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

anyway and all

‘…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 the tall

forest and slowly started to

seen any wild

We’ve heard a lot of

mid-sentence and opened his eyes

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

in a quiet but firm voice in the

well. He realized what Bud was trying to

seen any wild

anxious and wary when they

were bound to be forests even in

wild predators would have their homes and live with their own

and the Elementals had heard many different cries that

they expected that they were somewhere on the

sank down. He

“We made a mistake.”

they had

seen

“Mercenary King-nim-”

his

Contact the

scanning the nonstop unlike his hand

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

his voice. The Elf was

one who was just complaining that

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

forms on this mountain. Well, other

The Elf turned pale.

haven't seen any life forms

even any

They only heard them.

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

was

share this information with

“Shh.”

the

Swooooooosh-

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

neither the wind of an Elemental nor a natural

an

was currently using his ancient

allowed him to tell a person's demeanor or

was using that

Boom. Boom. Boom.

could feel his

wrong. Please let

currently full of information about the battles

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

could not see

no,

just one or two

large number of

the only one he could see was

ancient powers did not

could not

was seeing right now

“…Hehe.”

was more than one

his grip on the Elf’s

then started

“Inform all search members.”

forward and continued

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sword came out of

out at the

enemies we cannot see

to Bud urgently gave an order

of eyes looking at Bud opened wide

could not

are at least a couple

the entire

who had this type

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

hidden enemies moved

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

made of glass. He

“Die!”

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

Tang, tang!

after hitting Bud’s

chose to become the White Star’s

with the dagger attacking method used against

Glenn Poeff.

household that used to be one of the

the same thing in front of

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion

could now see the

“Ha!”

assassins wearing black outfits in the

had gathered under the revived Molan household, there were

subordinates during the past fifteen years as Arm grew

in the illusion and

“…You bastards-”

eyes were full of

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