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.

responded to the thirty-first report with

anyway and all we can hear

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

It was almost afternoon but the ground was dark because of the tall

looked around the dark forest and

seen any

heard a lot

Elf stopped mid-sentence and opened his

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

but firm

voice as well. He realized what Bud was trying

haven't actually seen any wild

became most anxious and

even in a snow-covered mountain full of

small herbivores to wild predators would have their homes

heard many different cries that they believed belonged

they expected that they were somewhere on

down.

“We made a mistake.”

they had made

seen

“Mercenary King-nim-”

around and put his hand

Contact the west

scanning the nonstop unlike his hand on

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

was

just complaining that the search speed was too

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

life forms

The Elf turned pale.

life forms other than

weren’t even

They only heard them.

the search team that they

seeing them was important as

share this information

“Shh.”

quieted the Elf

Swooooooosh-

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

of an Elemental nor a

an

was currently using his ancient

allowed him to tell a person's demeanor or ability by scent

using that

Boom. Boom. Boom.

his heart beating

be wrong. Please

currently full of information about the battles

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

not

no, the

just one or two

large

the only one he

powers did not

could not see

Bud was seeing right now

“…Hehe.”

was more than one

his grip on the

then started to

“Inform all search members.”

looked forward and continued to

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

came out

aura shot out

cannot see that

Elf next to Bud urgently gave an order to his

eyes looking at Bud opened

could not

at least a couple

the entire

type of smell

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

of the hidden enemies moved at

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

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

“Die!”

swung his sword and glared

Tang, tang!

after hitting Bud’s aura as Bud raised

chose to become the

was familiar with the dagger attacking

Glenn Poeff.

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

same thing in

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

the illusion was

now see the

“Ha!”

of assassins wearing black outfits in the

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

subordinates during the past fifteen years as Arm grew

been hiding in the illusion

“…You bastards-”

were full

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