The northern part of the Eastern continent.

There was a mountain range here that blocked the cold air that came down all year long from the tip of the northern region that was covered in ice.

“…F*ck.”

The Mercenary King who was climbing the tallest mountain in that mountain range could not help but swear.

The White Star’s second secret base would appear once they climbed over this mountain.

So, why were they walking so slowly?

Bud Illis was slowly climbing the mountain at a speed that he thought was too slow.

An Elf walked up next to him and started to speak.

“Please be patient.”

“…I need to be patient, but it is frustrating.”

It was at that moment.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

A light breeze brushed past him.

Both Bud and the Elf next to him stopped moving.

The breeze stopped next to the Elf.

“The thirty-first message.”

Swooooooosh-

The Wind Elemental delivered a message to its contracted Elf. The Elf then immediately relayed the message to Bud.

“Squad leader Sorros in the west. No abnormalities discovered. No life forms discovered.”

The Elf raised his hand.

Rustle. Rustle.

Leaves fluttered in the air. Bud observed what was going on.

There were still a lot of trees around them as they had not reached the snowy portions.

Numerous pairs of eyes started to appear and look at Bud.

Blink.

As all pairs of eyes blinked once…

The Elf next to Bud started to speak.

"Everything seems normal.”

There were Elves surrounding the mountain from East to West as they climbed the mountain together.

They were looking for traces of the 1,001 Ranger Brigade and the enemies.

“Haaaaa.”

Bud subconsciously let out a sigh.

‘It’s too slow.’

He was wrong.

It was not slow at all.

They had already reached the middle of the mountain that the Ranger Brigade had climbed.

They would soon arrive at the spot that they believed the Ranger Brigade was located before they lost contact.

However, their movements just felt as slow as a turtle to Bud.

Pound. Pound.

He pounded his chest in frustration.

It might take months if he tried to investigate with just the people from the Mercenaries Guild.

Of course, it would not take very long if they charged straight into Arm's second secret base.

However, 1,001 people had instantly disappeared without a trace.

He needed to figure out what happened.

He couldn't save them otherwise.

However, he had a bad feeling that the chances of the Ranger Brigade members being alive decreased the longer they took.

He was starting to get anxious.

‘…Glenn will soon come to the north.’

Highest-grade mage Glenn Poeff was Bud’s close friend and one of the core members of the Mercenaries Guild.

He would soon come with the core members of the Mercenaries Guild. They would wait for the Mercenary King's orders to save their peers and get revenge.

Some people might find it weird that mercenaries were taking action for their peers, but they believed in friendship as well.

This was especially true for the guild’s core members who knew the importance of the Ranger Brigade for the Mercenaries Guild's future.

That was why they could not just do nothing.

But the Mercenary King needed to give them some information first.

However, for some odd reason…

‘There’s nothing.’

There was nothing there.

They had climbed up to the middle of the mountain, but there were no traces at all.

How was this possible?

“Mercenary King-nim. I will let the eastern search team know that everything is fine here.”

Bud started to speak after hearing the Elf’s statement. They needed to send their status to the east as well.

thirty-first

nothing anyway and all we can hear

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

looked around. It was almost afternoon but the ground was dark because of

around the dark forest and slowly

you seen

heard a lot

mid-sentence and opened

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

whispered in a quiet but firm voice

Elf responded in a quiet voice as well. He realized

seen

this became most anxious and wary when they didn’t hear

forests even in a snow-covered mountain

have their homes and live with

and the Elementals had heard many different cries that they believed belonged

that they were somewhere on

sank down. He

“We made a mistake.”

had made a

haven't seen any

“Mercenary King-nim-”

his hand

the west

were scanning the nonstop unlike his

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

to raise his voice. The Elf was looking

was just complaining that the

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

forms on this mountain.

The Elf turned pale.

any life

weren’t even any

They only heard them.

team that they were relieved just to

them was

will immediately share

“Shh.”

the

Swooooooosh-

that moment. He subconsciously started to frown. The wind by Bud’s

was neither the wind of an Elemental nor a

an ancient

using his ancient

him to tell

was using

Boom. Boom. Boom.

his heart beating

wrong. Please

of information about the

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

could not

could smell people, no,

were not just one or two of

a large

only one he

powers did

not

what Bud was seeing right

“…Hehe.”

more

released his grip on the Elf’s

started

“Inform all search members.”

and

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sword came out

out

for enemies we cannot see that may

Bud urgently gave an order to his Wind

of eyes looking at Bud opened wide

could not

at least a couple

scents covering the entire

had this type of

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

enemies

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

made of glass.

“Die!”

his sword and glared

Tang, tang!

Bud’s aura as Bud raised his

the bastards who chose

was familiar with the dagger attacking method used

Glenn Poeff.

member of the Poeff household that used to be one of the

seeing the same thing in

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion was

now see

“Ha!”

hundreds of assassins wearing black outfits in the

some assassins had gathered under the revived Molan household, there were some who chose to serve the

during the

been hiding in the illusion and

“…You bastards-”

eyes were full of

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