I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Valkam!

The Lord's Mansion!

"What did you say?"

Laura, who was planning the future development of Valcalm, looked at Phoebe with disbelief.

Phoebe repeated with a serious expression, "My lord, the sea creatures have come ashore again."

Moreover, this time, they charged straight out of the Aier Mountains and attacked the outpost towns that adventurers and merchants had established near the Aier Mountains!

The adventurers are now retreating while simultaneously scouting the sea creatures' movements.

According to the latest intelligence provided by adventurers, the sea creature forces are advancing towards Val'kam.

"What about the numbers?" Laura asked, her eyes wide. "Are you sure how many sea creatures there are?"

"About a thousand people! However, this is only the first batch."

A hunter adventurer stayed in the Aeer Mountains to gather intelligence and discovered that there were even more sea creatures in the Aeer Mountains.

The intelligence report used the phrase "covering the entire mountainside!"

"To dare to venture deep into the Aiur Mountains at a time like this, one must be a true warrior."

Laura admired the hunter. She stood up and said quickly, "Where is he? I need to ask him for details about what's going on inside."

Phoebe sighed and said, "The information was sent by that adventurer to his teammates outside using his flying pet, and then the teammates relayed it back."

As for that adventurer...

The intelligence report mentioned that he was surrounded by sea creatures and emphasized that his teammates should not go back to rescue him, but must deliver the intelligence back to Val'kam.

Laura, who was about to leave, froze for a moment.

The intelligence indicated that even traveling non-stop from the Aier Mountains to Valkam would take adventurers at least five hours.

That hunter... is most likely gone.

Laura sat back down at the table, then called over a guard and ordered, "Go and invite the adventurers' guild's branch leader, Salo, to the lord's manor."

The intelligence about the sea creatures was sent to Viscount Renault in both the royal city and Glad City, requesting their support.

Send one to each of the surrounding cities.

The morning and evening bells tolled, signaling the city to enter a state of wartime alert, and notifying all residents and professionals to prepare for war...

Laura had previously experienced the Great Battle of Valhalla and had a basic understanding of warfare.

After taking over Valcalm, Laura thought about what to do if there was another war.

To this end, Laura and Salo also united soldiers and adventurers to conduct several war exercises.

When Laura and Salo announced the commission for the war exercises, they thought few adventurers would participate.

It's a waste of time and energy, and the pay is pitifully low.

For adventurers of rank 2 and above, it's practically equivalent to working for free.

But only those who have experienced war can truly understand its horror.

The exercise was strongly supported not only by adventurers but also by residents of the city.

On the main street of Warkam, carriages and pedestrians came and went in an endless stream.

An adventurer party is heading to the guild to accept a quest. The leader, Rubin, is a level 17 Tier 3 warrior. Thanks to the existence of the Aieh Mountains, the quality of adventurers in Val'kam has greatly improved.

The squad leader looked at another squad approaching from the opposite direction and greeted their captain with a smile.

"Captain Martin, I heard you recently killed a Tier 3 magical beast and made a fortune."

"Captain Rubin, you guys are pretty good too. I heard your team is already preparing to break into the Silver rank."

Just as the two captains were greeting each other, several bells that seemed to pierce through the heart suddenly rang out from within the city!

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

Upon hearing the five chimes, Martin and Rubin's expressions simultaneously darkened.

"Normally, the bell rings only three times when it's time to announce the hour. But now, at a time like this, it's ringing five times! Rubin, you know what that means, right?"

"Oh, of course I know."

After glancing at the surrounding pedestrians in surprise, Rubin hurried home. Several soldiers were still on the street maintaining order. His voice was low as he said, "During the previous military exercise, the five chimes indicated that Walkam was under threat of war; war could break out at any moment!"

"As per the rehearsal, we adventurers are to go to the guild and await Guild Master Salo's orders."

"Walk!"

......

In the Ayer Mountains.

In the sea creatures' camp, several sea creatures were discussing something together.

One of the catfish-men, with two long whiskers dangling from his lips, questioned the gunfish-man beside him, "Is it enough for us to send only a force of a thousand? Don't forget our mission."

"Of course I will not forget the mission, but every sea creature's life is precious."

We were exposed last time because of that dragon.

No one knows if there are any high-level beings in that human city now.

If we fall into humanity's trap, we could very well be wiped out.

Gunfish said calmly, "Lord Rutherford has most likely returned to the embrace of the Sea God. We don't have many people at our disposal, and we can't let our people sacrifice themselves in vain."

The catfish-man beside him turned to look in the direction of the stormy sea, and said with a holy expression, "Every sea creature must return to the embrace of the sea god. As long as we can restore the glory of Atlantis, we are willing to die!"

"Didn't we capture some humans before? Bring them here."

After the marlin gave the order, one of the shrimp soldiers left.

Before long, nearly thirty adventurers, all of levels one to three, covered in blood, were dragged to the front of the gunfish by a group of shrimp soldiers.

"What do you want?"

One of the third-tier hunters looked at the group of sea creatures who appeared to be high-ranking members, a hint of unease flashing in his eyes.

In order to gather intelligence, Andrei stayed alone in the Aiur Mountains.

After being discovered by the sea creatures, he thought he would be killed.

But to his surprise, after the battle, the sea creatures simply imprisoned him.

At this moment, the sea creatures have gathered the imprisoned humans together; nothing good is sure to happen.

The marlin and the catfish exchanged a few words, and the latter turned and left.

Andrei and the others couldn't understand the sea creatures' language and looked completely bewildered.

Soon, the catfish man returned.

The gunfish-man squatted down in front of Andrei and the others, speaking in the common language of the continent: "Humans, I don't intend to extract information from you, because I don't trust you. However, the time has come to test your will to survive. If you don't have a strong desire to live, you will slowly die in endless agony."

Before Andrei could even ponder the meaning of those words, the catfish man grabbed a vial of red reagent, pinched Andrei's mouth shut, and forced it down his throat.

"Uh...uh...ah~......"

When the medicine was poured down his throat, Andrei felt as if he had been given a cup of freshly boiled water.

A strong burning sensation traveled from my mouth to my throat, and then to my stomach.

It felt as if the internal organs were being slowly devoured.

The pain had long exceeded the limits that Andrei could endure.

He fainted from the pain in less than three seconds.

But he was soon awakened by the pain, writhing on the ground and letting out hysterical roars.