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 of

faces of the assassins

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

and second goals were focused on saving as many of their allies as

without making any noise and then

direction do we need

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

top's whip in his hand was continuing to shake

Wind Elementals that always moved around with him. One was

destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming

around the mountain! No, that’s

more frantic

at all! I think it’s

is bad! Chaos,

Elementals were frantic,

wildly as well. He was

imagined the Elves getting injured as the Wind Elementals

down on his

currently the commander of the Elves. He could not forget about the responsibilities

The screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the center of the

‘This is it!’

eyes started

slowly heading toward

‘I found it.’

the information he was looking

slowly heading

behind those words

should be

King should be with the Elves as

meant that their allies were slowly moving toward the center of

that direction while the

of their own free will. Someone

gathering together by

that numerous enemies were herding their

one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

They were doing that to either hunt them down or

other goal was definitely

around Cale turned

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

assassins’ gazes

sunk the

Bud. The

he

Battue.

was going on as soon

that was the case, however, he still

are gathering toward the center

we head over to save the

as he was unable

all looked ready to charge forward to

Cale shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out

face even though this was an urgent

enemies were using

would make them

battue…

Cale started to speak.

are gathering our allies

Ron's eyes clouded over.

their allies were gathering

enemies that were herding them over were

Cale looked down.

see On

nearby while remaining

not plan on letting

that are gathering our allies to a single

we will

fog, and poison to stealthily strike the enemies from

children averaging

Tata tap.

tree before looking down at Cale. Hong

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

illusion. There were things other

I leave it to

calm On would lead the children

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became thicker and started to

and Hong became covered in fog such that they were no longer

"We're ready!”

Raon and Hong’s voices through

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood

goal is to get there before the enemies

“Understood.”

Cale’s feet as he

“We'll head there first.”

head toward the forest

you the enemies’ locations through

sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about the enemies’

on their way here, so there shouldn't be

worry about it. Young

to see the assassins

Shhhhhh-

hear were leaves

only Ron, as well

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron as he benignly informed

guess it is time to

fighting style for

Ron started to smile.