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 that was

second goal… Is to get rid of the

on the faces of the assassins of the Molan

however, if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape

on saving as many of their

without making any noise and then

direction do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

hand was continuing to shake unlike

Wind Elementals that always moved around with him.

destruction, anger! Elementals are

Elementals fighting all around the mountain! No, that’s

Elementals sounded more frantic than ever

hear the one we left here at all! I think it’s in a dangerous

bad!

Elementals were frantic, Cale

his heart was beating wildly as well.

getting injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard Elementals

down

could not forget about the

screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the center of the

‘This is it!’

started to

screams are slowly heading toward the center of

‘I found it.’

had found the information he was looking

slowly heading toward

behind those words appeared in

Elementals should be

Mercenary King should be

meant that their allies were slowly moving

moving in that direction while the Elementals are

that they are not moving there out of their own

were not gathering together

were herding their allies to the

was only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

other goal was

air around Cale turned

gone up and heated the air around them earlier… The air was now getting colder as

assassins’ gazes turned

gaze sunk the

Bud. The

quite concerned about them as he had his

Battue.

on as

case, however, he still started

the enemies are gathering toward the

head over to save the allies right

he was unable to be patient any

charge forward to

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

called out

had a smile on his face even though

enemies were using battue

he would

enemies were using battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

enemies that are gathering our allies to a single spot

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies

over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

could see On and

while remaining

not plan on letting any more allies

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

will not

fog, and poison to

averaging

Tata tap.

a tree before

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

things other than illusions that

I leave

nodded her head. The calm On would lead the

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became thicker and started to

were no longer visible. Human! I am

"We're ready!”

and Hong’s voices through the

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next to

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

“Understood.”

of Cale’s feet

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward the

locations through Raon, so use

sending a Wind Elemental to inform

about it on their way here, so there

worry about it.

see the assassins disappear into the

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were leaves

and only Ron, as well as the

Shaaaaaaa-

covered Ron

it is time to do some shadow

was the fighting style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.