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

second goal… Is to

on the faces of the assassins of the Molan household quickly

if that may lead to injuries… Then we

second goals were focused on saving

Cale without making any noise and

which direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand was continuing to

two of the three Wind Elementals that always moved around

are screaming all over

No,

more

the one we left here at all! I think it’s

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

were

beating wildly as

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

down on

of the Elves. He could

to be slowly heading toward the center

‘This is it!’

eyes started

Elementals’ screams are slowly heading toward the center

‘I found it.’

the information he was

slowly heading

meaning behind those words appeared

be with

be with

their allies were slowly moving toward

direction while the

of their own free will. Someone

not gathering

numerous enemies were herding

one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

one location. They were doing that to either hunt them down or with another goal

was definitely not

air around Cale

around them earlier… The air was now getting

gazes

gaze sunk the

The

them as he had his base on

Battue.

on as

noticed that was the case, however, he still started to

are gathering

we head over to

asked as he was unable

forward to save their

Cale shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called

on his face even though this was

using battue on

why he would make

battue…

Cale started to speak.

are gathering our allies

Ron's eyes clouded over.

like how their allies

were herding them over were gathering toward

Cale looked down.

see On and

while remaining invisible as

plan on letting any

enemies that are gathering our

we will

will hide behind magic, fog, and poison to

children averaging

Tata tap.

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

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron and

illusion. There were things other than illusions that could

leave

nodded her head. The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became

Hong became covered in fog such that they were no longer visible. Human! I am hiding in the fog as

"We're ready!”

voices through the fog and started to speak

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

with me. Our goal is to get

“Understood.”

at the tips of Cale’s feet as

“We'll head there first.”

to head toward the forest with

you the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that information to surround

a Wind Elemental to inform

informed Raon about it on their way

worry about it. Young

see the assassins disappear into the shadow

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were leaves

and only Ron, as well as

Shaaaaaaa-

covered Ron as he benignly informed

time

fighting style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.