I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"The dragon scorpions on the plains seem to have all burrowed into caves because of the snow. The scouting team says there haven't been any dragon scorpions for several kilometers around Iron Fortress."

"I really hope those monsters just disappear."

On the streets near the city gate, a group of dwarf soldiers who had just finished their shift were chatting as they headed back towards their camp.

As Anno, wearing a mask, passed by, he overheard their conversation and thought to himself: This heavy snow will keep the dragon scorpions quiet for a while, so the dwarves can have a relatively happy New Year.

However, the heavy snow will also affect the advancing reinforcements.

The heavy snowfall has been falling since yesterday, spanning from 1408 to 1409 in the League of Nations calendar.

In the deepest parts of the city, the snow has reached more than 30 centimeters.

In this kind of weather, the dragon scorpion stopped showing itself and burrowed underground.

The dwarves in the city mostly stayed in their beds at home.

Anno was outside because he was searching for elemental spirits.

Although we know the chances of finding elemental spirits of other types are slim.

But if you don't look for it, the probability is zero.

However, he didn't have the same luck as yesterday when he encountered the Ice Sprite, and returned empty-handed.

Although today is the beginning of the new year, Steel Fortress is not in a position to celebrate.

Therefore, the first day of the year 1409 in the Union calendar, and even the following week, passed uneventfully.

That day, the blacksmith delivered the first batch of forged equipment.

There are thirty sets in total.

This is the result of a week's hard work by hundreds of equipment forging engineers who divided the work among themselves.

However, some of the custom equipment for the humanoid summons has not yet been completed.

Because all the equipment is made primarily of dragon scorpion shells, the main color scheme is dark blue.

Anno immediately had his summoned creature try on the clothes.

Liz and Ella's equipment was designed to be lightweight, with only their chests and skirts made of dragon scorpion shells, while the rest of their bodies were made of furry leather armor—because it was winter.

The Demon Buck's set is a warrior set, which protects vitals without significantly impacting agility. His weapon is a three-bladed steel claw on each of his arms.

The pig-headed Samoro and Elena's outfits are knight plate armor sets. Both of them are completely covered in dark blue armor, with only two sharp fangs protruding from the lower jaw of their helmets.

The former held a meteor hammer, while the latter held a large shield, 1.5 meters high and 1 meter wide, forged from a dragon scorpion's carapace. Thieves would probably avoid them.

Several demons, including the winged demons hunted in Sagunto, had all changed their equipment to the dark blue "Dragon Scorpion Set".

Sassi's equipment was originally intended to be designed in her beast form.

However, considering that Sassi's size would increase when she unleashed her full power, she changed it to a more lightweight thief's suit in human form.

The lich also received the equipment it had requested: a pot-lid helmet, intended to protect its brain from falling off.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the lich's head was cut off during the battle and looks ugly.

However, he is one of Anno's stronger magic-type summons, possessing quite a few sixth-tier spells, and has been designated by Anno as a summon that needs to be trained into a seventh-tier one.

And Buck, he will also be upgraded to the seventh rank in the future.

However, at this stage, Anno does not have enough sixth-tier souls to strengthen them.

The summoned creatures that received the equipment sparred with each other and all found the equipment to be very useful.

Anno felt a great sense of accomplishment looking at the summoned creatures around him wearing the "Dragon Scorpion Set" with the Adventurers' Guild emblem and the number 000001 tattooed on their chests.

"That way, we'll be able to clearly distinguish friend from foe on the battlefield in the future."

Just by looking at their equipment, you can tell these are Anno's subordinates.

On the battlefield, it is also easier to coordinate with friendly forces.

Another week later, part of the reinforcements that had come from the capital finally arrived at Ironforge—this time they were not only going to support Ironforge, but also several other cities such as Ironforge.

The Dwarf King took the threat of the dragon scorpions on the border very seriously and immediately dispatched an army of 200,000!

The heavy snowfall at the beginning of the year slowed down the army's progress by a few days.

Fortunately, there has been no major danger these days.

The number of reinforcements that arrived at Steel Fortress was 50,000, plus the more than 10,000 soldiers already inside.

At this point, the number of soldiers in Iron Fortress was comparable to that of Sagunto, which had not yet been captured.

If we include the other cities, the total number of soldiers is estimated to be around 250,000.

This is almost 60% of the Dwarf Kingdom's forces.

However, the dwarves are not going to reclaim Saguntor now, but are preparing for war.

The reinforcements are mainly to guard against a possible siege by the Dragon Scorpion.

To reclaim Sagunto, the assistance of the God Hunters is required.

Moreover, it's winter now, and there are frequent heavy snowfalls.

This is not a good time to wage war.

According to Owen and the Royal City, the battle to retake Sagunto will not begin until at least early spring, as there is a lot of preparation to be done.

The Dwarf King has even appealed to the humans, orcs, and elves for help within the alliance.

Meanwhile, fanatical followers of the Church of Fire and Forging are also communicating with Hephaestus, hoping to get help.

Joseph the God Hunter also meant to wait for a while.

Marip has set off to seek help from other Godhunters, which will take some time.

There is a very powerful God Hunter among the human race, but he is not easy to talk to.

If that person isn't tied up with other things and is willing to come and help.

Joseph felt that even if Leopold and his group of gods joined the battle halfway through, they wouldn't fare well.

Anno can also see the current situation clearly.

Once this war begins, we will definitely have to clash with the Dragon Scorpion God.

This could even lead to the involvement of figures like Leopold.

Calling it a war of gods is no exaggeration!

For dwarves, once a fight breaks out, they must win.

Eliminate or drive all the dragon scorpions to the Demon Realm.

If they fail, not only will the dragon scorpion pose a great threat to all the dwarves living nearby, but the entire border region could also be in danger.

The reinforcements that arrived were only to prevent the Dragon Scorpion from turning the entire border into its territory before the war even began.

However, there was one good thing about the arrival of the army.

That is, the cultists who had been rampant in the city suddenly fell silent.

With a large number of soldiers, there will be no shortage of personnel for security and other aspects.

Wherever there is a problem, a team of soldiers will immediately rush over to deal with it.

The problem was with cult members; in the end, the investigation only found a few dwarven cultists, not any demon fanatics.

This saved Anno a lot of trouble; at least she didn't have to wear a mask when she went out.

There's no need for Anno to worry about the city's defenses, and material aid has been arriving steadily over the next few days.

Completely liberated, Anno rode Adelaide around and around, searching for elemental spirits.

They also hunt down lucky mid-level magical beasts to use as summoned creatures.

During this period, the number of mid-level magical beasts outside has become quite scarce due to the dragon scorpion.

They were lucky to run into Anno.

Besides that, Anno had been waiting for his high-level set.

Soon, a month had passed since the New Year, and half a month had passed since the reinforcements arrived.

According to what Owen said, the high-level set that the royal city had crafted for him should be delivered in the next few days.

Therefore, Anno decided to cancel his journey to find the elemental spirits and begin his return to Iron Fortress.

On the way back, Anno deliberately took a detour and arrived at Ironforge.

He was going to deliver the relics of a proud dwarf to that man in Ironforge!