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.

an

Is to get

faces of the assassins of

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

first and second goals were focused on saving as many of

without making any

which direction do we need to

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

top's whip in his hand was continuing to shake

that always moved around with

destruction, anger! Elementals are screaming all over the

all around the mountain! No, that’s not it; they

sounded more

one we left here at all! I think it’s

is bad! Chaos,

were frantic, Cale

as well. He was in a hurry as

Elves getting injured as the Wind Elementals told

bit down on his

could not forget about the responsibilities that

to be slowly heading toward the

‘This is it!’

started

are slowly heading toward

‘I found it.’

the information he was

heading toward the center

those words appeared

Elementals should be with

be with the

that their allies were slowly moving toward

were moving in that direction while

out of their own free will. Someone else is making them

not gathering together

were herding

was only one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

one location. They were doing that to either hunt

goal was

air around

heated the air around them

assassins’ gazes

gaze sunk the

The Poeff household's Glenn

as he had his base on the

Battue.

others realized what was going on as

case, however, he still started

enemies are gathering toward the center of the

head over to save the

as he was unable to be

all looked ready to charge forward to save their allies at any

Cale shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out to

even though this was an urgent situation. His smile looked

were using battue

he would

using battue…

Cale started to speak.

gathering our allies to a single

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies were gathering

over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

see

probably nearby while remaining invisible as

did not plan on letting any more allies

that are gathering our allies to a

we will not

magic, fog, and poison to

averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

the ground and climbed up a tree before looking down

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

other

I leave

silver kitten nodded her head. The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old without letting

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

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became

and Hong became covered in fog such that they were no longer visible. Human! I am hiding in

"We're ready!”

Raon and Hong’s voices through the fog and started

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

are heading toward the center with me. Our goal is to get there before the enemies or our

“Understood.”

of Cale’s feet as he activated the Sound of

“We'll head there first.”

toward

locations through Raon,

planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about the

had informed Raon about it on their way here,

worry about it. Young

assassins

Shhhhhh-

could hear

well and only Ron, as well

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron

guess it is time to do some

for the

Ron started to smile.