I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

During their short rest, Anno and Liz ate some dry rations.

Philomena said she was a god and didn't need to eat.

Anno guessed that the other gods had other ways to replenish their physical energy.

Then, Anno called on the reluctant Philomena to finish drawing the magic runes on the last small area.

After the last magic rune was completed, Philomena gave it a final overall check.

After confirming everything was correct, Anno began the final touches.

The entire formation is a circle with a diameter of twenty meters, which perfectly encloses the church.

At its core is a circle with a diameter of one meter, engraved with the most complex magic runes in the entire formation.

At that time, Anno will send his soul into this part of the magic runes.

Nine meters outward from the core, there are magic activation points for inlaying four types of materials in the four directions of east, west, south, and north.

Further out, there are relatively simpler magic runes.

Five pieces each of Bloodstone, Fire Crystal, Ice Milk, and Wind Crystal were embedded into the grooves of the magic activation points.

Then, he took out the collected monster blood and slowly poured it into the patterns of the magic runes.

After the blood dripped in, it began to spread outwards along the magic runes.

More than ten minutes later, all the magic runes were filled with blood.

Anno immediately sacrificed one hundred second-tier yellow souls towards the core area.

The magic runes in the core area were like the gaping maw of an abyss, swallowing all the souls.

Then, a yellow, spherical soul the size of a basketball emerged from the core magic runes.

The next moment, the blood within the magic rune seemed to boil.

It kept bubbling.

The air was thick with the stench of blood.

Before long, all the blood was absorbed by the magic runes.

Looking down from above, one can see a blood-red circular array of magical runes with a diameter of twenty meters.

At the same time, a yellow hemispherical barrier enveloped the entire church.

"Did it work?"

Anno stood inside the church, looking around at the barriers with some curiosity.

"That's right, it worked!"

Philomena shrugged and pointed to the spherical soul at the center of the array, saying, "This thing is the array core, and it's now under your control. Whether to turn it on or off, you just need to give it a command!"

Anno looked at the yellow sphere floating in mid-air in the center and realized that he had indeed established a connection with it.

"Disable the Divine Array!"

As Anno gave the command, the yellow sphere spun around a few times.

The surrounding barrier flickered three times and then disappeared.

The magic patterns on the ground, apart from being covered with a chilling red layer, remained unchanged.

"Once the magic runes of the Divine Array are completed, if you want to upgrade its rank, just replace the monster blood, the four elemental materials, and the soul."

The formation's ability to withstand attacks will cause some damage to the formation's core.

If its color fades, it means it has reached its limit.

Just feed some souls and replenish their energy.

The materials in the fourth series also need to be checked periodically.

Replace any damaged parts promptly.

After giving her instructions, Philomena returned directly to the Divine Space.

Anno did not stop her.

"After wasting two days here, it's time to go back."

With the experience gained from the success, Anno can now command numerous summoned creatures to inscribe magic runes next time.

This can greatly reduce the time required.

Just as Anno was about to recall the summons scattered around on guard, he suddenly noticed a group of people carrying torches walking towards him from a short distance away.

"There are still mercenaries at this time?"

Anno frowned, using the vision of his summoned creatures to see that the group of people were professionals wearing various kinds of equipment.

It's about 9 p.m. now.

The Valley of Ossens is more dangerous at night than during the day.

Many ferocious monsters hunt at night.

The mercenaries usually leave the valley at dusk.

"Hey, it's these guys again?"

When Anno saw the mercenary group emblem on the chests of the mercenaries, he realized that they were members of the Bloodstain Mercenary Group!

When the Bloodstained Mercenary Group first moved to Glad City, dozens of its elite members were killed by Anno at this very location—the time they encountered Dean.

Even after their leader, Maurice, returned, the entire mercenary group continued its decline.

Morris was also furious at the sight of the bloodstains.

He had a quarrel with Linda in the capital, and she said that Bloodstain would be removed from the list.

Who would have thought that although Bloodstain wasn't officially removed from the list, it was practically gone.

Fortunately, for some reason, Count Werner was very interested in him, who had moved from Walcham.

He was summoned to the Earl's castle on several occasions to inquire about Walkam, and was recruited as a lackey.

There are just too many benefits to getting on Count Werley's good side in Glad City.

