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

Is to get rid

of the

lead to

focused on saving

toward Cale without making any

which direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

his hand was continuing

that always moved around with him. One was with the

destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over

mountain! No, that’s

Elementals sounded more

left here at all! I think it’s in a

is bad!

Elementals were

as well. He was in

Elves getting injured as the Wind

bit down on his

the commander of the Elves. He could not forget about the responsibilities that came with the

slowly heading toward the center of the

‘This is it!’

eyes started

are slowly heading

‘I found it.’

found the information he

the screams were slowly heading toward

those words

be

Mercenary King should be with the

that their allies were slowly moving toward the center

moving in that direction while the

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

gathering together

that numerous enemies were

one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

herding their allies to one location. They were doing that to either hunt them down or with

was definitely not good

around

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

gazes turned

sunk

King Bud. The

them as he had his base on the Eastern

Battue.

was going on as soon as they heard

was the case, however, he still started

and the enemies are gathering toward the center of the

head over to save the

unable to

charge forward to save their allies

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called

face even though this was an urgent

using battue on

he would

battue…

Cale started to speak.

enemies that are gathering our allies to a single

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies

over were gathering toward

Cale looked down.

could see

probably nearby while

letting any more allies get

enemies that are gathering our allies to a

will not

magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike the enemies

averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

a tree before looking down at Cale.

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

flip everything over with the poisonous fog!

were things other than illusions that

leave

her head. The calm On would lead the

needed the children’s help, but he was still going to

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

fog surrounding On became thicker

that they were no longer visible. Human! I

"We're ready!”

Raon and Hong’s voices through the fog

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next to

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

“Understood.”

Cale’s feet as he activated the

“We'll head there first.”

head toward the forest

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

on sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon

had informed Raon about it on their way

about it.

turned around only to see the assassins disappear into the shadow of the

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were

and only Ron,

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron

guess it is time to do some

the fighting style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.