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

to get

the assassins of the Molan household

if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately

the first and second goals were focused on saving as

over toward Cale without making any

which direction do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

whip in his hand was continuing to shake unlike

Wind Elementals that always moved around with him. One was with the Elves in the mountains right

are

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

more frantic than ever

we left here at all! I think it’s in

bad! Chaos, destruction,

were frantic,

wildly as well. He was

as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard

down on

He could not forget about the

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

‘This is it!’

eyes started

are slowly heading toward the

‘I found it.’

found the information he was

slowly heading

meaning behind those words appeared

Elementals should be with the

King should be with the Elves

that their allies were slowly

direction while

of their own free will. Someone

not gathering together

enemies were herding their allies

only one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

one location. They were doing that to either hunt

other goal was

around

air around them earlier… The

assassins’ gazes turned

sunk the

King Bud. The Poeff

quite concerned about them as he had his base

Battue.

realized what was going on as soon as they

case, however, he still started

enemies are gathering toward

head over to save the allies

asked as he was unable to be patient any

to charge forward to save their allies at any

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

called out

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

were using

why he would

the enemies were using battue… ‘I'll use battue on you

Cale started to speak.

our allies to a single spot from

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies were

herding them over were gathering toward one spot

Cale looked down.

could see

while remaining invisible as

plan on letting any

that are gathering our allies to a single

we will

will hide behind magic, fog, and poison to

averaging

Tata tap.

kicked off the ground and climbed up a tree before

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

flip everything over with

were things other than illusions that could trick

leave

kitten nodded her head. The calm On would lead

was still going to make them act from the

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker and started

were no longer visible. Human! I am

"We're ready!”

and Hong’s voices through the

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next to

Our goal is to get there before

“Understood.”

appeared at the tips of Cale’s feet as he

“We'll head there first.”

toward the forest with Choi

through

Wind Elemental to inform Raon about

about it on their way here, so there shouldn't

worry about it.

the assassins disappear into the shadow of

Shhhhhh-

could hear were

only Ron, as well as the

Shaaaaaaa-

covered Ron as he

time to do some

style for the assassins of the

Ron started to smile.