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.

was why Cale gave an order that was different than

goal… Is to get rid of the

the faces of the assassins of the Molan household

may lead to injuries… Then

on saving as many of their allies as

over toward Cale without making any noise and

do we need

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

hand was continuing to

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

are screaming

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

sounded more frantic

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

is bad!

the Elementals were frantic,

heart was beating wildly as well. He was in a hurry 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

seems to be slowly heading toward the center of the

‘This is it!’

started to

slowly heading toward

‘I found it.’

had found the information

slowly heading

those words appeared in Cale’s

Elementals should be with

King should be with the Elves as

allies were slowly moving toward

were moving in that direction

that they are not moving there out of their own

not gathering together by

that numerous enemies were herding their allies to

one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

location. They were doing that to either

other goal was definitely not good

air around

gone up and heated the air around them earlier…

gazes

sunk the

The Poeff

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

Battue.

going on as soon as they heard

noticed that was the case, however, he still

and the enemies are gathering

we head over to save the allies

was unable to be

charge forward to save their allies at any

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out to

though this was an urgent situation. His smile

were using battue

why he would make

battue… ‘I'll use

Cale started to speak.

that are gathering our allies to a single spot from

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies were gathering to one

were herding them over were

Cale looked down.

could see

probably nearby while remaining invisible

plan on letting any

gathering our allies to a

we will not show

fog, and poison to

children averaging

Tata tap.

climbed up a tree before looking down at Cale.

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will

were things other than illusions that

leave

kitten nodded her head. The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old without letting them get

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became

fog such that they were no longer visible. Human!

"We're ready!”

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

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood

center with me. Our goal is to get there

“Understood.”

of Cale’s feet as he activated the

“We'll head there first.”

head toward

tell you the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that

planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform

it on their way here,

worry about it.

the assassins disappear into

Shhhhhh-

hear were leaves

well and only Ron,

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron as he benignly

it is time

for

Ron started to smile.