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 tired

sir. There’s nothing anyway and all we

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

mouth and looked around. It was almost afternoon but the ground was dark because

the dark forest and slowly

seen any wild

We’ve heard a lot of wild

and opened his eyes

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

but firm voice in

well. He

seen

anxious and wary when

to be forests even in

predators would have their homes

many different cries

why they expected that they

sank down. He mumbled very

“We made a mistake.”

they had

seen any

“Mercenary King-nim-”

turned around and put his hand on the Elf’s

the

the nonstop unlike his hand on

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

was about to raise his voice. The Elf was looking

who was just complaining that the search speed was too slow

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

forms on this mountain. Well, other

The Elf turned pale.

any life forms other

weren’t even

They only heard them.

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

was important as

I will immediately share this

“Shh.”

quieted the Elf

Swooooooosh-

subconsciously started to frown. The wind by Bud’s side

was neither the wind of an

was an

was currently using his

to tell a person's demeanor or

using that right

Boom. Boom. Boom.

his heart beating

Please let me be

about the battles against the White Star until

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

not

could smell people, no, the smell of

one or

were a large number of

he could

powers did not

could not see

meant that what Bud was seeing right now was

“…Hehe.”

was more

grip on

started to

“Inform all search members.”

and continued to

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sword came out

aura shot out at

for enemies we cannot see that

urgently gave an order

eyes looking

they could not

a couple hundred of

scents covering the entire mountain filled

who had this type of smell were

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

of the hidden enemies moved at that

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

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

“Die!”

Bud. Bud swung his sword

Tang, tang!

after hitting Bud’s

must be the bastards who chose to become the White

familiar with the dagger

Glenn Poeff.

of the Poeff household that used to be one of the Eastern continent’s greatest underworld

was seeing the same thing in front of

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion was

now see

“Ha!”

hundreds of assassins wearing

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

subordinates during the past fifteen years as Arm grew

people had been hiding in

“…You bastards-”

were

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