Trash of the Count's Family

Cale's open palm clenched into a fist.

Crackle!

A black tree trunk dug deeper into the bottom of the airship as he did that.

“No, this can’t be happening!”

The hands of the alchemist in charge were shaking. He bit down on his lips so hard that they were bleeding.

Drip. However, he didn’t have the time to pay attention to that.

“Leader-nim, it is tilting!”

Screeeech.

A chilling screech could be heard as the airship started to tilt to one side. The alchemist grabbed onto the railing to maintain his balance as he glared at Cale.

Tap. Tap.

Cale was slowly walking.

The knights charged toward him like bugs being drawn to a light, however, none of them could reach Cale.

Shhhhhhh-

Cale took a step into the air. Black tree trunks flew over one by one to create a staircase for him.

Cale stepped onto this spiderweb-like path of wood that he had created.Human, are you going?

He then started to run.

Swoooosh, the Sound of the Wind created a gust at the tip of his feet. Cale quickly followed the wind toward the airship.

The alchemist who had been watching with bloodshot eyes immediately started to shout.

“Activate the magic circle!”

Ooooooong.

The magic circle that had been prepared for a while started to light up.

A red aura was gathering on top of the large magic circle.

The alchemist then waved his hand. Black mana covered his neck and his voice that was amplified with black magic rung out to the Empire’s forces.

“All soldiers should cut through the tree trunks! Aim for the enemies! Shoot the arrows!”

He quickly said a couple more things.

“Go inside the homes and find some kindling! Burn all the trees!”

The soldiers who had been blankly staring at everything finally started to move. It was because they felt as if they could really lose if things continued like this. This was especially the case for the regular soldiers who did not know much about the dead mana bombs. What they saw was both amazing and scary.

But they still had to find a way to survive.

The soldiers took out their weapons.

“L, let's go fight!”

“We need to go! We need to get to the airship before the enemies get there!”

The soldiers cut through the trunks and started to shoot arrows at the warriors who were running across the path of trunks.

The alchemist turned off his amplification magic and gave his subordinate an order.

“Call in the knights. Have all of the mages who are not handling the magic circle prepare to attack!”

‘Call in the knights?’

The alchemist whispered to his subordinate who seemed confused.

“Throw the remaining dead mana bombs and magic bombs underneath the airship. I’m sure it will at least stop the tree trunks and prevent the enemies from approaching. Furthermore-”

The alchemist had a cold gaze in his eyes.

“We will lift off immediately.”

The confusion in the subordinate’s eyes disappeared. He figured out what they were calling in the knights and leaving the soldiers behind. They were going to escape while the soldiers tied the enemies down.

The alchemist used amplification magic once more as he started to shout again.

“Resist! Hold them back until the last of the last moments!”

The three most skilled mages who were handling the magic circle raised both of their hands up in the air as the alchemist said that.

There was a bit of rumbling as flame shot up into the sky.

Crackle.

This flame that looked like a snake with its mouth open twisted its body as it continued to shoot up.

There was a pressure coming from it as if it would burn everything in its path.

The alchemist felt that thrilling sensation from the flame as he turned his gaze.

He could see a woman smiling. The alchemist pointed to her and continued to shout.

This was the reason he had told the mages to prepare to attack.

“Launch the attack toward Commander Rosalyn!”

That was the signal.

The flame snake that rose up from the hands of three Empire mages turned around and started to head down.

The alchemists who had received the orders started to throw bombs out of the airship's lower windows at the same time.

They were throwing both dead mana bombs and regular magic bombs.

They were heading toward the black tree trunks that were grabbing onto the airship and the enemies who were running up those trunks toward them.

“Shoot the arrows!”

The soldiers’ arrows headed toward the Jungle warriors as well.

Ooooooooong-

The remaining Empire’s mages cast spells toward Commander Rosalyn as well.

eyes sparkled as he watched all of these attacks

“Yes! I’ll destroy everything!”

It should be fine as long as the results were as

waiting for could finally

Baaaaang! Bang! Bang!

was coming from

The bombs were detonating.

“We are lifting off!”

Ooooooooong-

started to activate. Alchemists in the cockpit were holding onto highest-grade magic stones as they

to continue

alchemist turned his head and made eye contact with Rosalyn. He started to laugh while seeing her covered by the Empire’s

of these attacks even if you are a highest-grade mage!

saw as the flame snake miss

up all of

“Kahahahaha!”

not

at that

Smirk.

corner of Rosalyn’s lips started to

“…Why are you smiling?”

stopped laughing and started to frown. The Empire’s spells

Baaaaang! Baaaaang! Baaaaaang!

the night sky as

around her once the explosions ended and smoke started to

‘…I expected that.’

Rosalyn’s level should be able to defend against attacks

should not be able to stop that flame snake after having to defend against all of

thinking that way before his

“···Huh?”

had been heading toward

the? Why aren’t

the response from the

“Ugh!”

“Ugh! Just what-”

“Gasp!”

weren’t

screams

above the magic

wanted to turn his head to look but he was unable to

“…Unbelievable.”

Crackle.

snake. It

mouth of the snake that had been aiming for

was now pointing toward the

target of its attack had

there such

there was someone patting the head

who is that

see a man with white gold

gold aura around his body and shined like a star. That man was the

“Rosalyn, are you okay?”

stood up straight

moved to stand behind Eruhaben, the man with white gold hair. Her role

not

Dragon, a being at the peak

the oldest Dragon on

lightly snapped his

Snap.

disappeared

flame snake turned into gold dust and

“H, how is this-”

got chills after seeing that calm attack. That was not regular

not help but be full of

at

Baaaaaaaaaang!

explosion cut through

“Aaaaaah!”

“Grab on!”

violently started to

subordinate who urgently

“It is useless!”

“What?

What is useless?”

with despair

of the

Screeeech-

the airship

Elves, the Dark Elves are

subordinate quickly recited the information he had

were throwing

covered in black liquid and dead mana shouted from the middle of

Show them the strength of the people who use dead mana as a source of

were then using the path they

black tree trunks weren’t stopping their

the video communication device where the others

warriors have almost

Shouldn’t they have stopped at least some of

subordinate shook his head at the alchemist's

the trees are

“What?”

or slashing their swords toward the warriors who

everything. Don’t make

all of the tree

and the Indestructible

shield was protecting

“It’s blocked again!”

it! Those

arrows could not pierce through these trunks weaved together in the

Jungle warriors

had realized the existence of these shields that

why the enemy was

no way

their attacks

the true strength

who realized this shouted

it is difficult to lift off because the bottom of the airship is

‘Damn it!’