I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

A group of people headed toward the delivery location agreed upon by Anno and Count Cass.

When Anno arrived with his men, a long convoy of supplies came into view.

Hundreds of horse-drawn wagons loaded with goods were lined up in two rows.

"Baron Anno, you're here quite early!"

When Count Cass saw Anno arrive, he pointed to the carriage and said, "The goods are ready. Please inspect them."

Anno nodded, letting Liz and Sassi in human form examine it.

"Is this the escort team you prepared?"

While inspecting the goods, Cass pointed at Wenze and said to Anno, "I know several large mercenary groups in Violet City, and there's no one like this among them!"

Upon hearing this, Wen Ze looked somewhat embarrassed.

His mercenary group has dozens of members, and Wen Ze, the leader, is a fifth-tier mercenary.

This level of strength isn't actually weak.

However, Cass was, after all, a nobleman who once aspired to become the empire's greatest swordsman, and he really looked down on Wenze's mercenary group.

"Don't worry, I have my own plans!"

Anno had never really intended for the mercenary group to escort the goods to the Dwarf Kingdom.

His task for Wenze was to escort the convoy to the mountain near Adelaide.

After Wenze and the others leave, Anno will transfer the goods to the Evil King's Domain.

The main purpose of doing this is to prevent others from knowing that I have an extremely large storage space.

With so many supplies disappearing, anyone with ulterior motives will surely become suspicious.

Their knowledge will allow them to deduce a reasonable and convincing reason.

But no matter what they did, they couldn't guess the correct answer.

"Anno, if it were anyone else, I would definitely ask them for the horse rental fee."

Kasci raised an eyebrow at Anno and said, "But I'll waive our relationship requirement for you! However, you'll be responsible for the coachman's food, drink, and toilet needs along the way, and you'll have to bring them back afterwards."

"Come on, these cargo-hauling horses aren't warhorses. One horse costs at most ten gold coins. Even a thousand of them would only amount to ten thousand gold coins. The money you make from me is less than that."

Because the cargo was quite heavy, with each carriage weighing approximately five tons, it was equipped with four horses.

"What are you saying? When you come to my territory in the future, I'll treat you... Wait, isn't that the England family's, the Golden Orchid Merchant Guild's caravan?"

Cass, who was having a pleasant conversation with Anno, suddenly frowned and looked at the street behind Anno.

Upon hearing this, Anno turned around and saw a huge caravan of hundreds of carriages heading this way.

The luxurious carriage at the front of the procession carried the purple-gold banner of the Ingham family.

When the luxurious carriage pulled up in front of him, Howell stepped down.

The civilians lining both sides of the street, including Wenze and others employed by Anno, all knelt on the ground to pay their respects to Howell.

"Why is Duke Howell here?"

Anno had some doubts.

After parting ways with Sony a few days ago, Anno had no contact with the Duke. The only time he went out was to hire a mercenary group.

"Your Majesty the Duke!"

When Howell walked up to Anno, Anno still bowed to him.

"Baron Anno, are you leaving already? In a few days, we'll be publicly beheading the captured cultists. Aren't you, the biggest contributor, going to attend?"

Howell looked at the young man in front of him with a complicated expression.

Although they had only met once before, he had initially been quite fond of Anno.

Anno lived up to his reputation, capturing the cultists hiding in the city shortly after leaving the Duke's manor.

The crucial point is that one of the cult members is his own daughter!

"The credit for this matter does not belong to me, but to Earl Cass. I was merely entrusted with it by him."

Anno immediately pulled Cass into the water and explained, "I still have a mission to complete, so I can't stay any longer."

"I see. That's a real shame. I was hoping to invite Baron Anno to dinner to thank you for your contributions to Purple Orchid City, but it seems I won't have that opportunity."

After hearing Howell's words, Anno couldn't help but think to himself: You didn't thank me when I was still here, but now that I'm gone you want to thank me.

Seeing that Howell had not left, Anno asked, "What brings Your Grace here?"

"Oh, have you forgotten? Didn't we discuss a business deal before? I'm just delivering the goods!"

Howell pointed to the carriage road behind him: "The supplies worth 300,000 gold coins are all here. I've thought about it carefully, and since these supplies are to support our allies, I'll just charge them at cost price."

Then, he lowered his voice and said, "In five days, the arrested cult members will be executed. Aren't you going to come and watch?"

Anno was wondering why Howell had suddenly changed his personality and sold so many supplies to Anno at cost price.

When Anno heard Howell's last words, he understood.

If Anno, the arresting officer, hadn't been present to execute the cult members, protecting Sony would have been incredibly easy.

Anno shook his head and said, "I really do have a mission to complete; the situation in the Dwarf Kingdom is extremely urgent. You should invite Lord Cass instead!"

Cass seemed to have received a favor from Howell, waving his hands repeatedly and saying, "I've been in Purple Orchid City for too long. There are many things in the territory that I need to go back to handle. I'll be going back in a couple of days, so I'm afraid I won't be able to see you again."

"Since you all have important matters to attend to, I won't keep you any longer."

Howell smiled slightly and said to Anno, "You can inspect the goods and then hand the gold coins over to Tel. Don't bother taking the flags from the caravan; the name of the Golden Orchid Merchant Guild is enough to scare away most highwaymen. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now!"

After Howell left, the white-haired knight Tel walked up to Anno and indicated that Anno could begin inspecting the goods.

"Sigh, being a parent is really not easy."

Count Cass sighed and said, "Since His Excellency the Duke has chosen to do this, I hope he can handle the aftermath well and avoid any mistakes."

Anno shrugged.

After inspecting all the goods, Anno handed the gold card to Cass and Tel.

He then led the convoy ahead, with Wen Ze's mercenary group following around it. The convoy, consisting of over five hundred vehicles, marched out of Zijinlan City in a grand procession.

"What means does this kid have to transport these supplies? He can't really be planning to send them to the Dwarf Kingdom with just a few dozen mercenary groups, can he?"

Cass watched Anno's departing figure, his eyes filled with curiosity.

If they encounter a powerful bandit on the road, all those supplies worth over a million gold coins will be wasted.

......

Inside the Duke's Castle.

Howell said to the veiled woman in front of him, "Cass and Anno are both shrewd; we can't mess with them. Fortunately, they don't want to be my enemies, so I don't need to worry about them reporting you for now."

You made such a huge mistake, but I spared your life because you are my daughter, because I don't want to admit that the England family has produced such a cancer.

From this day forward, you are no longer a member of the England family.

When executing cult members, I will announce that Sonny Ingham died in the course of fighting the cult members.

Upon hearing this, Sony knelt before Howell and kowtowed several times, his eyes filled with tears, and said, "I'm sorry, Father, I have let you down."

Howell closed his eyes, waved his hand, and said, "Get out! If I hear you're still doing evil, I'll send someone to deal with you!"

Standing on the streets of Zijinlan City, Sonny, who had lost his identity as a member of the England family, felt a moment of confusion.

Then she remembered what Anno had said earlier.

"I don't think I've ever experienced a life-or-death battle. Anno's Adventurers' Guild is in the Kingdom of Nigar; maybe I should become an adventurer!"

Having survived, Sony has come to terms with many things.

So she decided to make the Kingdom of Nigarh her first stop on her journey.

Along the way, she traveled with caravans and merchant convoys to various cities.

But on the third night after setting off, Sony suddenly woke up from his sleep.

She clutched her chest, gasping for breath.

His forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.

But the mutterings kept echoing in my mind...