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.

responded to the thirty-first

sir. There’s nothing anyway and all we can hear

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

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

looked around the dark forest and

you seen any wild

me? We’ve heard a lot

Elf stopped mid-sentence and opened

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

a quiet but firm voice in

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

seen any wild

people searching like this became most anxious and wary when they didn’t

to be forests even in a snow-covered mountain full

have their homes and live with their own sets

Elementals had heard many different cries that they believed belonged

that they were somewhere on the

down.

“We made a mistake.”

had made

haven't seen

“Mercenary King-nim-”

and put his hand on the

the

scanning the nonstop unlike his hand on

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

Elf who was about to raise his voice. The Elf was looking at Bud with a gaze that was asking what

one who was just complaining that the search speed

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

life forms on this mountain.

The Elf turned pale.

life

weren’t even any

They only heard them.

for the search team

seeing them was

immediately share this information with

“Shh.”

the Elf

Swooooooosh-

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

the wind of an Elemental

was an

currently using

attribute ancient power allowed him to tell a person's

using that right

Boom. Boom. Boom.

feel his

wrong. Please let

was currently full of information about the battles against the

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

could not see

he could smell people, no, the smell of

were not just one or two of

a large

the only one he could see was the

ancient powers did

not

what Bud was seeing right now was

“…Hehe.”

was more

his grip on the

started to

“Inform all search members.”

and

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sharp sword came

aura shot out

we cannot see that may attack

next to Bud urgently gave an order

pairs of eyes looking at

they could

a couple hundred

entire mountain filled

type of smell were

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

hidden enemies

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

of glass. He then saw

“Die!”

his dagger at Bud. Bud swung his sword and glared at the

Tang, tang!

hitting Bud’s aura as Bud

who chose

dagger attacking method used against

Glenn Poeff.

of the

was seeing the same thing in front

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion

now see the

“Ha!”

of assassins wearing black

how some assassins had gathered under the revived Molan household, there were some who chose

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

hiding in the illusion and

“…You bastards-”

were full of

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