I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"Run!"

After getting up, Anno immediately ran outside.

Behind Anno, a two-meter-tall monster with two horns on its head, red eyes, and sharp teeth caught up.

Judging from his appearance, one can vaguely make out the likeness of Count Wei.

But at this moment, apart from the face, the body of the other party was almost indistinguishable from a human.

Its obese body was covered in black magic patterns that shimmered with black light, providing defense equivalent to a layer of leather armor.

Hard, black keratinous growths appeared on my jaw, chest, and knees and elbows.

There are also black spikes more than ten centimeters long on the soles of the feet, arms and calves.

The left hand remained unchanged, still wearing the skull ring—the ring that released the barrier had shattered.

His right hand transformed into a 50-centimeter-long blade, capable of shattering Anno's [Magic Shield] with a single swing!

"Roar~!"

The monster Way Dick opened its huge mouth and roared towards the top of the passage, drool dripping from its chin onto the ground.

"You...you lowly scum deserve...to die! I'll chop you up...and feed you to the dogs!"

dong dong dong...

The monster's massive body followed closely behind Anno as he charged forward.

"It's too cramped inside, move it outside!"

Anno led the group out of the secret passage.

Seeing Phoebe standing at the entrance of the passage, Anno didn't have time to say anything, picked her up and ran downstairs.

Phoebe nestled in Anno's arms, looking up at Anno's solemn expression, and wisely remained silent.

......

In the open space outside the castle, a collapsed stone suddenly flipped over.

Augustine crawled out, took off his helmet with one hand, wiped the blood from his forehead, and staggered slightly.

He was released by the self-destruction of the summoned creature and was also knocked unconscious by the large rocks on his body.

Just woke up!

Staggering, Augustine glanced back at the collapsed wall on the second floor, then turned around and saw Anno and his companions running from the castle gate toward the outer gate.

"not good!"

Augustine, snapping out of his daze, immediately pointed at Anno and the others, shouting to the guards rushing towards the door, "There's an assassin! Don't let the suspect escape!"

Anno and his companions ran all the way to the castle gate, only to be blocked by soldiers and mercenaries who had come from nearby to provide support.

Upon hearing Augustine's shout, the soldiers blocking the gate pointed their spears at Anno and the others.

Before Anuo could speak, a dark figure suddenly jumped down from the second floor.

Boom!

After the dark figure landed, it smashed the bluestone floor, creating spiderweb-like cracks.

The sound immediately drew everyone's attention.

"What is it?"

Augustine was the closest to the shadowy figure.

The former was less than five meters behind him.

Just then, a priest among the crowd at the entrance threw a [Light] spell low into the air, illuminating an area.

Using the light in mid-air, Augustine was able to make out the shape of the dark figure behind him.

"What kind of monster is this?"

Augustine swallowed hard, his steps unconsciously taking a step back.

"Augustine, so you were here! Why didn't you stop the assassin? You deserve to die!"

Just as Augustine was about to turn and run, he suddenly heard what the monster said.

"My Lord Earl!"

Augustine then realized that the enormous monster before him looked very much like Count Werner.

Especially that mustache.

"What happened to you?"

Although Augustine guessed the identity of the shadowy figure, he did not dare to approach it rashly.

He is not stupid.

The latter looks completely out of sorts!

You could call him a monster, and Augustine would believe it.

"Augustine, so you were here! Why didn't you stop the assassin? You deserve to die!"

Count Werner drooled as he repeated a phrase while raising his right hand to strike at Augustine.

"By the God of Knights, what on earth is going on?"

Augustine quickly dodged.

However, due to the injury, his movements are not as agile as before.

He dodged the 'hand chop', but was kicked away by Count Wei to the front door.

"Everyone be careful, that's not Earl Waver at all. It's a real monster now!"

Anno glanced at Augustine on the ground, put Phoebe down, and roared at the bewildered soldiers and the mercenaries rushing towards him, "That's right, Wayne Dick, who has always ruled Gray City, is actually a monster! If you want to live, you need to kill this monster! Otherwise, it will kill us all!"

"A monster? How could Count Wei be a monster?"

"But how do you explain this monster in front of us? Didn't you see it just now? That face is completely Count Wilhelm's!"

"Lord Augustine has been attacked. Could it be... that our lord is truly a monster?"

seeing is believing.

Seeing Count Weir turn into a monster, all the professionals felt a little shaken.

How absurd it is that a human city is ruled by monsters!

Next.

The monster Count Waver launched an attack on the crowd, causing the soldiers' last shred of resolve to crumble.

"Ah, help me, help me..."

"This monster is going to kill us!"

"Counterattack! Everyone, prepare to counterattack!"

After the monster Count Waver stabbed a soldier in the chest with a hand chop and bit off the soldier's neck, all the soldiers and mercenaries began to attack Count Waver.

However, apart from Augustine and a few third-tier experts who could exchange blows with the monster Count Weber, other first- and second-tier professionals were no match for him.

Many people were killed as soon as they made contact.

"Anno, what do we do?"

In the crowd, Xue Feibai looked at the crazed monster, Earl Wei, and asked Anno.

After a moment's thought, Anno said, "Count Wei's transformation into a monster is probably related to the skull ring on his hand; it's currently level 20. Although it's somewhat dangerous, we can try to kill it!"

Anno's claim that "Gray City is ruled by monsters" was all made up.

When I encountered Count Wei before, the [Five Visions Omnipotence] clearly showed that Count Wei was a human and his level was 20!

However, Count Wei's level 20, like most nobles, was forcibly increased.

In addition to a basic zero-level skill, there is one low-level first-level and one low-level second-level skill.

Their combat power is basically negligible.

However, when Count Waver absorbed the black mist from the Skull Ring, Anno discovered that Count Waver's status information had changed to [Abyss Transformation]!

Anno realized something was wrong and prepared to change his plans to kill Count Weir directly.

However, by the time the barrier was shattered, Count Werner had already completed his transformation.

The race has also changed from human to abyssal demon.

"After transforming into a demon, Count Wei's attributes skyrocketed. Even Augustine was no match for him in terms of physical combat prowess alone!"

Anno was relieved that Count Werner, who wore the skull ring, was a good-for-nothing.

Otherwise, if Count Weasley, the demon who has mastered the skills, were to become even more powerful, his combat strength would be on another level.

"If we let the demons run rampant in the city, they will continue their slaughter, and might even open the gates to the abyss, attracting even more demons!"

Having stayed in Angomulos for so long, Anno already knew these common-sense facts.

He took out a magic wand from his storage ring, looked at Count Wei, the demon slaughtering soldiers in front of him, took a deep breath, and said, "All hands prepare! Hunt down the demon count!"