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 was different than

Is to

gazes on the faces of the assassins

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

first and second goals were focused on saving as many of

walked over toward Cale without making any noise and

master-nim, which direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand was continuing to shake

around with him. One

Elementals are screaming all

around the mountain! No, that’s

Elementals sounded more frantic

here at all! I think it’s in a dangerous situation

bad!

the Elementals were frantic, Cale

wildly as well. He was in a

injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard Elementals

bit down

currently the commander of the Elves. He could not forget about the responsibilities

seems to be slowly heading toward the center of the

‘This is it!’

started

The Elementals’ screams are slowly heading toward the center of

‘I found it.’

found the information he was

slowly heading toward the center of the

those words appeared

Elementals should be

should be

their allies were slowly moving toward the center

that direction while the Elementals are

that they are not moving there out of their own free will. Someone else is making them move

gathering together by

that numerous enemies were herding their allies to the

was only one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

one location. They were doing that

was definitely

air around Cale turned

air around them earlier… The air was now getting colder as their fighting

gazes turned

sunk

Bud. The Poeff household's

he had his base on

Battue.

going on as soon

case, however, he still started to

the enemies are gathering toward

to save

as he was unable to be

to charge forward to save their allies

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called

face even though this was

enemies were using battue on

would make them realize

the enemies were using battue…

Cale started to speak.

the enemies that are gathering our allies to a single

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies were gathering to

over were gathering toward one

Cale looked down.

see

probably nearby while

did not plan on letting any more allies get

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

we will not show

behind magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike

averaging

Tata tap.

kicked off the ground 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 grandpa Ron and all of his

were things other than illusions that could trick

leave it

silver kitten nodded her head. The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old without letting

help, but he was still going to make them

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

On became thicker

that they were no longer visible.

"We're ready!”

voices through the fog and started

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

with me. Our goal is to get there

“Understood.”

of Cale’s feet as he

“We'll head there first.”

toward

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

sending a Wind Elemental to

informed Raon about it on their

not worry about

the assassins disappear into the

Shhhhhh-

hear were

only Ron, as well as the growing fog,

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron as he benignly

is time to do

style for

Ron started to smile.