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 report

anyway and all we can hear are

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

looked around. It was almost afternoon but

forest

seen any

a lot of wild

Elf stopped mid-sentence and opened his

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

but firm voice in the Elf’s

well. He realized what Bud was

actually seen any wild

most anxious and wary when they didn’t

be forests even in a snow-covered

ranging from small herbivores to wild predators would have their

Elementals had heard many different cries that they believed belonged to the animals living on this

they expected that they were

down. He mumbled very

“We made a mistake.”

had made

haven't seen

“Mercenary King-nim-”

around and put his hand on

Contact the west team

the nonstop unlike his hand on

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

to raise his voice. The Elf was looking at Bud with a gaze that was asking what he

was just complaining that

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

life forms on this mountain.

The Elf turned pale.

any life forms other than

weren’t even

They only heard them.

the search team that they were relieved

seeing them was important

share this information

“Shh.”

the

Swooooooosh-

moment. He subconsciously started to frown. The wind by

was neither the wind of an Elemental

was an ancient

was currently using

him to tell

was using that right

Boom. Boom. Boom.

could feel his heart

be wrong. Please let me

currently full of information about the battles against the White Star

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

could not see

could smell people, no,

not just one or two

were a large

the only one he could

ancient powers

not see

was seeing right now was

“…Hehe.”

was more than

his grip

started

“Inform all search members.”

and continued to

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

came out of his

aura shot out at the same

cannot see that may attack

next to Bud urgently gave an order to his Wind

eyes looking at

could not

at least a couple hundred of

entire mountain

type of smell

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

enemies moved at that

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

his surroundings breaking as if they were made of glass. He then saw an assassin in

“Die!”

Bud swung his sword and glared at the person

Tang, tang!

flew away after hitting Bud’s aura as Bud

the bastards who chose to become the White Star’s

the dagger attacking method

Glenn Poeff.

Poeff household that used to be one of the Eastern

the same thing in front

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion

could now

“Ha!”

could see hundreds of assassins

household, there were some who

the past fifteen years as

in the

“…You bastards-”

were full of

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