I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

After explaining some things to Xue Feibai, the latter handed over some summoning materials carried by the adventurers to Anno, and then led a group of second-tier adventurers to escort Laura, who was already unconscious, to Glad City.

Anno looked at the dozens of undead hearts in front of him, took only ten and put them in his backpack, and burned the rest—he couldn't carry them all.

After glancing at the Valley of Ossans behind them, Anno led Liz inside.

Now, Anno's summoned creatures are almost all undead, and riding zombie beasts while traveling is a bit too conspicuous.

Instead, we'd rather go into the valley and kill a few fast monsters to use for transportation.

Half an hour later, Anno and Liz rode out of there on two level 10 Black Wind Wolves.

Following the direction guided by their minds, Anno and the other person began their journey.

......

The city of Walcham.

A disheveled Tester lay on the streets of the outer city with a dozen or so remaining soldiers.

Of the more than two hundred knights who escorted him and Selena, only a dozen or so remain today.

Five hundred meters outside the city gate, a dozen soldiers, led by Tester's last remaining level 17 guard, were fighting the Asar zombie.

If it weren't for them blocking his way, Tester would never have been able to cross those 500 meters to return to Valkam.

As a result, the soldiers and guards who tried to stop them all died after holding out for half a minute.

The undead zombie transformed from a level 25 Asa was born at the fourth rank.

Undead at this level already possess rudimentary intelligence.

That's why it chased after Tester to kill him.

When Asar's spirit saw Tester flee into the city ahead, it did not immediately storm the city.

It led a dozen or so newly transformed undead around in a huge circle, heading all the way to the north of Val'kam.

When Viscount Renault arrived at Tester's side with his men, his heart sank when he saw the man's miserable state.

"Your Highness, what exactly is going on?"

Renault was about to help Tester up when he suddenly saw that the other man's face was bulging with veins, filled with black mist, and his eyes were white.

He had an extremely terrifying expression.

"Oh no, Your Highness has been scratched!"

The guard who had fled back pointed at Tester's neck and cried out in alarm.

There was a shallow mark three centimeters long on Tester's neck.

The wound has turned black and rotten.

The guards instantly realized that Tester had been infected.

Before long, he will turn into a zombie.

After learning about the zombies from the guards, Renault's face turned so dark it was almost dripping with gloom.

Tester's level is 20, which is the peak of the third tier.

If they turn into zombies within the city, it will be a disaster.

"Viscount Renault, save...save me. I will...help you eliminate...your enemies!"

Tester was already of a high rank and had a strong will.

That's why he's been able to hold on until now, still retaining a sliver of rationality.

Renault's previously hesitant expression immediately hardened.

He took a diamond-shaped crystal from his pocket and placed it on Tester's forehead.

This crystal is also a demon-sealing crystal.

The skill [Purify], a fourth-tier priest skill, is sealed inside. It can remove abnormal statuses from a target.

This happened in the past, when Renault's wife was poisoned by the enemy, and the third-tier priests in the city were helpless. They heard that a merchant in the neighboring city had a [Purification] Demon-Sealing Crystal, and they obtained it at a great cost.

To Renault's devastation, by the time he rushed home with the sealing crystal, his wife had already died from the poison.

Renault always carried this precious demon-sealing crystal with him.

It was originally intended to be given to Laura at her engagement party.

But the current situation must be applied to Tester.

It wasn't just because of the terms Tester offered.

If Tester isn't saved, and he turns into a zombie, Val'kam won't have anyone who can defeat Tester one-on-one right now.

Once the infection spreads within the city, Val'kam will collapse without a fight.

As for killing Tester before Tester turns into a zombie.

Renault wasn't sure if Tester still had the fighting power to resist, so it wasn't a sure thing.

Moreover, Renault doesn't have the guts to kill royalty.

After the sealing crystal was applied to Tester's forehead, it immediately emitted a soft light.

The terror on Tester's face gradually faded, and his expression returned to normal.

In less than ten seconds, Tester was back to normal.

The scratches on his neck have healed and become normal wounds.

Click!

After the light of the sealing crystal disappeared, numerous cracks appeared on its surface.

Once the sealing magic is released, it becomes nothing more than a piece of recyclable crystal material.

Tester, who had narrowly escaped death, lay on the ground, looked up at the sky, and said to Reno, "Thank you!"

"Your Highness, are you the only one who returned this time?"

"I know what you want to ask."

Tester gave a wry smile and said, "Miss Laura and my sister Selena were separated during the escape, and their fate is currently unknown!"

Selena came to the Southern Territory incognito, and Viscount Renault was unaware of it.

But his focus now isn't on Selena, but on her daughter Laura.

When Renault learned that Laura's fate was unknown, his legs went weak.

If it weren't for the quick thinking and agility of the old butler Scott, who helped him up, Renault would have fallen to the ground.

"What about Anno?"

Renault placed his last hope on Anno, "Is Anno with Laura?"

"Anno? They didn't have enough warhorses; he and the mercenaries and adventurers fell behind. He's probably already part of the undead army!"

Viscount Renault was utterly despondent.

He had sent his only daughter to her death.

"How could this happen? How could this happen! I knew I shouldn't have sent you there! I knew I should never have let you go!"

As he spoke, Viscount Renault shed tears of regret.

Just then, a fast horse galloped down the road.

The guards jumped off their horses, almost falling to their deaths in front of the crowd, and gasped, "Your Excellency, several monsters have appeared at the north gate. They look like undead zombies!"

After hearing this, Tester looked at Reno with a serious expression.

"Viscount Renault, now is not the time for sorrow. We must find a way to overcome our current difficulties before we can seek revenge on your old enemies!"

"Revenge!" Viscount Renault composed himself, regaining his usual calm demeanor.

Now, his only goal is revenge.

"Your Highness, let's go check out the situation!"

Viscount Renault, accompanied by Tester, followed the guards to the North Gate.

At the same time, Viscount Renault issued a warning to put the entire city on high alert.

Mobilize all professionals in the city to prepare for the possible war that may follow.

However, most of the mercenaries and adventurers in the city had gone to the town of Gruul with Tester, and now only a few small fry remained, with less than three hundred soldiers and thousands of professionals recruited by caravans.

Tester also issued a distress call to the surrounding cities in his own name.

The carrier pigeons that fly to the capital are the best carrier pigeons.

However, the distance is over a thousand kilometers, and even if the flights don't stop, it will still take more than ten hours to deliver it.

Once the thousands of undead troops arrive at Val'kam, it's only a matter of time before it's breached.

If no solution can be found, the 300,000 inhabitants of Valkam will turn into a horde of undead and sweep across the Kingdom of Nigar.

According to Anno's estimation, the undead zombies are moving at a speed similar to Val'kam, and it will take them at most two days.

But the reality is that when the sunlight disappears and night falls, the speed of the undead zombies increases significantly.

The next day at dawn, the soldiers on the city wall saw swarms of undead zombies moving from the south toward Val'kam.

Moreover, the number is far more than several thousand.

A rough estimate suggests there are at least ten thousand!

It's only one kilometer away from Varkam!