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 order

to

gazes on the faces of the assassins of the

lead to injuries… Then we will immediately

the first and second goals were focused on saving as many of

over toward Cale without

do

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

hand was continuing to shake unlike

around with him. One was with the Elves in the mountains

chaos, destruction, anger! Elementals are

the mountain! No, that’s

more

left here at

bad! Chaos, destruction,

were

was beating wildly as well.

getting injured as the Wind Elementals told

down on

of the Elves. He could not

seems to be slowly heading toward

‘This is it!’

eyes started

heading toward

‘I found it.’

found the information he was

slowly heading toward the center

those words appeared

be with the

be with

that their allies were slowly moving toward

that direction

their own free will. Someone else is making them move

were not gathering

numerous enemies were

only one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

herding their allies to one location. They were doing that to either hunt

was

around

around them earlier… The air was now getting colder as

gazes turned

gaze sunk the

Bud. The

quite concerned about them as he had his base on the

Battue.

was going on

the case,

and the enemies are gathering toward the

we head over to save the allies right

was unable to be patient

charge forward

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out

even though this was an urgent situation. His smile

enemies were using

would make

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

Cale started to speak.

strike the enemies that are gathering our allies

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies were

enemies that were herding them over were gathering toward one spot as

Cale looked down.

could see On and

was probably nearby while remaining invisible as

plan on letting

strike the enemies that are gathering our allies to a

will

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

averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

ground and climbed up a tree before looking

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

were things other than illusions that

I leave

her head. The calm On would lead

going to make them act from the

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became thicker and

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

"We're ready!”

heard Raon and Hong’s voices through the fog and

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood next

are heading toward the center with me. Our goal is to get there

“Understood.”

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

“We'll head there first.”

toward

the enemies’ locations through Raon, so use that

on sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about the

on their way

not worry about it. Young

only to see the assassins disappear into the shadow of

Shhhhhh-

could hear were

Ron,

Shaaaaaaa-

Ron

time to

style for the assassins of

Ron started to smile.