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 with a

There’s nothing anyway and all we can hear are

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

and looked around. It was almost afternoon but the ground was

forest and

seen

We’ve heard a lot of wild

Elf stopped mid-sentence and opened his eyes

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

a quiet but firm voice in the

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

haven't actually seen

most anxious and wary when

even in

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

the Elementals had heard many different cries that they believed belonged to

was why they expected that

down. He mumbled very

“We made a mistake.”

they had made

haven't seen

“Mercenary King-nim-”

around and put his

the west

eyes were scanning the nonstop unlike his hand on the

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

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

he the one who was just complaining that the

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

forms on this mountain. Well, other

The Elf turned pale.

seen any life forms other

even

They only heard them.

the search team that they were relieved just to hear the

was

share this information with

“Shh.”

quieted the

Swooooooosh-

to

the wind of an Elemental nor a

was an

currently using his

him to tell a person's demeanor or

was using that right

Boom. Boom. Boom.

could feel his

Please let me

was currently full of information about the battles

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

could not

could smell people, no, the

were not just one

a large number

the only one he could see was

ancient powers did not

not

what Bud was

“…Hehe.”

was more

grip on

started

“Inform all search members.”

forward and continued

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sword came out

shot out at

prepare for enemies we cannot see that may attack

next to Bud urgently gave an order to

looking at Bud opened

could not

a couple hundred

entire

who had this type of smell

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

of the hidden enemies

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

of glass. He then saw an assassin in

“Die!”

his sword

Tang, tang!

after hitting Bud’s aura as

who chose

the dagger attacking method

Glenn Poeff.

that used to be one of the Eastern continent’s

thing in front of him right

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

the illusion

could now

“Ha!”

hundreds of assassins

under the revived Molan household, there were some

groomed new subordinates during the past fifteen years

in

“…You bastards-”

were full

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