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

much as possible! No, get in his

knights quickly started to move after

attack!

mages on top of 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

Cale who was at the center of Section 7 at

stop all of

hearing that

such a stereotypical

exactly 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

I can handle all

you even

his hands. He heard Raon's voice in his mind

more things to say.But human, you look

Cale’s smile became thicker.

‘I know.

how I

he looked as he smiled

thought about what the glutton priestess had said to him

‘She can only defend?

don't know

glutton actually had a stronger weapon than the fire. That weapon headed toward

That tree has eaten

Baaaaang! Bang!

tree trunk that was probably gobbling it up,

be fine as long as

knight raised his sword and slashed

Slash-

that was heading

Plop.

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

other than the fact that they have

alone could be used to attack, however, there

Slash-

Slash slash-

them! Cut and cut again

who was surrounded by the black tree trunks and continued to advance. The other knights followed

rat caught in

from the darkness, however,

happened during

all of the knights was

Slash!

through multiple branches using a sword covered in aura smoke. These trees really were regular

charge started

“…my!”

‘Hmm?’

moment. The shouts became louder and louder until the knight was able to hear

The Jungle

he

Roan Kingdom are already

a sharp noise cutting through the night before he even had a moment to ask

Wiiiiiiiiing- Wiiiiiiing-

going off from the

was at that

Boom!

Boooom!

remaining two golems broke

toward the direction of a golem

see brown-skinned people who were faintly visible in

over the castle wall and

“Grrrrrr.”

“Grr- grrrrr-”

the darkness. He could see the Jungle warriors entering Section 7 on foot or on these beasts with their weapon in

something within the group

“Roooooooooooooooar!”

black panther roared while

run. It was heading toward where the last

“Ten!”

body after hearing his name and a woman jumped

large spear in her

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

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

you aiming

knight jerked

He heard another noise as he felt chills after seeing Cale

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

the leaves that he had been hearing since earlier was much louder now as Cale's sleeves started to flutter.

The knight urgently shouted.

“Retreat!”

tree branches suddenly shout

started to grow as they

black trees were becoming

“Roooooar!”

Ten, jumped up into

Tap.

was soon created under Ten’s

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

shouted from the airship at

circles are