I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

After learning that there might be a fourth-order nightmare in Graydream Town, Anno didn't want to stay there for another second.

In a good mood, Rasu led Anno directly to the inn in town.

After buying some food, Anno prepared to leave the town.

"These mercenaries seem to be about as strong as the soldiers in your town. If the soldiers can't handle it, they probably won't be of any use either!"

When Anno saw that Rasu was about to leave, he gave her a special reminder.

Unexpectedly, the other party's answer surprised Anno.

"Soldiers? The only two soldiers in Greydream Town disappeared a week ago. Come to think of it, the town was cursed just two days after they went missing!"

"What did you say?"

Anno's expression changed, and he pointed in the direction he came from, saying, "But when I came in, I clearly saw two soldiers guarding outside!"

"impossible!"

Rasu waved his hand, confidently stating, "Don't even mention they're missing. Even if they weren't, they would have already run back to rest by now, why would they be on duty!"

Seeing that Rasu didn't seem to be joking, Anno turned to look at Liz.

Although she didn't speak, Liz understood what Anno meant.

She nodded to indicate that she had also seen the two soldiers.

"This is getting weirder and weirder!"

Anuo looked at the darkening sky, his face grim.

Now Anno just wants to leave this town as soon as possible.

Glancing at the ten mercenaries who had followed the mayor to investigate the town, Anno led Liz all the way to the north gate of the town.

Just as I reached the fence, two men dressed as soldiers suddenly sprang out of the shadows.

Anno, who has night vision, discovered that the two men looked exactly like the soldiers he had seen at the south gate.

Two soldiers blocked Anno's way as he prepared to leave the town.

One of them, with a cold expression and a tone devoid of warmth, said, "It's getting late; you're not allowed to leave town!"

Anno took two steps back, his eyes fixed on the two people in front of him.

"What's going on? [Five Visions Omnipotence] clearly shows that the other party is a human, level 10. But why do they suddenly give me an extremely dangerous feeling?"

A strong sense of unease welled up in Anno's heart.

"Ah~!"

Just then, a terrified scream suddenly came from the town.

The person who made the sound seemed to have encountered some misfortune; after calling out once, there was no sound.

But not long after, screams began to come one after another.

Anno counted them, and there were exactly ten sounds!

The number of mercenaries invited by the town mayor was also ten!

"Owner!"

Liz approached Anno, warily eyeing the two soldiers in front of her.

After the tenth scream, the two soldiers with dark circles under their eyes suddenly gave strange smiles as they looked at Anno and his companion.

"It's alright now, hurry back to town and get some sleep! Otherwise, something unfortunate might happen!"

"Tch!"

Anno flashed his hand, and a longsword appeared in his hand.

There's definitely something wrong with those two guards.

It seems there are more unknown enemies in the town than just the two in front of us!

Anno stopped wasting words and started fighting immediately.

"【Crossblade】!"

Two sword beams, each over a meter long, flew in a cross shape toward the two approaching soldiers.

These two sword strikes would leave a normal level 10 warrior severely wounded, if not dead.

But in reality, the [Cross Blade] passed right through the soldier's body without any resistance!

Although a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes, the attack did not cause any real harm to the two of them.

"How could this happen?"

Anno was also taken aback by the situation before him.

He even suspected that he might have been under a spell without his knowledge, or that a nightmare had pulled him into a dream.

But the next moment, Anno dismissed his suspicions.

Although the enemy before them was immune to the Crossblade, his appearance changed after a ripple spread across his body.

Their bodies transformed into a black shadow about two meters long, floating in the air.

Its black face has a mouth full of fangs and bright red eyes, but no nose.

The length of the arm is about 1.5 meters.

Ten claws, each thirty centimeters long, churned with black mist.

It had no lower body, only a black mist resembling a tail.

Anno immediately used [Five Visions Omnipotence] to see the information of one of them.

Name: Mayba

Race: Ghost

Rating: 19

Life: 14000/14000

Mana: 20000/20000

Talent: None

Skills: [Spirit Form] [Levitation] [Mimicry] [Lightness] [Intimidation] [Terrified Scream] [Soul-Tearing Claw] [Soul Absorption] [Confusion]

The situation was similar for another person named Qiaolu.

Anno then realized.

What lies before me are not human beings, but ghosts.

After the Abyss Demon, Anno saw the Ghost Soul of the Underworld for the first time!

Both the Netherworld and the Abyss are located in the Demon Realm.

On the front lines, the appearance rate of the Ghost Soul is much higher than that of the Demon.

Because they lack physical form, they often serve as intelligence gatherers.

"So, the information we saw earlier was actually a disguise by the Ghost Soul. Judging from the skill bar, it should be the effect of [Mimicry]!"

After learning the other party's identity, Anuo actually breathed a sigh of relief.

Level 19 Ghost Souls are not easy to deal with.

But it's still better than facing a fourth-tier nightmare!

"Hehehe, no wonder your souls smell so good, you're all powerful beings among humans!"

After being attacked and reverting to its original form, Mayba let out a shrill laugh, and then pounced on Anno along with Joru.

Although this was Anno's first encounter with Youpo, he already knew some information about the other party.

"The Ghost Soul has no physical form, and is almost 100% immune to physical attacks of the same level!"

This is also why the previous [Crossblade] did not cause them any damage.

With this information flashing through his mind, Anno planted his longsword in the ground and raised his hand to cast a [Magic Shield] on himself.

boom!

The claws, gleaming with black light, gripped the magic shield, which shattered instantly.

"A magic shield?"

Mayba was momentarily confused.

This guy was holding a longsword just now, shouldn't he be a warrior?

How can there be a magic shield?

And when did the magic wand appear in his hand?

"Wow, that's fast!"

Anno was also startled.

He only saw a black shadow flash by before the shield shattered.

Joru, who was attacking at the same time as Mayba, was surprised to see the former blocked by the magic shield, but he did not stop his attack.

If we were to describe the way the ghost moves, it would be "drifting".

Therefore, they are more than twice as fast as humans of the same level!

The shield had just been torn apart when Joru's claws were about to touch Anno's neck.

"Resist the halo!"

A flash of light appeared in his wand, and Joru was instantly pushed several meters away by an invisible force.

"What happened?"

Joru stopped his backward movement and looked at Anno while suspended in mid-air.

"Phew! Thankfully, the [Resistance Aura] worked!"

Anno breathed a sigh of relief and immediately led Liz back more than ten meters.