Those people had been hiding in the illusion and waiting for them.

��You bastards-�

Bud�s eyes were full of rage.

The forest was red.
The scent of blood was gone, but many parts of the forest were red.
Whose blood would that be?
He thought about his subordinates. He held back the flame of anger inside him and started to shout.

�I said to retreat!�

The Elves finally started to retreat in shock.

Why?

�Just how many people did they station here?!�

There were hundreds of assassins in front of him and that number was continuing to increase.
This probably meant that there were a significant number of assassins throughout the mountain.
The Elves started to frown as they tried to retreat.

�Shit!�

They saw assassins in the rear as well.
They were all Arm members.

�Ha!�

Bud scoffed in disbelief.
He realized where they had gotten such a large number of people.

��I guess they called over every single bastard in the Eastern continent�s branches.�

The Molan household had destroyed one of Arm�s secret bases and taken it back, but Arm still had numerous branches, albeit less than the Mercenaries Guild, throughout the Eastern continent.
This number made sense if he added the number of people at all those branches together.

�Mercenary King-nim! It�ll be difficult to retreat like this!�

He heard the Elf�s anxious voice. It could not be helped. Although there were hundreds of Elves throughout the mountain, there were at least a few thousand of enemies here as well.
It was also possible that their every movement had been seen by the enemies as well.

Huuuuu.

Bud took a deep breath.
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