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.

the thirty-first report

There’s nothing anyway and all we can hear are

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

cover the Elf’s mouth and looked around. It

dark forest and slowly started

seen any wild

We’ve heard a lot of

Elf stopped mid-sentence and opened his eyes

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

a quiet but firm voice

in a quiet voice as well. He

seen any

like this became most anxious and wary when

were bound to be forests even in

predators would have their homes and live with their own

cries

was why they expected that they

down. He mumbled very

“We made a mistake.”

they had made

haven't seen

“Mercenary King-nim-”

turned around and put his hand on

Contact the

nonstop unlike his hand on

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

the Elf who was about to raise his voice. The Elf was looking at Bud with

the one who was just complaining that the

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

any living life forms

The Elf turned pale.

life forms other than

weren’t even any

They only heard them.

on looking for the search team that they were

seeing them was

share

“Shh.”

quieted the

Swooooooosh-

surrounding Bud at that moment. He subconsciously started to frown. The wind

of

an ancient

using his

to tell a person's demeanor

using that right

Boom. Boom. Boom.

his

wrong. Please let me

of information about the battles against

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

not see

he could smell people, no, the smell of people's

just one

were a large number

the only one he could

ancient powers did

not

what Bud was

“…Hehe.”

more than

released his grip

then started to

“Inform all search members.”

looked forward and

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sword came out of his

out at

for enemies we cannot see that may

next to Bud urgently gave an order

pairs of eyes looking at Bud

they could not

least a couple

entire mountain

who had this type

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

hidden enemies moved

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

made of glass. He then saw an assassin in Arm’s uniform charging toward

“Die!”

assassin flung his dagger at Bud. Bud swung his

Tang, tang!

flew away after hitting Bud’s aura as

must be the bastards who chose to become

the dagger attacking method used

Glenn Poeff.

that used to be one of the Eastern continent’s greatest underworld households. He had seen Glenn practicing his family's dagger

the same thing in front of him

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion was

now see the

“Ha!”

of assassins wearing black outfits in

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

subordinates during the past fifteen

been hiding in the

“…You bastards-”

were full

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