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.

gave an order that was different

second goal… Is to get rid of the

faces of the assassins of the Molan household

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

second goals were focused on

over toward Cale without making any noise and then

direction do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

in his hand was continuing to shake unlike

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

chaos, destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming

all around the mountain! No, that’s

sounded more

one we left here at

bad! Chaos,

Elementals were frantic,

was beating wildly as well.

Wind Elementals told him that

down on

was currently the commander of the Elves. He could not forget about the responsibilities that came with

be slowly heading toward the center of the

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

slowly heading

‘I found it.’

the information he

heading

those words appeared in

be with

Mercenary King should be

slowly moving toward the

direction while

there out of their

gathering together by

enemies were herding their allies to

one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

goal was definitely not

around Cale

up and heated the air around them earlier… The air was now getting colder as their fighting spirit

gazes turned

gaze sunk

The

concerned about them as he had his base on the Eastern

Battue.

realized what was going on as

case, however, he still started to

gathering toward the

over to

as he was unable to

charge forward

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out to

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

using battue on

would

were using battue… ‘I'll use

Cale started to speak.

enemies that are gathering our

Ron's eyes clouded over.

like how their allies

over were

Cale looked down.

could see

nearby while remaining invisible as

letting any more allies get

enemies that are gathering our allies to a

we will

fog, and poison to stealthily strike the enemies from

children averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

a tree before looking down at

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

illusion. There were things other than illusions that could

leave it

The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

fog surrounding On became

became covered in fog such that they were no longer visible. Human!

"We're ready!”

through the fog

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next

Our goal is to get there before the enemies or

“Understood.”

appeared at the tips of Cale’s feet as he

“We'll head there first.”

toward the forest with

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

a Wind Elemental to inform

about it on their way here, so there

about

around only to see the assassins disappear

Shhhhhh-

could hear were

and only Ron, as well

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron as

guess it is time

style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.