I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Faced with his subordinates' accusations, Ward could no longer shake off the suspicion.

Even if Simmons wanted to exonerate Ward, he had no excuse.

However, for Ward at the moment, he is only a suspect.

The adventurer's nameplate in Lesker's possession proves that he killed the adventurer, but it doesn't prove that Ward ordered him to do so.

This was also the last tactic Simmons used to save Ward.

"Ward, you go with them. I want to see how they'll handle things if they can't find solid evidence!"

Simmons snorted and then turned to leave.

After hearing Simmons's assurance, Ward breathed a sigh of relief and then adopted a nonchalant attitude.

"Sigh~!"

Lymens sighed as he watched Simmons leave, then said to Tester, "Your Highness, I'm returning to the palace."

"Thank you for your trouble, Lord Lemens!"

Tester quickly helped Lemons two steps away.

After everyone left, Troy pointed at Slack and winked at Anno, saying, "You didn't arrange this, did you? The mercenaries are completely finished now."

Upon hearing this, Ward wanted to speak up in defense, but remembering Troy's identity, he swallowed his words.

However, he thought to himself: As long as I deny it to the death, and with Prince Simmons' help, Anno will never be able to convict me, and you will not find a legitimate reason to kill me.

"No, this is a pleasant surprise!"

Seeing Ward's expression, Anno knew what he was thinking and couldn't help but chuckle.

Hua De is currently so afraid that he has overlooked the key points.

For Anno, the lives of Omar, Ward, and the other leaders were of no importance.

Just a few sixth-order units.

If Anno were to harbor murderous intent, they would have no chance of returning alive if they dared to leave the royal city.

The crux of the matter is that Slack publicly admitted to attacking the adventurers.

Moreover, the evidence is conclusive.

Once this gets out, the mercenaries' reputation will plummet to rock bottom.

At the same time, the conflict between adventurers and mercenaries will be fully ignited.

On one side is the Adventurers' Guild, which has tens of thousands of members in the royal city alone, and its guild leader is a seventh-tier powerhouse.

On the other side were several remaining mercenary groups, the strongest of whom were only at the sixth rank, and they were divided into several factions.

If a conflict breaks out between the two sides, the mercenaries will naturally suffer.

Anno could then use this opportunity to wipe out all the mercenary groups within the royal city.

While preparing for the guild leader meeting, Anno planned to kick out the mercenaries from the royal city before the meeting started, integrate the adventurers in the city, and then have the various branches follow suit.

At the latest within six months, Anno aims to ensure that only the Adventurers' Guild exists in the entire Kingdom of Nigar.

However, Ward was unaware of this.

He was still happy that he had a chance to live.

However, Ward was somewhat flustered because he was identified by Slack and felt fear in front of so many high-ranking figures.

He'll realize it on his own soon enough.

Simmons may not have thought of this, but his supporters certainly have.

However, the mercenaries had already lost when Lesker stepped forward to confess.

Therefore, Casta and the others did not tell Simmons directly in front of everyone, to prevent Simmons from being laughed at by Tester.

Lemons had already figured it out, which is why he sighed when Simmons left.

A year ago, Simmons had a significant advantage in the succession to the throne.

Tester had far more nobles who supported Simmons.

That's why Tester later wanted to make a name for himself by leading an army to the southern border to wipe out the monsters and, incidentally, to win over Viscount Renault.

However, Tester failed, and his entire army was wiped out.

This led to a further decrease in Tester's support in the capital.

But Tester met Anno during this trip.

With Anno's help, and especially after the Adventurers' Guild rose to prominence, Tester's reputation in the royal city soared.

After all, the Adventurers' Guild and Tester are on the same side.

And the Adventurers' Guild has indeed done a lot to help the people.

Although it's a matter of getting paid to do something, without a guild as a platform, neither the client nor the client would feel at ease.

......

Not long after, Tester brought back a group of soldiers.

Soldiers escorted Ward to prison in front of everyone.

The escort process was carried out without any concealment, proceeding directly through the streets, specifically choosing some of the more bustling ones.

Along the way, adventurers explained to the uninformed onlookers why the leader of the Red Turban Mercenary Group was being escorted by soldiers.

After some time, news of Anno's easy victory over two seventh-tier attackers who joined forces and the severe injury of a seventh-tier mage during the sparring match began to circulate within the city through the spectators outside.

Yes, the information was embellished during its spread, changing Anno's victory in the two sparring matches to Anno facing a combined attack from two seventh-tier opponents and being utterly defeated in just a few moves.

But no one has come forward to correct these rumors.

Even Casta himself has not issued a statement.

The high-ranking officials present all knew that the rumors were false because nothing of the sort had actually happened.

If Casta and Salin really join forces to attack Anno, then the rumors will no longer be just rumors.

When Anno dealt with Caster, he only used the Dragon Scorpion.

Other methods were used when dealing with sarin.

In other words, even if they both went together, the result wouldn't change.

The rumors are actually not wrong.

Based on current intelligence analysis, Anno, this newly promoted seventh-tier, is at least equivalent to three seventh-tier individuals in strength!

After learning these things from Leimens, the king smiled happily.

"Lemons, I remember Baron Anno is currently unmarried, right?"

"Your Majesty, Baron Anno is single, but he has two succubi with him."

"Two succubi, young people like to play tricks."

King Charles smiled and said, "Selena is not young anymore; it's time to find her someone she can entrust her with. Let Tester find a way to get Selena and Anoldo together. They're both young; they should have a lot in common."

"OK!"

......

"Anno, is there any other evidence?"

Tester watched Ward being led away, and said excitedly, "Although after this incident, the reputation of mercenaries will be completely ruined."

But the current evidence only includes what the Red Turban Mercenary Group did; there is no evidence of crimes committed by other mercenary groups.

Anuo shook his head and said, "Let's wait a little longer. Only half a day has passed since we said three days were up!"

Is it reliable?

Tester asked somewhat incredulously, "Those mercenary groups know you're targeting them, do you really expect them to help you?"

Tester believed that the leaders of the Purple Gold Flower and Poison Gold factions were not fools and would not ruin their own future.

"It is precisely because they are intelligent that they know what they should do."

Anno looked out the door and muttered to himself, "If they really don't cooperate, then I don't mind using some unconventional methods."