I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"Long time no see!"

Inside the conference hall, Monissa removed her hood and looked at Anno with a resentful expression.

At this moment, she still appeared as a beautiful woman, not in her battle form as a snake-woman.

"Lady Monissa, welcome to the Adventurers' Guild!"

Anno forced a dry laugh and asked, "How long have you been in the royal city?"

Monissa casually pulled up a chair and sat down, complaining, "I came to the Kingdom of Nigar after we parted ways. Excluding travel time, I've been staying here for a month or two now."

After I got here, I realized you were lying to me.

The leader of the Adventurers' Guild is not Tester at all, but Anno.

Tester is the third prince of this country.

Anno, you owe me an explanation.

Although Monissa is still in her sixth-tier Swift Walker state, she is no match for Anno.

However, Anno still lowered her head somewhat guiltily.

Monissa is different from Leopold and Camilla, among others.

She is a key figure in Anno's current understanding of the divine realm.

"Let me reintroduce myself. I am Anno, the guild master of the Adventurers' Guild!"

Upon hearing this, Monissa rolled her eyes at Anno and asked, "Why didn't you tell me your real name back then? Was it because you wanted to play a trick on me?"

"No, no, no."

Anno initially wanted to make up a reason, but in the end, he told the truth.

"After all, your identity is related to Leopold and the others. I made up a lie for my own safety. But if you really come to the royal city, you will soon learn my real name, just like you are now."

After listening to Anno's explanation, Monissa lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then asked somewhat dejectedly, "You...you're still wary of me?"

"If I had been wary of you, I wouldn't have let you leave back in Ironforge!"

Seeing the renewed sparkle in Monissa's eyes, Anno quickly said, "We're friends now, right?"

"friend!"

Monissa clenched her fists under the table, thinking to herself: He's already willing to admit I'm his friend, which is a big improvement compared to before.

"Well, let me reintroduce myself to you."

Monissa brushed a strand of hair from her forehead and looked at Anno, saying, "My name is Monissa Keisha, the Goddess of Shadow. Don't call me Lady Monissa, just call me Monissa."

Are there really such innocent gods?

A shadow god, or a snake-man?

Being able to mingle with Leopold and others, his true personality is definitely not what he is showing now.

Otherwise, Monissa would have been completely taken advantage of long ago.

Seeing Monissa secretly glancing at him, Anno couldn't help but feel suspicious.

If the other person has become a god, has he never been in a relationship?

"By the way, Anno, when you came back just now, the people next to me seemed to be discussing adventurers. I vaguely heard them talking about dealing with you."

Anno narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who is it?"

Monissa thought for a moment and said, "I don't know them, but I approached them discreetly and could confirm from their conversation that they were all mercenaries."

Furthermore, they also said they had previously targeted adventurers.

They were worried you'd find some clues and cause them trouble.

"It really was the mercenaries who did it!"

After learning the news from Monissa, Anno's expression gradually calmed down.

Now that the enemy has been identified, the next step is to eliminate them.

"Monissa...Monissa, thank you so much for your information, it's very useful to me."

Seeing Anno change his mind, Monissa smiled.

"By the way, do you know what Leopold and his gang have been up to lately?"

Anno had previously encountered two cults, and he always felt that these gods were up to something again.

After thinking for a while, Monissa said, "It seems like they've been recruiting followers lately."

The continent of Angoros has been quite chaotic lately, and this chaotic time presents a good opportunity to develop a following.

I also instructed my followers to do their best to expand their following in the Demon Realm.

The number of believers can indirectly indicate the power of a god, and the power of faith generated by believers is crucial to the god.

The more believers a god has, the more powerful he/she is generally considered to be.

Upon hearing this, Anno asked, "Does that mean that if all the believers are killed, the god's power will not be able to increase?"

"That's true in theory, since a god that no one worships can no longer be considered a god."

Monissa first affirmed, then shook her head and said, "But every god develops followers in different planes, and it's too difficult to kill all of their followers."

"A different dimension!"

Anno didn't know much about the planes, but he could understand what Monissa was saying.

For example, Death. Not to mention the undead creatures of the underworld, there are many necromancers on the continent of Un'gomolos who worship Death.

"I think I also have a formation diagram for going to the Demon Realm!"

Anno recalled that he had fought against a large number of ghosts in a small town and obtained a blueprint for a formation that could connect to the Demon Realm.

If you want to go to the Demon Realm, that array blueprint will come in handy.

However, Anno knew that Leopold and his gods were expanding their followers and probably still had plans to find him.

The cultists I encountered in the Purple Orchid City of the Roland Empire were like that.

They were concerned about the Pandora's box that was attached to Anno.

"Although there are no signs of cult members in Nigard yet, it is best to take precautions in advance."

Anno planned to mention this matter when he met the king tomorrow.

Anno stood up and, leading Monissa out of the conference room, asked, "Monissa, are you planning to stay in Sodar for the foreseeable future?"

Monissa glanced at Anno and replied, "I mainly want to stay by your side."

Anno: "...The Kingdom of Nigal has two temples, the Shadow of the Night and the Sanctuary of Magic. I recently encountered the avatars of the God of Thieves and the God of Magic. Since you are their enemy, you need to be extra careful here."

"The god of thieves and the god of magic are both mid-level gods; they're no match for them!"

Monissa sighed and said, "I'll be careful."

Downstairs, Anno found Linda, who was preparing a letter of authorization, and said, "It's been confirmed that the adventurers' deaths were committed by mercenaries. The focus of the investigation should now be on the mercenary groups within the city; try to find as much evidence as possible."

"clear!"

Linda glanced at Monissa next to Anno, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

It seems this woman knows something, otherwise Anno wouldn't have been so certain that it was done by mercenaries.

"Guild Master, I plan to make the notification of the guild master to hold a meeting into the form of a letter of authorization. The adventurers will first notify the larger adventurer guilds in each region, and then those guilds will notify the guilds within the region respectively."

Anno nodded upon hearing this and said, "You can handle these matters."

Then Anno turned to Monissa and said, "Monissa, I have to go out and take care of something."

Monissa tactfully replied, "Then I'll stay in the guild for a while."

Anno called Liz and Sassi, leaving Ella at the guild to take care of Adelaide.

Once seated in the carriage, Liz asked curiously, "Master, where are we going now?"

Instead of recalling Buck and the other summons, Anno simply had them follow behind the carriage.

"Let's go pay a visit to the leaders of the mercenary groups!"