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.

why Cale gave an order

second goal… Is to get rid of the

the assassins of the Molan household quickly

the enemies, however, if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately

were focused on saving

Cale without making

do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand

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

chaos, destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming

No, that’s not

sounded more frantic

can’t hear the one we left here at all! I think it’s

bad! Chaos,

Elementals were

his heart was beating wildly as well. He was in

injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard

bit down

the Elves. He could not forget about the

be slowly heading toward the

‘This is it!’

started to

screams are slowly heading toward the center of

‘I found it.’

information he was looking

heading toward the center of

meaning behind those words

be with

King should be with the

their allies were slowly moving toward the center of

in that direction while the Elementals

there out of their

gathering together by

numerous enemies were herding their allies to

one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

herding their allies to one location. They were doing that to either hunt them

was definitely not

air around Cale turned

how the group's fighting spirit had gone up and heated the air around them earlier… The air was now getting colder as their

gazes

gaze sunk the

The Poeff household's

concerned about them as he had his base

Battue.

realized what was going on as soon as they

was the case, however, he

gathering

we head over to save the allies right

as he was unable to be

forward to

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out

though this was an urgent

using

was why he would make them realize

battue… ‘I'll use battue on you

Cale started to speak.

strike the enemies that are gathering our allies to a single

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies were gathering to one

enemies that were herding them over were gathering toward

Cale looked down.

see On

was probably nearby while remaining invisible as

letting any more allies

will strike the enemies that are gathering our allies

will not

will hide behind magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike

children averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

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

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron and all of his subordinates

illusion. There were things other than illusions that

leave it to

On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old without

going to make them act from the

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became thicker and

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

"We're ready!”

voices through the

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next

Our goal is to get there before the enemies

“Understood.”

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

“We'll head there first.”

head toward the forest with

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

was planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform

informed Raon about it on their way

not worry about it.

only to see the assassins disappear into the shadow

Shhhhhh-

could hear were

Ron, as well as the growing fog,

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron as he benignly informed

guess it is time to

was the fighting style for the

Ron started to smile.