I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

The Demon Realm—the land ruled by the Demon King!

In a desert a thousand kilometers from the border of the Duchy of Aurel.

A three-meter-tall, muscular red-skinned demon with two curved demonic horns on its head was carrying a sheathless greatsword on its back and was on its way.

The wind and sand blew by, slapping against the red-skinned demon.

Suddenly, for some unknown reason, it sneezed.

"After crossing this desert, it will be another two days' journey to reach the human principality! It's been decades since I've heard the desperate screams and terrified expressions of humans. I'm really looking forward to it! Hehehe..."

The demon's laughter echoed across the desert, and the desert monsters nearby that heard the sound all hid in the sand dunes, trembling with fear.

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"I never expected that the guild master of the Adventurers' Guild would only be level 22. It's laughable!"

In the council chamber, Simmons glanced at Anno with disdain, then turned and left.

Anno remained silent on this matter.

During the discussion about the human-slaying demon, several high-ranking members wanted to know just how strong Anno was, having obtained this information.

Those at higher levels have already discovered that Anno's aura is not as strong as rumored.

In the end, Anno had no choice but to release a surge of magic power, revealing that he was level 22!

The credibility of information gathered by a level 22 professional drops significantly.

The identity of Anno, the leader of the Adventurers' Guild, carried much less weight in everyone's minds.

However, everyone adhered to the principle of "better to work for nothing than to gamble," and sent the message back to their respective countries or factions.

In particular, the seventh-tier powerhouses of the Duchy of Aurel bid farewell to Lord Alick and returned to their country.

Others also instructed their subordinates to order spies from the Duchy of Aurel to gather relevant intelligence.

Report any intelligence that someone has slain a demon immediately!

Anno and Tester left the council chamber side by side.

Tester frowned and asked, "The intelligence has already been shared, and we can't interfere with how it develops afterward!"

With the reputation of slaughtering demons, the Duchy of Aurel is probably on high alert!

Even the Roland Empire will be on high alert for any activity on its borders, to prevent the Butcher Demon from launching a feint attack!

The human-slaying demon is not as strong as the demon king, but the former's actions are even more demonic than the demon king's, which is why various countries are so wary of him.

"Although the Human Slayer is very strong, Worengel cannot ignore the Lich King. His undead army is extremely large, and we also need to be careful."

Anno said thoughtfully, "Furthermore, I feel there's something fishy about the Lich King sending monsters to attack the city and die!"

Tester shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Those with war experience in the city all feel something is wrong, but no one can guess what the Lich King is trying to do."

The corpses of the dead monsters are collected and burned to ashes.

Even if the Lich King intervened, he couldn't turn the ashes into undead!

Didn't the message you brought back say that those monsters weren't part of the regular Demon King's army?

It is very possible that the Lich King was simply trying to attract the attention of various countries, so he did not send his own army to attack, but instead used the obedient monsters as cannon fodder.

Nobody can say for sure!

Anno nodded.

To put it bluntly, even if the Human Slayer Demon appeared in the Duchy of Aureber, it would not pose a threat to Anno of Worengel.

Asar continued to wander around the undead legion, keeping an eye on the movements of the monster gathering points.

Unexpectedly, the monsters that had gathered there would attack Warrengel every two or three days.

However, after that night raid, five days passed without any movement from the monsters.

Most of the adventurers participating in the finals of the World's Number One Challenge were somewhat anxious.

The competition is scheduled for ten days, and six days have already passed, with only one match played on the first day.

Those who didn't earn any merit points will have to wait to participate in the second round.

They were also hoping to earn merit points to improve their ranking after the war started.

As a result, the Demon King's army remained silent!

This forced everyone to hunt the few monsters in the mountains and forests on both sides.

There are only a few hundred or a thousand monsters that have fled into the mountains and forests.

The participants hunting in the mountains now include the more than two thousand adventurers who want to earn merit points to exchange for supplies at the supply depot.

There are more adventurers than monsters in the mountains and forests!

However, this situation has also made some intelligent people more vigilant.

The Demon King's army is likely preparing a major attack!

This is true.

On the seventh day of the competition, Anno woke up and, as usual, channeled his consciousness into Asar, then went to check out the gathering point.

After so many days of gathering, the number of monsters has reached an outrageous level.

A rough estimate puts the number at over 30,000!

If the Lich King hadn't sent a seventh-tier undead army to intimidate them, the monsters at this gathering point would have long since turned on each other.

Nevertheless, the monsters that initially arrived at the gathering point have now become extremely irritable.

Upon hearing the order to attack human cities, tens of thousands of monsters began to rush towards Worengel.

Anno immediately informed Tester and Lord Alec of the news.

A dozen minutes later, the hunters and scouts sent out rushed back to the city on their eagles, bringing back news of the attack by tens of thousands of monsters.

However, at this time, the soldiers inside the city had already begun preparing for battle.

The sheer number of tens of thousands of monsters made many people nervous.

Even the adventurers who were eager to fight were now somewhat worried about the impending war.

Anno has also been getting some decorations for his summoned creatures these past few days.

Each of Anno's summoned creatures wears a red scarf to distinguish friend from foe.

Even Sasser had one wrapped around her neck.

Two hours later, the monster army appeared on the grassland outside the city.

After a short rest to recover their strength, the monster troops began their charge.

The densely packed monsters surged towards the walls of Worengel like a tidal wave!