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.

to the thirty-first report with a tired

There’s nothing anyway and all we

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

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

around the dark forest

you seen

me? We’ve heard a lot of

Elf stopped mid-sentence and opened his

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

but firm voice in

as well. He

haven't actually seen any

anxious and

forests even in a snow-covered

small herbivores to wild predators would have their homes

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

expected that they were

sank down. He mumbled very

“We made a mistake.”

had made

haven't seen any

“Mercenary King-nim-”

around and put his

the west

scanning the nonstop unlike his hand on the Elf’s

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

was

he the one who was just complaining that the search

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

any living life forms on this mountain. Well, other than

The Elf turned pale.

any life forms

weren’t even any

They only heard them.

for the search team

seeing them was

will immediately share this

“Shh.”

quieted the

Swooooooosh-

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

was neither the wind of an Elemental

was an ancient

using his

him to tell

was using that

Boom. Boom. Boom.

feel his heart beating

be wrong. Please let me be

currently full of information about

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

not

he could smell people, no, the smell of

were not just one

large

he could see was

powers

not see

that what Bud was seeing

“…Hehe.”

was more than

released his grip on the Elf’s

started

“Inform all search members.”

looked forward and continued

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

came out of his

shot out

for enemies we cannot see that

to Bud urgently gave an

pairs of eyes looking at Bud opened

they could not

at least a couple hundred of

scents covering the entire mountain filled Bud’s

who had this type of smell

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

enemies

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

were made of glass. He

“Die!”

Bud. Bud swung his sword and glared at the person wearing

Tang, tang!

Bud’s aura

the bastards who chose to become

the dagger attacking method

Glenn Poeff.

that used to be one of the

same thing in front of him

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion was

could now

“Ha!”

could see hundreds of assassins wearing black outfits

had gathered under the revived Molan household, there were some who chose to serve the White Star

subordinates during the past fifteen years

people had been hiding in the illusion and

“…You bastards-”

eyes were

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