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.

gave an order that was

to get rid

of the assassins of the

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

goals were focused on saving

Cale without making any noise and

which direction do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

top's whip in his hand was continuing to

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

chaos, destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over

No, that’s not it; they seem to be running

more

the one we left here at

is bad! Chaos,

were

course, his heart was beating wildly as well.

Wind

down on

the commander of the Elves. He could not forget about the

slowly heading toward the center of

‘This is it!’

started

are slowly heading

‘I found it.’

found the information

slowly heading toward the center of

meaning behind those words

Elementals should be with the

King should be with the Elves as

allies were slowly moving toward the center of the

in that direction while

their own free

gathering together by

were herding their allies

one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

other goal was definitely not

around

heated the air around them earlier… The air was now getting colder as their fighting

gazes turned

sunk the

King Bud. The

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

Battue.

was going on as soon

was the case,

enemies are gathering toward the center of the

head over to save

unable to be patient any

to charge forward to save their allies

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out

smile on his face even though this was an

enemies were using battue on

he would make them

battue… ‘I'll use

Cale started to speak.

the enemies that are gathering our allies to

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies

them over were gathering toward one

Cale looked down.

see On and

probably nearby while remaining invisible as

letting any more allies get

strike the enemies that are gathering our allies to

we will not show

behind magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike the

averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

tree before

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

over with the poisonous fog! We

were things other

leave it to

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

the children’s help, but he was still going to

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker

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

"We're ready!”

through the fog and started to speak

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next

are heading toward the center with me. Our goal is to get

“Understood.”

appeared at the tips of Cale’s feet

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward the

through Raon,

a Wind Elemental

informed Raon about it on their way here, so there shouldn't

about it.

to see the assassins disappear into the shadow of the

Shhhhhh-

hear were leaves

and only Ron, as well as

Shaaaaaaa-

covered Ron as

it is time to do some shadow

was the fighting style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.