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

goal… Is to get rid of

the faces of the assassins of

lead to injuries… Then we will

goals were focused on saving as many of their allies as

Cale without

direction do we need

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

his hand was

always moved around with him. One was with the Elves in

anger! Elementals are

No, that’s not it; they seem to be running

more frantic

here at all! I think it’s in a

bad!

Elementals were

course, his heart was beating wildly as well. He was in a

Wind Elementals told him that they heard Elementals

down on his

Elves. He could not

screaming seems to be slowly heading

‘This is it!’

started to

slowly heading toward the center of

‘I found it.’

information he was

were slowly heading toward

those words appeared in

should be

King should be with the Elves

were slowly moving toward the center of the

in that direction while the Elementals are

means that they are not moving there out of their own free will. Someone else is making them move

not gathering

were herding their allies to the

one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

were doing that to either hunt them down or with

other goal was definitely

around Cale

the air around them earlier… The

assassins’ gazes

gaze sunk the

King Bud. The Poeff

quite concerned about them as he had his base on

Battue.

going on as soon as

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

gathering toward the center

head over to save the

was unable to be patient any

to charge forward

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out

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

using battue on

why he would make them realize

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

Cale started to speak.

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

Ron's eyes clouded over.

like how their allies were gathering

enemies that were herding them over were gathering toward

Cale looked down.

could see On and

was probably nearby while remaining invisible as

not plan on letting any

our allies to a

we will not show

poison to stealthily strike the enemies

averaging nine-years-old

Tata tap.

up a tree before looking down at Cale. Hong was next to her

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

There were things other

leave it

The calm On would lead the children averaging

help, but he was still going to make them act from the rear where it

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

became thicker and

were no longer visible. Human! I am hiding in

"We're ready!”

voices through the fog and started to speak

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next

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

“Understood.”

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

“We'll head there first.”

toward the

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

Wind Elemental

informed Raon about it on their way here, so there shouldn't be

about it. Young

turned around only to see the assassins disappear into the shadow

Shhhhhh-

hear were

only Ron, as well

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron as he

is time to do some shadow

the fighting style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.