I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

Deep in the mountains, Wang Zixuan, a hunter, squatted in front of several small animals.

There are birds, bees, squirrels, rabbits, and a little black bear.

These are all wild beasts. Compared to magical beasts, they do not possess magic power and are much less of a threat.

At this moment, the hare stood up on its hind legs, making "squeak" sounds incessantly, and pointed its little finger in a certain direction, as if it were saying something to Wang Zixuan.

Wang Zixuan nodded repeatedly, then said to the animals, "Thank you everyone. It will be very dangerous here from now on. You should quickly find a safe place."

Several animals nodded at the same time, and then left in several directions.

The innate talent [Beast Spirit Walker]—a higher-level form of [Beast Affinity]—allows the user to communicate and interact with wild beasts. Advanced [Beast Spirit Walkers] can also draw upon the power of magical beasts!

After seeing off the animals, the purple in Wang Zixuan's pupils gradually faded. She then turned to Xue Feibai and the others behind her and said, "About 500 meters directly ahead and about 800 meters to the left, there are two hidden strongholds of the sea race. There are a lot of sea race members inside!"

Upon hearing this, Xue Feibai turned around and glanced at the person beside him.

Geng Qingxue, Lü Yan, Liu Rongrong, Ning Wen, and Sun who just joined!

Apart from Lu Zhishang and Meng Xin, all the current Zodiac Kings are gathered here.

"Since we've run into them, let's take them out and move on!"

The distance wasn't far, and the group split into two groups, quickly arriving at the two outposts.

Both outposts were located in secluded caves, their entrances hidden by dense foliage.

If they hadn't learned the information from nearby animals, and unless the sea creatures inside actively released their magic to reveal themselves, they wouldn't have been able to find them.

The combined number of sea creatures in the two strongholds is over a hundred.

However, the highest level of strength is only level six.

Faced with so many seventh-level opponents, it only lasted for less than two minutes.

Before long, only one Tier 6 Tiger Shark Man remained.

He fled as soon as he realized the enemy was high-ranking at the start of the battle.

However, Sun still managed to catch up with them after defeating the enemy.

Although Sun had just been promoted to the seventh rank.

However, Sun's close combat skills have been praised by Anno several times, who said, "Of all the Zodiac Kings, Sun has the strongest fighting ability!"

The talent [Wukong] allows one to quickly imitate and learn melee skills they see.

He can basically imitate anything after just a few glances.

Wu has quite a few combat experiences.

Only he knows how many close-combat skills he has learned.

Anyway, Lu Yan, who was watching from the sidelines, didn't see Sun use the same skill.

boom!

The tiger shark's head was smashed by Sun's iron bar.

The battle is over.

"Quickly clean up the battlefield!"

Xue Feibai led Wang Zixuan and the others over from the other side of the battlefield and said, "Old Lu should have been discovered by now, and the high-ranking members of the Sea Clan have definitely been mobilized."

"Let's quickly circle around to the back, and once Meng Xin sends the signal, immediately block the retreat of the high-ranking sea creatures, ensuring they have no way back."

"clear!"

Sun and Lü Yan quickly rearranged the battleground.

The group then continued walking inside.

The main objective of the "Ebb Tide Plan" is to eliminate 50% of the high-level combat power and more than 60% of the troops of the sea race.

Once the sea creatures suffer losses exceeding this number, it will be difficult for them not to retreat.

Because staying on the shore means certain death!

However, if a war is launched openly, it would be difficult to kill half of the high-ranking sea creatures who are on guard—humans taking the initiative to attack is definitely problematic.

Therefore, Xue Feibai and his group took the lead, taking advantage of Lu Zhishang's frequent crossings of the sea tribe in the Ai'er Mountains to attract and provoke the sea tribe's attention.

Meng Xin followed Lu Zhishang, looking for an opportunity to find the location of the sea tribe's troops by following the sea tribe's scouts.

