I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Once inside the territory of Sunset Lands, Anno instructed Adelaide to increase the flight altitude to prevent being seen by those below.

The group first arrived at the cave where Adelaide lived.

After Adelaide fled the cave, Gilbert and his men looted everything inside.

However, at that time, Adelaide collected mostly shiny magic crystals, and not many of them.

Nevertheless, Gilbert still took them all with him.

Even the precious magic stone that Adelaide had hidden in a secret cave was found.

There was nothing in the cave at that moment.

This infuriated Adelaide.

If Anno hadn't ordered her to hide in the cave, she would have gone to Sunset City to settle scores with Gilbert right now.

"Master, should we investigate secretly while remaining anonymous, or go directly to Gilbert?"

Liz sat behind Anno, hugging his waist as she analyzed, "We still don't know where Antoine got the Truman Notebook from, but Gilbert should have something similar."

Were these clues about the underground city found by themselves, or were they deliberately leaked to them by someone with ulterior motives?

Liz's suspicions were not unfounded.

Given the power Antoine and Gilbert possess, they would have no chance of obtaining clues about the dungeon unless they were extremely lucky.

Take, for example, Truman's Journal, which is similar to a diary.

Truman was killed by the Sword Saint in the southern border of the kingdom.

How did his notes end up in Antoine's hands in the East?

Moreover, the exploration of the dungeon began six months ago.

They may have obtained clues such as manuscripts even earlier.

During that period, Anno recalled two things that might be related to this incident.

The first thing was that Earl Wayne, the former lord of Glad City, was killed by Anno.

Count Werner was an ally of Antoine and Gilbert, and it cannot be ruled out that Count Werner's death had some impact on Antoine and Gilbert.

The second thing was that the sea creatures came ashore.

The mercenaries, who were tracking Adelaide all the way to the Aier Mountains, encountered a large number of sea creatures.

According to Truman's notes, Truman came to the Southern Reach to help the sea creatures find and break the seal on the Deep Sea Queen.

It cannot be ruled out that Truman's notes were in the hands of the sea creatures, and then, for some reason, were handed over to Gilbert.

If it's the latter, it's very likely that this dungeon, which wasn't mentioned much in the journal, is somehow connected to the seal of the Deep Sea Demoness.

Of course, so much time has passed that there is no way to find a connection between the two events.

Connecting the two things in this way is somewhat far-fetched.

The problem now is, it's better to be safe than sorry!

"Once we get there, we'll conceal our identities and secretly gather intelligence on Sunset City. If we can confirm that there are no high-ranking figures within his territory, then we'll confront him directly!"

Anno's current strength is at the seventh level.

If Gilbert had no one backing him, he could have easily bullied others.

Sunset City is much larger than Selangor City, but their populations are about the same.

After entering Sunset City, Annojo Village found that the residents here were basically no different from those in Klang Valley.

However, the number of professionals in the city is much greater than in Klang Valley.

In terms of quality, it far surpasses that of Klang Valley.

At the very least, there are quite a few mid-level professionals.

As for adventurers...

There is no adventurers' guild in the Sunset Lands either, and adventurers are completely unwelcome there.

"The mid-level professionals must be the professionals from the neighboring country of Aureber."

Based on the intelligence, Anno speculated, "These professionals seem to be very low-key in Sunset City, and they don't have the arrogant and domineering demeanor of mercenary professionals at all."

These professionals weren't even wearing any equipment; if it weren't for their professional badges, they would look just like ordinary people.

However, in Anno's eyes, they couldn't hide anything at all.

Everyone's level is clearly visible under the watchful eye of the [Observer].

Just then, Anno saw a caravan heading towards the city gate.

The caravan's banners included one from the Duchy of Aurel, and another from a merchant guild that Anno was unaware of.

"A caravan from the Duchy of Aurel?"

Anno's heart stirred, and he activated [X-ray vision] to examine the goods inside the carriage.

Several carriages were covered with boxes in black cloth, containing many antique treasures and some old armor that were only good for decoration.

The reason they could tell these were antiques was because there were similar items among the things Anno had previously looted in the dungeon.

It's obvious that these things were transported from the underground city.

Gilbert was the one who traded with the caravan.

"Gilbert has probably made countless deals like this already. There should be a lot of items coming out of the dungeon by now."

Anno frowned slightly and turned to walk in the direction of Gilbert's residence.

Although there are many mid-level professionals in the city, the number of sixth-level professionals is extremely rare.

It's estimated that there aren't any high-ranking officials in the city.

Even if Gilbert had some by his side, they would be at most seventh-rank.

Unlike Antoine's manor, Gilbert built his residence into a place resembling a small fortress.

The towering city walls outside were at least ten meters high, and a large group of soldiers patrolled the gate.

Gilbert, who had just finished drinking, was about to take a nap when he suddenly heard his subordinates report that a man claiming to be Baron Anno, the lord of Xuelong City, wanted to see him.

"Baron Anno? Lord of Xuelong City?"

Gilbert's eyes gradually narrowed into slits.

Information about Anno becoming a seventh-tier being has not yet reached Sunset City.

None of the adventurers in Sunset City were the fastest to spread the news.

Gilbert, preoccupied with exploring the underground city, paid no attention to the news from the royal city.

Therefore, he was not very familiar with Baron Anno.

As I recall, a few months ago, the king bestowed the title of baron upon a professional who had distinguished himself in battle.

This person seems to be named Anno.

But how did Baron Anno become the lord of Xuelong City?

"Why did he come to see me?"

Gilbert had no contact with the other party whatsoever.

His first thought was of Antoine. A sudden thought struck him, and he touched the skull necklace around his neck, muttering to himself:

"Could it be that they've been exposed over there?"