I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

The old woman gave Anno the half of the book that contained information about the Rubik's Cube.

For a period of time afterward, Anno stayed in Iron Fortress to carry out missions.

More than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Thanks to the efforts of the dwarves, Iron Fortress is gradually recovering.

At least many people's homes have been cleared out again.

Moreover, the dwarven soldiers from Saguntor had already arrived at Iron Keep, numbering two thousand, led by two sixth-tier dwarves!

With the addition of these people, the security of Steel Fortress was greatly strengthened.

Anno has been focusing all his energy on cultivation during this period.

"It's terrible, Lord Anno! Another monster army has appeared outside the city!"

Anno, who was cultivating, heard the shouts outside the door and quickly ran out from the backyard of the room Kim had prepared for him.

The messenger was Tongmu; she must have run all the way here, and was now leaning against the door, panting.

"Lord Anno, enemy attack!"

"Which direction?"

"East of the city!"

Upon learning the location, Anno immediately called Liz and the others to head towards the east of the city.

Because he had accepted the mission of guarding the city, Anno's residence was not far from the city gate.

In less than a minute, Adelaide led Anno and the others to the city wall.

"Lord Anno!"

Upon seeing Anno arrive, the dwarf soldiers on guard on the city wall immediately came over.

This sixth-tier dwarf soldier named Gustav came from Sagunto to provide support.

When the dwarven soldiers who came to provide support arrived, they were shocked by the huge crater outside the city—caused by the battle between Anno and Leopold.

It was this point that led them to believe the information Austin provided: Lord Anno was an extremely powerful sixth-tier being!

"What's the situation now?"

Anno stood on the city wall and looked ahead, spotting a group of hesitant monsters.

Gustav explained, "This group of monsters has just arrived, numbering around five thousand. In the time since I informed you, the monster troops have shown no signs of continuing their attack on Iron Fortress."

"Five thousand?"

Anno raised an eyebrow.

This number of monsters would include at least ten or eight tier-six monsters.

With two thousand dwarves by his side, this was a good opportunity for Anno to kill a sixth-tier monster.

"Come on, we've been free for almost half a month now."

Anno's lips curled up slightly as he took out a magical longsword from his storage ring.

This sword wasn't the one Anno usually used; it was a spare weapon.

The longsword was severely damaged during the battle with Leopold.

Along with Leopold's weapons, Anno sold them to Kim.

"Prepare for battle!"

Gustav secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Anno was willing to join the war.

Although it was rumored that Anno single-handedly killed two thousand demons, he did not witness it with his own eyes.

If Anno is scared away by so many monsters, then they'll have to rely on these people to defend the city.

More than ten minutes later, Kim, Austin, and Augus arrived at the city wall with a group of people.

Looking at the monster army that had begun to move in the distance, Kim's face darkened. "There are so many of them, but we don't have many magic crystal cannons left on our city walls that can fire."

"They've begun their operation!" Austin looked at Anno and bowed, saying, "Lord Anno, thank you for your help!"

"Don't worry, I did accept the commission after all!"

Anno showed a relieved expression, then jumped off the city wall, using wind magic to cushion the fall just before landing.

Squeak!

The city gate behind Anno opened, and Gustav led a group of dwarf soldiers riding goat-like monsters out of the city and formed a battle formation outside the city.

The dwarves in the front row were all heavily armored warriors, wearing full suits of armor, carrying large shields, and wielding short-handled axes.

Behind these heavily armored warriors were a large number of lightly armed warriors and musketeers.

There were also about two hundred armed cavalrymen on both sides, riding goats that were second- to third-tier magical beasts called Whirlwind Goats.

The Whirlwind Sheep has excellent stamina and a violent temper. When accelerated, its curved horns can easily pierce unprotected flesh.

There is also armor on the whirlwind sheep's vital areas.

Anno glanced at Sassi and Adelaide beside her, considering whether to get a set for them as well.

However, these two are too big; the materials required to craft magical equipment for them would be unimaginable.

"It's coming!"

At the front of the group, Gustav, riding the only Tier 5 Whirlwind Ram, held the reins in his left hand, a repeating musket in his right, and a short-handled axe on his back.

Anno climbed onto Sasser's back and said with a laugh to Gustav beside him, "Can one bullet from your musket kill a monster?"

Gustav, who had been looking tense, laughed after hearing Anno's question, "This gun of mine has never missed. If it doesn't kill the enemy, I just use my axe to finish them off!"

As the monster army drew ever closer, Gustav's eyes narrowed, and he abruptly squeezed his legs together to sit on the Whirlwind Sheep.

The whirlwind lamb's foreleg immediately jumped up, lifting Gustav high off its back.

"For the sake of our people, kill all these monsters!"

"Roar~! Roar~! Roar~!"

The heavily armored warrior at the front roared a few times, then began to jog slowly forward.

Various kinds of monsters rushed towards them, growling and baring their teeth as they stared at the dwarves ahead.

boom!

As soon as the two sides clashed, a large number of monsters and dwarves were sent flying into the air.

Then both sides began a fierce and brutal fight.

Although the dwarves were well-equipped, they had only a handful of magic-based professionals, and their ranged attacks relied on a small number of musketeers and the few remaining operational magic cannons on the city walls.

The monsters are diverse, which means that although they are varied, they have a complete range of troop types.

Moreover, their advances and retreats were measured, clearly indicating that there was a commanding monster behind them.

Anno took out a helmet from his storage ring and put it on, then said to Sasser beneath him, "Let's go!"

"learn!"

Sassi, who was already prepared, immediately led Anno into the battlefield.

As for Ella and Liz, Anno left them behind to provide magical support to the dwarves.

Adelaide had already joined the dwarves in the attack, and with a single burst of dragonfire, dozens of monsters were reduced to ashes.

"A fifth-tier red dragon?"

Behind the monster army, a monster wrapped in bandages, resembling a mummy, looked at the giant dragon that appeared on the battlefield with a hint of doubt in its eyes.

It is quite rare to find a dragon in a dwarf city.

But no matter how you look at it, this dragon doesn't seem like a match for Leopold!

The monster army did not attack the dwarf kingdom's territory mindlessly; they had commanders in the rear, so their advance was planned.

However, Leopold has been out of contact for twenty days.

Given Leopold's strength, the others initially thought he was just too lazy to report his location.

But just as the various monster units were preparing to besiege Sagunto, one unit suddenly disappeared.

It was only after investigation that it was discovered that Leopold had failed to capture Iron Fortress.

When they learned of this, the others realized that Leopold had been killed in battle.

So the Demon Realm sent another force to prepare for another attack on Steel Fortress.

"Well, although we don't know who killed Leopold, now that I, Lord Barker, have intervened, this city will become history!"

As soon as he finished speaking, magical runes suddenly emanated from Barker's body, instantly enveloping him in flames.

Strangely, the bandages on its body did not burn; instead, two of them floated in the air, forming a ring.

Barker set his sights on Adelaide, the city with the largest potential market.

The magic power in his body was conducted through the bandages, and then the ring suddenly shot out a ball of blazing flame.