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 with a

There’s nothing anyway and all we can hear

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

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

the dark forest

seen any wild

heard a

Elf stopped mid-sentence and opened

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

in a quiet but

quiet voice as well. He realized what Bud was

seen any

like this became most anxious and wary

in a

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 that they believed belonged to the animals living on this

that

sank down. He mumbled

“We made a mistake.”

had made a

seen any

“Mercenary King-nim-”

and put his

Contact the west

the nonstop unlike

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

to raise his voice. The Elf was looking

complaining that

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

any living life forms on

The Elf turned pale.

any life forms

even any

They only heard them.

team that they were relieved

was important

share this information

“Shh.”

the

Swooooooosh-

a gust of wind surrounding Bud at that moment. He subconsciously started to frown.

of an Elemental nor a

an

was currently using his

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

using that right

Boom. Boom. Boom.

feel his

be wrong. Please let

information about the battles against the White Star

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

could not

people, no, the

were not just one or two of

were a large number

he

ancient powers did

could not

that what Bud was seeing right now was

“…Hehe.”

was more than one

his grip

then started to

“Inform all search members.”

forward and continued

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sharp sword came out of

aura shot out at the

cannot see that may

Bud urgently gave an order to his

of eyes looking at Bud opened

they could

are at least a

entire mountain filled

type of smell were

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

the hidden enemies

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

made of glass. He then saw an assassin in

“Die!”

his sword and glared at the person wearing the black

Tang, tang!

hitting Bud’s aura as Bud raised his

bastards who chose to

was familiar with the dagger attacking method

Glenn Poeff.

one of the Eastern continent’s greatest underworld households. He had

thing

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

the illusion

could now see the

“Ha!”

hundreds of assassins wearing black outfits in

household, there were some who chose

people had groomed new subordinates during the past fifteen years as Arm grew its

people had been hiding in the illusion and waiting for

“…You bastards-”

were full

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