I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Selby City!

This is the city in the Western Mirror that is closest to the royal city of Sodar, with a straight-line distance of only 100 kilometers.

Before entering the city, Anno was worried that Liz would be recognized by the guards at the city gate.

But after observing outside the city for a while, he discovered that some human professionals were followed by demons.

When we entered the city, the guards just glanced at us, collected the entrance fee, and didn't say anything more.

After making some inquiries, Anno learned that in such a bustling city, demon slaves were not uncommon due to the existence of slave contracts.

These slaves were captured on the front lines.

The nobles of the North would train the captured demons and then transport them to the royal city and surrounding cities to sell for a profit.

Professionals can spend ten gold coins to buy a slave contract, and then buy a slave to get a laborer or henchman for free.

The number of slaves a person can sign depends primarily on the strength of their soul.

Most people can only sign contracts with one slave of the same rank, or more slaves of lower rank.

of course there are exceptions.

However, once the limit is crossed, there is a possibility of backlash.

Indentured slaves were unheard of in a remote place like Valkam.

But here, it's a common occurrence.

If Liz were to appear in Valcalm or Glad City without concealing her appearance, it would surely cause a riot.

But it's perfectly normal for nobles or powerful professionals in Selby City to take a demon as a slave!

Moreover, succubi, with their stunningly beautiful appearance, are always auctioned off at exorbitant prices!

Although Anno was treated like a country bumpkin when he learned about the situation, he at least managed to understand some things.

There is a six-pointed star array formed by the original contract between Liz's eyebrows.

There are fourth-tier soldiers at the city gate who are specifically tasked with inspecting demons.

He didn't recognize the mark.

But he sensed magical fluctuations above it and realized it was a contract.

Moreover, the squad leader didn't even consider two low-level third-tier professionals a threat.

"Let's go into town!"

Having already used [Mimicry] to change his appearance to an ordinary, generic face, Anno led Liz and paid the soldiers 10 copper coins each as an entry fee before swaggering into Selby City.

Upon entering the city, Anno saw the bustling streets and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

Compared to here, the cities we passed through were indeed no different from towns and villages.

The streets were filled with armed professionals, most of whom were at the third rank.

There are also fourth-tier professionals, but their numbers are not many.

Moreover, Anno not only saw a large number of human professionals, but also professionals from other races.

Such as orc warriors and dwarf musketeers.

The quantity wasn't too large, but it still broadened Anno's horizons.

Anno, a demon, had come into contact with quite a few, and he possessed the souls of both demons and ghosts.

However, among the other races of order besides humans, Anno had previously met a werewolf—Warwick, the leader of the Fang Wolf Mercenary Group.

After strolling around the city, Anno bought quite a few good things.

It includes a fine steel short sword and a staff inlaid with fire crystals.

The short sword was sold by a dwarf; it was made of steel mixed with stardust.

Not only is its sharpness a level higher than Anno's previous short sword, but it is also slightly lighter.

The staff's additional effect reduces the mana cost of fire spells by 5%.

After upgrading his weapons and equipment, Anno's combat strength also saw a slight increase.

In addition, he also purchased some materials for the Divine Array.

Anno's encounter in Greydream Town made him realize his weakness in defense when facing an enemy siege.

Therefore, he planned to make a small third-order divine array and carry it with him.

It can be used to activate defenses at critical moments.

However, this was just an idea that Anno came up with on the spur of the moment when he saw someone selling materials for the Divine Array.

How to carry the Divine Array with you at all times still requires some research.

While strolling through the market, Anno suddenly discovered a large number of iron cages piled up in an alley.

A portly businessman wearing a monocle and a tall hat is giving a presentation.

Beside him were third-tier guards in uniform.

One of them, who was closely following the merchant, was a level 22 warrior with strength reaching the fourth tier!

A group of professionals surrounded the merchant, pointing and commenting on the cage.

Those locked in cages were slaves captured from the front lines.

There were female demons huddled together in the corner of the cage.

There were also ferocious demons who, even with their hands and feet bound by chains and their faces pale with weakness, still bared their teeth at the humans pointing outside.

There were also guys lying in their cages, fast asleep.

Whichever it is.

Once someone takes a liking to a slave and wants to buy it, the slave trader will use a slave contract.

Make them slaves to the buyers.

From then on, destiny was in the hands of humankind.

Anno looked around the area and found that the highest level slave in the cage was only level 20.

In other words, these are all low-ranking demons below the third rank.

Anno speculated that demon slaves of the fourth rank or higher would not be sold in such market streets.

Just as Anno was about to leave, he suddenly turned around and looked at an iron cage at the back.

All the slaves here are in bad condition.

Their health points are mostly below one-third.

[Insight] When observing these slaves, it will also indicate that these demons are in a weakened state, with less than one-tenth of their combat strength remaining.

The demon that Ke Anuo is looking at now is a monkey-type orc, level 18.

The opponent's health is almost at full!

In Anno's view, it was so conspicuous.

When Anno looked at it, the latter seemed to sense something and looked up to meet Anno's gaze.

A few seconds later, the monkey-man hid in a corner of the cage and turned his body away.

Anno pondered for a moment, then turned and left.

He doesn't understand this industry.

Who knows if the slave traders deliberately kept this demon, or if there were other reasons?

To put it another way...

Even if it was the merchant's oversight, the fourth-tier guards were also negligent.

In the end, when something went wrong, it had absolutely nothing to do with him.

With this in mind, Anno took Liz and left the market.

It was almost evening by now.

Anno found a hotel to stay in.

Nighttime is when Liz gets into mischief.

Perhaps because of that previous kiss, Liz is becoming increasingly bold.

She already had a stunning figure, with a perfect bust and hips.

The purple magic patterns on her skin only added to her allure.

Tonight, Liz is only wearing her underwear and is lying in front of Anno's bed.

She struck poses, flaunted her charm, and teased Anno.

Even with Anno's strong willpower, she couldn't help but reach out and grab it.

"Eek~"

Liz blushed, biting her lip, letting Anno's hands play with her proud parts.

......

Its daybreak.

Anno patted Liz, who was sleeping next to him, to wake her up.

Good morning, Master!

Liz yawned and rubbed her eyes.

The sheet draped over her body slipped off with her movements, revealing most of the snow-capped peak.

"Fairy!"

Anno glanced at it twice, then got up to wash up.

Although the final step wasn't taken last night, Anno managed to calm down with Liz's help.

Liz was very happy.

She felt that she was not far from winning over her master.

When the two went downstairs, there were already quite a few diners outside.

While Anno was having breakfast, she overheard the people around her discussing something.

Something happened in the city yesterday.

A slave trader's demon slave somehow obtained the key to the prison, and not only did he run away, but he also released the other slaves.

Although the guards discovered and recaptured most of them, some demon slaves still managed to escape in the chaos.

"I heard that Earl Edward was furious about this and dispatched a large number of soldiers to search for the escaped demons overnight!"

"Did you find it?"

"I don't think so. When I came in just now, I saw many soldiers in the streets and alleys."

"Not only that, even the mercenaries are involved! The Earl has issued commissions to many mercenaries, demanding that they capture all the escaped demons!"

"I heard only a few escaped, why such a big commotion?"

"..."

Listening to their discussion, Anno immediately thought of the monkey-man she had encountered yesterday.