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.

an

second goal… Is to get

of the assassins

that may lead to injuries… Then we will

on saving as many of

Cale without making any

direction do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand was continuing to

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

Elementals are screaming all over the

Elementals fighting all around the mountain! No, that’s not it; they seem to

more frantic than

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

bad! Chaos,

the Elementals were frantic,

course, his heart was beating wildly as well.

as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard Elementals

down on his

commander of the Elves. He could not forget

screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the

‘This is it!’

eyes started

heading

‘I found it.’

had found the information he was looking

heading toward the center of

behind those words appeared in Cale’s

be with the

should be with

meant that their allies were slowly moving toward the center of

were moving in that direction while the Elementals are

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

gathering together

meant that numerous enemies were herding

was only one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

location. They were doing that to

was definitely not

air around Cale turned

air around them earlier… The air

gazes

sunk the

The Poeff household's Glenn

as he had his base on

Battue.

was going on

that was the case, however, he still

enemies are gathering toward the center of

to save

was unable to be patient any

charge forward

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out

even though this was an urgent

were using

would

using battue… ‘I'll use battue on you

Cale started to speak.

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

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies

them over were gathering

Cale looked down.

see

nearby while remaining invisible as

plan on letting

are gathering our

we will not

and poison

averaging

Tata tap.

before looking down at Cale. Hong was next

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

other than illusions that

I leave it to

her head. The calm On would

to make them act from

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became

no longer visible. Human! I am hiding in the

"We're ready!”

through the fog and started

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next to

with me. Our goal

“Understood.”

feet

“We'll head there first.”

to head toward

locations through Raon, so

on sending a Wind Elemental to

it on their way here, so there shouldn't

about it.

only to see the assassins disappear into the shadow

Shhhhhh-

he could hear

only Ron, as well as

Shaaaaaaa-

fog then covered Ron as he

time to

fighting style for the

Ron started to smile.