I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

The headquarters of the Bauhinia Mercenary Group.

Listening to the report from his subordinates, Steinbeck couldn't help but sigh, "They really are efficient and decisive."

They only returned yesterday, and today mercenaries have already become a disgraceful profession in the royal city.

Moreover, his strength exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Uncle, our people haven't found any clues yet regarding the mercenaries killing the adventurers."

Sony frowned and said, "However, judging from the people who appeared with Prince Simmons today, besides us, Poison Gold, and Valon, the other six companies are all involved."

As for the tenth mercenary group, Miracle Flower, they've already been an adventurer group for a long time.

"Although the Purple Gold Flower has no right to say this, the things they did now require all the mercenaries to take the blame for them. They are truly despicable."

Steinbeck sighed again and ordered, "Go contact the leaders of Poison Gold and Valon. It looks like we'll have to work with them to investigate the leads. That old bastard Lucas definitely has leads we don't know about."

Just as Steinbeck was preparing to cooperate with Lucas, the leader of the Poison Gold organization, Lucas's son, Krus, entered a magnificent hall.

Kulas faced the statue of the god of thieves in the main hall and called out to the empty hall, "Kuras requests an audience with the envoy."

That's right, Poison Gold is actually a mercenary group supported by Dark Shadow.

The headquarters of Dark Shadow and Magic Sanctuary are both located in the Kingdom of Nigar, where they wield considerable power and have numerous subordinate organizations like the Poison Gold Mercenary Group.

Whew!

With his head bowed, Kulas felt a gentle breeze. When he looked up again, he found dozens of thieves dressed entirely in night clothes, with only their eyes showing, suddenly appearing around the hall.

"Kuras, it's been a while since you've been to Dark Shadows."

A slightly hoarse voice sounded, and Kuras looked down at the area below the statue of the god of thieves.

There stood a tall, thin figure.

This person is the special envoy mentioned by Kuras, a seventh-tier thief from the Dark Shadow, one of the Six Temples, stationed at the royal city stronghold.

"Your Excellency, the main reason for our visit is because of Guild Master Anno of the Adventurers' Guild..."

"No need to say anything, I know everything. Convert the Poison Gold Mercenary Group into an adventurer's group. By the way, tell Guild Master Anno not to forget the favor he owes Lord Max."

"what?"

Kuras was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

What does it mean to say "Don't forget the favor you owe Lord Max"?

Actually, even when he said those words, he himself sounded a little doubtful.

This was an instruction given to him by Max, the god of thieves.

And Anno actually owed the God of Thieves a favor.

This is rather unbelievable.

But the envoy could only relay Max's instructions.

"These are Lord Max's instructions; just do as he says."

"Yes...yes!"

Kulas nodded, and after leaving the temple, he took a breath of fresh air at the entrance to calm himself down.

"What exactly did Anno do?"

This follower of Max didn't even have the right to initiate communication with Max.

How did Anno, a summoner, get involved with the God of Thieves?

Can't figure it out!

When Cousles couldn't figure something out, he would tell his father and let him think about it.

Lucas was also stunned for a long time after hearing the news.

Finally, he replied, "Come on, let's go to the Adventurers' Guild!"

Lucas had just stepped outside when he ran into Steinbeck, who was looking for him, and Valon, the leader of the Valon mercenary group.

"Lucas, where are you headed?"

Steinbeck naturally knew that Lucas was the actual person in charge of the Poison Gold Mercenary Group, so he bypassed Kuras.

"you......"

Lucas saw the two of them, and a look of understanding flashed in his eyes.

These two guys probably know what happened this morning and have come to him to ask for a collaboration.

After a moment's thought, Lucas took Steinbeck and Valon back to the camp.

Instead of going to the guild to tell Anno who the suspects are in the murder of the adventurers.

Instead, we should join forces with the other two companies to find evidence of these suspects' crimes and then hand it over to Anno.

By demonstrating their loyalty in this way, they won't have to worry about being targeted or harassed by the guild after joining the adventure team.

So tonight, the royal city has many more people like Slack who can't sleep.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Because of Anno's actions these past few days, the mercenaries in the royal city are having a tough time.

However, they still held onto a sliver of hope.

Hasn't their team leader already completely latched onto Simmons' coattails?

The fact that Commander Hua De was not harmed in prison after his arrest proves that Simmons still has influence.

But three days later, the mercenaries were still somewhat uneasy.

After all, no one knows what Anno will do next.

As the new day began, many eyes were on the Adventurers' Guild, waiting to see what Anno would do next.

When the Adventurers' Guild gates opened, everyone looked expectantly at them.

If nothing unexpected happens, Anno should be heading out now to visit the mercenary groups' bases one by one.

To everyone's surprise, when the door opened, Anno walked out.

But at the same time, a group of mercenaries suddenly emerged from the crowd of onlookers, knelt down at the entrance of the Adventurers' Guild, and cried as they told Anno that they wanted to turn themselves in.

Soon, someone recognized the people who were kneeling and kowtowing.

They were basically from the six families: Hundred Beasts, Ghost Hand, Delaibo, Black Python, Blazing Flame, and Red Headscarf.

They were also among the six teams that joined Simmons' side.

There were more than twenty people.

These people are certainly not all of them, but they are enough.

The Poison Gold Mercenary Group already possessed some crucial clues.

In the past few days, they have joined forces with the entire Zijinhua and Valon groups and quickly found evidence of these mercenaries' crimes.

Like Slack, these people removed the nameplates after killing the adventurers.

It's not that they're stupid, but rather that they're keeping a backup plan.

Although as a mid-to-high-level member of the group, the possibility of being abandoned by the leader afterwards is very small.

But as a mercenary, one must always have a backup plan.

The three mercenary groups of the Purple Gold Flower are no pushovers either.

After deciding to completely transform into an adventure team, they went to great lengths to force the murderers to surrender with evidence.

This includes, but is not limited to, threatening or intimidating the perpetrators by endangering the safety of their family members.

So, early in the morning, the onlookers listened as the murderers, trembling, recounted in detail how they had killed the adventurers.

Many of the details described by these people can be verified.

After they finished speaking, the onlookers began to curse the ancestors of the six mercenary groups.

Not to mention the Adventurer's Star who contributed to the country by resisting the undead army.

Other adventurers also contributed to the development of the kingdom.

Many mercenaries used to ask for exorbitant prices when accepting commissions.

Now that they've done something so disheartening, regardless of whether the investigation ultimately leads back to the leaders, mercenaries have no place to survive in the royal city.

The most emotional people in the crowd were the families of the murdered adventurers.

Although the Adventurers' Guild gave these families a lot of compensation money after Anno returned, what is money more important than the lives of their own family members?

After all the people who had turned themselves in had finished speaking, the onlookers roared incessantly.

"Hang them!"

"Hang them!"

"Hang them!"