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 tired

There’s nothing anyway and all we can hear

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

the Elf’s mouth and looked around. It was almost afternoon but

around the dark forest

seen

We’ve heard a lot

stopped mid-sentence and opened

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

but firm

a quiet voice as well. He

seen

anxious and wary

forests even in a snow-covered mountain full

to wild predators would have their

Bud, and the Elementals had heard many different cries that they believed belonged to the

why they expected that they were somewhere on the

sank down.

“We made a mistake.”

they had

haven't seen

“Mercenary King-nim-”

and put his

Contact the

eyes were scanning the nonstop unlike his hand on the Elf’s

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

Elf was looking at

the one who was just complaining that the search speed was too

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

life forms on this mountain. Well, other

The Elf turned pale.

any life

weren’t even any

They only heard them.

on looking for the search team that

was important

share

“Shh.”

the

Swooooooosh-

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

was neither the wind of an Elemental nor a natural

an ancient

was currently using his

him to tell a person's demeanor or

using that right

Boom. Boom. Boom.

could feel his heart beating

Please let me be

full of information about the battles

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

not

no, the

just one or two of

a large number

the only one he could see

ancient powers did

not

meant that what Bud was seeing right now

“…Hehe.”

was more than one

released his grip on the Elf’s

then started to

“Inform all search members.”

and

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sword came out of his

out

cannot see that may

next to Bud urgently gave an order to his Wind

looking at Bud opened wide

could not

a couple hundred of

the entire mountain filled

this type of

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

the hidden enemies moved at

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

if they were made of glass. He then saw

“Die!”

his sword and glared at the person wearing

Tang, tang!

flew away after hitting Bud’s aura as Bud raised

the bastards who chose to become the White Star’s

the dagger attacking method

Glenn Poeff.

used to be one of the Eastern continent’s greatest underworld households. He

thing in front of him right

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

the illusion

now

“Ha!”

could see hundreds of assassins wearing black outfits in

household, there were some who

people had groomed new subordinates during the past fifteen years

hiding in the illusion and waiting

“…You bastards-”

were full of

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