I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Is it worth spending so much money to arm your summoned creatures?

Anno felt it was worth it.

After all, 99% of Anno's overall strength is reflected in his summoned creatures.

Moreover, once you acquire these equipment, it's not too difficult to earn it back.

The Frost Crocodile killed in Demon Moon Lake and the Two-Headed Giant Lizard killed outside Iron Fortress, aside from the materials needed for the sacrifice, also have valuable remaining body parts.

For example, the skin of the two-headed giant lizard can be used to sew magical leather armor, gauntlets, cloaks, and other equipment; the tail and teeth of the ice giant crocodile can be forged into magical weapons, and its skin can be used to sew magical footwear.

These Tier 6 materials had already been purchased by the dwarves of Iron Fortress for 100,000 gold coins.

When Kim told Austin and the others about the business deal Anno wanted to discuss, everyone was taken aback.

Anno seems to be planning to loot all the mid-tier magic equipment in Iron Fortress.

"The Ernest family currently only has seven sets in stock!"

"Yalman, nine sets!"

"Clement, five sets!"

Kim: "What do we do?"

Augus frowned and said, "It would seem like we're being unreasonable not to sell, after all, Lord Anno has done us a great favor."

But what will happen to our own people if we sell them all? It's not something we can replenish the inventory in a short time.

Moreover, it's wartime now; even obtaining magical equipment from other dwarves is difficult, let alone a set of magical armor.

Austin, who was deep in thought, suddenly burst into laughter.

He addressed his bewildered compatriots, saying, "You lot are too narrow-minded! Think about why Lord Anno would approach us at this time to buy so much magical equipment, and why he doesn't want us to ship it out immediately?"

Kim and Augus asked in unison, "Why?"

"Fool, with such a huge deal, even if we at Steel Fortress offer prices 20% or 30% lower than the market price, we can still make millions of gold coins. Lord Anno wants to help us rebuild Steel Fortress through this method."

Although they paid Anno in the form of millions of gold coins, this was the price Anno deserved.

The three families of Steel Fortress are very wealthy, but the reconstruction of Steel Fortress will also require a huge amount of money.

Moreover, the compensation for the families of fallen soldiers and the subsequent support for the people's livelihood both require a large amount of gold coins.

The three families jointly govern Iron Keep, and they do not want their people to suffer from hunger and other hardships.

This long-term business deal between Anno and Steelburg will continue to bring huge profits to Steelburg, which will be used to rebuild their homes.

"I see! The president was so thoughtful; I hadn't even noticed!"

"I'm truly ashamed of myself for thinking earlier that Lord Anno was trying to take advantage of us to forcibly buy equipment!"

Upon seeing this, Austin said to Augus, "When I asked Lord Anno to rescue you and your people, the reward I promised was a set of magical armor, the kind that would be inlaid with five gems."

Among the equipment in our Yarman family's inventory, there happens to be a set of knight's armor that we intend to sell to human nobles, and I plan to deliver it to Lord Anno.

As for setting the gemstones, that's up to you!

Augus patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, this is exactly what our Clement family excels at. To repay Lord Anno's kindness, I will have the blacksmiths inlay five top-grade mid-level gems into the armor."

"Then we, the Ernest family, will take those weapons."

Kim said, "Although the president often wears knight's armor, his usual weapon is a longsword, not a knight's lance."

I heard that Lord Anno's weapon broke during the previous battle, so we can use the sixth-tier magical beast materials we bought from the guild leader to replace the guild leader's weapon.

Augusger, remember to save a gem to socket into your weapon.

Augsburg nodded and said, "Don't worry!"

Austin looked at the dwarves tirelessly clearing the ruins under the setting sun and sighed, "Kim, Augusg, the three great families of Iron Keep will depend on people like us from now on."

The family's reputation will inevitably decline, and it may not be able to recover for more than a decade.

But life must go on, and thank you, Lord Anno, for giving us the opportunity to continue living!

......

Anno, inside the fortress, was unaware that he was about to receive a top-tier mid-level magic set crafted by the three major families.

He had been sitting by the ruins of the Ernest family library for three days.

During this time, Anno also looked through some of the ancient books he had found.

However, the ancient books were recorded in Dwarven language, not the common language of the mainland, so Anno couldn't understand them.

So Anno went to a corner and began practicing his summoner spells.

On the fourth day, Gulisha and a second-tier female dwarf carrying a small hammer came to Anno with a package in her arms.

"Lord Anno, the ancient book that Grandma mentioned may have been found!"

Gulisha's expression was complicated. She took a book, mostly burned, from the bundle in the hands of the dwarf woman beside her and said, "However, the damage is severe, and we're not sure if it's the one. I've already sent someone to find Grandma; she'll be here soon."

Anno carefully took the book, which would shake off black dust at the slightest touch, his forehead covered in black lines.

The book was about an inch thick, and the upper half was almost completely burned away.

Only four characters remained on the cover.

"These four characters are 'The Record of Star Destruction'. Among the books we found, only this one has the words 'Record of Destruction' on its cover. However, we cannot be sure yet that this book is the ancient book that Grandma mentioned."

As the dwarf Tongm beside Gulisa explained, he looked at Anno with curiosity.

Yes, you can tell from her name that she is Kim and Eun-m's younger sister.

Anno suppressed the urge to complain and quietly waited for the dwarf grandmother to arrive.

About ten minutes later, the old woman was pushed over in a cart.

"Good morning, Lord Anno!"

The old woman knew what Anuo wanted to do. After arriving, she didn't waste any words and walked to the books with her reading glasses on.

"The Record of Star Destruction? The Record of Star Destruction?"

The moment she saw the cover, the old woman began to reminisce.

"I can't remember the full name, but it doesn't matter. This book is the ancient book I was talking about. Let me see if the place where Lord Anno mentioned the Rubik's Cube has been burned down."

The old woman began to turn the pages of the book with her wrinkled hands.

Page after page!

Very careful and meticulous.

Gulisha and Tongmu prayed incessantly that the places in need would be preserved.

However, Anno himself had no further thoughts at this point.

It's lucky that any data related to the Rubik's Cube could be preserved after it was burned like this.

It wasn't saved...that's normal!

But to Anuo's surprise, the old woman actually found her.

"Lord Anno, although it is quite damaged, half a page is still intact."

Upon hearing this, Anno immediately moved closer from the side.

Then he saw the open book, with a picture on the bottom left page.

The eight Rubik's Cubes above form a circular magic circle, with several incomprehensible characters marked in the center.

Theoretically speaking, the page on the right should be used to introduce this picture.

Unfortunately, only the second half of the page is available so far.

According to the old woman's translation, the second half of the page does not contain any information related to Rubik's Cubes at all.

The only valuable information we have so far is the image on the left.

And the text marked in the center of the image.

"These dwarven words mean 'coordinates,' which means that if you collect all eight Rubik's Cubes, you can get a coordinate!" the old woman said uncertainly, adjusting her glasses.