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

anyway and all we can hear

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

and looked around. It was almost

looked around the dark forest and slowly

you seen

a lot of

stopped mid-sentence and opened his eyes

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

whispered in a quiet but firm

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

haven't actually seen any wild

anxious and wary when they didn’t

even in a snow-covered mountain

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

Bud, and the Elementals had heard many different cries

they expected that they were somewhere on the

sank down. He mumbled very

“We made a mistake.”

they had

haven't seen any

“Mercenary King-nim-”

turned around and put his hand on the Elf’s

the west

scanning the nonstop unlike his

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

raise his voice. The Elf was looking at Bud with a gaze that was

was just complaining that the search speed

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

any living life forms on

The Elf turned pale.

any life forms other

even

They only heard them.

were focused on looking for the search team that they were

seeing them was

will immediately share

“Shh.”

the

Swooooooosh-

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

wind of an Elemental nor a

was an ancient

currently using

allowed him to tell

was using

Boom. Boom. Boom.

his

be wrong. Please let

about the battles against the White Star until

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

not

he could smell people, no,

just one

a large number

he could see was

ancient powers

could not

Bud was seeing

“…Hehe.”

more

his grip on the

then started to

“Inform all search members.”

forward and continued

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sword came out

shot out at the same

we cannot see that

Bud urgently gave an order to

looking at Bud opened wide or

could not

a couple hundred

covering the entire mountain

who had this type of

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

hidden enemies moved at

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

saw his surroundings breaking as if they were made of glass. He then saw an

“Die!”

assassin flung his dagger at Bud. Bud swung his

Tang, tang!

away after hitting Bud’s

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 had seen Glenn practicing his family's dagger

same thing in front of him

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion

could now see the

“Ha!”

hundreds of assassins wearing black outfits

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

the past fifteen years

been hiding in the illusion and

“…You bastards-”

eyes were

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