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

second goal… Is to get rid of

faces of the assassins of

may lead to injuries… Then we

and second goals were focused on saving as many of their allies

Cale without making any

direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

whip in his hand was continuing to shake

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

Elementals are

mountain! No, that’s not it; they seem to

more frantic than

left here at all! I think

is bad!

were frantic, Cale

as well. He was in

injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard Elementals

bit down on his

He could not forget about the responsibilities that

be slowly

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

heading toward the

‘I found it.’

found the information he was looking

screams were slowly heading toward the center of the

words

should be with the

be

that their allies were slowly moving toward the center of the

in that direction while the

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

not gathering

numerous enemies were herding their

one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

doing that to either hunt them down or with another goal in

goal was

around Cale

air around

gazes

sunk

King Bud. The

he had his base

Battue.

on as soon as they

that was the case, however,

enemies are gathering toward

head over to save

asked as he was unable to be patient

ready to charge forward to save their allies

shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out

smile on his face even though this

were using battue

would make

the enemies were using battue…

Cale started to speak.

the enemies that are gathering our allies to a single spot from

Ron's eyes clouded over.

like how their allies were

that were herding them over were gathering toward one spot

Cale looked down.

see

while remaining invisible as

not plan on letting any more

that are gathering our allies

will not show

and poison to stealthily strike the enemies

averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

tree before looking down at Cale.

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

will flip everything over with the poisonous

other than illusions that could trick

leave

The calm On would lead the children averaging

he was still going to make them act from the rear where it was

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

fog surrounding On became thicker and started

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

"We're ready!”

voices through the fog and started to

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next to

are heading toward the center with me. Our goal is to get

“Understood.”

tips of Cale’s feet as he activated the Sound

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward the forest with

you the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information to

Elemental to inform Raon about the

on their way here, so there shouldn't be

about

assassins

Shhhhhh-

could hear

well and only Ron, as

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron as he benignly

guess it is time to do some

style for the assassins of the

Ron started to smile.