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.

Cale gave an order that

Is to get rid of

faces of the assassins of

the enemies, however, if that may lead

focused on saving as many of their allies

toward Cale without making any noise and then

which direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

his hand was

that always moved around with him. One was with the

chaos, destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over

around the mountain! No,

Elementals sounded more frantic than

here at all! I

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

the Elementals were frantic, Cale

his heart was beating wildly as well. He

as the Wind

down

the Elves. He could not forget about

screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the center of

‘This is it!’

started

heading toward the

‘I found it.’

had found the information he

the screams were slowly heading toward the center of

meaning behind those words

should be with the

Mercenary King should be with the Elves as

that their allies were slowly moving toward

moving in that direction while the Elementals are

of their own free

gathering together

meant that numerous enemies were herding their

only one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

other goal was definitely not

around Cale

heated the air around them earlier… The

assassins’ gazes

sunk

King Bud. The Poeff

about them as he had his base on the

Battue.

was going on as soon

the case, however, he still started to

enemies are gathering toward the center of the

over to

unable to be patient

looked ready to charge forward to save their allies at

shook

“…Cale-nim.”

called out to

had a smile on his face even though this

enemies were using

why he would make them realize

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

Cale started to speak.

that are gathering our allies

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies were gathering

enemies that were herding them over

Cale looked down.

could see On and

nearby while remaining invisible

plan on letting any more allies get

the enemies that are gathering our allies to a single spot

will not

behind magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike

averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

and climbed up a tree before looking down at Cale. Hong was next to her

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

were things other than illusions

I leave it

her head. The calm On would lead the

was still going to make them act from the rear where it

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became thicker and started to

they were no longer visible. Human!

"We're ready!”

through the

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next to

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

“Understood.”

of Cale’s feet as he activated the

“We'll head there first.”

toward the forest

the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information to surround

a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about the

had informed Raon about it on their

about it. Young

to see the assassins disappear into the

Shhhhhh-

could hear were

Ron, as

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron as he benignly informed

is time to do some

fighting style for

Ron started to smile.