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

goal… Is to get

of the assassins of

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

focused on saving as many of their

without

master-nim, which direction do we

Squeeze.

Cale tightened his grip.

Ooooooong-

top's whip in his hand

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

anger! Elementals are screaming all over the

mountain! No, that’s

more frantic

we left here at all! I

is bad!

the Elementals were frantic, Cale

was beating wildly as well. He was in a

the Elves getting injured as the Wind Elementals told him that

down

the commander of the Elves. He could not

seems to be slowly heading toward the center of the

‘This is it!’

started

screams are slowly heading toward the center of the

‘I found it.’

had found the information he

were slowly heading toward the center of the

behind those words appeared

be

should be with the Elves as

that their allies were slowly moving

in that direction while the Elementals are

that they are not moving there out of their own free will. Someone else is making

not gathering together

meant that numerous enemies were herding their

only one explanation

Cale started to speak.

“…Battue.”

to one location. They were doing

other goal was definitely not

air around Cale turned

around them earlier… The air was now getting colder

assassins’ gazes turned

gaze sunk the

Bud. The Poeff household's

them as he had his base on the

Battue.

what was going on as soon as they

that was the case,

and the enemies are gathering toward the center of the

to save

unable to be

all looked ready to charge forward to save their

shook his

“…Cale-nim.”

quietly called out

a smile on his face even though this was

using

he would make

enemies were using battue… ‘I'll

Cale started to speak.

are gathering our allies to a single spot from

Ron's eyes clouded over.

like how their allies

them over were gathering toward one spot

Cale looked down.

could see On

while remaining invisible

did not plan on letting any more

strike the enemies that are gathering our allies to a

will not

magic, fog, and poison to stealthily strike the

children averaging nine-years-old all

Tata tap.

tree before

“Meeeeeeeeeeow!”

“Meeow-”

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

things other

leave it to

The calm On would lead the children averaging nine-years-old without letting them get

children’s help, but he was still going to make

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

surrounding On became thicker and started to

were no longer visible. Human! I am hiding in the fog as

"We're ready!”

Raon and Hong’s voices through the

“Choi Han.”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

stood next

me. Our goal is to

“Understood.”

the tips of Cale’s feet

“We'll head there first.”

started to head toward the forest with Choi

enemies’ locations through

sending a Wind Elemental to inform Raon about

Raon about it on their

about it. Young

around only to see the assassins disappear into the shadow

Shhhhhh-

he could hear were

as well and only Ron, as

Shaaaaaaa-

fog then covered Ron as he benignly

it is time to do some

was the fighting style for the assassins

Ron started to smile.