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.

why Cale gave an order that was

to get rid

the assassins of the Molan

is to identify the enemies, however, if that may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately

the first and second goals were focused on saving

walked over toward Cale without

direction do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

hand was continuing to shake unlike

Elementals that always moved around with him. One was

are screaming all over

Elementals fighting all around the mountain! No, that’s not it; they seem to

sounded more frantic

left here at all! I

is bad! Chaos, destruction,

Elementals were

as well. He was in

Elves getting injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they

bit down on his

could not forget about

slowly heading toward the center of

‘This is it!’

started to

slowly heading toward the center of

‘I found it.’

found the information he was

the screams were slowly heading toward the center

those words appeared in

Elementals should be

be with

were slowly moving toward

in that direction while the Elementals are

there out of their own free will. Someone else

not gathering together

that numerous enemies were herding their allies

only one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

were herding their allies to one location. They were doing that to either hunt

other goal was definitely not

around Cale

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

assassins’ gazes

gaze sunk

Bud. The Poeff household's Glenn

them as he had his base on

Battue.

others realized what was going on as soon as

that was the case, however, he still started

the enemies are gathering toward the

we head over to save

asked as he was unable to be

all looked ready to charge forward

shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out

smile on his face even though this was an urgent situation. His smile looked

were using

would make

using battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

the enemies that are gathering our allies to a

Ron's eyes clouded over.

their allies were gathering

herding them over were gathering

Cale looked down.

could see On and

nearby while remaining invisible

on letting any more

enemies that are gathering our

we will not

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

children averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

tree before looking down at Cale. Hong was next to

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

they were ready. Human! Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide

There were things other than illusions that

I leave

nodded her head. The calm On would

was still going to make them act from

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker

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

"We're ready!”

voices through the fog and

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next to

the center with me. Our goal

“Understood.”

appeared at the tips of Cale’s feet as he activated the Sound of

“We'll head there first.”

to head toward the forest

through Raon, so use that information to surround

planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform

informed Raon about it on their way here, so

not worry about

only to see the assassins disappear into the shadow of the

Shhhhhh-

hear were

disappeared as well and only Ron, as well as the

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron

is time to do

the fighting style for

Ron started to smile.