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 report

There’s nothing anyway and all we can hear are the

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

Elf’s mouth and looked around. It was

forest and slowly

you seen

me? We’ve heard a lot

Elf stopped mid-sentence and opened his

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

quiet but firm voice in the

quiet voice as well. He realized what Bud

seen any wild

this became most anxious and wary when

even in a

wild predators would have their homes and live with

different cries that they believed belonged to the animals living on this

why they expected that they were

sank down. He

“We made a mistake.”

they had made

haven't seen any

“Mercenary King-nim-”

and put his hand on the Elf’s

the

nonstop unlike his hand on

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

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

just complaining that

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

life forms

The Elf turned pale.

any life forms other

even any

They only heard them.

were focused on looking for the search team that they

them was important

share this information with

“Shh.”

the

Swooooooosh-

to frown. The wind by Bud’s side was not the

the wind of

was an ancient

was currently using his

power allowed him to tell a person's demeanor or ability by scent or

using that right

Boom. Boom. Boom.

feel his heart

wrong. Please let me

was currently full of information about the battles against

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

not

could smell people, no, the smell

not just one or two of

were a large number of

only one he could

ancient powers did

not see

that what Bud was seeing right now was

“…Hehe.”

was more than

grip on

then started to

“Inform all search members.”

and continued

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sword came

aura shot out at the

for enemies we cannot see

to Bud urgently gave an order to

eyes looking at

could

at least a couple hundred of

the entire mountain filled Bud’s

type of smell were

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

the hidden enemies moved

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

made of glass. He then saw an assassin in Arm’s uniform charging toward

“Die!”

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

Tang, tang!

away after hitting Bud’s aura as Bud

bastards who chose to

was familiar with the dagger attacking method used against

Glenn Poeff.

member of the Poeff household that used to be one of the Eastern continent’s greatest underworld households. He had seen Glenn practicing his family's dagger techniques in the

same thing in front of him right

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion was

could now

“Ha!”

see hundreds of assassins wearing black outfits

some assassins had gathered under the revived Molan household, there were

new subordinates during the past

people had been hiding in the illusion and waiting for

“…You bastards-”

were

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