I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

William and Dart, who were lying on the ground, changed their expressions and quickly got up to stand with the soldiers around them.

The soldiers also looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Anno's expression turned somewhat strange upon seeing this.

"Could they be referring to the shadow I left behind?"

Then, to Anno's curious gaze, Samolo's shadow crawled out from inside—it crawled out because the passage was still a bit too low for it.

"Uh... Master!"

Samoro, who had just climbed out of the passage, saw Anno outside and paused for a second before immediately kneeling down to pay his respects to Anno!

William & Rattle looked at Anno and exclaimed, "Master?"

Gilbert's expression was as if he had seen a ghost.

The monsters in the dungeon call Anno "Master," which means Anno is the master of this dungeon.

The things I brought out of there before all belonged to Anno?

We can't let Anno know that he sold his things!

So, who exactly is Anno?

Why was the underground city built beneath Sunset City?

Anno didn't know what Gilbert was thinking, but after seeing the shadow of the summoned creature, he knew that there were no traps in this passage.

Then he took Gilbert downstairs.

Two hundred meters isn't a very long distance, and before long Anno arrived at the real gate of the underground city.

Beside the two open stone doors stood a humanoid stone sculpture covered in scales and with two horns on its head.

Liz looked at it for a while, then said uncertainly, "It looks a bit like a half-dragon!"

Half-dragons are also a subhuman race, possessing the bloodline of dragons within them.

During battle, they can transform into a half-dragon, causing their combat power to surge.

Half-dragons are extremely rare.

At least in the current alliance of six nations, Anno has not heard of any half-dragons existing anywhere.

Anno had also read about half-dragons in books.

There are rumors that half-dragons are a hybrid offspring of high-ranking dragons and humans.

Some say that the half-dragon people are humans who survived by drinking dragon blood.

The Lich King's undead army does have an undead bone dragon named Chris, who can transform into a dragon rider.

Among the sixth-tier opponents Anno encountered, Chris was also one of the strongest.

Even a Tier 6 Dragon Scorpion that cannot activate its second stage might not be a match for Chris.

However, Chris's situation should be different from that of the half-dragon.

Why are there stone sculptures of half-dragons?

Upon seeing Arthurford, Anno instinctively believed that the Deep Sea Fairy of the Sea Clan was sealed inside.

Could this underground city have been built by half-dragons, and was it also half-dragons who sealed away the Deep Sea Demoness?

Behind the gate was a long corridor. After several turns, Anno arrived at the open square on the first floor of the underground city, a place he had visited before.

At this moment, several peak sixth-tier figures were still looking around.

Upon seeing Anno, they immediately stepped forward and bowed.

"These monsters are all his subordinates!"

William and Rattle, who followed them down, were visibly shocked.

Samoro's shadow had already reported the situation in the dungeon to Anno when he came down.

After Anno left them here, they found the entrance to the second floor under the guidance of the female mage.

The lich shadow had Samoro shadow and a few of his brothers guard the first floor, and then it went downstairs with the shadow of the demon Buck.

A few hours later, Samoro suddenly noticed two Tier 6 run up to him.

After a fierce battle, Samoro injured the two men, but they escaped.

When it chased after her, it encountered Anno.

"You've explored for so long, you should have a map, right?"

Anno stood in the square and asked Gilbert.

Yes, yes!

Gilbert immediately urged William to bring out the simple map he had drawn.

William took out a bloodstained folded map from the bundle at his waist.

"The maps for the first and second levels need to be more detailed, but we've only explored a portion of the third level, and we expect there's still about a third of the area left to explore."

William unfolded the map and handed it to Anno.

Anno took a closer look and found that the first layer was roughly a square with sides of three kilometers.

The group is currently positioned at one of the side lengths.

In the very center of the first floor, there is a passage leading to the second floor.

According to William, the building containing the passage is guarded by tens of thousands of gargoyles and magically powered puppets.

The gargoyles in the core area are almost all low-level, with a few being fourth-level elites.

Moreover, if even one of these things is disturbed, it will cause an uproar.

There are also many traps in that area that are difficult to avoid.

Fortunately, they won't run away from the area they're supposed to protect.

Once the explorers leave their warning range, they will not pursue them.

The strategy team only concluded that this place might be the entrance to the next level after seeing so many golems and gargoyles guarding it.

The team spent a long time clearing out these golems and gargoyles, and even suffered casualties.

The area of ​​the second layer is smaller than that of the first layer, roughly a square with sides of 2.5 kilometers.

The weakest of the monsters inside are mostly Tier 3.

Tier 4 isn't exactly elite anymore; you can encounter them anytime.

Only those at the fifth rank on the second floor are considered elite!

The passageway from the second floor to the third floor is also located in the central area.

However, when William and his group arrived, they found that only a few hundred fifth-tier magical puppets were guarding the passage.

"The third floor is too terrifying. The gargoyles, spider monsters, ghouls, etc. inside are all fourth or fifth level!"

You can occasionally encounter sixth-tier monsters in a certain area.

The puppets are now much higher level; we can't cut through many of their materials, and they also have very high magic resistance.

On the third floor, we were very careful with every step we took.

This is also why our progress is slow.

Anno looked up from the map and asked, "Are there many monsters on the third floor?"

"Compared to the first and second floors, there are far fewer. But considering their strength, I think we shouldn't go down rashly."

William, a mercenary, realized that Anno knew nothing about the dungeon and understood that Anno was not the master of the dungeon.

During the journey, Gilbert had already secretly told William that Anno possessed high-level strength.

Seeing the bloodstains on Gilbert's body and his attitude towards Anno, William roughly understood his own situation.

This must be Gilbert's enemy, and he's even fought his way here!

Therefore, when Anno suggested going to the third floor, William immediately stepped forward to lead the way.

Along the way, Anno also saw a large number of destroyed traps, as well as broken stones and mechanical puppets.

This was the first time Anno had ever seen the existence of the puppet.

To put it simply, a puppet is a robot.

Such things are rare even in the capital of the dwarf kingdom, but there are thousands upon thousands of them in the dungeons.

After reuniting with the summoned shadows on the second floor, Anno also discovered more than a hundred captured professionals—those who did not surrender in time were all killed in the battle.

Only a small portion of these people were William's men.

Upon learning that Shadow was Anno's subordinate, the survivors were filled with fear, dreading that Anno would order them all killed.

Especially the third-tier female mage among the prisoners.

She never expected that this young and handsome nobleman was actually the knight who had previously ordered the monsters to smash a sixth-level priest!

The thought of that scene made the female mage's body tremble again.

"You will all come with me to the third floor. No one is allowed to run around without my orders."

Anno changed his gear in a nearby room, his voice filled with excitement.

Soulless puppets are one thing, but monsters all have souls.

For William and his companions, the third floor was fraught with danger; every step could lead to death.

But for Anno, these are all trainees for summoning.

Buck's rank is still waiting to be upgraded with a sixth-tier soul!

Below lies the real treasure!