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

sir. There’s nothing anyway and all we can hear are

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

the Elf’s mouth and looked around. It was almost afternoon but the ground

the dark forest and slowly

you seen any wild

a lot of wild

and

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

quiet but firm voice in the Elf’s

quiet voice as well. He

seen

anxious and wary when

in a snow-covered

to wild predators would have their homes and live with their own sets of

cries that they believed belonged to the animals living on this

they expected that they were somewhere on the

sank down. He

“We made a mistake.”

they had

seen

“Mercenary King-nim-”

turned around and put his hand on the Elf’s

Contact the west

nonstop unlike his hand on

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

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

was just complaining that

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

living life forms on this mountain. Well,

The Elf turned pale.

seen any life

even any

They only heard them.

on looking for the search team

them was important

will immediately share this information with

“Shh.”

quieted the Elf

Swooooooosh-

to frown. The wind by Bud’s

the wind of an Elemental

was an ancient

using

power allowed him to tell a person's

was using that right

Boom. Boom. Boom.

feel his

be wrong. Please let me be

about the battles against the White

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

not

he could smell people, no, the

one

were a large

he could

ancient powers did

could not see

meant that what Bud was seeing right

“…Hehe.”

was more than one

his grip on

started to

“Inform all search members.”

looked forward and continued

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sword came

aura shot out at the

we cannot see

next to Bud urgently gave

of eyes looking at Bud opened

could

are at least a couple

the entire mountain filled

who had this type of smell were

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

hidden enemies moved

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

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

“Die!”

swung his sword and glared

Tang, tang!

hitting Bud’s aura as Bud

who chose to become the

was familiar with the dagger attacking method used

Glenn Poeff.

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

was seeing the same thing in front of

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion was

now see

“Ha!”

assassins

household, there were

subordinates during the past fifteen years as Arm grew

people had been hiding in the illusion and waiting

“…You bastards-”

were full of

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