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.

why Cale gave an order that was

second goal… Is to

the faces of the assassins

lead to injuries… Then we will immediately

second goals were focused on saving

over toward Cale without

do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand was continuing to

around with him. One was with

Elementals are screaming all

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

Elementals sounded more frantic

hear the one we left here at all! I think

bad! Chaos,

were frantic, Cale was

beating wildly as well.

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

down

of the Elves. He could not forget

be slowly heading toward the center of

‘This is it!’

eyes started

The Elementals’ screams are slowly heading toward the center of

‘I found it.’

information

were slowly heading toward the center of

words

be with the

King should be with the Elves as

slowly moving toward the center

direction while the

there out of their own free will. Someone

gathering together

enemies were herding their allies

only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

their allies to one location. They were doing that to

was definitely

air around

and heated the air around them earlier…

assassins’ gazes

gaze sunk the

The Poeff household's Glenn

was quite concerned about them as he had his base

Battue.

what was going on as soon as they

that was the case, however, he still

the enemies are gathering toward the center

to

as he was unable to be patient

forward to save their allies at

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out

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

were using battue

would

were using battue…

Cale started to speak.

our allies to a single spot from the

Ron's eyes clouded over.

their allies

them over were gathering toward one

Cale looked down.

see On and

was probably nearby while

on letting any more

strike the enemies that are gathering our allies to a

will not show

and poison to

children averaging

Tata tap.

kicked off the ground and climbed up a tree before looking down at Cale. Hong

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron and all of his subordinates

were things other than

leave it

would lead the children

was still going to make

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

fog surrounding On became thicker and started

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

"We're ready!”

voices through the

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next

the center with me. Our goal is to get there before the enemies or our

“Understood.”

feet as he activated the Sound of

“We'll head there first.”

head toward

I'll tell you the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information

sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about the enemies’

Raon about it on their

worry about

turned around only to see the assassins disappear into the shadow of

Shhhhhh-

he could hear

only Ron, as well

Shaaaaaaa-

fog then covered Ron as he

it is time to

was the fighting style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.