Trash of the Count's Family

Drip.

A drop of the black liquid fell to the ground.

The ground was about to turn black.

Crack!

A tree trunk pierced into the spot. The originally brown trunk turned black while the ground returned to its original color.

“…This, just what is this?!”

One of the Empire’s knights subconsciously shouted out before his body started to shake. He raised his head after feeling an odd sensation.

“Aaaaaah!”

Shhhhhhh-

A large black trunk brushed past above his head as leaves fluttered.

“Crazy. The trees have gone crazy.”

He plopped down on the ground.

He could see all of Section 7 as he sat there and looked out.

It was alive and moving.

This large area called Section 7 was roaring and moving. It was all because of the large tree trunks that suddenly started to grow.

Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

The Empire’s forces could not run toward the airship even as the dead mana bombs were going off. They could not do so even if they wanted to run.

Shhhhhhh-

Their bodies curled up in fear every time they heard the leaves rustling.

There were trees that were darker than the night by their feet and above their heads.

They wanted to run, but the trees were faster than them.

These trees that should be staying in one spot were freely running wild all over Section 7.

“W, what kind of tree is that?!”

The alchemist in charge looked pale as he held onto the railing of the airship.

All he could see were the tree trunks following the red-haired commander’s hands in order to gobble up the dead mana bombs.

“I, I must inform the superiors!”

He gave an order to one of his subordinates next to him.

“I, immediately contact the Tower Master-nim and his highness! A, and, and!”

He started to think as his lips were shaking. However, he could not think properly after seeing this unexpected variable.

Trees that ate up dead mana had appeared.

There were no areas of Section 7 that were becoming desolate. In fact, black tree trunks were appearing by all residential buildings in order to protect the homes from the explosions.

Boom!

The alchemist turned his head after hearing a noise.

He looked to the South.

The golem at that entrance was falling down.

He could see someone looking at him from that area at the same time. He couldn't see the gaze to be specific.

However, he could tell that the person there was looking in his direction when he saw the black robe facing toward him.

That was Mary, the famous Roan Kingdom’s necromancer.

She was the only necromancer on the Western continent, the last of her kind.

This alchemist-cum-black mage could not hide the scorn and disgust he had for the necromancer.

He could see the black mana shining around the necromancer. She had probably absorbed the remaining dead mana after she purified the black despair.

The necromancer soon swayed and had to be supported by a Dark Elf.

‘She’s still much weaker than the Tower Master-nim.’

Thinking about that fact cleared the alchemist's mind. He turned away and looked forward as he gave the order.

“Detonate the bombs as quickly as possible!”

The subordinate’s gaze became serious.

Detonating the bombs faster meant that the airship would depart faster as well. The alchemist nodded his head at his subordinate’s gaze and continued to speak.

“And-”

The person at the center of this change.

to the person that the tree

attack Cale Henituse as much as possible! No, get in

quickly started to move after hearing his

to attack!

the airship started to draw large magic circles in order to launch fire spells. It was because they had determined that smaller scale spells would be useless against those black tree

was at the center of Section 7 at

stop all of

hearing that from one of the

using such a stereotypical

type of thing the bad guys fighting against the main character said in fantasy or martial arts novels. Cale felt like he understood

I can handle all

you even think that

going up as he leisurely started to move his hands. He heard Raon's voice in his

had more things to say.But human, you look scary

Cale’s smile became thicker.

‘I know.

how I look right

he smiled while being surrounded by these black tree trunks that were moving like

moved a couple of these snake-like trunks. He then thought about what the glutton priestess had

‘She can only defend?

know about

had a stronger weapon than the fire. That weapon

That tree has eaten

Baaaaang! Bang!

explosion of another dead mana bomb and the sound of a tree trunk that was probably gobbling it up, however, he made himself ignore

It should be fine as long as you don’t touch them! Move

raised his

Slash-

that was heading toward him was easily

Plop.

to the ground. The knight's eyes sparkled after seeing this and

they have dead mana in them! They do not have that

trunks alone could be used to

Slash-

Slash slash-

Cut and cut again as you

trunks and continued to advance. The other knights followed his lead and slowly advanced

looked like a rat caught in

black trees from the darkness, however, it was not as scary

what happened

of all of the

Slash!

aura smoke. These trees really were

knight in charge

“…my!”

‘Hmm?’

Empire’s knights suddenly heard some soldiers shouting at that moment. The shouts became louder and louder until the knight was able to hear

The Jungle

he talking

Roan Kingdom are already in

knight heard a sharp noise cutting through the night before he

Wiiiiiiiiing- Wiiiiiiing-

siren going off from

was at

Boom!

Boooom!

two golems broke

direction of a golem before his eyes

brown-skinned people who were faintly visible in the

see warriors climbing over the

“Grrrrrr.”

“Grr- grrrrr-”

also hear the growling beasts whose eyes sparkled even in the darkness. He could see the Jungle warriors entering Section 7 on foot or on these beasts with their weapon in their

of them. He could see something within the

“Roooooooooooooooar!”

black panther roared while underneath the moonlight and the

yet agile body soon started to run. It was heading toward where

“Ten!”

his body after hearing his name

large spear in her

the castle wall and the golem were shouting in order to raise their morale. They were slowly and stealthily

moving in like a wave. He heard someone's voice at

aiming for

jerked his

Cale Henituse’s smiling face. He heard another noise as he

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

louder now as Cale's sleeves started to flutter. The

The knight urgently shouted.

“Retreat!”

suddenly shout out with Cale at the

started to grow as they shot

black trees were becoming thicker and

“Roooooar!”

Ten, jumped up

Tap.

new ground was soon created

large tree

from the airship at

circles are ready to