I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Led by Lance, Anno arrived at a place guarded by many soldiers.

Although Lance is a member of the Seven family, he is not the first in line to inherit the family business.

His power is limited, and he has few magical equipment at his disposal.

"The only magical set I have here is a knight's armor!"

Lance knew that Anno was a summoner.

He didn't know what kind of equipment Anno needed for this unknown profession, but it might be more magic-based.

Therefore, Lance was worried that Anno wouldn't be interested in the knight's armor.

Lance opened the door and led Anno to the display shelves inside the room.

Equipment etched with magical patterns and inlaid with magical crystals sat quietly on the display shelves.

Among them were two staves, a two-handed sword, a gauntlet, a mage's cloak, and a magnificent set of knight's armor.

The set has a lot of pieces, from helmet, breastplate, and gauntlets to belt, leg armor, boots, a spear that is more than three meters long, a one-handed sword, and a large shield!

As a profession primarily focused on defense, the Knight's set features a lining of chainmail, making the entire set extremely defensive.

The only downside is the weight!

Without sufficient strength and stamina, one cannot move for long while wearing this equipment.

Only warriors and knights can wear this kind of suit.

However, warrior sets typically only add protection to vital areas to improve agility.

Anno looked around and felt that the knight suit matched his body type quite well, and it should fit him well!

"Looks pretty good. How much does this set of equipment cost?"

Anno was tempted to buy it.

Now that the Adventurers' Guild has been operating for so long, the profits of each branch are quite considerable—mainly from quest fees, selling monster catalogs, catering services, and equipment repair.

In particular, the guilds in the royal city, although established later, earn far more in a month than more than a dozen guilds in the southern and eastern regions.

The combined profits of all the guilds amounted to 500,000 gold coins—and that's because before the tournament, the guilds didn't receive many mid-level commissions.

In addition to the one million gold coins he had previously swindled from the Temple of Six Professions, and his own savings.

Anno's personal stash now contains 1.6 million gold coins.

Of the 300,000 gold coins, they were held in various guilds as working capital, and Anno currently only has 1.3 million gold coins in his possession.

Anno used to think that a set of magic equipment would only cost a few hundred thousand gold coins.

But he actually underestimated the price of the magic set.

Magical equipment is divided into low-tier, mid-tier, and high-tier based on its materials!

Once a professional obtains a magical equipment of the corresponding rank, they can easily gain an advantage when fighting against an evenly matched opponent!

Anno had previously learned from Tester that a low-tier set of armor could be bought for as little as a few hundred thousand gold coins.

However, a set of magic armor worn by a mid-level professional costs at least one million gold coins.

"President, this set of equipment was just delivered a couple of days ago, and the receipt is here."

Lance took out an envelope he had prepared in advance and handed it to Anno.

Anno took the envelope and saw an unfamiliar family crest, which must belong to a dwarf family.

Anno breathed a sigh of relief upon opening the envelope and seeing the number on it.

The cost of materials and labor is 1.05 million gold coins!

This mid-range package at this price is still within an acceptable range.

"This equipment was forged by the dwarves in collaboration with my father, so the quality is guaranteed. The clothes I'm wearing were made by them."

The guild leader doesn't need to worry about where the armor came from. I explained it to my father beforehand, and he approved this transaction.

"The Seven family is willing to be friends with the chairman at a 20% discount!" That's what my father said.

That means this set of equipment only costs 840,000 gold coins!

If it's to be sold, the price of this knight's gear should be increased by at least 50%!

However, Alek not only did not raise the price, but also offered a 20% discount on the cost price, which shows his sincerity.

Although the Seven family is far away on the border and is still fighting against the Demon King's army.

However, they were not entirely unaware of what was happening in the royal city!

Everyone knows that the Adventurers' Guild is an organization of the Tester faction.

We're all colleagues!

Moreover, Alec saw the potential in the guild's future development.

When Lance explained to Alec that he had applied to become the president of the Adventurers' Guild and that the president intended to purchase magical equipment from them, Alec immediately took out a set and several pieces from his inventory for Anno to choose from.

If there hadn't been no magic-based sets in the inventory, Lance wouldn't have brought a knight set.

Those two magic wands and the magic cloak were specially prepared by Alec.

"20% off!"

Although Anno wanted to maintain his demeanor as president, he couldn't afford to lose money if he didn't offer discounts.

"Then please thank Lord Alec for me!"

Afterwards, Anno spent another 300,000 gold coins to buy a magic staff, a mage's cloak, and a two-handed sword at the original price!

The magic staff can accelerate the formation of fourth-tier spells. Anno can use it himself or assign it to summoned creatures.

The mage's cloak comes with the skill "Magic Shield," which can be pre-charged and automatically releases a shield when in danger.

The two-handed sword is exceptionally sharp and can easily cut through ordinary armor.

Anno also wanted the remaining magical equipment.

But at this point, Anno only had tens of thousands of gold coins left, and couldn't afford to buy anything.

After leaving Lance's residence, Anno sighed.

If you want to exchange a magical piece of equipment at the supply depot, it will cost about one million merit points (equivalent to 100,000 gold coins)!

This requires killing one hundred level 21 tier 4 monsters to obtain that many merit points.

"Hey, if you calculate it that way, it doesn't seem like that much!"

Anno pinched his chin and muttered to himself.

He now possesses eighty summoned creatures, and in a single battle, he can kill at least a hundred monsters. Even if the monsters are low-level, killing more will surely make a difference, right?

But then he looked somewhat worried.

"Eighty! Eighty! To fully equip the entire summoned legion, we'll need at least eighty million gold coins!"

If the number of summoned creatures increases, more money will be needed...

With my current financial resources, there's absolutely no hope of building an army of summoned creatures.

Anno always mocked Tester for being a poor bastard.

But now he realizes that he's the one who's broke.

Tester at least maintained a legion of 5,500 men.

At this moment, Anno suddenly hoped that the Demon King's cannon fodder troops would attack quickly.

This is how he earns merit points.

Anno didn't expect that his idea would come true so quickly.

In the early hours of the morning, everyone in the city except the troops on duty had already gone to sleep for a while.

Suddenly, the heavy, long sound of horns, the whistles of soldiers in formation, and the sound of magical explosions roused everyone from their sleep.

Anno set up a tent to rest not far from the city gate.

The Demon King's night raid was discovered, and Anno woke up immediately as soon as the battle began and rushed to the city wall.

On the city wall, the priests cast their [Illumination] spells one after another, which flew into the air and briefly illuminated the night.

The densely packed monster army had somehow managed to get within a hundred meters of the city wall.

"Roar~!"

The moment they were discovered, a furious roar immediately came from the rear of the monster army.

Then the monsters stopped carefully hiding their tracks and ran straight towards the city wall!

Anno has the ability of night vision, so he can see the scene below even without using illumination magic.

"The quantity is around a thousand; I don't know about other directions."

Anno watched as the soldiers lit torches on the city walls and launched long-range attacks downwards, and abandoned the idea of ​​going out to fight.

It was pitch black, and Anno's summons were all monsters, so the chances of him being accidentally injured were too high!

It would be better to attack from the high ground on the city wall.

Anno greeted a soldier captain and then summoned his magic-based summon.

The ranged units, led by the lizardman leader, immediately began bombarding the approaching monster troops below.