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 that

second goal… Is to get

the

if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape or focus on

were focused on saving as

toward Cale without making any noise and then

direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand was continuing

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

are screaming all

hear Elementals fighting all around the mountain! No, that’s not it; they seem to

more

the one we left here at all! I think it’s in a dangerous

is bad! Chaos,

Elementals were frantic, Cale was

wildly as well.

the Wind Elementals told him that they heard

down

He could

be slowly heading

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

slowly heading toward the center of the

‘I found it.’

information he was looking

screams were slowly heading toward the

words appeared in

should be

should be with the

slowly moving toward the

moving in that direction

there out of their own

were not gathering together

were

only one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

goal was

around Cale turned

and heated the air around them earlier… The air was now getting

gazes turned

gaze sunk

Bud. The Poeff

as he had his base on the

Battue.

on as soon as they heard

the case, however, he still started

enemies are gathering

head over to

he was unable to

to charge forward to save their allies

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

called out to

smile on his face even though this was an

enemies were using battue on

he would

were using battue… ‘I'll use

Cale started to speak.

enemies that are gathering our allies to a single spot from

Ron's eyes clouded over.

their allies were gathering to

over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

could see On and

probably nearby while remaining

letting any more

the enemies that are gathering our allies to a single spot from the

will not

magic, fog, and poison

averaging

Tata tap.

a tree before

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa

things other than

I leave it to

The calm On would lead the

but he was still going to make them act from the

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

fog surrounding On became thicker and started

covered in fog such that they were no longer

"We're ready!”

Hong’s voices through the fog

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next to

Our goal

“Understood.”

appeared at the tips of Cale’s feet as he activated

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward the forest with

through Raon,

was planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about the

informed Raon about it on their

about

only to see the assassins disappear into

Shhhhhh-

hear were

well and only Ron, as well as the growing fog,

Shaaaaaaa-

covered Ron

is time

for the assassins of

Ron started to smile.