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 different than

Is to get rid of

on the faces of the assassins

if that may lead to

first and second goals were focused on saving as many of

over toward Cale without

which direction do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

whip in his hand was continuing to shake unlike

Elementals that always moved around with him. One was with the Elves in the mountains right

Elementals are screaming

all around the mountain! No,

Elementals sounded more frantic than

hear the one we left here at all! I think it’s in a dangerous

bad!

were frantic,

was beating wildly as well. He was in a

Elves getting injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard Elementals

down on

could not forget

be slowly heading toward the

‘This is it!’

started to

screams are slowly heading

‘I found it.’

the information he

the screams were slowly heading toward

those words appeared in

should be

be with the Elves

slowly moving toward the center

in that direction while the Elementals

there out of their own free will. Someone else

were not gathering together

numerous enemies were

only one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

were doing that to either hunt them down or with

goal was definitely

air around Cale

up and heated the air around them earlier… The air was

gazes

sunk

King Bud. The

them as he had his base on

Battue.

others realized what was going on

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

enemies are gathering toward the center of

we head over to save the allies right

asked as he was unable to be patient

to charge forward to

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out

on his face even though this

enemies were using battue on

would make them realize

were using battue… ‘I'll use

Cale started to speak.

gathering our allies to a single spot from

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies were gathering

were herding them over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

see On

probably nearby while remaining invisible

did not plan on letting any more

are gathering our allies to

we will not show

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

averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

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

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

Do not worry! We will flip everything over with the poisonous

things other than

leave

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

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became

such that they were no longer visible. Human! I am hiding in

"We're ready!”

and Hong’s voices through the fog and started to speak

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next

me. Our goal is to get there before the enemies or

“Understood.”

the tips of Cale’s feet as he

“We'll head there first.”

head toward

I'll tell you the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that

Elemental

informed Raon about it on their way here, so

worry about it.

only to see the assassins disappear

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were

Ron, as well as the

Shaaaaaaa-

fog then covered Ron as he benignly informed

guess it is time to do some shadow

fighting style for the

Ron started to smile.