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

goal… Is to get rid

the faces of the assassins of the Molan

lead to injuries… Then we will immediately escape or

goals were focused on saving as many of their allies

walked over toward Cale without

do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

hand was continuing to shake unlike

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

Elementals are

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

Elementals sounded more

left here at all! I think

is bad! Chaos,

Elementals were frantic,

was beating wildly as well. He was in a hurry as

Elves getting injured as the Wind Elementals told him that they heard

bit down

currently the commander of the Elves. He could

screaming seems to be slowly heading toward the center of

‘This is it!’

eyes started to

heading toward the center of the

‘I found it.’

the information

the screams were slowly heading

behind those words

Elementals should be with the

be with the Elves as

slowly moving toward the center of the

direction while

they are not moving there out of their own free will.

were not gathering together by

meant that numerous enemies were herding their

one explanation for

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

to one location. They were doing that

was definitely not good

around Cale turned

group's fighting spirit had gone up and heated the air around them earlier… The air

gazes turned

gaze sunk the

King Bud. The Poeff household's Glenn

concerned about them as he had his

Battue.

going on as

case, however,

are gathering toward the

head over to save

unable to be patient

all looked ready to charge forward to save their allies at

Cale shook

“…Cale-nim.”

called out

though this was an urgent situation. His smile looked

were using battue

was why he would make them realize

the enemies were using battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

our allies to

Ron's eyes clouded over.

how their allies

enemies that were herding them over were gathering

Cale looked down.

could see

while

letting any more allies

will strike the enemies that are gathering our allies to

we will

and poison to stealthily strike the enemies

averaging

Tata tap.

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

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

other than illusions that could trick

leave it

The calm On would

still going to make them act

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

On became

were no longer visible. Human! I

"We're ready!”

Raon and Hong’s voices through the fog

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Han stood

Our goal is to get there before

“Understood.”

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

“We'll head there first.”

to head toward

through Raon, so use that

was planning on sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about

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

worry about it.

to see the assassins disappear into

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were leaves

well and only Ron,

Shaaaaaaa-

then covered Ron as

is time to do some shadow

style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.