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

to get rid of the

the faces of the assassins of the Molan

if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape

were focused on saving as many of their allies

without making any noise and

do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

whip in his hand was continuing to shake

around with him.

destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming

around the mountain! No, that’s not it;

sounded more frantic than ever

left here at all! I think it’s in a

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

were frantic, Cale

beating wildly as well.

getting injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard Elementals

down

the Elves. He could not forget

The screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the center of the

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

are slowly heading toward the center

‘I found it.’

found the information

slowly heading toward the center

words appeared in Cale’s

Elementals should be with

be

allies were slowly moving toward the center

moving in that direction while the Elementals

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

gathering

were herding their allies to the

was only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

was definitely

air around Cale

how the group's fighting spirit had gone up and heated the air around them earlier… The air was now getting colder as their fighting spirit

gazes

gaze sunk the

The Poeff household's Glenn

he

Battue.

was going on as soon as they heard that

that was the case, however, he still started to

enemies are gathering

to save the allies right

was unable to be patient any

to charge forward to save their allies

shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called

on his face even though this

were using battue on the

was why he would make them realize

battue… ‘I'll use

Cale started to speak.

gathering our allies to a single spot

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies

herding them over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

see On

was probably nearby while remaining

not plan on letting any more

are gathering our allies to a single spot from the

will not show

magic, fog, and poison to

averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

kicked off the ground and climbed up a tree before

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

Human! Do not worry! We will flip everything over with

other

leave

kitten nodded her head. The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old without letting them

the children’s help, but he was still going to make them act

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker and

were no longer visible. Human! I am hiding in the fog

"We're ready!”

voices through the

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next to

Our goal is to get there

“Understood.”

of Cale’s feet as he activated

“We'll head there first.”

to head toward

enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information to

on sending a Wind Elemental to

informed Raon about it on their way here, so there

not worry about it. Young

see the assassins disappear

Shhhhhh-

could hear were

Ron, as well as the growing fog,

Shaaaaaaa-

fog then covered Ron as he benignly

guess it is time to

style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.