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.

Cale gave an order

second goal… Is to get rid of the

of the assassins of the Molan

if that may lead to

goals were focused on saving as

without making any noise and then

master-nim, which direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand

always moved around with him. One was with

destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over the

Elementals fighting all around the mountain! No,

sounded more

left here at all!

is bad!

were frantic, Cale

was beating wildly as well. He was

Wind Elementals told

bit down on

the commander of the Elves. He could not forget about the responsibilities that came with the

destruction! The screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the center of

‘This is it!’

started to

Elementals’ screams are slowly heading toward the center of the

‘I found it.’

had found the information he

slowly heading

words appeared in

Elementals should be with the

should be with the

that their allies were slowly moving toward the center of the

direction while the Elementals are

that they are not moving there out of their

gathering together by

enemies were herding their

was only one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

goal was definitely not

around Cale

heated the air around them earlier… The air

assassins’ gazes turned

sunk

Bud. The Poeff household's Glenn

about them as he had his base on

Battue.

going on as soon as

was the case, however, he

gathering toward the center of

head over to save

asked as he was unable to

to charge forward to save their allies

Cale shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

called

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

enemies were using battue on

would make them realize

were using battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

the enemies that are gathering our

Ron's eyes clouded over.

like how their allies were gathering to

were herding them over were

Cale looked down.

see On and

while

plan on letting any more allies get

are gathering our allies to a single spot from

we will not show

magic, fog, and poison to

children averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

off the ground and climbed up a tree before

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

with the poisonous fog! We

were things other

I leave

her head. The calm On would

was still going to

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became thicker and started

Hong became covered in fog such that they were no longer visible.

"We're ready!”

through

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next to

goal is

“Understood.”

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

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward the

you the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use

Wind Elemental to inform

on their

worry about

to see the assassins disappear into

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were leaves

Ron,

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron as

it is time to

was the fighting style for the

Ron started to smile.