I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

After putting on her formal attire, Anno couldn't help but sigh, "This is truly... decadent hedonism!"

Pop!

Liz, standing on tiptoe, pressed her finger to Anno's cheek, then snuggled into his arms, her eyes sparkling with hearts, and exclaimed, "Master, you're so handsome!"

Anno patted Liz's magic horns and said with a smile, "It's just so-so. After all, I would have to give way to Eddie Peng in his prime."

Although Liz didn't know who Eddie Peng was, she still insisted, "No, in my heart, my handsome and mighty master is the most cool! Ew~!"

As they were talking, Liz seemed to have been stimulated by something, and made a "Huh" sound, her body trembling a few times.

"Alright, we should go!"

Anno pulled her hand away from Liz's embrace, straightened her clothes, and walked out of the room.

Ella, who was hesitating whether to do the same as her sister to please Anno, watched Anno leave and let out a heavy sigh.

However, as a succubus, she harbored a strange resentment.

"What? Do I look ugly in my master's eyes?"

......

During the banquet.

Anno sat next to Tester, constantly clinking glasses with the nobles who came over.

Nowadays, anyone with a sound mind can see that Anno and Tester are from the same faction.

Anno, who could single-handedly intimidate the leaders of six major mercenary groups.

Even when the higher-ups don't make a move, their strength is already among the top tier of people in the royal city.

Behind Anno's formidable strength lies a massive adventurers' guild.

Half of the nobles attending the banquet were from the Kingdom faction. Although the nobles led by Simmons were chatting and laughing with the Kingdom faction nobles, the two sides were clearly not on good terms!

As for Simmons himself, he didn't want to come.

This banquet was entirely a show of the king praising Tester's achievements in Wolengor. His presence was a loss of face—although Wolengor was half gone, it would have fallen entirely if it weren't for Tester and Anno.

However, this was the first time many of the nobles from the Kingdom faction had interacted with Anno on such a occasion.

In some kingdoms, noble territories are even preparing to introduce adventurer guilds!

Getting acquainted with Anno is always beneficial.

"I never imagined that we mercenaries would have the opportunity to appear in a situation like this!"

Khalifa was wearing a suit, smoothed the hair on his face with his hand, and tried to put on a standard gentlemanly smile.

Although there were opportunities to cooperate with nobles in the past, such banquets among nobles were not something that mercenaries could participate in.

"What brought you here wasn't your mercenary status, but your adventurer status!"

Berkeley walked over with a glass of red wine, clinked glasses with Khalifa, and then asked, "So, has a nobleman offered you a position?"

"An earl wanted me to be his captain of guard, but I refused."

Khalifa downed the glass of red wine in one gulp and laughed heartily, "Fortunately, he didn't press the matter further, but he said we could cooperate if there's an opportunity in the future."

"My situation is similar."

Berkeley sighed and said, "The conditions offered by these nobles are too good. They said they would make me a noble knight, which would be a way to get out of the commoner class. It makes me really want to disband the mercenary group."

However, these days, too much comfort isn't good either, so I still plan to become an adventurer... Khalifa, I'm going to register our mercenary group as an adventurer's guild.

"I thought I was the only one planning this way; it seems we're on the same page."

Khalifa put his arm around Berkeley's shoulder and said, "The guild leader has taken down six of the top ten mercenary groups. If they continue to run mercenary groups, they're obviously going to suffer. Anyway, it's the same for adventure groups. Although the rewards are less, the number of commissions is greater."

Furthermore, we don't need to contact anyone to complete the quests; we can accept them directly through the guild. We also have the "Adventurer's Star" title, which gives us priority for many quests.

"Let's go to the guild together tomorrow and officially register as an adventurer's party!"

"That's exactly what I was thinking!"

The conversation between Berkeley and Khalifa at the banquet actually reflected the thoughts of many mercenary groups in the royal city.

Continuing to oppose the Adventurers' Guild will only lead to our own downfall.

Why not join a guild and start a new life with a different identity?

They might even be better off than before.

Halfway through the banquet, the old king prepared to leave.

However, before leaving, he was about to announce something.

Today, many nobles have gathered here not only to celebrate Tester and the adventurers' achievements, but also to confer the title of Baron Anor.

Although the title of Baron is the lowest rank of nobility, it also indicates that Anno has entered the ranks of the nobility.

If a noble from the aristocratic faction were to attack Anno, even if it were discovered, the law could not convict the noble who made the attack.

But now, if the nobles of the aristocracy attack Anno again, it will be a struggle between two nobles, and the kingdom's laws protecting the nobles will protect Anno's interests.

This is completely different from my previous status as a commoner.

Although the nobles were surprised, they already knew about Anno's contributions on the battlefield.

This is not the first time that the royal family has used titles to reward professionals who have performed outstandingly on the battlefield.

But that usually happened during the founding of the nation or the land reclamation period.

The kingdom's territory has now been largely divided up by the nobles.

Allocating territory to Anno would certainly infringe upon the interests of other nobles.

This is no easy task.

However, Anno understood this as well. He had discussed it with Tester in advance and asked the king to only grant the title for the time being, and the territory could be granted later.

As for the family crest and other complicated matters, Anno will need to work on them gradually in the future.

Thus, amidst the sullen expressions of Simmons and other nobles, and the envious glances of the adventurers, Anno accepted King Charles's investiture and officially became a baron of the Kingdom of Nigar.

There were also some aristocratic ladies and socialites at the party.

They were already full of curiosity about Anno, and now that Anno had been granted a noble title, many of them couldn't contain themselves and began to take the initiative to come over and talk to Anno.

These women ostensibly came to invite Anno to dance, but in reality, they were all lusting after Anno's body.

Throughout the conversation, they kept throwing suggestive winks at Anno; everyone seemed to have a hidden agenda.

The gesture of licking her lips and gently stroking her high, firm chest was undoubtedly telling Anno something.

They wanted a thrilling one-night stand with this powerful guild leader!

Anno also had a headache about this.

"Anno, as one of the main characters of this banquet, you must choose a dance partner!" Tester ignored Anno and grinned smugly from the side.

At the event, many people turned their attention to Anno.

Some people are watching to see who Anno will choose to dance with.

Of course, there were also some people who realized that Anno was in "trouble".

"Sister, should we go and help our master out of this predicament?"

"No, you are just a summoned creature. The people here are all human nobles. If you go up there rashly, it will make your master lose face among the human nobles."

Upon hearing Ella's words, not only did Liz stop in her tracks, but Lü Yan beside her also stopped.