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

second goal… Is to

the faces of the assassins of the

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

goals were focused on

toward Cale without making any

do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

his hand was continuing to shake

heard two of the three Wind Elementals that always moved around with him. One was with

Elementals are screaming all over the

all around the mountain! No, that’s

Elementals sounded more frantic

at

bad! Chaos,

the Elementals were frantic, Cale

beating wildly as well. He

the Elves getting injured as the Wind Elementals

down on

could not forget about the responsibilities that

seems to be slowly heading toward the

‘This is it!’

eyes started

are slowly heading toward the center

‘I found it.’

information he was

slowly heading toward the center

those words appeared

Elementals should be

Mercenary King should be with the

meant that their allies were slowly moving toward the

that direction while the Elementals are

not moving there out of their own free will. Someone else

not gathering together

were herding their allies

was only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

was

air around

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

gazes

gaze sunk

King Bud. The

about them as he had his

Battue.

on as soon as they

noticed that was the case, however, he still

the enemies are gathering

over to save

unable to be patient

all looked ready to charge forward to save

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called

face even though this was an

were using

he would make

were using battue… ‘I'll use battue on you

Cale started to speak.

our allies to

Ron's eyes clouded over.

like how their allies

herding them over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

could see On and

probably nearby while remaining

not plan on letting any

strike the enemies that are gathering our allies to a single spot

we will not show

hide behind magic, fog, and poison to

averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

off the ground and climbed up a tree before looking down

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

will flip everything over with the poisonous fog! We will hide grandpa Ron and all of

illusion. There were things other than illusions

leave it

silver kitten nodded her head. The calm On would lead the

still going to make them act from the rear where it was

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

On became thicker and started

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

"We're ready!”

voices through the fog and started to speak

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

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

“Understood.”

of Cale’s feet

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward

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

was planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about

informed Raon about it on their way here, so there

not worry about

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

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were leaves

Ron, as well

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron as he benignly informed

it is time to do

style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.