I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Back in the conference room, Anno had Monissa explain the solution for preserving the tattoo to Sonny and Steinbeck.

Upon hearing that they needed to find the protection of a god, the two immediately thought of the god of mages and the god of knights.

Sony is a mage, while Steinbeck is a knight.

However, given their status, it was impossible for them to contact the two gods.

The only option is to try going to the temple and finding those fanatical believers.

The headquarters of the Mage God's temple in Angomulos is located in the Kingdom of Nigar, and there is also a branch of the temple in the royal city—the other five temples all have branches in Sodar.

It wasn't something that Adrian turned Sonny into a fanatic overnight.

Judging from Sony's current situation, at least she is still conscious and does not show any obvious bias towards Adrian's feelings.

Monissa estimates that it will take about two or three months for Sony to become a complete fanatic.

So now Anno plans to send Steinbeck and Sonny to the Magic Sanctuary and the Temple of Discipline to try their luck.

Anno looked at Steinbeck and asked, "Steinbeck, what are your plans for the future?"

"I?"

Steinbeck sighed and said, "Right now, all I want is to cure Sony's problems and see her get married again. Then I'll just find any job; I won't starve."

After all, it was once the number one mercenary group.

Steinbeck's personal wealth is considerable.

"What do you mean?" Tester asked, completely bewildered. "Does Commander Steinbeck want to retire?"

"retire?"

Steinbeck glanced at Anno with a hint of resentment and said, "I don't think I'm old enough to retire right now. It's just that Chairman Anno has asked me to disband the mercenary group."

"Anno, what's going on?"

Tester had assumed that Steinbeck would join the Adventurers' Guild, just like Poison Gold.

Such a strong mercenary group, with ten tier-six mercenaries, it would be a shame to disband it.

Anno explained, "Steinbeck is from the House of the Dukes of England in the Roland Empire!"

"The Roland Empire, the England family?"

Tester's eyes narrowed instantly.

Good heavens! The ducal family of the neighboring country has actually created a mercenary group in the capital city of the Kingdom of Nigar, and its strength ranks first.

"What does the England family mean by this?"

Tester's tone was clearly angry at this point.

Steinbeck quickly explained, "Your Highness Tester, please calm down. I am just someone who was expelled from the family long ago. I have lived in the royal city for more than ten years and have long since severed ties with the family."

Steinbeck then spent a long time explaining to Tester before Tester's doubts were dispelled.

However, Tester and Anno shared the same idea at this point.

The Purple Gold Flower Mercenary Group cannot exist as an adventurer group and must be disbanded.

"Actually, I have a job here, and I don't know if Mr. Steinbeck would be willing to do it."

Anno, seeing the group looking over, explained, "Didn't I announce before that we were going to establish the [Investigators]? But the first batch of Investigators members hasn't been decided yet. With Mr. Steinbeck's abilities, he's more than qualified to join the [Investigators]."

"You'd be willing to use me?"

Steinbeck asked, somewhat surprised, "Didn't you say before that there was something wrong with my identity?"

Anno pointed at Tester and said, "Don't worry, His Highness Tester also has shares in the Adventurers' Guild in the Royal City. As long as His Highness Tester and I agree, you can become an [Investigator]."

Your status dictates that you can't become the head of any faction in the royal city, but you can be an employee.

Steinbeck hesitated for a moment, then let out a heavy sigh and said, "President Anno just helped Sony find the problem. If I refuse, it would be disrespectful. However, I don't know if I'm up to the task of [Investigator]!"

The "investigator" that Anno mentioned is different from the adventurer.

The Investigator is a member of the Adventurers' Guild, meaning they are subordinates of Anno.

Since its members are investigating cases of adventurers' mysterious deaths, their strength is naturally indispensable.

Anno stipulated that the weakest [Investigator] must be a mid-level professional of the fourth rank.

For adventurers, they serve as both a guarantee of safety and a deterrent.

Within the guild, investigators definitely have more power than ordinary adventurers.

Investigators have access to certain classified information.

Therefore, Anno will not allow unqualified adventurers to enter the [Investigator] spawn area.

However, Steinbeck's case is rather special.

Anno has figured out everything about him, so joining the Investigator wouldn't be a problem.

Most importantly, in Anno's vision, the Investigators will have other missions in the future.

We should try our best to win over a sixth-tier peak expert like Steinbeck.

"When you get back, you can ask your old buddies. Anyone with mid-level strength can be invited in. The professionals you invite must have a clean background! I will screen them after they come in."

Steinbeck nodded in agreement, "Understood, I know what joining the [Investigators] means, Chairman!"

Hearing Steinbeck change his tune, Anno smiled and said, "That's good."

As Steinbeck and Sonny prepared to leave, Anno added a comment.

"If you encounter difficulties at the temple while dealing with Sony's problems, you can try mentioning my name. But don't get your hopes up too high; they might not give me any special treatment."

Sony has the aura of Adrian.

Both the Mage God and the Knight God are gods of the Order faction.

Therefore, Sony could potentially be seen as an enemy.

However, if Sony can explain things clearly, the misunderstanding should be cleared up.

What I fear is that Sony won't be given a chance to explain.

Moreover, Anno only met the God of Mages and the God of Knights once.

There's also a chance they might ignore Anno.

After Steinbeck and Sonny left, Tester pestered Anno, asking him what he had been doing before.

How did it get involved with terrifying evil gods?

Anno looked at Tester with a curious expression and thought to himself: There is an evil god sitting next to you!

With Xue Feibai and the others absent, Tester was one of Anno's few close friends in the royal city.

Therefore, Anno simply had the bunny girl have the kitchen prepare a few dishes, and he drank while talking to Tester.

After hearing Anno's story, Tester suddenly felt a surge of ambition to travel the world.

But the thought that he was only at the fourth level instantly brought him to his senses.

"Anno, leave the [Investigation Order] to me. As for the [Investigators], I can't help with that. I don't even have enough mid-level professionals myself."

"It's alright. I'll bring this up at the upcoming guild leader meeting next month and have all the guilds participate in the selection process. There are quite a few mid-level adventurers in the kingdom; we can just select them gradually."

"Oh, I've already heard about that. The branches closer to the capital should have already started preparations! After this meeting, are you planning to reshuffle the mercenary ranks nationwide?"

"That's right, our time may be running out. Therefore, we need to expedite our goal of establishing the Adventurers' Guild throughout the Six Kingdoms Alliance!"

Upon hearing this, Tester asked, "What do you mean?"