I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"President Anno, what exactly is your relationship with the Viscount?"

On the way to the town of Gruel, Warwick finally couldn't resist his curiosity and moved closer to Anno.

Before leaving, Viscount Renault and Anno talked for a long time.

If it were because the Adventurers' Guild was very powerful, that wouldn't make sense in Warwick's case.

Even when Garo was the number one mercenary group in Val'kam, Viscount Renault wasn't this polite to him.

"Rumor has it that you are a rogue professional trained by the Viscount to integrate Val'kam and counter the mercenaries. Is that true?"

Warwick followed Anno around like a curious child, asking all sorts of questions, which gave Anno a bit of a headache.

"Commander Warwick, instead of speculating about my relationship with the Viscount, let's consider what will happen after we arrive in Gruul!"

What happened after we went to Gruul town?

Warwick grinned and laughed heartily, "This time I'm going to just go through the motions."

That kind of battle involving thousands of people... no, that can no longer be called a battle, it's a battlefield!

Even if someone of our caliber enters the battlefield, they could very well be focused down and killed instantly.

Although I enjoy the thrill of killing on the battlefield and am not afraid of death, I need to consider the lives of hundreds of members of the Fang Wolf Mercenary Group.

"President Anno, do you have something on your mind if you ask that?"

After learning from Warwick's words that the guy had no intention of going to the battlefield, Anno laughed it off and then fell silent.

"You still haven't told me about your relationship with the Viscount?"

"President Anno, please just give me a hint, I promise I won't tell anyone."

"How about this, I'll trade you a secret. Captain Linda is actually a lesbian; she doesn't like men!"

Anno, do you even know what a lesbian is?

It's about women and women doing this and that.

How about that? Isn't this news explosive enough?

"It's your turn... Commander Linda, please be careful with your strength. My fur offers some protection, but your steel dagger is likely poisoned. Please don't cut my skin!"

"You said... who is the lesbian?" Linda suddenly appeared behind Warwick, a dagger pressed against his neck.

"What 'Lala'? What 'Lala'? What 'Lala'? I don't know! Oh~"

"Hey you two, don't let your tempers get the better of you!" Anno glanced at the two who had suddenly started fighting, shook his head, and moved away from them.

As they walked, Anno analyzed the information about the two regimental commanders.

"Warwick, being an orc, has a rather rugged personality, and judging from the respect the mercenaries of the Fang Wolf Mercenary Group show him, it's clear that he enjoys extremely high prestige within the Fang Wolf!"

Judging from his skills, he's actually very strong. Even if I teamed up with the Goblin High Priest, we'd probably only have a 50/50 chance!

"As for Linda, she looks somewhat like Laura, almost like a grown-up Laura."

Given the relationship between the Black Widow mercenary group and the Viscount, Linda must have some kind of relationship with the Viscount!

In other words, the Black Widow mercenary group is the force that the Viscount truly cultivated.

For now, they're on our side!

As for the other mercenary groups, they're nothing but small fry, not worth fearing!

Since learning of Viscount Renault's assassination, Anno has used [Five Perspectives] to observe all the mercenaries' intelligence.

Apart from Warwick, who is a threat, the other mercenaries are not very strong, and even if there are assassins hidden among them, Anno can handle them.

As for the guards.

As a trusted confidant sent by the Viscount, the possibility of an assassin infiltrating the area is extremely small.

During the rest of the journey, Anno intentionally or unintentionally observed the direction Laura was in.

Xue Feibai and his group were also assigned to the vicinity of Laura.

However, nothing happened along the way.

When everyone arrived in the town of Grür, it was already around 2 p.m.

Tester smiled when he learned that the guards and more than three thousand professionals who had come to his aid were on the orders of Viscount Renault.

What he valued was not these ragtag reinforcements, but Viscount Renault's attitude.

"It seems Viscount Renault is well aware of his current situation and is willing to follow this prince!"

Tester received the food and supplies delivered by Anno and the others, then assigned them an area to garrison, and told them to wait for the attack early the next morning.

Judging from Tester's attitude, he had no intention of letting Anno and the others fight.

"As expected, the Tenth Army is a new army. The Third Prince's purpose in coming here is not only to annihilate the monsters, but also to train the new army."

Inside the adventurers' camp, Anno, who had just come out of Tester's tent, sat around a campfire talking with several bronze-level adventurers.

"I just applied to join the battle, but it was rejected. The reason given was that adventurers haven't received systematic military training, and rushing into the battlefield would only hinder the Tenth Army!"

"Tch, just say you think we're weak." Hansen scoffed.

Anno gestured for Hansen to be careful with his words, then continued, "In the past two days, the scouts of the Tenth Army have already clashed with the monster scouts of the Ai'er Mountains."

The strength of the monster forces has been largely ascertained, and the Tenth Army is confident of winning this battle.

Although we don't need to participate in the battle, you few have a special mission tomorrow. I need you to come with me to protect someone's safety...

Night falls.

In preparation for tomorrow's battle, apart from the guards on night duty, the soldiers of the 10th Army began to rest early.

……

Accompanied by the resounding bugle call, the guards of the 10th Army assembled and marched south.

The monsters of the Aieh Mountains are stationed 20 kilometers south of the town of Gruul.

They set up camp by the river.

The 10th Army was divided into three thousand-man squads, which were well-equipped and moved in unison.

The lowest level among all members is level 11, the ten-person team leader is level 13, and the hundred-person team leader is a level 15 professional.

As for the commanders who command a thousand men, their level has already exceeded 15!

The mercenaries following behind were indeed far weaker than the Tenth Army.

Nearly six thousand people formed a huge, chaotic mass. The scouts of the demon army spotted the movements of the Tenth Army from eight hundred meters away.

The message was immediately relayed back to the monster troops at the rear.

"Humans have been mobilized, and their numbers have doubled?"

The level 15 monster generals, having received the news, exchanged glances, a hint of relief flashing in their eyes.

"Thank goodness that sir was there!"

The level 15 lion-headed man stepped out of his tent and roared to the sky.

Upon hearing the lion's roar from afar, the minotaur immediately pulled out a demonic horn covered in runes from behind him.

A moment later, a deep horn sounded in the camp, and three thousand tamed monsters of various levels below 10 and two thousand levels between 10 and 15 moved at the sound.

The monsters donned their armor, picked up their weapons, and gathered in the center of the camp.

In a huge tent near the river, a level 16 sheep demon held a black gem staff in both hands, knelt down and kowtowed to the coffin standing in front of him, and kept speaking in the demon language.

Click!

The coffin lid slowly slid open, revealing a highly decomposed corpse inside.

The next instant, the corpse's pale eyeballs suddenly rolled around.