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

sir. There’s nothing anyway and all

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

It was almost afternoon but the ground

forest and

you seen

heard a lot of wild

mid-sentence and opened his eyes

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

but

a quiet voice as well. He realized what Bud was

seen any

anxious and wary

in a snow-covered mountain

ranging from small herbivores to wild predators would have their homes and live with their own sets of

and the Elementals had heard many different cries

was why they expected that they were somewhere on the

down. He mumbled very

“We made a mistake.”

had made

seen any

“Mercenary King-nim-”

around and put his hand

Contact the west

scanning the nonstop unlike his

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

his voice. The Elf was looking at Bud

the one who was just complaining that the search speed

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

seen any living life forms on

The Elf turned pale.

seen any life forms other than

weren’t even

They only heard them.

for the search team that they were relieved just to hear the

seeing them was important as

immediately share

“Shh.”

the

Swooooooosh-

that moment. He subconsciously started to frown. The wind by Bud’s side was not the type of wind the Elf

neither the wind of an Elemental

an ancient

was currently using his ancient

tell a person's demeanor or ability by

was using

Boom. Boom. Boom.

his

Please let

information about the battles against the White Star until

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

could not see

no, the

one or two

large

the only one he

ancient powers

not see

was seeing right

“…Hehe.”

more than one

released his grip on the

then started

“Inform all search members.”

and

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

came out of

out

cannot see that may

to Bud urgently gave an order to his Wind

looking at Bud

they could

a couple hundred of

covering the entire mountain filled

who had this type of

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

of the hidden enemies moved at that

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

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

“Die!”

swung his sword

Tang, tang!

hitting Bud’s aura as Bud raised his

chose to become the White Star’s

with the dagger attacking method used

Glenn Poeff.

the

seeing the same thing in front of him right

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

the illusion

now see the

“Ha!”

see hundreds of assassins wearing black outfits in the

had gathered under the revived Molan household,

had groomed new subordinates during the past fifteen years as Arm

had been hiding in the illusion and waiting for

“…You bastards-”

eyes were

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