I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Edward, or rather, the demon Marcus, looked at the young lord before him and chuckled, saying, "My lord, why do you keep calling me a demon?"

"Looks like you're not going to admit it!"

Anno glanced at Sassi, who was following behind him, and the latter immediately drew her dagger and rushed towards Marcus.

Gilbert roared, his face grim, "All of you, charge! Take down Anno!"

He had considered that Anno, the new lord, might not have good intentions.

But I never expected Anno to be so tough.

With only two subordinates, he actually dared to attack his men in Sunset City.

Upon receiving the order, numerous soldiers immediately rushed forward.

But soon they were sent flying backward at an even faster speed.

These soldiers were only at the third or fourth rank, no match for Liz at all.

Liz stood before Anno, brandishing her spiked whip, and said coldly, "Dare to lay a hand on your master again, and you will die!"

Gilbert's expression changed drastically upon seeing the soldiers lying on the ground in an instant.

The next second, more than a dozen figures appeared in front of Gilbert, protecting him behind them.

The leading warrior was at the peak of the sixth rank.

These guards were all professionals recruited by Gilbert from Aurelberg.

When they go out, these people will protect Gilbert from the shadows.

Inside the castle, they would also secretly take charge of Gilbert's safety.

They arrived at the scene with the soldiers just now.

I thought I wouldn't need to intervene, but I didn't expect that the magical energy fluctuations from Sassiel and Liz were all at the sixth level!

"My lord, the enemy is at the sixth rank! Please hide immediately!"

The sixth-tier warrior in the lead looked at Liz beside him with a somewhat unpleasant expression.

He really had no experience fighting a sixth-tier succubus.

My impression is that succubi have strong mind control abilities.

He wasn't sure if he could handle it.

That's why he ordered Gilbert to retreat.

"Sixth Rank!"

Upon hearing this, Gilbert's right hand unconsciously moved to the skull necklace on his chest.

A professional once presented him with a treasure map, and he teamed up with Count Weasley to explore the treasure's location.

After much effort and the loss of over a hundred soldiers, Gilbert finally found two pieces of jewelry and a large amount of treasure at the location of the treasure.

The jewelry consists of a skull ring and a skull necklace.

The skull jewelry only needs to be worn on the body and stained with the blood of its owner to generate a very powerful energy beam to attack the target.

This ability was originally tested by his butler, Edward, at great personal risk.

For this reason, Gilbert trusted his butler very much.

Even during the retreat, Gilbert threatened Anno, "Anno, if you lay a hand on my men, you won't be leaving Sunset City today!"

He prepared to go out and gather manpower.

Gilbert now wields far more power than what he currently possesses.

The real treasures are all in the underground city!

Once he returns with his men from the underground city, he'll make sure Anno suffers a terrible fate!

Anno glanced back at Gilbert, who was preparing to retreat, and said in a deep voice, "Did I say you could leave?"

Whoosh!

Several sixth-tier dragon scorpions appeared around Anno and quickly surrounded Gilbert and the others.

Click, click!

The enormous pincers collided repeatedly in the air.

Gilbert and his guards below looked up at the ferocious dragon scorpion and couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Peak sixth tier! All these magical beasts are at the peak of the sixth tier!"

The sixth-tier warriors beside Gilbert were also feeling some fear.

With their small numbers, they are no match for these enormous magical beasts.

Resistance may only lead to death!

"Just who exactly is this Anno?"

Gilbert was also shocked.

He somewhat regretted not paying attention to the news from the capital.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be in this situation where we have absolutely no information about Anno.

the other side.

Sasser drew her dagger and charged at the butler.

Given Saselle's speed, if the butler were just an ordinary person, there would be no way he could have dodged it.

But Marcus realized that Sasser seemed to be serious, so he dared not sit idly by and wait for his doom.

"Wow, you're pretty agile!"

Sasser looked at the white-haired old man who had stepped aside and grinned, "Why aren't you pretending anymore?"

"hateful!"

Marcus glared fiercely at Sasser, then looked at the relaxed Anno and asked, "Who exactly are you?"

Anno walked up to Marcus and looked him straight in the eye.

"[Vision]!"

Marcus, who was on guard, suddenly noticed that his surroundings had changed and exclaimed in surprise, "An illusion?"

Anno, watching from the outside, sighed and muttered to himself, "So it really didn't work?"

The primary function of [Vision] is illusion.

The scenario of directly controlling a female mage in a dungeon and engaging in a question-and-answer session, as was previously possible, can only be achieved when there is a significant difference in strength between the two sides.

"Sasser, see if you can pry any useful information out of it."

Anno intends to let Sassiel handle this battle herself.

In this way, she will gain more experience.

"Hmph, just a level 34 assassin. You underestimate the demon race!"

Upon hearing this, Marcus roared, and then his body began to change.

The hunched old man's body kept growing taller, his fingers and toes extended long, sharp claws, and a barb grew on his chin.

Two wounds split open on his back, from which demon wings emerged.

"Roar~!"

Marcus, now demonized, had an inverted triangle-shaped face. He roared at Anno and, with a powerful push of his feet, charged toward Anno like a cannonball.

In its eyes, the most important thing is to deal with this weak human first.

But to its surprise, a huge black shadow rushed in from the side and knocked it away.

Boom!

Marcus smashed a hole in the wall next to him.

Marcus, who had gotten up, looked at the Silver Moon Blood Wolf standing in front of Anno with a look of confusion in his eyes.

"That wolf is the same little girl from earlier? Are you kidding me? Aren't only high-level magical beasts allowed to transform into human form?"

Marcus cursed angrily and, seeing Sasser charging at him, immediately went to meet the challenge.

Marcus is not a demon created from the Skull Ring, but a pure-blooded demon like Buck, with extremely high combat power.

But Sassi wasn't made of clay either.

His level was already one level higher than Marcus's, so even without using [Transformation], he could still overpower Marcus.

"Let's leave Marcus aside for now, and Gilbert won't cause any trouble."

Anno turned to look at Gilbert and saw him staring wide-eyed at the demon Marcus fighting Sassil.

Judging from Gilbert's reaction, he probably genuinely didn't know Marcus was a demon.

However, ever since stepping into the city lord's castle, Anno has had a vague feeling of being watched.

I originally thought it was Marcus.

But the feeling of being spied on did not disappear at this point.

"I want to see just how many demons and monsters are hiding in this castle!"

Anno activated his X-ray vision, preparing to search the castle.

Just then, a burst of water suddenly erupted from the river flowing through the castle garden, a few dozen meters away.

Countless water arrows tore through the air and shot toward Anno!