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.

the 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!”

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

looked around the dark forest

seen

heard a lot

mid-sentence and opened his

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

quiet but

in a quiet voice as well. He

haven't actually seen any wild

this became most anxious and wary when

were bound to be forests even in a snow-covered mountain full of life

predators would have their homes and

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

they expected that they were somewhere

sank down. He

“We made a mistake.”

they had

seen

“Mercenary King-nim-”

turned around and put his hand on the

Contact the west team

unlike

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

to raise his voice. The Elf was looking at

that the search

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

life forms on this

The Elf turned pale.

seen any life forms other

weren’t even

They only heard them.

on looking for the search team that they were relieved just to

them was

will immediately share this information with

“Shh.”

the Elf

Swooooooosh-

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

neither the wind of an Elemental nor a natural

was an

was currently using

to tell a person's demeanor or

was using that

Boom. Boom. Boom.

his

Please let

mind was currently full of information about the battles against the White Star

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

could not see

smell people, no, the

just one or two of

large number of

only one he could see was the

ancient powers

not

Bud was seeing

“…Hehe.”

was more

his grip on

started to

“Inform all search members.”

and continued to

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sharp sword came

out at the same

for enemies we cannot

urgently gave an order to

pairs of eyes looking at Bud

could not

least a couple hundred of

entire mountain

this type of

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

hidden enemies moved at

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

they were made of glass. He

“Die!”

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

Tang, tang!

away after hitting Bud’s aura as Bud raised

chose to

the dagger attacking method used against

Glenn Poeff.

be one of the Eastern continent’s greatest underworld households. He had seen Glenn practicing his family's dagger techniques in

was seeing the same thing in

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion was

could now see the

“Ha!”

could see hundreds of assassins wearing black

revived Molan household, there were some

groomed new subordinates during the past fifteen years as

had been hiding in the illusion and

“…You bastards-”

were

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