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 different

goal… Is to

the assassins of the

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

and second goals were focused on saving as many of their allies as

walked over toward Cale without making

do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

top's whip in his hand

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

chaos, destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over the

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

Elementals sounded more

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

is bad!

the Elementals were frantic,

course, his heart was beating wildly as well. He was in a

Wind Elementals told him that they

bit down on his

could

be slowly heading

‘This is it!’

started to

Elementals’ screams are slowly heading

‘I found it.’

found the information he

slowly heading toward the center

those words appeared in Cale’s

should be

Mercenary King should be

slowly moving toward the center of

were moving in that direction

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

not gathering

enemies were herding

one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

allies to one location. They were doing that to either hunt

other goal was

air around Cale

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

gazes

sunk the

Bud. The Poeff household's

them as he had his base on the Eastern

Battue.

was going on as

was the case, however, he

enemies are gathering toward

head over to

asked as he was unable

charge forward to save their allies

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out

though this was

enemies were using battue on

he would make them realize

battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

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

Ron's eyes clouded over.

like how their allies were

them over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

see On and

while remaining invisible

plan on letting any more allies

will strike the enemies that are gathering our allies

we will

fog, and poison

children averaging

Tata tap.

climbed up a tree before looking

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

everything over with the poisonous fog! We will

illusion. There were things other than illusions

I leave it to

would lead the children

was still going to make them act from the

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker and started to

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

"We're ready!”

voices through

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next

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

“Understood.”

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

“We'll head there first.”

to head toward the forest with

enemies’ locations through

planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about the

Raon about it on their

worry about it. Young

the assassins disappear into the shadow of the

Shhhhhh-

hear were leaves

as well and only Ron, as

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron

guess it is time to do some

style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.