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.

gave an order that

second goal… Is to

the faces of the assassins of the

however, if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape or focus on our second

on saving as many of

over toward Cale without making any noise and then

do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

whip in his hand

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

anger! Elementals are screaming

No, that’s not it; they seem to be running

Elementals sounded more

the one we left here at all! I think it’s

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

the Elementals were frantic, Cale

wildly as well. He

the Wind Elementals told him that they heard Elementals

down

could not forget about the responsibilities that came

to be slowly

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

slowly heading toward the center

‘I found it.’

information he was looking

heading toward the center

those words appeared in

should be with

should be with the

that their allies were slowly moving toward the center of

were moving in that direction while the Elementals are

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

gathering together

meant that numerous enemies were herding their allies

was only one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

enemies were herding their allies to one location. They were doing that to either

goal was definitely not good

around Cale turned

spirit had gone up and heated the air around them earlier… The air was now getting

assassins’ gazes

sunk the

King Bud. The Poeff household's Glenn

as he had his base on the

Battue.

realized what was going on as soon as they heard

noticed that was the case, however, he still

gathering toward the center of the

head over to save the allies right

unable to be patient

looked ready to charge forward to save their allies at

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

called

had a smile on his face even though this

using battue

would make

battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

the enemies that are gathering our allies to a single spot

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies were gathering to one

were herding them over

Cale looked down.

could see On and

nearby while remaining invisible

on letting any

gathering our allies to a

will

and poison to stealthily strike the enemies

averaging

Tata tap.

climbed up a tree before

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

with the poisonous fog!

things other than illusions that

I leave it

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

going to make them act from the rear where it was

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

On became thicker

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

"We're ready!”

and Hong’s voices through the fog and started to speak

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood

the center with me. Our goal is to

“Understood.”

the tips of Cale’s feet as he activated the Sound of the

“We'll head there first.”

head toward the forest with

you the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that

a Wind Elemental to inform

it on their

about it.

turned around only to see the assassins disappear into the shadow

Shhhhhh-

he could hear

only Ron, as

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron as he benignly informed

is time to do some

was the fighting style for

Ron started to smile.