I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

The six-pointed star is the magic circle used by summoners to summon creatures. Anno instantly understood that Philomena might have also guessed Anno's identity, which was why she gave such a hint.

"Philomena, is that you?"

Seeing that the surrounding musical note monsters hadn't made a move, Anno began to ask questions.

However, Anno did not hear Philomena's voice.

"Could I have guessed wrong?"

Anno looked at the silent musical note monsters, shook his head, and muttered to himself, "No, they've stopped attacking and formed a six-pointed star formation. They're clearly trying to give me a hint."

The only person who could have given such a hint was Philomena.

As for why Philomena didn't respond.

Anno guessed that in this godforsaken place, even sound might not be able to travel normally.

He couldn't hear Philomena's voice.

Philomena probably can't hear her voice either.

"Can't we communicate?"

Anno lowered his head in thought, searching for a way to communicate.

At this moment, the musical note monster opposite Anno began to walk towards Anno.

Everything went just as Anno had predicted.

The person opposite her was Philomena.

The two entered the ruins one after the other.

However, due to the influence of the demonic sounds inside the cave, they all fell into a hypnotic state.

Philomena, being stronger than Anno, was the first to regain consciousness.

However, due to the special circumstances inside the cave, Philomena did not find Anno.

During her exploration of the cave, Philomena unknowingly returned to where she started.

Then she heard the sound of wind chimes, encountered Anno who had just regained consciousness, and engaged in a tentative battle.

Philomena realized something was wrong when she discovered that her summoned creature had been struck by a golden light and suddenly disappeared along with the enemy.

Using golden light to guide the target into the domain—that's Anno's specialty.

She deduced that the enemy was likely Anno.

That's why she used a six-pointed star to hint at Anno.

Furthermore, Philomena has discovered that Anno seems unable to hear what she is saying.

After seeing the note monster discover the six-pointed star and make a notification gesture, Philomena knew that Anno had understood the meaning she was conveying.

That's why she got close to Anno.

According to current information, the deity of this ruin was very skilled in sound magic during his lifetime.

Even after a thousand years, the sound magic array in the stone cave where they were staying was still in operation.

To remain unaffected, the magic circle must be broken first.

Philomena needs to find a way to pass this information on to Anno.

The two groups of people met up.

At this moment, in each other's eyes, the other is a monster wearing a musical note mask.

Anno watched the musical note monster approach and put away his summoned creature.

Philomena understood instantly and put away her summoned creature.

In an instant, only Anno and Philomena remained inside the cave.

With another flash of golden light, Anno and Philomena entered the Evil King's Domain.

Here, the two of them appear normal again.

"We're in trouble!"

Philomena, with a gloomy expression, recounted her deduced information to Anno.

"This relic is different from the relic of ordinary placement mechanisms and guardians."

The latter requires strength; even if you can't win, you can withdraw.

"But if we can't break the magic circle in the ruins we're in now, we might be trapped here and die."

This situation is similar to what Philomena experienced in Hidden Dragon City.

After listening, Anno immediately asked, "How do we break the magic circle?"

"Of course, we need to find a medium for the magic array. Have you forgotten how you released the World-Destroying Demon Dragon in the first place?"

Philomena explained, "We can get out of this predicament as long as we destroy the medium."

Anno, did you hear the bell when you came in?

"The sound of wind chimes? Apart from the faint sound of wind chimes at the beginning, the rest of the time it was the sound of bells coming from your bodies."

"Just as I thought!"

Philomena stroked her chin and said, "I think this wind chime is most likely the medium to break the magic circle. Let's split up and look for it after we get out!"

Finding the medium in the intricate, labyrinthine caves must be no easy task.

But this is the only way at the moment.

Philomena could not guarantee that violently damaging the cave would not have serious consequences.

Swish!

The two reappeared inside the cave.

Anno looked at the musical note monster in front of him and murmured, "It really has turned into a masked form again."

Anno then summoned his summoned creatures and issued commands—larger monsters and other summoned creatures, especially high-level ones, could generally shrink their bodies within a certain range to conserve energy.

The deity of this ruin must have anticipated that many people would venture into it, so he designed this magic circle to make them kill each other.

But what He didn't expect was that Anno alone could summon two thousand creatures and could communicate with his servants without being affected by the magic circle, thus avoiding misjudgment.

He had no idea that one of the people who entered was a summoning god who had not yet been fully unsealed.

Philomena summoned just as many things as Anno.

But actually, it's because one of her summons is a special monster that can continue to summon gold-devouring insects.

Although the Gold-Eating Insects are not strong in combat, with a single one equivalent to a third-tier monster, the number that can be summoned is as high as three thousand.

The complex stone cave was soon filled with summoned creatures.

Anno and Philomena initially thought the cave wasn't very big, since Philomena had walked for a while and then returned to the same spot where she encountered Anno.

But even with their summoned creatures, the cave was barely filled.

While the summoned creatures conducted a thorough search, Anno attempted to use the various abilities of the [Observer] to locate the medium of the magic circle.

Just then, Anno turned around and found a musical note monster appearing behind him.

"Hmm, didn't we agree that each person would be responsible for one direction? Could there be another discovery?"

Anno's face suddenly stiffened after he finished speaking.

Because the musical note monster, upon realizing it had been discovered, accelerated and charged forward, drawing its weapon.

puff!

The seventh-tier peak summon that Anno had swapped with using [Teleportation] was directly cut in half with a single slash!

"enemy!"

The summoned creatures nearby reacted immediately, watching the sudden attack of the musical note monster with vigilance.

"Let me see who you really are!"

Anno, his face grim, activated the Evil King's True Eye.

The note-shaped monster on the opposite side was successfully dragged into the Evil King's Domain by Anora.

But the moment it entered, it turned into black smoke and dissipated.

"This is……"

Seeing this, Anno remained silent for a while before understanding what was happening.

There was a problem he had overlooked before.

This magic circle can cause those trapped in an illusion to mistake others for musical note monsters, leading them to kill each other.

But if only one person enters, or if the person who enters is someone with more resources like Anno and Philomena, and stops fighting after discovering the truth, how should the magic circle expel the intruder?

The answer is obvious.

That means there really are musical note monsters inside this stone cave.

Moreover, judging from the situation, this thing relies on a magic circle; otherwise, it wouldn't have disappeared instantly after entering the Evil King's domain.

"This is really tricky!"

When Anno went out again, he found that the sounds of battle could be heard coming from inside the cave.

And it wasn't just in one place!