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

faces of the assassins

the enemies, however, if that may lead to injuries… Then we will

the first and second goals were focused on saving as many of their

toward Cale without making

direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

his hand was continuing

heard two of the three Wind Elementals that always moved around with

anger! Elementals are screaming all

No, that’s not

sounded more frantic than

here at all!

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

the Elementals were frantic, Cale was

his heart was beating wildly as

Wind Elementals told

bit down on his

He could not forget about the

destruction! The screaming seems to be slowly

‘This is it!’

eyes started

The Elementals’ screams are slowly heading toward the

‘I found it.’

had found the information

heading

meaning behind those words appeared in

be with the

be with

allies were slowly moving toward the center of the

were moving in that direction while the Elementals

moving there out of their

not gathering together

were herding their allies

was only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

was definitely not good

air around Cale turned

around them earlier… The air was now getting colder as

gazes turned

sunk

Bud. The Poeff

them as he had

Battue.

realized what was going on

that was the case, however,

enemies are gathering toward the center

we head over to

as he was unable to be patient

charge forward to save their allies at any

shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called

his face even though this was an urgent situation. His

enemies were using

was why he would

using battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

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

Ron's eyes clouded over.

like how their allies were

that were herding them over were gathering toward one spot

Cale looked down.

see

was probably nearby while remaining invisible as

plan on letting

the enemies that are gathering our allies to a single

will not show

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

averaging

Tata tap.

climbed up a tree before looking down at

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

meant that they were ready. Human! Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron and all

things other than illusions

I leave it to

The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old

he was still going to make them act from the rear where it was

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker and

that they were no longer visible. Human! I

"We're ready!”

heard Raon and Hong’s voices through the fog

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next to

goal

“Understood.”

of Cale’s feet as he activated the Sound

“We'll head there first.”

head toward the forest

you the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information to

was planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform

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

about it.

only to see the assassins disappear

Shhhhhh-

hear were leaves

well and only Ron, as well as the growing

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron

it is time to

for the

Ron started to smile.