I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Night falls.

After leaving Cass, Anno found a hotel to check into and sat down in a chair, lost in thought.

Count Cass wants to ask Anno to help the soldiers of Violet City find the cultists' stronghold.

But Zijinlan City has been searching for a week and hasn't found a single big fish.

Anno didn't want to linger too long in Purple Orchid City; he was looking forward to quickly bringing supplies back to Steel Fortress.

When leaving Steel Fortress, Anno asked Kim about the remaining supplies at Steel Fortress.

Kim's answer was: once tens of thousands of refugees flood into Steel Fortress, food will last for at most ten days.

This batch of supplies was the same supplies that Sagunto had previously provided to Steel Castle—Steel Castle had suffered several wars before, and without aid, it wouldn't have survived the winter.

The situation was similar in other border cities, such as Ironforge.

Therefore, the sooner Anno brings back supplies, the more people he can save and the easier it will be to gain the friendship of the dwarves.

Therefore, Anno wanted to refuse Cass's request.

However, considering that she still needed to discuss business with him, Anno couldn't bring herself to say no.

So in the end, the two made a promise.

Count Cass needs to gather enough food for 200,000 people within three days, along with warm clothing, tents, and other necessities, which Annor will purchase at twice the market price.

Meanwhile, Anno spent those three days investigating the cult for Count Cass free of charge.

When Anno first made this request, Count Cass almost spat out the wine he was drinking.

Eating two hundred thousand people for two months, even if they ate simple food every meal, would still require thirty to fifty thousand gold coins.

But Anno requires meat, which would cost at least tens of thousands of gold coins.

There are also supplies such as warm clothes.

A rough calculation shows that Anno needs approximately 300,000 gold coins.

Anno's sudden demand for such a large amount of supplies makes one wonder if he's going to war.

In this era, food is a strategic resource.

Such large quantities of grain are rarely traded.

Moreover, it's winter now.

Cass rejected Anno without even thinking about it.

Finally, Anno doubled the price, and Cass reluctantly agreed.

Anno's price was three times the original price, more than double the market price.

That's roughly one million gold coins!

A million gold coins is not a small sum for Anno.

He earns money quickly, but spends it even faster.

A single magic set is worth millions of gold coins!

Anno needs dozens of units.

Cass was willing to do this deal because Anno said the supplies were intended to support the Dwarven Kingdom's borders.

Cass had also heard about the Swiftwalker invasion that occurred on the border of the Dwarven Kingdom last month.

Information about the Swift Walkers remains highly sought after within aristocratic circles.

However, what Cass didn't know was that the war between the dwarves on the border had already taken place once.

After the two reached an agreement, they signed a contract.

In this way, Anno would have to investigate the cult members diligently according to the terms of the contract.

Cass also needs to gather the supplies Anno requires within three days.

To be honest, three days is too short a time. Even for a count like Cass, it would be difficult for one person to gather so many supplies.

But this is, after all, the central city of Zijinlan Province, and many nobles own property here.

After parting ways with Anno, Cass immediately contacted other nobles.

Let's all make money together.

Liz and Sassi peeked out from under the covers, blushing, and said to Anno, "Master, the bed is warm now, you can go to sleep!"

Nothing more was said that night...

The next day, Anno woke up just as dawn broke.

It wasn't because she woke up naturally, nor because Liz and Sassi were holding her, but because the shadow had returned, bringing news of the cultists' secret hideout in the city.

This was an unexpected delight.

Anno sat up and took out a notebook from his storage ring.

Unlike "The Survival Handbook of Another World", the journal records some of the important things that Anno encountered.

Anno flipped directly to the last page, which also contained the following: [Philomena has a secret that even the gods envy], [The Red Moon can attack, the Bright Moon can heal], [The dwarf god hunters Joseph and Malip], [The pupil of the Evil King's True Eye is still a little short of turning golden], etc.

Turning the page forward, Anno searched through a page filled with names and found one. He thought to himself: Are the cultists actually related to those guys?

