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 get rid of the

gazes on the faces of the assassins of the Molan household quickly

if that may lead to

focused on saving as many of

over toward Cale without making any

do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

top's whip in his hand was

two of the three Wind Elementals that always moved around with

destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over

No, that’s not it; they seem to

more frantic

here at all! I think it’s in

bad!

were frantic,

wildly as

injured as the Wind Elementals told

down on his

Elves. He could not forget about the responsibilities

be slowly

‘This is it!’

started

heading toward

‘I found it.’

had found the information

were slowly heading toward the center of

behind those words appeared in Cale’s

should be with

King should be with the Elves as

meant that their allies were slowly moving toward the center of the

moving in that direction while the Elementals

their own

not gathering

that numerous enemies were

one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

was definitely not

around Cale turned

had gone up and heated the air around them earlier… The air

assassins’ gazes turned

gaze sunk

King Bud. The

he had

Battue.

what was going on

the case, however, he still started

enemies are gathering toward the center of the

we head over to save the allies right

as he was unable to

ready to charge forward to save their allies at any

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

called

smile on his face even though this was an urgent situation. His smile looked

were using battue on

would make

using battue… ‘I'll use

Cale started to speak.

our allies to a single spot from the

Ron's eyes clouded over.

their allies were

herding them over were gathering

Cale looked down.

see On and

probably nearby while remaining invisible as

plan on letting any more allies

enemies that are gathering our allies to a

we will

magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike the enemies

children averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

the ground and climbed up a tree before looking down

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

illusion. There were things other than

I leave it

The calm On would lead

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became

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

"We're ready!”

heard Raon and Hong’s voices through the fog and started

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

Our goal

“Understood.”

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

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward

enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information

a Wind Elemental to inform

informed Raon about it on their way here, so

worry about it. Young

the assassins disappear into the shadow of the

Shhhhhh-

hear were leaves

Ron,

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron as he benignly informed

guess it is time

for the assassins of the

Ron started to smile.