Trash of the Count's Family

A mountain range located on the northern part of the Eastern continent. A person who arrived at that location bent down.

He then cautiously sniffed the scent of the mountain in front of him.

The person's numerous years of experience helped him realize something.

“…It smells fishy.”

Cold air was coming down from the mountain.

His intuition was telling him that something was off.

He heard a calm voice next to him.

“It seems to be covered in the scent of blood.”

Choi Han commented before turning his head to look at the man behind him.

“Cale-nim, I have a bad feeling about this.”

Ron who had smelled the scent of blood stood up straight and reported to Cale.

Cale quietly observed the two of them before quietly asking Beacrox a question.

“Beacrox, did you smell the scent of blood too?”

“…Young master-nim, do you really think they could smell blood even though the mountain is so tall and wide? It is just intuition. Intuition.”

Beacrox responded with a stoic expression before turning away from Cale. Cale thought this was very fitting of Beacrox's personality as he started to speak.

“It’s too quiet.”

The bottom of the mountain.

Originally, mage Glenn Poeff and the mercenaries he brought with him should have been stationed here waiting for Bud to contact them.

However, there was nobody here.

All they could see were traces of people who were waiting here before rushing up the mountain.

He recalled what Bud told him.

‘The entire mountain was under an illusion.’

‘Now that the illusion is gone, the entire mountain is covered in enemies.’

‘…Help me.’

‘Please quickly help me.’

Cale's gaze started to sink.

The golden top's whip in his hand started to glow.

“We are going to enter the mountain now.”

The enemies had cast an illusion.

That must mean that there was an illusionist here as well.

Furthermore, that illusion was supposedly destroyed.

He was tired of illusions now.

There were also so many enemies that they could cover the entire mountain.

The Mercenary King's mercenaries and the Elves Cale gathered numbered in the hundreds, but the Mercenary King seemed to have determined that the enemies overwhelmingly outnumbered them.

Bud was probably right.

He was the Mercenary King who had experienced many battlefields.

“…That is why we can't just go up without a plan.”

The mountain was so high that the peak was covered in snow.

This was the largest mountain in the mountain range that blocked the cold air from the north from reaching south, so, it was naturally tall and wide.

That was why they could not just go up as is.

“Young master-nim.”

The Molan household’s assassins were quietly standing like shadows behind Ron and Beacrox.

This group of assassins was half of the assassins who had infiltrated the Molden palace earlier. They had urgently rushed over along with Ron.

“Our preparations to infiltrate the mountain are completed.”

Ron had expressed it as an infiltration not to a castle or a residence, but to a mountain.

It might seem as if he used the wrong word, however, it was accurate.

Cale opened his mouth to call someone.

“On.”

He had someone who could trick people and hide their presence using a different method than illusions.

“Meeeeeow-!”

On and Hong stopped rubbing their bodies on Cale’s legs and looked up at him. White smoke started to surround On before spreading out.

She seemed to have understood Cale’s intentions as she had prepared to use her fog in advance.

Cale had asked Raon to quickly bring On and Hong over. Human, are we going in?

Cale took a step toward the mountain.

"We are infiltrating the mountain.”

It was quiet at the foot of the mountain, but they might hear weapons clashing or people screaming once they entered.

Furthermore, the chances of those screams belonging to their allies were high.

“Our first goal is to reinforce our allies and save them.”

Cale entered into the forest.

The shadows of the trees made the forest dark even though it was day time.

It was an urgent situation right now.

Cale gave an order that was different than

to

the faces of the assassins

lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape or focus on our second

on

Cale without making

master-nim, which direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

top's whip in his hand was continuing to shake

of the three Wind Elementals that always moved around with him. One was with

are screaming all over the

mountain! No, that’s not

sounded more frantic than ever

one we left here at all! I think

bad! Chaos, destruction,

the Elementals were frantic,

his heart was beating wildly as well. He

getting injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard

bit down

could not forget about the

screaming seems to be slowly heading

‘This is it!’

started

screams are slowly heading toward

‘I found it.’

information he

slowly heading toward the center of

meaning behind those words

Elementals should be with the

be with the Elves as

their allies were slowly moving toward the center of the

direction while

means that they are not moving there out of their own free will. Someone else is

gathering together

enemies were herding

one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

were doing that to

was

around Cale

the group's fighting spirit had gone up and heated the air around them earlier… The

gazes turned

sunk

The

about them as he had his base on the

Battue.

going on

that was the case, however, he

are gathering toward the center

to save the allies right

unable to be patient any

ready to charge forward to

shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out to

on his face even though this was an urgent situation. His smile looked

using battue on

would make

using battue…

Cale started to speak.

gathering our allies to a

Ron's eyes clouded over.

their allies were gathering to one

over were gathering toward one spot

Cale looked down.

could see

nearby while remaining invisible as

plan on letting any more

are gathering our

we will

fog, and poison to stealthily strike the enemies from

averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

off the ground and climbed up a tree before looking down at Cale. Hong was next to her

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

that they were ready. Human! Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide

were things other than

I leave it

nodded her head. The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old

going to make them act from the rear where

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

fog surrounding On became thicker and started

such that they were no longer visible. Human! I am

"We're ready!”

voices through the fog and started to

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

the center with me. Our goal is to get

“Understood.”

feet as he activated the Sound of

“We'll head there first.”

toward the forest with

locations through Raon, so use that

Elemental to inform Raon

their way here, so there

worry about it. Young

around only to see the assassins disappear into the shadow

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were

well and only Ron, as well as the

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron

it is time to do

the fighting style for the assassins of

Ron started to smile.