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

all we

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

the Elf’s mouth and looked around. It

around the dark forest and slowly

seen

We’ve heard a lot

mid-sentence and opened

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

but firm voice

responded in a quiet voice as well. He realized what Bud was trying

actually seen any

became most anxious and

to be forests even in a snow-covered mountain

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

Elves, Bud, and the Elementals had heard many different cries that they believed belonged to the animals living on this

why they expected that they

down. He mumbled

“We made a mistake.”

had

haven't seen any

“Mercenary King-nim-”

around and put his

Contact the

were scanning the nonstop unlike his hand on

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

voice. The Elf was looking at

just complaining that the

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

forms on this mountain. Well, other than

The Elf turned pale.

any life forms other

even any

They only heard them.

the search team

seeing them was important

immediately share this

“Shh.”

the

Swooooooosh-

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

of

was an ancient

was currently using his ancient

ancient power allowed him to tell a person's demeanor

using that

Boom. Boom. Boom.

could feel his

Please

information about the battles against the

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

not

no, the smell

were not just one

a large

the only one he could see

powers did not

not see

that what Bud was seeing right now was

“…Hehe.”

was more than one

his grip on

started to

“Inform all search members.”

looked forward and

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sword came out of

shot out at the same

for enemies we cannot see that may attack

urgently gave an order

pairs of eyes looking

they could

a

covering the entire mountain filled

who had this type of smell were

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

hidden enemies moved

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

as if they were made of glass. He then saw an assassin

“Die!”

at Bud. Bud swung his sword

Tang, tang!

after hitting Bud’s aura

who chose to

the dagger attacking method

Glenn Poeff.

the Eastern continent’s greatest underworld households. He had seen Glenn practicing his family's dagger

was seeing the same thing in front

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

the illusion

could now

“Ha!”

could see hundreds of assassins wearing black outfits

household, there were some who chose to serve the

during the past fifteen years as Arm grew

been hiding in the illusion and waiting for

“…You bastards-”

eyes were

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