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.

gave an order

Is to get rid

faces of the assassins of

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

the first and second goals were focused on saving as many

walked over toward Cale without making any noise and then

master-nim, which direction do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

whip in his hand

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

Elementals are screaming all over the

No, that’s

more

at all! I

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

were frantic,

beating wildly as well. He was in a hurry

Wind Elementals told him that

down on

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

seems to be slowly heading toward the center of

‘This is it!’

started

slowly heading toward

‘I found it.’

the information he was looking

slowly heading

those words

Elementals should be with the

should be with

that their allies were slowly moving

moving in that direction while the Elementals

moving there out of their own free will. Someone else is making them move

not gathering

numerous enemies were herding

one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

their allies to one location. They were doing that to either hunt them down or with

goal was definitely not

air around Cale turned

air around them earlier… The air was now getting colder as

assassins’ gazes

sunk

The

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

Battue.

was going on as soon as they

the case,

allies and the enemies are gathering toward the

over to

asked as he was unable to be patient

forward to save their allies at any

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

called out

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

enemies were using battue

he would make

the enemies were using battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

gathering our allies

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies were gathering to

enemies that were herding them over were gathering toward one

Cale looked down.

could see On

nearby while remaining invisible

did not plan on letting any more allies

are gathering our allies to a

will

magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike the enemies

averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

and climbed up a tree before looking down at Cale. Hong was next

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

over with the poisonous fog!

other than illusions that

I leave

would lead the children averaging nine-years-old

help, but he was still going to make them act from

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker and started to

no longer

"We're ready!”

through the fog and

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next to

with me. Our goal is to get there before the enemies or

“Understood.”

Cale’s feet

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward the

I'll tell you the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information

a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about

about it on their way here, so there shouldn't

about it. Young

the assassins disappear

Shhhhhh-

he could hear

only Ron, as well as the growing

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron as

is time to

for

Ron started to smile.