I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

City Lord's Castle!

Sasser watched the giant whale descend from the sky, then turned to a figure and said, "Master, just as you predicted, the sea creatures have indeed sent people to Sunset City!"

The shadow frowned as it looked at the giant whales that had landed around the city lord's mansion, muttering to itself, "Isn't this number a bit too much! Even if the real body came, it wouldn't be able to do anything about it."

There are four 6th-order giant whales, each 100 meters long.

Each giant whale brought down about five hundred sea creatures, and none of the shadows showed any magic fluctuations below the fourth level!

"We definitely can't win a head-on fight!"

Looking at the soldiers and adventurers he had gathered in the city lord's mansion, Shadow muttered to himself, "However, there are quite a few traps set up in the city lord's fortress, which can cause some minor trouble for the sea creatures."

Unfortunately, if the sea creatures had landed directly inside the city lord's mansion, these traps would have certainly caused them considerable casualties.

They landed directly, and the traps set by the Shadows wouldn't give the sea creatures any time to react.

But these sea creatures, invading from the outside, will certainly proceed cautiously, step by step.

Once a trap is discovered, one will definitely be very careful afterwards.

"We need to find a way to inform the main body about the situation here."

Shadow pondered for a moment, then said to Liz beside him, "The plan has changed. Have the summoned creatures of Hidden Dragon City summon their shadow troops to fight. All the summoned creatures' true forms should remain hidden in Hidden Dragon City, awaiting my true form's arrival!"

As Anno's shadow, if he dies in battle, Anno will immediately receive the shadow's memories and learn about what happened here.

So Shadow planned to charge forward and die in battle.

This is much more cost-effective than having the summoned creatures participate in the battle and sacrificing a large number of them to alert Anno in the distance.

"Should we stay and help you?"

Liz and Sassi exchanged a glance and walked over from the side.

The shadow glanced at them and said, "I know you've reached the seventh rank, but you don't know how to use [Shadow Summoning]. Among the sea creatures who came this time, there must be some high-ranking ones."

If it's level seven, that's fine, but I'm worried about levels eight and above. It's too dangerous for you to stay here.

You should wait until the main body arrives and then meet up with him.

"Understood, then I'll leave this place to you!"

After Liz finished speaking, she turned and left.

After Liz and the others left, Shadow immediately began constructing a magic circle.

Before long, the wind elemental spirit and the ice elemental spirit appeared beside the shadow.

Then Anno shouted to the somewhat panicked soldiers and mercenaries below: "Gentlemen, the current invasion of the sea creatures is the result of the actions of Earl Gilbert, the former lord of Sunset City."

It was because he secretly colluded with the sea creatures that I arrested him.

I have already requested aid from the royal city, but I did not expect that the sea tribe soldiers would arrive first.

Ladies and gentlemen, I don't need to explain the current situation; you should all understand it.

We must hold off the sea creatures' attack until reinforcements arrive so we can survive!

Upon hearing what Anno said, all the soldiers were dumbfounded.

These sea creatures that descended from the sky were actually brought here by Gilbert!

Both soldiers and mercenaries couldn't help but silently curse Gilbert's ancestors.

At first glance, the number of sea creatures appears to be only around two thousand, while the number of soldiers and mercenaries in the city adds up to around four or five thousand.

But what's the opposing team's lineup?

Not a single low-level one!

What is their lineup?

Although there are mid-level soldiers and mercenaries, most of them are low-level.

Can you get a ride?

Can't beat!

Just as everyone was filled with panic, Shadow stepped forward and continued, "This is a war, a war between the sea race and the human race!"

Boom!

The outer walls of the city lord's castle were blasted down in sections by the sea creatures, and then all sorts of sea creatures rushed in.

There were also several half-dragon figures among them!

The traps that Anno had previously set up were also activated one after another, and various traps, arrows, and explosions injured many sea creatures.

Shadow paused for a moment when he saw the half-dragons mixed among the sea creatures rushing in, but he quickly recovered and walked up to the crowd, raising his longsword and roaring, "In this war, I will lead the charge! Kill!"

"Roar~!"

The wind sprite and ice sprite roared and, along with their shadows, charged towards the oncoming sea creatures.

The soldiers and mercenaries behind the shadows looked at each other.

"Charge!"

"kill!"

"Together with Lord Anno, we slay these hideous monsters!"

Even Anno, a nobleman, led the charge; how could the rest of them hide behind?

Besides, what else can we do if we don't fight our way out with Anno now?

When those four giant whales landed just now, they completely surrounded the city lord's fortress!

There's nowhere to run!

Only by following Anno, a high-ranking individual, can one feel more at ease.

At the very least, the two tall monsters following Anno gave everyone a sense of security.

"Combat Technique: Horizontal Four-Way Slash!"

Anno, who was at the forefront, instantly killed more than ten mid-level sea creatures with a single skill.

As a shadow, he only possesses one-third of the magic power of his original body, less than 27.

However, sixth-tier skills do not consume much mana.

Furthermore, even shadows can use [Devouring Reincarnation]!

With the wind and ice elements nearby, Anno instantly tore a hole in the sea creature's assault force.

In just one encounter, the sea creatures lost nearly fifty soldiers.

This sudden change instantly attracted the attention of the Mermaid Princess and other high-ranking sea creatures.

"Sunset City does indeed have high-level beings. He's the one who killed Rutherford!"

The mermaid princess watched the figure charging forward with human soldiers, a murderous glint flashing in her eyes. She said coldly, "Kill him!"

"Yes, sir!"

Several figures rushed onto the battlefield, instantly halting the shadow's momentum.

Subsequently, battles broke out between several high-ranking individuals.

The aftershocks of the violent battle forced the surrounding humans and sea creatures to retreat hastily.

Puffs of smoke shot into the sky one after another from above the city lord's castle.

Inside Sunset City, several groups of people who were quietly heading to the city lord's mansion reacted differently upon seeing the commotion at the city lord's fortress.

Some people quickened their pace.

Someone let out a wild laugh.

However, all the team leaders gave the same instruction to their opponents.

"Find the entrance to Hidden Dragon City as quickly as possible!"

On atop a clock tower, a white bone dragon watched the smoke and dust rising from the city lord's castle and said to the handsome young man on its back, "It's just the beginning, it's not too late yet."

The handsome young man looked up, revealing scarlet eyes, and said coldly, "Chris, this is the first trial the Demon King has given us. We must do it perfectly."

Upon hearing this, the undead bone dragon Chris said in a low voice, "I hope you, this ghoul, won't be eaten by the sea creatures."

After saying that, Chris flapped his bone wings again and flew towards the city lord's castle.