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.

Cale gave an order that was

goal… Is to get rid of

on the faces of the assassins of the Molan household

if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape or focus on our

were focused on

walked over toward Cale without making any

which direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

his hand

three Wind Elementals that always moved around with

Elementals are screaming all over the

No, that’s not it; they

more frantic

hear the one we left here at all! I

bad! Chaos, destruction,

the Elementals were frantic,

wildly as well. He was in

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

down on

could not forget about the

slowly heading toward the

‘This is it!’

started to

The Elementals’ screams are slowly heading toward the center of

‘I found it.’

the information he

the screams were slowly heading toward the

words

should be with

should be with the Elves as

were slowly moving toward the center

moving in that direction while

there out of their own free will. Someone else is making them move

not gathering

numerous enemies were herding their allies to the

was only one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

were herding their allies to one location. They were doing that to either

other goal was definitely not good

air around Cale

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

assassins’ gazes

gaze sunk

The Poeff household's

he had

Battue.

others realized what was going on as soon as they

was the case, however,

and the enemies are gathering toward

head over to

was unable to be

charge forward to

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

called

face even though this was an urgent

were using battue

why he would make them

enemies were using battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

gathering our

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies

them over were gathering toward

Cale looked down.

see On and

probably nearby while remaining invisible

did not plan on letting any more allies

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

we will not

behind magic, fog, and poison to stealthily

children averaging

Tata tap.

off the ground and climbed up a tree before looking down at Cale. Hong

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

they were ready. Human! Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron and all of his

There were things other than illusions that

I leave

silver kitten nodded her head. The calm On would lead the

was still going to make them act

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became

that they were no longer visible. Human! I

"We're ready!”

voices through the fog

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

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

“Understood.”

the tips of Cale’s feet as he

“We'll head there first.”

head toward the forest

through Raon,

Elemental

their way here, so there

about it. Young

to see the assassins disappear

Shhhhhh-

hear

well and only Ron, as well as the growing

Shaaaaaaa-

covered Ron as he

is time to do

style for the assassins of

Ron started to smile.