I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"Theodore, how much have you investigated in the area you're responsible for?"

While evading the dwarven soldiers, Finn asked Theodore beside him.

"We've investigated about half of them!"

Theodore gave a vague number.

"That's similar to my situation, but it looks like we have to finish checking the remaining areas today. Fortunately, we've already checked most of the areas, and the plan is to finish checking the remaining areas tonight."

Finn produced a disc from his hand and glanced at the constantly spinning pointer.

Upon seeing this, Anno immediately thought of Theodore's storage ring, which seemed to contain a disc with pointers.

He quickly examined the captured storage ring and then took out a broken disc from it.

"Bad?"

Anno looked at the disc, which had clearly lost its function, and put it back into his storage ring.

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"Before we are caught up, we will investigate as many areas as possible."

When they reached a fork in the road, Finn pointed to the right and said, "I'll go to the right, you go to the left."

After so many days of searching, we have investigated almost everything that needed to be investigated.

The only remaining area is the area surrounding the heavily guarded city lord's mansion.

If the target is indeed there, it will be a huge challenge for others.

So, Theodore, be prepared.

If caught by the enemy, try to run to the outer perimeter to attract the attention of the city guards and cover the others as they approach the city lord's mansion area.

"So, you've already checked the outer perimeter, and now all the demons in the city are concentrated in the main urban area near the city lord's mansion?"

Mandel landed in front of Finn from the air and muttered to himself.

"Oh no, they're catching up!"

Seeing this, Finn yelled at Theodore beside him without turning around, "Split up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Finn burrowed underground.

"snort!"

Seeing this, Mandel slammed his weapon into the ground.

boom!

Suddenly, the bluestone floor not far away shattered, and a dark figure was blasted into the air before falling to the ground.

Finn, clutching his chest, stood up with his back to Mandel and staggered away into the distance.

"Oh, you still have the strength to run away?"

Mandel swung his warhammer around once and then threw it away.

The warhammer hurtled toward Finn like a streak of light.

boom!

Finn's head exploded instantly after being struck in the head by the warhammer, and his headless corpse was carried a distance by the inertia of the warhammer.

"What a pity!"

Anno appeared beside the summoned creature Theodore and sighed as he looked at the headless corpse.

Anno had come to gain experience, but Finn was killed by Mandel in just two moves.

"Anno, your plan is good."

Mandel used his magic to pull the warhammer back and said to Anno, "I need to go and tell the city lord that the demons are about to gather at the city lord's mansion. I'll go first."

After saying that, Mandel took to the air.

Finn was talking so much just now only because Theodore was with him.

A lot of information can be gleaned from Finn's words.

The demons have been infiltrating for some time now, and they're searching for something.

However, they didn't know where the item was, so they could only start searching from the outside.

The demons have now thoroughly searched most of the Sagunto area, leaving only the core area inhabited by Lord Owen and other high-ranking dwarves.

If nothing unexpected happens, these demons will risk going to the core area tonight to search for their target.

Although it was dangerous, it was also the demons' last chance.

Watching Mandel leave, Anno recalled Theodore and went to Finn's corpse to pick up the man's storage ring.

The pointer disk that Finn was just using is now broken.

"Was it destroyed by Finn before he died, or is this item bound to the user's life?"

The broken pointer disk is useless.

Anno searched around the corpse for a while before finding the demon horn stuck in the bluestone slab.

This demon horn used to grow on Finn's forehead.

Even though his head was smashed by a hammer, the magic horn did not break.

After sacrificing the demon horn and a few other necessary parts, Finn appeared beside Anno.

"Now that I know the demons will all be heading towards the vicinity of the city lord's mansion, my mission can be considered complete."

The intelligence was discovered because of Anno, and with Mandel testifying, even if Anno doesn't participate in the battle, the reward he ultimately receives will not be small.

Mounting Sasser, Anno prepared to head to the vicinity of the city lord's mansion to see if he could snag some heads and souls.

However, after taking only two steps, Anno suddenly made Sassi stop.

With a grave expression, he took out the map of Sagunto from his storage ring.

"Sagonto can be viewed as a rectangle that is longer from north to south than from east to west. If you connect the four corners of Sagonto with lines, you can divide the city into four isosceles triangles. The city lord's mansion is located in the western area."

Finn is located in the southern region, slightly to the east.

Theodore was previously located in the eastern area.

If their target was really near the City Lord's Mansion, why were they so far off course?

Could it be that the information Finn provided was incorrect?

Giving false information to his comrade Theodore proves that Finn had already seen through Theodore's true nature.

But how did Finn figure it out?

Anno fell into doubt.

Meanwhile, inside the city lord's mansion, Owen, upon hearing Mandel's report, frowned as he looked at the map and asked, "Have any other demons been discovered?"

The guard beside him bowed and replied, "Aside from General Mandel's achievements, no other demons have been discovered so far."

Owen nodded.

Given how large Sagunto is, finding the enemy in the dark is extremely difficult.

Finn was discovered so quickly, it was just bad luck for the other party.

"Tell the search troops to take in some men to guard the city gates, and the rest to temporarily abandon the search of the outer perimeter and search the central area of ​​the city first."

"Lord, shouldn't we search the area near the Lord's Mansion first?" Mandel asked, somewhat puzzled.

Strictly speaking, the city lord's mansion is only located on the western edge of the central area of ​​Sagunto.

The information obtained from searching the central area does not match the actual situation.

"Mandel, the intelligence you obtained is very important; at the very least, it has ruled out the outer areas."

But I am worried that this intelligence is a deliberate attempt by the enemy to mislead us and focus our attention on the vicinity of the city lord's mansion.

The two demons that have been discovered are both in the central area, not near the city lord's mansion!

"Misleading!"

Mandel looked on in disbelief.

When Anno summoned the dead Feathered Demon, Mandel thought the demon had been resurrected.

How could such a perfect disguise be seen through?

Moreover, Finn didn't seem to doubt Theodore's authenticity.

"In any case, it's always good to have a backup plan."

Owen said to Mandel, "Go and inform Temple that the security around the city lord's mansion is in your hands. Also, notify the other generals to lead their troops to conduct a thorough search of the central area."

"Yes, sir!"

Mandel immediately left the city lord's mansion to convey Owen's orders.

Owen looked out the window.

A series of white lights suddenly flashed across the pitch-black night sky.

The location where the white light emanated was very far from Sagunto.

From the perspective of Owen and the high-level beings flying in the sky within the city, it looked like a bolt of lightning streaking across the distance.

Owen gazed into the darkness and murmured, "Of all days!"