I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"Have they already reached this point?"

Looking down from the dragon's back, Anno saw a steel fortress the size of a county town, with only some monsters moving around inside.

There was no sign of dwarves at all.

Because Adelaide lowered its altitude, it startled many of the monsters on guard as it passed over Iron Fortress.

"Lord An, Steel Fortress... Steel Fortress has fallen!"

Gulisha hadn't recovered yet.

Three years ago, I left my hometown with my father. I never expected that when I returned, my home would be in ruins.

As for the Ernest family dwarves, their fate is unknown.

Anno let Adelaide hover above for a while and, finding no monsters flying up, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

There shouldn't be any high-level monsters here.

Seeing the monsters below begin to gather, he ordered Adelaide to descend again, landing outside the Iron Fortress.

"Crunch!"

The gates of the Iron Fortress opened, and a large group of monsters carrying weapons rushed out.

Before long, a force of two thousand monsters was ready for battle, with about five hundred of them being mid-level monsters.

At this moment, a humanoid monster riding a two-headed giant lizard slowly emerged from the city.

The two-headed monitor lizard is very large, with a body length of over ten meters!

This is also a sixth-order creature!

As for the monster riding on it, its strength is at the peak of the sixth tier, level 35.

The humanoid demon was about 2.5 meters tall, with four long teeth at the corners of its mouth, and its muscles were bulging all over its body. Its arms were thicker than Anno's waist!

He was holding a long, serrated knife.

Anno was somewhat surprised when he saw the other party's attribute panel.

The opponent has a whopping one million health points!

It is more than twice the size of a typical peak sixth-tier monster.

A level 35 knight has about 400,000 to 500,000 HP.

The key issue is that the other party lacks talent.

"Looks like a tough opponent!"

Anno felt somewhat cautious.

But I wasn't overly worried.

After all, the summoned creatures he possessed were all mid-tier, and after using [Shadow Summoning], the number reached as high as 640, with the ability to replenish them.

Most importantly, the Summoner Spells [Poisonous Fungus] and [Calamity] are extremely effective against these monsters.

Given the chance, Anno could easily wipe out even the minions and monsters.

"I never expected to find a young dragon here. Submit to me!"

Before Anno could speak, the monster opposite him named Leopold Rodrik spoke first.

Adelaide can understand what the other person is saying.

However, she can't speak now.

If Adelaide had an expression, she would be looking at her like she was an idiot.

Who the hell do you think you are? You have such a big mouth, expecting a dragon to submit just by talking!

Believe it or not, I can kill you with a single breath of dragon fire.

Anno then jumped onto the dragon's head and asked, "Leopold, are there any dwarves still alive in this city?"

Leopold, who originally didn't want to talk to Anno, looked a little puzzled when the other called his name.

"Human, you actually know me?"

"snort!"

Anno snorted coldly and pressed on, "Answer my question."

Anno is deliberately pretending to be an expert, trying to get information out of Leopold.

He needed to know whether all the dwarves of Iron Keep had died in battle or whether some had escaped.

However, Anno didn't expect that his first attempt to act like an expert would be ignored by the other party.

"How dare a mere human speak to me in such a tone? You're asking for death!"

Leopold raised his greatsword and swung it forward, roaring, "Kill him!"

"Roar~!"

A group of monsters immediately roared and charged towards Adelaide and Anno.

At the same time, a large number of arrows and spells were fired at Adelaide.

"Tch, I knew I was overthinking it!"

Anno tapped the nose cone, signaling Adelaide to take off.

"Roar~!"

Adelaide unleashed a burst of dragonfire, deflecting incoming arrows and magic to prevent them from hitting Anno, before flapping her wings and taking off.

But just as it was about to leave the ground, a dark shadow rushed over at an extremely fast speed.

Before Adelaide could even unleash her second dragonfire, the opponent had already charged up in front of Anno.

"Whoever you are, now that you're here, don't even think about leaving!"

Leopold jumped in front of Anno and swung his greatsword down.

when!

Anno quickly drew his shield to block the attack, but was still forced back several steps by the immense force.

"Wow, that's fast!"

After regaining his balance, Anno looked up ahead and saw that after Leopold finished attacking him, he had kicked Adelaide hard in the head.

boom!

Adelaide's head was kicked and slammed to the ground, blood gushing from the spot where she was kicked.

And Anno also jumped off the dragon head because Adelaide lost her balance.

Leopold stood before Adelaide, facing the enormous dragon head, and said, "I'll give you one more chance: submit to me!"

Adelaide opened her mouth wide and bit at the other person, demonstrating her response through her actions.

"What a pity!"

Leopold dodged the bite with a swift movement, then raised his greatsword, ready to cut off the dragon's head.

But just then, a figure cut in from the side.

Ding-dong! Ding-dong!

Anno and Leopold clashed, their swords sparking as they struck.

Under the combined onslaught of both sides, Anno's longsword was actually chipped open.

However, several serrations on Leopold's serrated sword also broke off.

boom!

Anno took a punch, and the armor on his chest was deformed.

However, Anno turned around and kicked Leopold in the shoulder, sending him tumbling away.

After they both stood up, neither attacked immediately; instead, they observed each other.

Leopold: This human is only level 32, yet he managed to hold out against me for so long?

Anno: How could this be? This monster is stronger than Chris in his human form. And it doesn't even seem to be using its full strength.

"Human, you have caught my attention. Your strength far surpasses that of the sixth-tier dwarves in the city I conquered."

Leopold glanced at the damaged weapon in his hand, licked his lips, and chuckled, "Well, I've already eaten it!"

As he spoke, Leopold's weapon flashed with a black light, and then he looked at Anno.

Anno immediately adopted a defensive stance.

The magic shield blocking their way was shattered instantly.

Anno, who was hit, felt as if his hand holding the shield was about to be shattered.

Then his body flew backward and crashed heavily to the ground.

"After all, we're just human!"

Leopold brandished his longsword, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.

scoff!

Anno stood up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at Leopold in front of him, and said seriously, "Be careful of humans!"

boom!

A massive fog instantly enveloped the surroundings.

A hint of doubt flashed in Leopold's eyes as he murmured softly, "Is this the mist of the underworld?"

Whoosh!

Hearing the whooshing sound, Leopold quickly turned around to block, then kicked his opponent into the black mist.

"Just now...did I kick a zombie?"

Leopold was suddenly filled with doubt.

Why are there zombies on this battlefield?

"Hmph, [Great Whirlwind]!"

With his vision obscured by the mist, Leopold simply swung his greatsword, creating a gust of wind that dispersed the black mist around him.

Then he discovered that he was surrounded by a circle of sixth-tier creatures, with the undead being the most numerous.

Just as he was about to move, Leopold felt a stinging sensation all over his body, and even a feeling of weakness washed over him.

Leopold looked down and realized that a mushroom had somehow grown on his body.

These mushrooms were all rooted in flesh and blood, and were growing rapidly.

"Wait a minute, could this skill be... the Summoner's [Poison Fungus]?"