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.

responded to the thirty-first

nothing anyway and all we can hear are the

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

raised his hand to cover the Elf’s mouth and looked around. It was almost afternoon but the ground was dark because

dark forest and

seen any

We’ve heard a

stopped mid-sentence and opened his

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

but firm voice

a quiet voice as well. He realized what Bud was trying to

haven't actually seen

like this became most anxious and

even in a snow-covered mountain full of

herbivores to wild predators would have their homes and live with their own sets

Elementals had heard many different cries that

that they were somewhere

sank down. He

“We made a mistake.”

had

haven't seen any

“Mercenary King-nim-”

his hand on the

Contact the west

nonstop unlike his hand on the Elf’s

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

Elf who was about to raise his voice. The Elf was looking at Bud

one who was just complaining that

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

forms

The Elf turned pale.

seen any life forms

even

They only heard them.

on looking for the search team that they were

seeing them was important

will immediately share

“Shh.”

the Elf

Swooooooosh-

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

wind of

an ancient

was currently using his

attribute ancient power allowed him to tell a person's demeanor or ability

using that

Boom. Boom. Boom.

feel his

be wrong. Please let me be

full of information about the battles against the White Star

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

could not

smell people, no, the smell of

were not just one

large number of

the only one he

powers did not

not

meant that what Bud was

“…Hehe.”

was more

grip on the Elf’s

started

“Inform all search members.”

forward and

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sword came

out

prepare for enemies we cannot

urgently gave an order to

numerous pairs of eyes looking at Bud opened

they could

are at least a couple hundred of

scents covering the entire mountain filled

this type of smell were

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

the hidden enemies

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

made of glass.

“Die!”

assassin flung his dagger at Bud. Bud swung his sword and glared

Tang, tang!

daggers flew away after hitting Bud’s aura

the bastards who chose

familiar with the dagger

Glenn Poeff.

Poeff household that used to be one of the Eastern continent’s greatest underworld households. He had

was seeing the same thing in front of

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

the illusion

could now see the

“Ha!”

of assassins

gathered under the revived Molan household,

new subordinates during the past fifteen years as Arm

in the

“…You bastards-”

eyes were full of

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