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.

was why Cale gave an order

goal… Is to get rid of the

gazes on the faces of the assassins

identify the enemies, however, if that may lead to injuries… Then we

and second goals were focused on

toward Cale without making any

direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand was

moved around with him. One was with the

chaos, destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over

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

more

we left here at all! I

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

the Elementals were frantic,

heart was beating wildly as well. He was in a

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

bit down on his

He could

destruction! The screaming seems to be slowly heading toward

‘This is it!’

eyes started

screams are slowly heading toward the center

‘I found it.’

the information he was

were slowly heading toward the center of the

behind those words appeared in Cale’s

should be with

King should be with the Elves

that their allies were slowly moving toward the center

were moving in that direction while the Elementals are

out of their own free will. Someone else is

not gathering together

that numerous enemies were

was only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

location. They were doing that to either hunt them down or

other goal was definitely not

air around Cale

fighting spirit had gone up and heated the air around them

gazes

sunk the

The Poeff household's Glenn

as he had his

Battue.

was going on

the case, however, he

and the enemies are gathering toward the center of the

head over to save the allies right

he was unable to

all looked ready to charge forward to

Cale shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

called

though this was an urgent

enemies were using

would make them realize

were using battue…

Cale started to speak.

that are gathering our allies

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies were gathering to one

that were herding them over

Cale looked down.

could see

was probably nearby while remaining invisible

did not plan on letting any more allies

our allies to a

we will

magic, fog, and poison to

children averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

a tree before looking down

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

will flip everything over with the

There were things other than illusions that could trick

leave it

The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old without

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

On became

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

"We're ready!”

through the fog

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

heading toward the center with me. Our goal

“Understood.”

at the tips of Cale’s feet as

“We'll head there first.”

head toward the forest

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

sending a Wind Elemental

on their way here, so there shouldn't be

about it.

around only to see the assassins disappear into

Shhhhhh-

could hear were leaves

and only Ron,

Shaaaaaaa-

covered Ron as he benignly informed

is time to do some

fighting style for the assassins of the

Ron started to smile.