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 a

all we can hear

‘…Huh?’

Bud's eyes opened wide.

“…Mercenary King-nim?”

“Hold on!”

around. It

the dark forest and

seen any

heard a lot of

mid-sentence and

“Quietly! Please speak quietly!”

quiet but firm

as well. He realized what Bud was trying

haven't actually seen any wild

like this became most anxious and wary when

forests even in a

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

cries that they believed belonged to the animals

that they were somewhere on the

down. He mumbled very

“We made a mistake.”

they had made a

seen

“Mercenary King-nim-”

and put his hand on the

Contact the west

were scanning the nonstop unlike his hand

"We are retreating.”

“Excuse me?”

“Quiet.”

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

that the search speed was too slow

“Mercenary King-nim, retreating-”

“Now!”

Bud’s gaze sparkled.

any living life forms

The Elf turned pale.

any life forms other

weren’t even any

They only heard them.

on looking for the search team

them was important

I will immediately share this

“Shh.”

the Elf

Swooooooosh-

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

of

was an ancient

was currently using

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

was using that

Boom. Boom. Boom.

feel his

wrong. Please let

full of information about the battles against the

“Ah……”

Bud sighed.

“…I can smell it.”

could not

no,

one

were a large

one he could

ancient powers did

not see

what Bud was seeing right now

“…Hehe.”

was more

grip on the Elf’s

started to

“Inform all search members.”

looked forward and continued

"We are retreating immediately.”

Clang.

sharp sword came

out at

cannot see

next to Bud urgently gave an order to his

looking

they could

at least a

covering the entire mountain

type of smell were

“They should be assassins.”

Rustle.

the hidden enemies moved at that

Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-

glass. He

“Die!”

Bud. Bud swung his sword and

Tang, tang!

away after hitting Bud’s aura as

be the bastards who chose to become

the dagger

Glenn Poeff.

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

was seeing the same thing

Shhhhhhh-

His surroundings were crumbling.

illusion

could now see the

“Ha!”

hundreds of assassins wearing black

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

had groomed new subordinates during the past fifteen years as Arm grew

had been hiding in the illusion and waiting

“…You bastards-”

were

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