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

to get rid of the

faces of the assassins of the Molan

identify the enemies, however, if that may lead to

focused on saving as many of their allies

walked over toward Cale without making

direction do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand was

heard two of the three Wind Elementals that always moved around with him. One was with the

Elementals are screaming all over

No, that’s

more frantic than

can’t hear the one we left here at all! I think it’s

bad! Chaos,

were frantic, Cale

as

as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard Elementals

bit down on his

the Elves. He could not forget about

be slowly heading toward the

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

screams are slowly heading toward

‘I found it.’

found the information he was

were slowly heading toward the

those words

should be with the

Mercenary King should be with the

meant that their allies were slowly moving toward the

that direction while the Elementals

out of their own free will. Someone

gathering

were herding their allies to the

was only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

were doing that to either hunt them down or

was definitely not

air around Cale turned

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

assassins’ gazes

sunk

Bud. The Poeff household's Glenn

about them as he

Battue.

others realized what was going on

noticed that was the case, however, he

are gathering toward

over to save the

as he was unable to be patient

looked ready to charge forward to save their

shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out

on his face even though this was an urgent

were using battue on

he would

battue… ‘I'll use battue on

Cale started to speak.

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

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies were gathering to

them over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

could see

was probably nearby while remaining invisible as

did not plan on letting any more allies

are gathering our allies to a single spot

will not show

magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike the enemies

averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

off the ground and climbed up a tree before looking

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

Human! Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous

There were things other

I leave it

kitten nodded her head. The calm On would lead

the children’s help, but he was still going to make them act from the rear

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker and

in fog such that they were no longer visible.

"We're ready!”

voices through the fog

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next

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

“Understood.”

Cale’s feet as

“We'll head there first.”

to head toward the

you the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information to surround

sending a Wind Elemental to

about it on their way here,

not worry about it. Young

assassins disappear into the shadow of

Shhhhhh-

could hear were

disappeared as well and only Ron, as well as the

Shaaaaaaa-

fog then covered Ron as he

guess it is time to do some shadow

the fighting style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.