Morris wouldn't say he was unstoppable, but at least the Bloodstains were developing rapidly.

The mercenary group is not only larger than before, but the strength of its members has also improved significantly.

There are more than a dozen second-tier mercenaries.

Among them were members of higher rank than him, but they still had to obey Maurice's orders.

After all, they all joined the Bloodstains because Maurice was "favored" by Count Werner.

Because of Count Werner's influence, the soldiers wouldn't extort money from those with bloodstains.

"No matter how strong you are, you must bow down to power."

When Morris saw a group of high-ranking mercenaries obeying his orders, he swore an oath in his heart.

In my lifetime, I will do everything in my power to become a noble aristocrat!

The entire group came to the Valley of Ossans because we received orders from Count Wei at noon today.

Morris knew everything about himself; Count Wilhelm could take it all back with a single word.

Therefore, he put in a particularly strong effort for this mission.

Several hundred people followed the trail left by the missing soldier, asking villagers along the way for information, until they reached the vicinity of the Valley of Ossens.

By the time we arrived, it was completely dark.

But in order to complete Count Werner's mission, Maurice decided to work overtime to search.

He led his mercenaries, all of whom were at least Tier 1, on a perilous journey to the outskirts of the Valley of Ossans.

After searching for two hours, we were lucky enough to avoid any danger.

But when Morris looked up casually, he suddenly noticed a large yellow dome in the distance!

This unusual situation immediately caught Morris's attention.

As Anno closed the Divine Array and the barrier disappeared, Morris brought his men over to check the situation.

As Maurice approached the church, in the dim moonlight, he saw a golden box in the center of the church.

The box was full of gleaming gold coins.

Even a few have thousands!

But next to the box, there was a figure wearing a cloak.

Upon noticing someone approaching from behind, the figure seemed startled and emitted a surge of magical energy.

"Level 11?"

Morris stared greedily at the box and charged forward, ready to snatch it.

But the next moment, a yellow barrier rose up around the church, keeping Maurice and his men outside.

"That light just now was from this protective shield!"

Morris stared in surprise at the barrier in front of him.

"I don't care about your protective shield! You dare steal my treasure chest? I'll smash you to pieces! Everyone, smash it!"

Under Morris's command, more than two hundred people launched a simultaneous attack on the shield.

Various skills and magic bombarded the Divine Array, illuminating the surrounding area!

However, the surface of the barrier showed ripples but no damage.

"Tsk tsk tsk!"

The person hiding not far away, observing the bloodstains in the dark, bombarded the barrier again and again, and Anno couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Don't be fooled by Anno's current rank of three.

Facing attacks from over two hundred people simultaneously, if one doesn't dodge or use defensive skills...

He has to die too.

Anno watched quietly as the group bombarded the area for ten minutes without noticing that the color of the sphere's soul, which was the core of the array, had faded.

"It seems only attacks at the third tier can damage the Divine Guardian Array!"

Anno was very satisfied with the defensive power of the Divine Array.

Given this situation, as long as divine-level materials are found, resisting attacks from gods is not just empty talk.

After the test was completed, Anno launched an attack from the rear.

Those remaining in the church were Liz, who had activated [Disguise], and Anno, who had deliberately taken out the gold coins to lure Maurice.

He himself hid not far from the church.

Under the cover of night.

Anno summoned his creature and silently appeared behind the bloodstain.

Compared to Anno's summons, Bloodstain's strength has improved considerably, but it is still not enough.

Even if the mercenaries later discovered the existence of the summoned creature, they were not strong enough to escape.

In just half an hour, all the zombies that had been transformed from mercenaries around the church were burned to ashes.

Of that long period, twenty minutes were spent interrogating Maurice Gray about the events of the past two days.

From him, Anno learned that Count Wey was very concerned about Valcam.

In the past two days, not only has the city of Glad begun recruiting a large number of professionals as soldiers, but it has also sent many professionals to Valkam to gather information.

These were all pieces of intelligence that Maurice had gathered privately.

He told Anno everything in order to save his life.

"It seems Count Weir has made a connection to Valcalm. Has the 'Thief' been caught?"

Recruit soldiers and send out scouts!

It's necessary to speak to Viscount Renault about this.