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

Is to get

faces of the assassins of the Molan

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

on saving as many of

without making

do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand was continuing

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

chaos, destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all

the mountain! No, that’s not it; they seem to be

Elementals sounded more frantic

at all! I think it’s

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

Elementals were frantic, Cale

as well.

Elves getting injured as the Wind Elementals

bit down on

Elves. He could not forget about the responsibilities that

to be slowly

‘This is it!’

eyes started

heading toward the center of

‘I found it.’

found the information he was

the screams were slowly heading toward the center

behind those words appeared in

should be with the

Mercenary King should be with the

were slowly moving toward the center of the

direction while the

are not moving there out of their own free will. Someone

not gathering together by

numerous enemies were

one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

They were doing that to either hunt them down or with another

goal was definitely not good

around Cale turned

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

gazes

sunk the

King Bud. The Poeff

as he had his

Battue.

others realized what was going on

was the case, however, he

enemies are gathering toward

to save the

unable to

all looked ready to charge forward to save their

shook

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out

smile on his face even though

using battue on the

why he would make them

enemies were using battue… ‘I'll use battue on you

Cale started to speak.

enemies that are gathering our allies

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies were

enemies that were herding them over were gathering toward

Cale looked down.

could see

while remaining

letting any

gathering our allies to a single spot from the

we will not show

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

children averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

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

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron and all of his subordinates

other

I leave it

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

to make them act from the rear

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

On became thicker and started

were no longer visible. Human! I am hiding in the

"We're ready!”

Raon and Hong’s voices through the fog

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

me. Our goal is to get there

“Understood.”

at the tips of Cale’s feet

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward the forest with Choi

locations through Raon, so use that information to

planning on sending a Wind Elemental to

on their way here,

about

see the assassins disappear into the shadow

Shhhhhh-

hear

well and only Ron, as well as the growing

Shaaaaaaa-

fog then covered Ron as he

it is time

the fighting style for the

Ron started to smile.