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

the faces of the assassins of the Molan household quickly

goal is to identify the enemies, however, if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape or focus on our

focused on saving as many of

walked over toward Cale without making

direction do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

his hand

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

are

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

Elementals sounded more frantic than

can’t hear the one we left here at all!

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

were frantic, Cale was

was beating wildly as

injured as the Wind Elementals told

bit down on his

of the Elves. He could not forget about the responsibilities

The screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the

‘This is it!’

started to

heading

‘I found it.’

information

were slowly heading toward the

words appeared in Cale’s

Elementals should be with

King should be

that their allies were slowly

in that direction while

of their own free will. Someone else is making them

not gathering together

enemies were herding their allies to the

only one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

were doing that to either hunt them down or with another goal in

goal was definitely

around

and heated the air around them earlier… The air was now getting colder as their fighting spirit

assassins’ gazes turned

gaze sunk

Bud. The Poeff household's Glenn

about them as he had

Battue.

was going on as soon as they heard that

the case, however, he still started

are gathering toward the center of

to

was unable

charge forward to save their

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out

though this was an urgent

were using battue on

was why he would

battue…

Cale started to speak.

the enemies that are gathering our

Ron's eyes clouded over.

their allies were gathering

enemies that were herding them over were gathering

Cale looked down.

could see On and

nearby while

letting any more allies

our allies to a single spot from

will not show

behind magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike the enemies from

averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

climbed up a tree before looking down at

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

everything over with

illusion. There were things other than illusions that could

leave it

On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old

going to

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker

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

"We're ready!”

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

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next to

the center with me. Our goal is

“Understood.”

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

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward

locations through Raon,

on sending a Wind Elemental to

about it on their

not worry about

around only to see the assassins disappear into the shadow of

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were leaves

and only Ron, as well

Shaaaaaaa-

fog then covered Ron as he benignly informed

guess it is time to do some

for the assassins

Ron started to smile.