I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"Hehehe!"

As the dozens of ghostly spirits beside the dry well saw humans approaching, they let out eerie laughter and pounced on Anno.

"How can there be so many ghosts!"

Seeing this, Anno waved his hand and threw out two Dark Orbs, instantly killing several Tier 1 Ghost Souls.

The summoned creatures also began attacking the flying phantoms.

Within minutes, the low-level ghosts near the dry well were either killed or burrowed into the well.

Nearby, there was a pile of crystals formed from the condensed remains of the dead spirits.

As Anno collected the crystals, he sent his summoned creature, Ghost Soul, into the dry well to check on the situation.

Including those few third-tier Nether Souls, there were about seven or eight Nether Souls that burrowed in.

The dry well is one meter in diameter and about fifteen meters deep.

From the perspective of the Ghost, Anno discovered that there was no trace of the Ghost at the bottom.

Instead, there were two humans dressed as soldiers.

However, he has been dead for a long time.

The corpses had begun to decompose.

From their faces, Anno could barely make out that they were the human soldiers that the Ghost Souls had disguised themselves as before.

Their bodies lay on the well wall, with two blueprints scattered nearby.

One of the maps is of Greydream Town, with a treasure chest marked at the location of the ancient well.

The other image shows a complex formation.

Below the two corpses were diagrams drawn in red ink, depicting a formation.

At the center of the formation, a 30-centimeter-long black crack continuously emitted black mist.

After a moment's thought, Anno had a guess about the situation in Gray Dream Town.

According to Rasu, the two soldiers from Greydream Town have been missing for over a week.

Moreover, strange phenomena began to occur in the town after their deaths.

It now seems that the two of them somehow obtained what appeared to be a treasure map.

In order to obtain the treasure, they inscribed a magic circle.

But the true purpose of this magic circle is to open a passage between Angomulos and the Demon Realm.

The other end of the passage should be the area where the ghosts live.

After the passage opened, the two soldiers were killed by the ghostly spirits that broke through the barrier.

Ghostly spirits can devour human souls to become stronger, and fear can also rapidly accelerate their cultivation.

That's why the "curse" followed Gray Dream Town.

Perhaps they intend to turn Greydream Town into their sacred training ground.

There may be reasons that Anno is unaware of.

As for why so many spirits came today...

Anno guessed it was because the Ghost Spirits they sent to guard Gray Dream Town knew that human professionals would be arriving today—with those two Ghost Spirits at level 19, no action in Gray Dream Town could possibly escape their notice.

The ghosts are not content with ordinary human souls, so they prepare to hunt these soon-to-be human professionals.

But they probably didn't expect that the mercenaries the mayor had hired were so weak.

Instead, a passing traveler killed almost all the ghosts who came to his aid.

Anno now has two choices.

One way is to go to the Demon Realm through that rift.

But given Anno's strength, there was a 99% chance he would encounter danger in the past!

Another option is to destroy the formation and block the passage between the two realms.

Anno stood at the wellhead for a moment to think, then prepared to bombard the magic array with magic.

Leaving a passage here poses a huge risk.

If he hadn't passed through here, Greydream Town would have become a stronghold of the Ghost Soul in the Kingdom of Nigard in no time.

The dark orb took shape in Anno's hand, and then he threw it to the bottom of the well.

boom!

An explosion rang out, and a blast of air shot straight up from the bottom of the well.

Anno clapped his hands and turned to prepare to clean up the remaining ghosts in the town.

"Hiss~ Roar!"

Suddenly, a chilling, eerie scream came from the bottom of the well.

Anno quickly retreated more than ten meters, then had a magical beast jump to the well opening to check the situation.

"Whoosh!"

Several jet-black claw-like beams shot out from the bottom of the well, instantly slicing the head of the monster that was peering down into pieces.

The summoned creature instantly turned into white light and disappeared.

Level 22!

Anno's eyes widened, and he retreated rapidly.

Before dying, the summoned creature saw what was at the bottom of the well.

A gigantic ghost head and an arm had already passed through the crack, its body stretched out, as if it were about to burst out.

The magic that Anno was about to use to destroy the formation was blocked by this ghost.

Its level has reached the fourth tier, and it can kill level 17 monster summons in one hit.

Anno, who had just reached level 18, was no match for them.

Anno turned and ran.

As for the common people in the town, he would definitely save them if he had the ability.

But if a fourth-tier Netherworld Spirit escapes, he can barely protect himself, so naturally he won't try to be a hero.

After running for a while, Anno heard two angry roars coming from the dry well behind him.

Anno seemed to hear an urgent yet helpless emotion in his voice.

"What happened? Why didn't they rush out?"

Anno glanced back and sent a ghostly spirit to check the situation.

The summoned ghost spirit cautiously peered down from the well and discovered that the fourth-tier ghost spirit below seemed to be trying to crawl out, but was stuck firmly.

"Damn it, this formation hasn't gathered enough fear; the energy isn't enough to send me, a mid-level cultivator, here."

The fourth-tier ghost spirit angrily raised its head and swung its claws at the well wall, leaving behind a dense array of scratches.

Only its head and one arm have made it through so far; the rest of its body is still in the Demon Realm.

Left with no other choice, it had to retreat.

However, since it can't get out, it will send a large number of third-tier ghost souls to rush over and kill the enemies there.

In short, the passage connecting the two worlds must not be destroyed.

Seeing the fourth-tier Ghost Soul retreat, Anno immediately ordered the summoned Ghost Soul to use the [Soul-Tearing Claw] to attack the bottom of the well.

But before the attack could arrive, a level 20 ghost crawled out of the crack.

The Soul-Tearing Claw struck it, causing the ghost to let out a painful roar.

It didn't understand why the ghost was attacking it.

After climbing out of the crack, it wanted to rush out of the deep well and teach the ghost that dared to attack it a lesson.

But as soon as it showed itself, it was attacked by Anno, who had returned, and his summoned creatures.

A level 20 Ghost Soul only has 15000 HP!

After one round, the newly emerged level 20 Ghost Soul was instantly severely injured.

The second wave of attacks then completely destroyed it.

However, this time there was more than one third-tier Nether Soul.

After Anno killed one of the Ghost Souls, two more level 20 Ghost Souls emerged from the bottom of the well.

Fortunately, because of the existence of the core, the Ghost Soul could not fly out through the ground; it could only fly out of the dry well first.

Anno, accompanied by his summoned creatures, guarded the entrance, continuously casting spells inside.

The ghostly spirit that had crossed over was bombarded with all sorts of magic as soon as it showed its face.

Although third-tier ghost spirits kept emerging, they couldn't all come at once, so they were killed one by one by Anno.

However, this situation cannot last.

Even though Anno's magic power limit had reached 6, the constant barrage of magic attacks caused his magic power to drop rapidly.

【Flame Dance】 Although it doesn't consume much magic power once it's fully formed, it requires Anno to control and its attack frequency is relatively low.

Anno bombarded the enemy with a mix of various second-tier spells.

Furthermore, because her skill rank is only second-tier, Anno's magic is mainly used to supplement damage.

The real damage dealers are the Tier 3 summons.

The summoned creatures don't have as much magic power as Anno.

After blasting away more than twenty Tier 3 Ghost Souls, Anno's summoned creature magic was completely depleted.

Fortunately, including the Ghost Souls he had killed earlier, Anno had already killed nearly forty Ghost Souls.

Apart from the few summoned earlier, Anno did not use any of the later Ghost Souls.

He now possesses over 50 blue-tier souls, enough to learn third-tier magic through [Spirit Sacrifice].