Meanwhile, Xue Feibai and the others quietly made their way through another route, using Wang Zixuan's talent to ensure that they would not be discovered. Then, once the sea tribe's forces were mobilized, they would block their retreat!

Once the sea creature forces are in their designated positions, or the eighth-tier sea creatures are deployed, Meng Xin, who is gathering intelligence, will immediately issue a warning, urging everyone to retreat.

Then, promptly seek another opportunity.

As long as a battle doesn't break out and the magical fluctuations aren't exposed, finding other people in the mountains and forests is already difficult enough.

Even with intelligence, it would take the sea creatures a long time to find the target in the mountains, and they might not even be able to find it.

Geng Qingxue determined that the eighth-rank Grand Commander Sachs would not be mobilized.

Therefore, in the original plan, Xue Feibai rejected Troy's idea of ​​coming along.

Even if the chance of this task failing is extremely small.

However, Troy, as the pillar of Gruul City and even the pillar of the entire Southern Territory, must not risk his life.

If Troy encounters any mishap during the plan, Xue Feibai and his group will have no way out!

......

A leafy sea dragon suddenly appeared in front of the sea creature team searching for Lu Zhishang.

He was soon brought before Cecil the tiger shark.

"Lord Cecil, the Dragon King is still on Peak 19, and my people are still monitoring him! Based on my observations, he seems to be searching for something!"

"Looking for something?"

Cecil smirked and said coldly, "You're asking for it!"

He then ordered the surrounding sea creature soldiers, "Speed ​​up! You seventh-tier soldiers, follow me and stop him first."

Cecil knew that the Dragon King was very powerful.

But once we find the Dragon King, we can distract him first.

Once the troops catch up, let them wear you down. Once the Dragon King's stamina and magic are nearly depleted, then he will make his move!

Swish swish~!

Several high-ranking sea creatures followed Cecil and quickly headed towards Peak 19, which was not far ahead.

To avoid alerting the enemy, they didn't even use magic to fly over.

Then, a large group of sea creatures charged forward into the night.

After all the sea creatures had passed, a voice emerged from the trunk of a large tree where the troops had just been stationed.

Meng Xin's figure seemed nailed to a straight tree trunk, her gaze fixed on the departing sea creatures. She murmured, "The number of high-ranking officials and troops sent by the sea creatures is basically consistent with the plan, and the route hasn't deviated either. It seems there's no need to ask them; we can go back and inform them!"

Then, Meng Xin's figure disappeared into the shadows again, and no one knew where she went.

......

Klang Valley!

After Anno's main body left, the shadow continued to practice summoner skills.

Of course, Anno, as the lord, would sometimes be asked to do work by Ella.

As a shadow, he would be happy to cultivate.

Because this can enhance his strength.

However, he couldn't stand being in the office for even a minute longer than he could handle official business within the city.

So the shadow ran away.

When Ella came looking for Shadow, she found only a piece of paper left on the empty desk.

The paper reads: Cultivation, do not disturb!

After leaving Xuelong City, the shadow flew towards the direction of the sunset.

Sunset City remains a ruin today.

Although this place was granted to Princess Selena.

But she spends all her time tinkering with the artisans' guild in Selangor and is having a great time.

I heard that all the dwarves that Anno hired were tricked by Selena into becoming craftsmen.

There are also many human artisans.

In short, Selena did a very good job in the initial stages.

Today, the artisan guild has hundreds of artisans with various skills!

But Shadow didn't care about any of that; all he saw was power!

The destination Shadow wanted to reach this time was to cross the ruins of Sunset City and head to the Duchy of Aurel!

The hunters Caesar and Bunian once told Anno that they lived on a snow-capped mountain in the Duchy of Aurel.

Shadow planned to inform the two of the impending invasion from another dimension so they could prepare in advance.

While we're at it, let's take a look at the Duchy of Aurel, where half of its territory is islands and even the capital is built on a giant island.

This was also one of the tasks Anno assigned to Shadow.