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 different

goal… Is to get

of the assassins of

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

goals were focused on saving

toward Cale without making any noise and

direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

his hand was continuing

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

Elementals are screaming

around the mountain! No, that’s

more frantic than ever

can’t hear the one we left here at all! I think it’s in

bad! Chaos, destruction,

the Elementals were

heart was beating wildly as well. He was in

injured as the Wind Elementals told

down on his

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

screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

Elementals’ screams are slowly heading

‘I found it.’

found the information

screams were slowly heading toward the center of

behind those words appeared in

should be with the

Mercenary King should be with

slowly moving toward

that direction while the

out of their own free

gathering together by

enemies were herding their

was only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

one location. They were doing that to either hunt them

other goal was

around Cale

and heated the air around them earlier… The

gazes

sunk the

King Bud. The Poeff household's Glenn

quite concerned about them as he had his

Battue.

others realized what was going on as

noticed that was the case, however, he

enemies are gathering toward the

we head over to save the

asked as he was unable to be patient any

charge forward to save their allies at any

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out

face even though this

using

he would make them realize

were using battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

are gathering our allies

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies were gathering to one

that were herding them over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

see

nearby while

letting any more

that are gathering our allies to a single spot from the

will not

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

children averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

a tree before looking down

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

were ready. Human! Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron and all

things other than illusions that could trick

I leave it

would lead the children averaging nine-years-old without letting

was still going to

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

fog surrounding On became thicker and

such that they were no longer

"We're ready!”

Raon and Hong’s voices through

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood

Our goal is to get

“Understood.”

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

“We'll head there first.”

to head toward the forest with

locations through Raon, so

Elemental to

their way

about it. Young

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

Shhhhhh-

could hear

only Ron, as well as the growing

Shaaaaaaa-

fog then covered Ron as

is time

style for the

Ron started to smile.