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

to get

gazes on the faces of the assassins of the Molan

if that may lead to

focused on saving as

Cale without

master-nim, which direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

hand was continuing to

moved around with him. One was with the Elves in the mountains right

Elementals are screaming

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

Elementals sounded more

hear the one we left here at

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

the Elementals were

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

the Elves getting injured as the Wind Elementals told

down

of the Elves. He could not forget about the

The screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the

‘This is it!’

eyes started

The Elementals’ screams are slowly heading toward the center

‘I found it.’

had found the information he was

were slowly heading toward the center

words appeared

be with the

should be with the Elves as

slowly moving

in that direction while the

out of their own free will. Someone else is

not gathering

that numerous enemies were herding their allies

only one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

allies to one location. They were doing that to either hunt them down or with another goal in

other goal was

air around Cale turned

the air around them earlier… The air was

assassins’ gazes turned

sunk

King Bud. The Poeff household's Glenn

concerned about them as he had his base on the

Battue.

what was going on

the case, however, he still

and the enemies are gathering toward the center

over to save

unable

looked ready to charge forward to save their allies at

Cale shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called

face even though this was an urgent situation. His

using battue on the

would make them realize

were using battue… ‘I'll use battue on you

Cale started to speak.

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

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies were gathering to

that were herding them over were gathering toward one spot

Cale looked down.

could see On

while remaining invisible as

letting any

gathering our allies to a single spot from

we will

poison to

children averaging

Tata tap.

off the ground and climbed up a tree before

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

things other than illusions that could trick

leave it to

kitten nodded her head. The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old

going to make

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became thicker

fog such that they were no longer

"We're ready!”

Raon and Hong’s voices through

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next

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

“Understood.”

appeared at the tips of Cale’s feet as

“We'll head there first.”

head toward the forest with

the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that

on sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon

on their way

worry about

turned around only to see the assassins disappear into the

Shhhhhh-

hear were

well and only Ron, as well as the growing

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron as he benignly

it is time to do some

for the assassins of the

Ron started to smile.