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

the faces of the assassins

if that may lead to

on

over toward Cale without making

direction do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

whip in his hand was continuing

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

Elementals are screaming all over the

mountain! No, that’s not it; they seem to be

more frantic than

at all!

bad! Chaos, destruction,

Elementals were

beating wildly as well. He was in

injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard

bit down on

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

The screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the center

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

are slowly heading toward

‘I found it.’

the information he was

screams were slowly heading

words appeared in

be

should be with the Elves

that their allies were slowly moving toward the center of the

in that direction while the Elementals are

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

not gathering together

were herding their allies to

only one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

was definitely not good

air around Cale turned

up 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 household's Glenn

quite concerned about them as he had his base on the Eastern

Battue.

what was going on as

the case, however, he still started to

allies and the enemies are gathering toward the center

over to save

he was unable to be patient any

to charge forward to save their allies at any

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out

on his face even though this was an urgent situation.

using battue on the

was why he would make

battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

that are gathering our allies to a single spot

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies

them over were gathering toward one spot

Cale looked down.

could see On and

was probably nearby while remaining invisible

did not plan on letting

that are gathering our allies to a single spot

will

fog, and poison to stealthily

averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

off the ground and climbed up a tree before

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

meant that they were ready. Human! Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide

were things other

leave it

her head. The calm On would

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker and started to

became covered in fog such that they were no longer

"We're ready!”

and Hong’s voices through the

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next

Our goal is to

“Understood.”

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

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward the forest

locations through Raon, so use that information to surround

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

on their way here, so there shouldn't be any

not worry about it.

see the assassins

Shhhhhh-

could hear were leaves

Ron, as well as the growing fog,

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron as he

guess it is time to do some shadow

the fighting style for the assassins of

Ron started to smile.