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 trunks had gathered around to

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

and knights quickly started to move after hearing

to attack! Cast

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

charged toward Cale who was at the center of Section 7

think you can stop all of us on your

hearing that from one of

using such a stereotypical

main character said in fantasy or martial arts novels. Cale felt like he understood how those main characters must have felt experiencing the same

alone because I can handle all of

you even think

Raon's

to say.But human, you look scary

Cale’s smile became thicker.

‘I know.

how I look right

hard for Cale to imagine how vicious he looked as he smiled while being surrounded

trunks. He then thought about what the glutton priestess had said to

‘She can only defend?

know about

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

That tree has eaten dead

Baaaaang! Bang!

knight heard the explosion of another dead mana bomb and the sound of a tree trunk that was probably gobbling it

smokes! It should be fine as long

knight raised his sword

Slash-

trunk that was heading toward him was easily

Plop.

tree branch dried up and fell to the ground. The knight's eyes sparkled after seeing this and he quickly

than the fact that they have dead mana in them! They do

tree trunks alone could be used to attack, however, there were almost a hundred knights surrounding

Slash-

Slash slash-

them! Cut and cut again

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

like a rat caught in a

looked scary while commanding the black trees from the darkness, however, it

happened during the

of the knights was going

Slash!

covered in aura smoke.

knight in charge started

“…my!”

‘Hmm?’

heard some soldiers shouting at that moment. The shouts became louder and

The

is he

Roan Kingdom are already in

knight heard a sharp noise cutting through the night before he even had

Wiiiiiiiiing- Wiiiiiiing-

siren going off from the

was at that

Boom!

Boooom!

two golems

the direction of a

brown-skinned people who were faintly visible in the

see warriors climbing over the castle wall

“Grrrrrr.”

“Grr- grrrrr-”

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

could see something within

“Roooooooooooooooar!”

panther roared while underneath the

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

“Ten!”

lowered his body after hearing his name and

large

of the people climbing over the castle wall and the golem were shouting in order to raise their morale. They were slowly

moving in like a wave. He heard

you aiming

knight jerked

see Cale Henituse’s smiling face. He heard another noise as he felt chills after

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

hearing since earlier was much louder now as Cale's sleeves started to flutter. The knights rushing in flinched before

The knight urgently shouted.

“Retreat!”

of tree branches suddenly shout out with Cale

started to grow as they

were becoming thicker

“Roooooar!”

jumped up into

Tap.

ground was

tree became the

the airship at that

are ready