I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, with the death of a level 10 Gango Tiger, Anno's level rose to 10!

Liz, wiping the sweat dripping onto her chest, excitedly skipped over to Anno, who was dissecting the brown tiger, and climbed onto his back, exclaiming happily, "Master, I'm level 10!"

"I see!"

Anno had already seen it when Liss was leveling up.

Liz requires less experience to level up than Anno.

Liz's level was previously one level lower than Anno's, but now they have both reached level 10 at the same time.

However, once Liz reaches level 10, her role becomes even more significant.

The brown tiger in front of them was controlled for two seconds by the level 9 Liz using [Charm], and then swarmed and killed by the summoned creatures next to it.

Once you reach level 10, when facing level 10 enemies, [Charm] can cause the target to be confused for a longer period of time.

"Alright, it's time to go back!"

After collecting the materials needed to summon the Brown Tiger and peeling off its most valuable tiger skin, Anno rode the Black Wind Wolf toward the church.

Half an hour ago, Anno had already collected 423 green-level souls.

However, Anno did not leave the valley in order to upgrade.

Now, it's time to go back and activate the magic circle.

Returning to the church, Anno scattered his summoned creatures around as a precaution.

At this point, Anno's summoned creatures, except for the goblin priest and the harpy, had all been replaced with magical beasts.

Eight different level 9 monsters!

With Liz added in, even if a level 10 monster appears, we can handle it.

"call!"

Standing in the center of the church, Anno let out a soft breath, and then sacrificed 500 green-level souls.

Souls radiating green light continuously poured out of Anno's body, only to be absorbed by the stone slab below.

"Buzz~!"

The activated hexagram array began to emit a faint light, and the dust on the ground was stirred up, spreading outwards in ripples.

Consciousness was once again pulled into the void.

The same light screen unfolded before Anno's eyes.

In a valley, a summoner with five summoned creatures is fighting against a horde of monsters.

"Huh? Logically, the summoner in the light screen should be level 6-10 this time, so why are there still only five summoned creatures!"

Upon realizing this, Anno's brows gradually furrowed.

The people inside the light screen are still fighting.

Anno saw the summoner use [Rage] and [War Song] on the summoned creature.

But there were just too many monsters around, and the summoned creatures couldn't kill them all.

Until a summoned creature died, Anno did not see the summoner summon a new one.

"What exactly is going on?"

Anno now possesses ten summoned creatures and one contracted creature.

Even if a creature dies, it can be summoned again as long as you have its soul, materials, and magic.

But the summoner in the light screen doesn't seem to look like that.

After losing another summoned creature, Anno clearly saw that the summoner was somewhat flustered.

But then, the summoner used a move that made Anno exclaim how awesome it was.

The summoner pointed at a monster, waved his staff, and shouted something.

Then suddenly a layer of pitch-black stuff appeared on the monster's body.

The monster's body rapidly emaciated, and after taking a few steps, it turned into a skeleton and died.

The dark substance had grown larger by then, and Anno could finally see that it was a cluster of brightly colored mushrooms.

Immediately afterwards, the summoner used another skill.

The mushrooms on the skeleton split into mycelium and then drifted away.

Any magical beast that gets infected with the mycelium will start to grow mushrooms!

Each time a mushroom takes shape, the summoner waves their wand, causing the mushroom to split again and infect more monsters.

Soon after, the surviving monsters left behind a pile of withered bones covered in mushrooms and fled.

The scene ended there, and the light screen transformed into a ball of green light, which entered Anno's head.

After receiving the inheritance, Anno discovered that he had gained two more skills—[Poisonous Fungus] and [Calamity].

The former can summon a large number of poisonous bacteria on the target.

Once the bacteria attach to the target, they feed on the body's flesh and blood, growing rapidly.

The grown-up fungus has infectious properties. At this time, you can use [Calamity] to make the fungus split into a large number of hyphae, which can fly to targets within a range of up to ten meters and grow again.

These two skills do not enhance the abilities of summoned creatures, but rather serve as the summoner's attack methods.

[Poisonous Fungus] consumes 100 mana points, while [Calamity] requires 300 mana points.

Anno, having reached level 10, now has a magic power cap of 1400 points.

After using [Poison] at full strength, you can still use [Calamity] four more times.

This thing is a devastating weapon in team battles.

"With this, the goblins of the Forbidden Forest are in for a rough time!"

After receiving the inheritance, Anno's consciousness withdrew from the void and then opened his eyes.

The six-pointed star array beneath her feet had stopped glowing, but the surrounding magic was being gathered around it, and Anno's magic was rapidly recovering.

Moreover, its recovery speed is much faster than that of the Forbidden Forest, restoring 10 points of magic power per second.

With 1400 magic power, it will only take a little over two minutes to fully recover.

In addition, Anno also received a message from the inheritance.

By sacrificing 10 green-level souls, you can be teleported to the white-level heritage church in the Forbidden Forest!

The six-pointed star array beneath our feet not only has the function of gathering demons, but can also be used for teleportation!

This surprised Anno greatly, and he even couldn't resist wanting to try the feeling of teleportation.

But Anno felt awkward if the White Rank Heritage Church in the Forbidden Forest was surrounded by goblins.

The low-level ones are fine, but if you encounter an elite group of hundreds of goblins, even just shooting arrows at them won't be enough for Anno!

After much deliberation, Anuo decided to rest for the night in a nearby village and head back the next morning.

"Master, it seems humans are coming!"

Just as Anno was about to leave after his magic was fully restored, he saw Liz, who was on guard outside, walking over while pulling up her hood.

"Humans?"

Anno stepped onto the broken wall beside him and looked in the direction Liz was pointing.

A group of mercenaries is heading this way.

"Mercenaries preparing to enter the Valley of Aushens!"

Anno did not want to have any contact with these people.

However, if they discover that this church can quickly replenish mana, they will definitely want to take over this place.

How could Anno possibly give something so important away to someone else?

"Twenty people, led by a level 9 knight, the rest are just minor characters!"

Anno glanced at them and immediately understood the strength of the mercenaries.

The minor characters Anno mentioned were all professionals at level 6 or above.

However, in Anno's eyes now, anyone below level 9 is a nobody.

Judging from their route, they will definitely pass by the Green Steps Church.

"Hopefully they'll know what's good for them!"

Anno went outside, intending to persuade the mercenaries to leave or change their route.