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

Is to get rid

on the faces of the assassins of

enemies, however, if that may lead

focused on saving as many of

Cale without making any noise and

direction do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

top's whip in his hand was continuing to shake

Wind Elementals that always moved around with him. One

are screaming all

fighting all around the mountain! No,

Elementals sounded more frantic than

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

is bad! Chaos,

the Elementals were frantic, Cale

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

as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard

down

currently the commander of the Elves. He could not

be slowly heading toward

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

Elementals’ screams are slowly heading toward the center of

‘I found it.’

found the information he

were slowly heading toward the center of the

words

Elementals should be with

King should be with

that their allies were slowly

in that direction while the Elementals

means that they are not moving there out of their own free will. Someone else

not gathering together by

that numerous enemies were herding

was only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

one location. They were doing that

other goal was definitely not good

around Cale turned

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

assassins’ gazes

sunk

The

them as he had his base on

Battue.

going on as

case, however, he

enemies are gathering toward

over to

unable to be patient any

all looked ready to charge forward to save their allies at any

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

called out to

even though this was an urgent situation. His smile looked

enemies were using battue on

why he would make them

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

Cale started to speak.

are gathering our allies to a single spot from the

Ron's eyes clouded over.

their allies were gathering to one

enemies that were herding them over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

see

while remaining invisible as

not plan on letting any more allies

are gathering our

we will

fog, and poison to stealthily strike the enemies

averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

kicked off the ground and climbed up a tree before looking down at Cale. Hong was

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will

illusion. There were things other than illusions that could trick

leave

head. The calm On would

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became

that they were no longer visible. Human! I am hiding

"We're ready!”

and Hong’s voices through the fog and started

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

with me. Our goal is to get

“Understood.”

feet as he activated the Sound of the

“We'll head there first.”

to head toward the forest with Choi

the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information

Wind Elemental

had informed Raon about it on their

worry about

only to see the assassins disappear into the

Shhhhhh-

hear

well and only Ron, as well as the

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron as he benignly

it is time to do

the fighting style for the assassins of the

Ron started to smile.