I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Click!

A group of dwarven musketeers raised their muskets, which were engraved with magic runes.

One dwarf warrior even carried a mana-gathering cylinder on his shoulder, with two dwarf warlocks standing by, ready to recharge it at any moment.

"Wait a moment!"

Owen sensed a familiar presence coming from above and immediately stopped his subordinates who were on guard.

Whoosh!

A giant griffin landed on the city wall, and several figures jumped off its back.

After reverting to her original form, Liz collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, her forehead covered in a layer of sweat.

Ella gently wiped the sweat from her sister's brow, feeling a pang of sympathy.

"It really was you, Anno!"

When Owen saw Anno, his expression softened slightly.

If it weren't for Anno and Camilla providing information about the blood sacrifice, Sagonto might have faced the arrival of the true god and the attack of the dragon scorpion without any preparation.

Owen dared not think about the casualties in Sagunto under such circumstances.

In this respect, Anno and Camilla did Owen a great favor.

"Lord of the city, we must evacuate the city as soon as possible."

Anno hurriedly walked up to Owen, pointing to the dwarven civilians passing through the city gate below, and said, "Young dragon scorpions can quickly molt and become stronger after devouring corpses. If we delay any longer, the dragon scorpions will catch up with us, and these dwarves will become breeding grounds for the young dragon scorpions!"

"What, it's not just parasitism?"

Owen's face darkened. He hadn't expected that the dragon scorpion could not only parasitize living beings and transform using their magical power, but also utilize corpses!

"This is already the fastest possible evacuation speed."

After hearing what Owen said, Anno ran to the city wall and looked down.

The cold winter wind howled, and the large crowd below huddled together anxiously.

The sounds of soldiers maintaining order, cursing, praying, and children crying created a chaotic scene.

"No, this is too slow. The Dragon Scorpion's forward troops are probably less than two kilometers away. Continuing like this is just waiting to die!"

Anno glanced around, then walked to Owen's side and suggested to the city lord, "City lord, relying solely on the city gates is too slow. Let's blow up the city walls!"

"Blow up the city walls!"

Owen's pupils constricted slightly.

As the lord of Sagunto, he knew all too well that blowing up the city walls meant completely abandoning the city of Sagunto.

He had thought of this idea a few minutes earlier.

But he hadn't made a decision yet, pinning his hopes on those two god hunters.

If Joseph and Marip defeat the true god of the underworld, they will be able to save Sagonto.

But now that Anno has brought up this plan, Owen has immediately made up his mind.

"A battle between gods will certainly not be decided in a short time, and the dwarves of Saguntor certainly cannot wait that long!"

As soon as Owen uttered those words, Corey, the captain of the guard, immediately stepped forward.

"Lord, the outer city walls are equipped with a large number of defensive weapons, which is our greatest asset in the battle against the Dragon Scorpion."

If a breach is blasted in the city wall, it could very well become the breakthrough point for the Dragon Scorpion to attack the city wall!

Once the walls are breached by the dragon scorpions, Sagunto will be gone forever.

Less than a month after the demon invasion, the dwarven towns on the border were all counting on Saguntor's aid to get through the winter.

Giving up Sagunto now means giving up the entire border!

I, Corey, am willing to lead the suicide squad to stop Dragon Scorpion and buy time for the civilians to evacuate.

Then, the troops used the city walls' defensive weapons to fight the dragon scorpions.

"We are willing to follow General Corey to stop the Dragon Scorpion!"

Many dwarves in the vicinity knelt on one knee and petitioned Orn.

Anno looked at the dwarves and only then did he realize what was happening.

When we retreat tonight, there won't be time to take supplies with us.

There were 70,000 to 80,000 dwarves who escaped from the West District alone. The number of dwarves who escaped from the East District, which was the battlefield of the gods, was estimated to be very small. However, there were tens of thousands of dwarves who escaped from both the North and South Districts.

At that time, no border town had the capacity to accommodate one or two hundred thousand refugees.

Rather, after the Swiftwalker incident, most border towns depended on Sargonto for survival.

Giving up on Sagunto at this point would be no different from suicide.

At the very least, countless dwarves will starve to death before aid from the capital arrives!

Owen looked at the dwarf soldiers around him and ordered the kneeling Corey, "Corey, take the magic cannon squad and blast a gap in the city wall five hundred meters to either side of the gate so that civilians can pass through!"

"But..." Corey said anxiously.

Owen interrupted Corey abruptly, saying sternly, "Captain of the Guard, carry out the order!"

"Yes, sir!"

Reluctantly accepting the order, Corey shouted to those behind him, "Artillery squad, follow me!"

Anno walked to Owen's side and apologized, "Lord City Lord, I didn't think this through!"

"No, it's thanks to you that I was able to make up my mind!"

Owen did not look down on Anno because Anno was only at the sixth rank. He pointed to the firelight in the city and explained his reasoning.

"Until now, I still don't have the exact number of the dragon scorpion population, but it's confirmed that there are at least 60,000 to 70,000 of them!"

Sagunto sent out a portion of his troops to guard the border towns, leaving fewer than 40,000 troops inside!

Even with the weapons in the city's defenses, we can only buy ourselves some more time.

After all, the eastern city wall had fallen from the very beginning!

There was no barrier between the battle between the Dragon Scorpion God and Leopold.

When they exerted their full strength, every move they made had the power to shatter mountains and split the earth.

The Dongcheng District has been completely transformed into a hellish scene.

One after another, there were giant pits tens of meters deep, and cracks hundreds of meters long crisscrossed the area.

As for the eastern city wall, it had long been destroyed by the body of the Dragon Scorpion God.

"Anno, thank you for not leaving Sagunto yet!"

Lord Owen gave Anno an unnatural smile. "While I am grateful for your contributions to Sagunto, I still hope you can leave Sagunto now. A genius like you is a treasure of the entire Six Kingdoms Alliance; you must not die here!"

"I value my life very much, and I will definitely be the first to run if I encounter danger."

As Anno spoke, he put on his helmet, took out the Frost Fang, and looked at the buildings collapsing in the distance. He slowly said, "However, before I escape, I will try to kill some monsters to increase my strength."

Owen was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then I'm relieved!"

Boom!

Several loud noises were heard, and the city wall trembled.

Five hundred meters south of the city gate, the city wall was breached by artillery and Corish, creating a gap several tens of meters wide.

Corey led his artillery squad to the north side of the city gate.

While guiding the dwarven civilians at the city gate away from the breached city wall in Saguntor, Orn began sending a force to intercept the Dragon Scorpions two streets away from the city gate.

The various cannons and weapons on the city wall had already been repositioned, with their muzzles pointing towards the city.

"Lord Owen, this is my summoned creature. Please let it stay by your side."

Anno left behind a summoned creature to serve as a coordinate, intending to use the Summoner Spell [Shadow Shift] to return to safety if he encountered danger.

However, the use of [Teleportation] is limited to within 500 meters. To return to the city wall from two streets away, one transfer is required.

Once the fight begins, Anno can absorb a large number of dragon scorpion souls.

Low-level souls are fine, but mid-level souls can be used to upgrade skill rank.

In summary, Anno wanted to take advantage of the dwarves' attack on the dragon scorpion to make some money and contribute his own strength.