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 get rid

the assassins of

may lead to injuries… Then we

the first and second goals were focused on saving as many

without making

master-nim, which direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

hand was continuing to shake

three Wind Elementals that always moved around with

destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over the

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

Elementals sounded more frantic than ever

at

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

were frantic, Cale

his heart was beating wildly as well. He was in a

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

bit down on his

He could not forget about the responsibilities that came with the

destruction! The screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the center

‘This is it!’

started to

are slowly heading toward

‘I found it.’

the information

heading toward the center of

meaning behind those words appeared in

Elementals should be with

Mercenary King should be with the Elves as

meant that their allies were slowly moving toward

in that direction while

moving there out of their own free

not gathering together by

numerous enemies were herding their allies to the

was only one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

enemies were herding their allies to one location. They were doing that to either hunt them down or with another

goal was

air around Cale turned

and heated the air around them earlier… The air was now getting colder as their fighting spirit

gazes

gaze sunk

The Poeff household's

concerned about them as he had his base

Battue.

realized what was going on as soon as they heard that

that was the case, however, he still started

gathering toward the center of

over to save

was unable to be patient any

ready to charge forward to save their allies

shook

“…Cale-nim.”

called out

on his face even though this

using battue

he would make them realize

using battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

enemies that are gathering our allies to a

Ron's eyes clouded over.

their allies were gathering to

herding them over were gathering toward one spot

Cale looked down.

could see On and

probably nearby while

letting

strike the enemies that are gathering our allies to a

we will not

hide behind magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike the

averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

before looking down at Cale.

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

meant that they were ready. Human! Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron

illusion. There were things other than illusions

I leave

head. The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old without letting them

to make them act from the rear where it

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

fog surrounding On became thicker and started to

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

"We're ready!”

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

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next

center with me. Our goal

“Understood.”

of Cale’s feet as he activated the

“We'll head there first.”

toward the

the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that

Elemental to inform Raon about the enemies’

had informed Raon about it on their

not worry about it. Young

see the assassins disappear into the shadow

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were

disappeared as well and only Ron, as well as

Shaaaaaaa-

covered Ron as he

is time to do

style for the assassins of

Ron started to smile.