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.

the tree

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

started

attack! Cast fire-attribute

of the airship started to draw large magic circles in order to launch fire spells. It was because they had determined that smaller

Cale who was at the center of

think you can stop all of us

after hearing that

using such a stereotypical

the type of thing the bad guys fighting against the main character said in fantasy or martial arts novels. Cale felt like he understood how those main characters must have felt experiencing the same

I can handle

you even think

hands. He heard Raon's

Raon had more things to say.But

Cale’s smile became thicker.

‘I know.

know how I look

to imagine how vicious he looked as he smiled while being surrounded

a couple of these snake-like trunks. He then thought about

‘She can only defend?

know about

a stronger weapon than the fire. That weapon headed toward the enemies who

That tree has eaten dead mana!

Baaaaang! Bang!

a tree trunk that was probably gobbling it up, however, he made himself ignore it as he

your aura smokes! It should be fine as long as you don’t touch them!

knight raised his

Slash-

that was heading toward him was

Plop.

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

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

size of the large tree trunks alone could be used to attack,

Slash-

Slash slash-

them! Cut and cut again as you

by the black tree trunks and continued to advance. The other knights followed his lead and slowly advanced

a rat

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

will pay you back for what happened during the battle with the

of the

Slash!

able to cut through multiple branches using a sword covered in aura smoke. These trees really were regular trees. There was no need

charge started to

“…my!”

‘Hmm?’

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

The

he

and the Roan Kingdom

the night before he even had a

Wiiiiiiiiing- Wiiiiiiing-

siren going off

at

Boom!

Boooom!

two golems broke

knight peeked toward the direction of

people who were

over the

“Grrrrrr.”

“Grr- grrrrr-”

darkness. He could see the Jungle warriors entering Section 7 on

were a lot of them. He could see something within the group of warriors that climbed

“Roooooooooooooooar!”

roared while underneath the

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

“Ten!”

lowered his body after hearing his name

large spear

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

moving in like a

aiming

knight jerked

He heard another noise as he felt chills after seeing

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

since earlier was much louder now as Cale's sleeves started

The knight urgently shouted.

“Retreat!”

shout out

to grow

trees were becoming thicker

“Roooooar!”

black panther, Ten, jumped up

Tap.

new ground was soon created under

black tree trunk. A large tree became the ground for Ten to

the airship at that

circles are