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

goal… Is to get rid

gazes on the faces of the assassins of the

third goal is to identify the enemies, however, if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape or focus on our second

second goals were focused on saving

toward Cale without making any noise and

direction do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

top's whip in his hand was continuing

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

destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over

around the mountain! No,

more frantic

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

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

Elementals were frantic,

wildly as well.

injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard

bit down

Elves. He could not forget about the responsibilities

The screaming seems to be slowly

‘This is it!’

started to

screams are slowly heading toward the center of the

‘I found it.’

information he

slowly heading

meaning behind those words appeared in

Elementals should be with

be with the

were slowly moving toward the

direction

there out of their own free will. Someone else

gathering together by

were

only one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

other goal was

air around

gone up and heated the air around them earlier… The air was now getting

gazes turned

gaze sunk the

King Bud. The Poeff

them as he

Battue.

going on as soon as they heard that

the case, however, he still started to

are gathering

head over to save the allies right

as he was unable to be patient

forward to save their allies

shook

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out

had a smile on his face even though

were using battue on

why he would make

using battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

strike the enemies that are gathering our allies to a

Ron's eyes clouded over.

like how their allies were gathering to one

herding them over were gathering

Cale looked down.

could see On

probably nearby while remaining invisible

did not plan on letting any more allies get

enemies that are gathering our allies

will

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

children averaging

Tata tap.

before looking down at Cale.

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

were things other than

leave it

The calm On would

he was still going to make them act from the rear where it was

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker and started

they were no longer

"We're ready!”

and Hong’s voices through the fog and

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

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

“Understood.”

at the tips of Cale’s feet as

“We'll head there first.”

toward the forest with Choi

locations through Raon, so use that information

was planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon

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

not worry about

only to see the assassins disappear into the

Shhhhhh-

could hear were leaves

as well and only Ron, as

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron as he

is time to do some shadow

style for the assassins of the

Ron started to smile.