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

second goal… Is to

gazes on the faces of the assassins of

if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape

goals were focused on saving as many

walked over toward Cale without

do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand was

Wind Elementals that always moved around with him. One was with the Elves in the mountains right

chaos, destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming

around the mountain! No, that’s

more

we left here at all! I

bad! Chaos, destruction,

were

his heart was beating wildly as well. He was

imagined the Elves getting injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they

bit down on his

the Elves. He could not forget

be slowly heading

‘This is it!’

started to

The Elementals’ screams are slowly heading toward the center

‘I found it.’

had found the information

were slowly heading toward the center

meaning behind those words appeared

Elementals should be

Mercenary King should be with the Elves

their allies were slowly moving toward the center of the

moving in that direction while the Elementals are

there out of their own free

gathering together

meant that numerous enemies were herding their allies to the

only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

doing that to either hunt them down or with another goal in

goal was definitely

around

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

assassins’ gazes turned

gaze sunk the

The Poeff household's Glenn

them as he had his

Battue.

realized what was going on as soon

the case, however, he

are gathering toward

we head over to save the

as he was unable to

all looked ready to charge forward to save their allies at

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out

though this

were using

was why he would

were using battue… ‘I'll use

Cale started to speak.

are gathering our allies to a

Ron's eyes clouded over.

their allies were

enemies that were herding them over were

Cale looked down.

see On

was probably nearby while remaining

plan on letting

are gathering our allies to a single spot from

we will not

will hide behind magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike

averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

tree before looking down at Cale. Hong was next to her as

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

everything over with the poisonous

things other than

I leave

silver kitten nodded her head. The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old without

help, but he was still going to make them act from

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

On became

they were no longer visible. Human!

"We're ready!”

through the fog and

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next to

Our goal is

“Understood.”

feet as

“We'll head there first.”

toward the forest with Choi

I'll tell you the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information to surround

was planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform

had informed Raon about it on their way here, so

about it.

assassins disappear into the

Shhhhhh-

could hear were leaves

disappeared as well and only Ron, as well as the growing

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron as he

guess it is time to do

the fighting style for the assassins of

Ron started to smile.