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.

was why Cale gave an order that was different

to get

on the faces of the assassins of the Molan household

may lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape or focus

and second goals were focused on saving as many of their

walked over toward Cale without making any noise

direction do we need

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

whip in his hand was continuing to shake

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

Elementals are screaming

No, that’s

more frantic than

one we left here at all! I think it’s in a dangerous situation

bad!

the Elementals were

as well. He was

getting injured as the Wind Elementals told him that

down on his

Elves. He could not forget about the responsibilities that came

destruction! The screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the center

‘This is it!’

eyes started

slowly heading toward the

‘I found it.’

had found the information

the screams were slowly heading toward the center of the

meaning behind those words appeared in

Elementals should be with

be with the

meant that their allies were slowly

were moving in that direction while

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

were not gathering

that numerous enemies were

only one

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

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

was definitely

around Cale

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

assassins’ gazes turned

sunk the

King Bud. The

them as he had his

Battue.

on as soon as

noticed that was the case, however, he

and the enemies are gathering

we head over to save the allies

he was unable to be

to charge forward to save their allies at

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

Han quietly called out to

even though this was

using

why he would make

the enemies were using battue…

Cale started to speak.

strike the enemies that are gathering our allies to a

Ron's eyes clouded over.

allies were gathering to

enemies that were herding them over were gathering toward

Cale looked down.

could see On and

was probably nearby while remaining invisible

plan on letting any more allies

are gathering our allies to a

we will not show

fog, and poison to stealthily strike the enemies from

averaging

Tata tap.

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

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

There were things other than illusions that

I leave it to

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

help, but he was still going to make them act from

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

On became thicker and

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

"We're ready!”

voices through the fog

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

are heading toward the center with me. Our goal is

“Understood.”

Cale’s feet as he

“We'll head there first.”

toward the forest with

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

Elemental to inform Raon about the

on their way here, so there shouldn't be

about it. Young

around only to see the assassins disappear

Shhhhhh-

could hear were leaves

Ron, as well

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron as he benignly informed

guess it is time

fighting style for the

Ron started to smile.