I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"Attention everyone, the monster standing next to us is a summon of Anno, the guild master of the Adventurers' Guild. Don't harm our own people!"

The captain's voice echoed from the nearby city walls.

The soldiers, whose attention had been diverted by the appearance of the lizardman leader and other summoned creatures, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If we hadn't told them beforehand, the soldiers would have thought that monsters had already climbed up the city walls.

Crackling sounds!

The lizardman leader's lightning ball struck the ground and exploded instantly.

The arcs of electricity, spreading like a spider web, knocked down more than a dozen monsters within a five-meter radius, who were then killed by the soldiers with arrows or magic.

The soldiers in the city are mostly at least Tier 2.

However, the strongest of the dozens of soldiers guarding the city near Anno was only at the third rank.

Most of the soldiers these days have already fought a battle against the monster forces.

They are very skilled at handling emergencies.

However, this is a battlefield after all, and the monsters are not just there to be beaten.

The counterattack from the ranged monsters also caused some casualties among the soldiers.

Continue fighting if you have minor injuries, but call for a priest if you are seriously injured.

Some unlucky souls who were hit in the head or other vital areas died on the spot!

Anno doesn't gain experience from hunting low-level monsters, so he's been searching for any fourth-tier monsters hiding among them.

Whoosh!

While searching, thick vines suddenly flew in front of Anno, wrapped around the wall, and then straightened!

The city wall is about twenty meters high!

Following the trail of the vines, Anno discovered a group of demonized tree people.

These tree-men walked to within about fifty meters of the city wall and then activated the [Root] skill.

Then, use tough vines to connect to the city wall, forming ladders that small monsters can climb!

Beside the demonized treant, a group of demons with hardened keratinous skin stood guard, blocking attacks from the city walls.

"Vany's squad, quickly cut down the vines!"

"yes!"

As monsters such as ratmen and goblins rapidly climbed up the vines, the surrounding soldiers immediately began to chop at the vines with their weapons.

A soldier was swinging his longsword, preparing to cut down the ever-growing vines, when he was suddenly hit by a white substance rising from below.

Before the soldier caught in the spider web could call for help, he felt a tremendous force pulling him down!

Fortunately, the soldier was right next to Anno.

Anno drew his newly purchased magic longsword, cut the spider silk to save the terrified soldier, and then casually chopped off a few vines around him.

The goblins and other monsters that had climbed halfway down screamed in terror as they fell from a height of over ten meters.

Luckily, he only broke his leg and survived.

If you're unlucky, you'll land headfirst on a rock, your brains splattering everywhere!

But then, even more spider silk sprayed up and stuck to the outer wall of the city.

Several other monsters were hanging from the spider-like monster below, climbing upwards along its silk.

Because of the lower part of the outer wall, it was difficult for the soldiers to deal with the spider webs.

Before long, a spider led a group of monsters up.

These spiders were around level 15, and Anno's summons easily dealt with the group that climbed up.

They also took care of the monsters that hitched a ride with them; they were all low-level, first or second-tier monsters, with only one third-tier monster.

Aside from providing Anno with a soul, it did not increase any experience.

However, these monsters can also be exchanged for merit points.

Other parts of the city walls also encountered a combined attack from demonic treants and spider-like monsters, especially the walls near the city gates.

To stop the monsters approaching the city walls, the gathered mages and hunters launched a continuous ranged attack.

The firelight in front of the city gate illuminated the piled-up corpses, with various severed limbs scattered all around.

The city gate area is 500 meters to the left of Anno's location.

The monsters attacking Anno's defense zone were not very strong, and their attack pace slowed down after the mages killed the demonized treants one by one with magic, along with their guards.

In addition, with Anno leading a group of fourth-tier summons nearby, no monster was able to climb the city wall after that.

Just then, from a hundred meters to the right, came terrified cries for help.

Anno immediately sent his shadow riding Sassil over – he didn’t want the summoned creature to go alone, fearing it might get accidentally injured or cause panic in the melee.

The knight's suit purchased from Lance was now being worn by Shadow.

When the shadow rushed over, it found a skinny demon, less than 1.5 meters tall, wielding a short knife and reaping the lives of soldiers.

This is a level 23 poacher. It looks similar to a ratman, but it doesn't have a tail or big teeth.

Poachers are agile and skilled at assassination.

Ordinary soldiers were no match for them.

The Tier 4 soldier in charge of this area has been killed by poachers in conjunction with a Tier 4 electric lizard!

However, the electric lizard was replaced by a soldier's dying counterattack—its head was pierced by a longsword and pinned to the city wall.

Shadow rode Sasser at them, but the poachers dodged.

"I'll handle this; you guys guard the city walls!"

The heavy armor suit worn by the shadow did not affect its speed.

This is thanks to Anno's previous passive skills that boosted warrior stamina and endurance.

Boom!

The shadow leaped off Sasser's back with a dull thud.

"Sasser, finish this quickly!"

Drawing his longsword from his waist, Shadow used [Continuous Thrust] to instantly close the distance with the poacher.

At the same time, Sasser also blocked the poachers' escape route.

"Speed ​​is also one of my strengths!"

Sasser, having broken several of the poacher's ribs with a single swipe of her claw, accelerated again, catching up with the poacher's flying body and opening her mouth to tear it apart.

Seeing this, the poacher quickly threw his dagger at Sasser, forcing her to dodge.

The poacher then dodged the shadow's attack and prepared to jump off the city wall to escape.

Without an electric lizard drawing fire in front, poachers are not strong in head-on combat against opponents of the same level.

However, as the poacher circled around the right side of the shadow, a repulsive force suddenly emanated from the shadow in all directions.

Resist the halo!

The poachers who rushed forward lost their balance and were thrown off, sliding along the city wall for more than ten meters, their skin peeling off.

Before it could even get up, a long sword was thrown by the shadow and pierced the poacher's heart.

"Uh~!"

The poacher held his longsword in both hands, his wide eyes gradually losing their luster.

Pfft!

After drawing the longsword, Shadow noticed there wasn't a drop of blood on it and couldn't help but praise, "What a fine sword!"

Afterwards, Shadow and Sasser stayed here temporarily to guard the area.

[Gained 1 Poacher Soul (Orange), +2000 Experience]

On the other side, Anno saw an orange soul flying towards him from the right, and the calls for support stopped, so he knew that Shadow had already taken care of things over there.

Currently, Anno needs a whopping 25 experience points to level up from level 22 to level 23!

To level up, you need to hunt down hundreds of fourth-tier monsters.

"Let's see if any other places need help!"

The lizardman leader has killed off most of the monsters in this area.

The remaining sixty-odd soldiers can hold their ground here without any problem.

Anno wanted to go to the area where the fighting was most intense and pick off some enemies.

The cluster of orange souls was dazzling in the darkness—to absorb a soul, one must be within a 300-meter radius.

After putting away the summoned creatures, Anno led Liz and Ella to within 300 meters of the city gate. One by one, fourth-tier orange souls flew towards Anno like birds returning home.

[Obtained Giant Goblin Soul (Orange) x1]

[Obtained 1 Five-Headed Hydra Lizard Soul (Orange)]

[Obtained Treant Soul (Orange) x1]

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