromancers will remember forever through

to become a necromancer as

has never regretted her decision since

heard Cale’s

are the right answer.

‘I know.’

hand swung beautifully through the air

heard a scream-like shout from down below at

“No! Save Honte!”

the Imperial Prince’s voice. It was such a strong order that Cale flinched, but

because Imperial Prince Adin couldn’t afford to

the

you forget

a black

cleared through the knights and mages. The

highness! You must

“Activate the shield!”

Adin continued to speak to the voices that told

“Save Honte.”

“Your highness!”

“You must save him!”

look at

up into the

sky despite the chaos around him from his subordinates collapsing

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looked like it was about

and the large black arrow

“Hahaha! Yes, come!”

his arms as he summoned more and more black mana and condensed

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Cale leaned down.

as Mary and

happened at that moment. Human! Don’t use your shield! I know you’re weak! I’ll

shield surrounded the

started to speak at that

to

“Go!”

black mana transformed into a nine-headed snake and shot towards

Hiss- Hiss-

threateningly and tried to devour the black skeleton bird while revealing its sharp

beak and claws aimed at

Boom! Boooom! Booom!

smoke and light burst from all

Crack.

off while the black skeleton bird’s

it did not

was at that moment. Human, something’s

“Something isn’t right.”

‘What?’

Raon spoke at the

Cale’s eyes widened.

and rip

saw something

still wrapped in black

had a lot of black mana despite having made the

was about to cast

was at that

Honte opened his mouth.

you at

‘What?’

happened before Cale could even

black mana flashed

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The spell soon appeared.

Imperial Prince Adin.

him began to glow. Honte had used magic on the Imperial

out of

‘Teleport.’

That is teleportation magic.

“Raon!” I know!