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.

an order

second goal… Is to get rid

the assassins

identify the enemies, however, if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape or

were focused on saving as many of their

toward Cale without making

master-nim, which direction do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

whip in his hand was continuing

two of the three Wind Elementals that always moved around with him. One was with the Elves in

are screaming all over

around the mountain! No, that’s

Elementals sounded more frantic than ever

can’t hear the one we left here at all!

bad! Chaos, destruction,

the Elementals were frantic, Cale

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

imagined the Elves getting injured as the Wind

bit down

the Elves. He could not forget about the responsibilities that came with the

slowly

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

heading toward

‘I found it.’

had found the information

slowly heading toward the center of the

behind those words appeared in

should be with the

be with the Elves as

allies were slowly moving toward the center of the

that direction while the Elementals

out of their own free will. Someone

were not gathering together by

enemies were herding their allies

only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

was definitely not good

air around Cale turned

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

gazes

sunk the

King Bud. The Poeff

concerned about them as he had his base on the Eastern

Battue.

others realized what was going on as soon as

noticed that was the case, however, he still started to

are gathering toward

to

he was unable to

ready to charge forward to save their allies at

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out to

his face even though this was an

were using battue on

would make

battue… ‘I'll use battue on

Cale started to speak.

that are gathering our allies to a single spot from the

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies

herding them over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

could see On

nearby while

plan on letting any

that are gathering our allies to a

will not show

magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike the

children averaging

Tata tap.

a tree before looking down at

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

Human! Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron and all of his

illusion. There were things other than illusions that

leave it

The calm On would lead

to make them act

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

On became thicker and

were no longer visible. Human! I am hiding in the fog

"We're ready!”

voices through the fog and

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next

the center with me. Our goal

“Understood.”

Cale’s feet as he activated the

“We'll head there first.”

toward the forest with

enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information to

Wind Elemental to inform

had informed Raon about it on their way here, so there shouldn't be any

about it.

around only to see the assassins

Shhhhhh-

could hear

Ron, as well as the growing fog,

Shaaaaaaa-

fog then covered Ron

time

fighting style for the assassins of the

Ron started to smile.