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

Is to get rid of

the faces of the assassins of the Molan

enemies, however, if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape or focus on

goals were focused on saving

walked over toward Cale without making

do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand was continuing to shake unlike

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

destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over the

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

Elementals sounded more frantic than ever

can’t hear the one we left here at

bad! Chaos,

Elementals were frantic, Cale

as well. He was in a

the Elves getting injured as the Wind Elementals told him that

bit down

the Elves. He could not forget about the

slowly heading toward the center of

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

heading toward the center of

‘I found it.’

found the information he was

the screams were slowly heading toward

behind those words appeared

should be with the

Mercenary King should be

were slowly moving toward the center

moving in that direction

not moving there out of their own

were not gathering

meant that numerous enemies were herding

was only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

doing that to either hunt them down or with another

goal was definitely not

air around Cale turned

the group's fighting spirit had gone up and heated the air around them earlier… The air was

assassins’ gazes turned

sunk the

The Poeff household's

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

Battue.

realized what was going on as soon as they

the case,

are gathering toward the center of the

head over to save the allies

he was unable to be patient any

looked ready to charge forward to save their allies

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called

though this was

using battue

would

were using battue… ‘I'll use battue

Cale started to speak.

our allies to

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies were

that were herding them over were gathering toward one

Cale looked down.

could see On

while remaining

not plan on letting any

enemies that are gathering our allies to a

will not

fog, and poison to

children averaging

Tata tap.

up a tree before looking

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron and all

were things other than illusions that could trick

I leave it to

calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old without letting them get

still going to make them act from

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

fog surrounding On became thicker

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

"We're ready!”

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

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next

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

“Understood.”

at the tips of Cale’s feet as he

“We'll head there first.”

head toward

through Raon, so use

Elemental to inform

on their way

worry about it.

the assassins disappear into the

Shhhhhh-

hear were

well and only Ron, as well

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron

guess it is time to do

the fighting style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.