The line that Anno was pointing to read, "[Adrian the Walker]".

Next to them are [Leopold the Walker], [Barker the Walker]... [Monissa the Walker].

These are the names of the Swiftmen that Anno had encountered before. Anno wrote them down in case he forgot them later.

Adrian was one of the Swiftmen who attacked Ironforge.

He was the first Swift Walker to be killed by Anno in that battle, and he also tested the power of Anno's self-created skill, [Illusion: Horizontal Four-Sided Slash].

Looking back, the cultists who stabbed passersby that afternoon also shouted the name Adrian.

However, Anno didn't realize it at the time.

Now I realize it was because of the message brought back by Anno's shadow.

As for how Shadow learned about the cult stronghold in the city, we need to go back a bit further in time.

Five kilometers away from the city of Purple Orchid, in a desolate mountain, Ella and Adelaide hid in the mountain after Anno and the others left, waiting for Anno to return.

According to the plan, Anno will stay in the city for three to five days in order to purchase enough supplies.

The waiting process is naturally boring.

Ella kept complaining to herself while she was in Adelaide.

"Adelaide, when will you be able to take human form? It's all because you're so big that you can't enter the city, which is why our master left you and me outside."

Adelaide could sense Ella's resentment.

But she couldn't understand.

Even though Ella hated Anno so much at the beginning.

He carried Anuo on his back every day, plotting with her how to get his sister back to freedom.

Help! Ella has completely become Anno's personal secretary now!

How could he blame his best friend for being abandoned here by Anno?

The person you signed the contract with is Adelaide, not Anno!

Adelaide is feeling a bit weary; she feels the distance between herself and her former best friend is growing.

"Roar~!"

Adelaide, seething with anger, couldn't help but look up at the sky and let out a dragon's roar.

"Shut up!"

A sharp shout suddenly came from the side.

Adelaide's voice stopped abruptly. She stuck out her tongue and licked her lips, pretending nothing had happened. She lay on the ground, secretly glaring at Anno's shadow, and bared her teeth.

Seeing that Adelaide had calmed down, Shadow lay on the ground with his arm as a pillow and said to Ella, who was standing on the dragon's head, "Little succubus, why don't you come over and give me a soft lap pillow?"

"Hmph, you're just the master's shadow, not the master himself!"

Ella rolled her eyes at the shadow, then ignored it completely.

"Tch!"

Seeing that he had made a fool of himself, Shadow did not continue to pester him, but instead stood up and began to practice his swordsmanship.

He wanted to turn the [Illusion Horizontal Four-Sided Slash] into a true combat technique without relying on the Evil King's Domain.

As a shadow, everything he experiences after returning to his original body will be perceived by the original body.

Therefore, the cultivation results of the shadow, after returning, become the cultivation results of Anno.

Anno left his shadow near Ella and Adelaide in case something happened to them.

Everything was normal at first; after all, who would have thought that a dragon was hiding in a mountain?

However, Adelaide's earlier shouting attracted a group of uninvited guests.

This group of people were dressed in black robes and cloaks. The leader was level 34, and the other dozen or so people also had mid-level strength!

They are the high-ranking members of the Adrian Church.

The two civilians who caused trouble at the city gate this afternoon were controlled by the leader.

After creating chaos, the cultists, who were hiding in the line waiting for inspection, took advantage of the confusion to escape.

I had planned to hide in this desolate mountain for a while, controlling the civilians to create panic at the city gate every day, but I never expected to suddenly hear the roar of a dragon.

When the cult members saw Adelaide sleeping on the grass, their eyes lit up with excitement.

"Hey, let me tell you first, that dragon is a sixth-tier dragon."

The shadow suddenly appeared behind the man in the black robe and cloak.

As all the cloaked figures turned around in surprise, the shadowy figure drew his longsword and sneered, "Judging by your furtive behavior, you're probably not good people. If you want to fight, why don't you fight me!"