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.

an order that was different than

Is to

faces of the assassins of the Molan household

goal is to identify the enemies, however, if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape or focus on our

second goals were focused on saving as many

without

which direction do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

whip in his hand was continuing

of the three Wind Elementals that always moved around with

Elementals are

fighting all around the mountain! No, that’s not it; they seem to be

Elementals sounded more frantic than ever

hear the one we left here at all!

is bad!

Elementals were frantic, Cale

heart was beating wildly as well. He was in

Wind

bit down on

could not

be slowly heading toward the center of

‘This is it!’

eyes started

heading

‘I found it.’

information

screams were slowly heading toward

meaning behind those words appeared in

be with

Mercenary King should be

their allies were slowly moving toward the center of

that direction while the

moving there out of their own free will. Someone else is

gathering together by

were herding their

one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

their allies to one location. They were doing that to either hunt them down or with

was definitely not

around

gone up and heated the air around them earlier… The air

assassins’ gazes

sunk

The Poeff household's

as he had his base on

Battue.

what was going on

that was the case, however, he still started to

and the enemies are gathering toward the center

over to save the allies right

as he was unable to be patient

to charge forward to save

shook

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called

had a smile on his face even though this was an urgent

enemies were using battue on

he would make them

battue… ‘I'll use

Cale started to speak.

that are gathering our allies to a single spot from

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies were gathering to one

herding them over were gathering toward one spot

Cale looked down.

see On

nearby while remaining invisible

letting

are gathering our allies to a single

will

poison to stealthily strike the enemies from

averaging

Tata tap.

before looking

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron and all

There were things other than illusions that could

leave it to

kitten nodded her head. The calm On would lead the children averaging

help, but he was still going to make them act from the

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker and started

became covered in fog such that they were no

"We're ready!”

and Hong’s voices through the fog and started to

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next to

the center with me. Our goal is to get there

“Understood.”

Cale’s feet as he

“We'll head there first.”

toward the

locations through Raon, so

planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about the

their way here, so there shouldn't be any

worry about it. Young

turned around only to see the assassins disappear into the

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were

only Ron, as

Shaaaaaaa-

fog then covered Ron as he benignly informed

is time to do

fighting style for the

Ron started to smile.