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

to get

gazes on the faces of the assassins

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

focused on saving

toward Cale without

master-nim, which direction do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

top's whip in his hand was continuing

always moved around with him. One was with the Elves in the mountains

destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over the

No, that’s not it; they seem to

Elementals sounded more frantic than ever

can’t hear the one we left here at all! I think it’s in a dangerous

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

Elementals were frantic,

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

as the Wind Elementals told him that they

bit down on his

Elves. He could

to be slowly

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

are slowly heading toward the

‘I found it.’

the information he was looking

slowly heading toward the center of the

behind those words appeared

be with the

be with

their allies were slowly moving

direction

out of their own free

not gathering

numerous enemies were herding their

was only one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

enemies were herding their allies to one location. They were doing

other goal was definitely not

air around Cale turned

the group's fighting spirit had gone up and heated the air around them earlier… The air was now getting colder

gazes

gaze sunk

King Bud. The

about them as he had his base on

Battue.

others realized what was going on as soon as they heard that

noticed that was the case,

and the enemies are gathering

we head over to save

unable to be patient any

to charge forward

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out

on his face even though this

enemies were using battue

was why he would make them realize

using battue… ‘I'll use battue

Cale started to speak.

will strike the enemies that are gathering our allies

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies were gathering to

over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

see On

while remaining invisible

on letting any more allies get

gathering our allies

we will

magic, fog, and poison to

averaging

Tata tap.

and climbed up a tree before looking down at Cale.

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

There were things other

leave

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

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

fog surrounding On became thicker and

such that they were no longer visible. Human!

"We're ready!”

and Hong’s voices through the fog

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next

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

“Understood.”

of Cale’s feet as he activated the Sound of the

“We'll head there first.”

to head toward the forest

through Raon, so use that

planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about the enemies’

on their way

about it. Young

see the assassins disappear into the shadow

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were

and only Ron, as well as the growing

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron as he

it is time to do some

was the fighting style for the

Ron started to smile.