I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

After collecting the sacrificial materials from the corpse, Anno's backpack was already bulging.

You get dozens of summoning materials at once, and unless you go through another large-scale battle, you won't be able to use them all.

Now, Anno should be worried about how to preserve summoning materials that are easily corrupted, such as "Goblin Left Ear".

Returning to the vicinity of the town center, Anno recalled all the summoned creatures, leaving only Liz, who was wearing a cloak.

When Anno walked up to Rodney, the captain of the guard was lying on his back, his eyes fixed on the night sky.

Brooke sat crouching to one side; although seriously injured, he was at least conscious.

Looking up at Anno who had walked up to him, Brooke asked expectantly, "Where did they go? Did they leave?"

Brook didn't think Anno could kill that many monsters.

But it was indeed strange that the monsters suddenly left.

Compared to the other answers, Brooke hoped to hear from Anno about the monsters' departure.

"I've taken care of them all!"

The monster corpses are still in the town and will be discovered sooner or later, so there's no point in hiding them.

Anno's answer made Brooke almost unable to believe her ears.

However, before he could ask again, Anno asked, "Captain Rodney, he..."

"team leader?"

Brooke glanced at Rodney lying beside him and said sadly, "The captain was badly injured while trying to stop the monsters. He couldn't hold on much longer than you left."

"Is he/she dead?"

Anno looked at Rodney's body and sighed.

At the time, Rodney had a lot of complaints about the captain when he had Anno lead the guard.

But now, Rodney fought bravely to cover the retreat for the townspeople, even sacrificing his life, which made Anno somewhat respectful.

"Anno, what do you mean by saying you've taken care of all the monsters? Also, that goblin priest you just summoned... he looks kind of familiar."

Brook was deeply impressed by the goblin priesthood.

During the battle at the South Gate, if the goblin priest hadn't used fireballs to inflict heavy damage on the guards from behind, they wouldn't have been defeated so early.

"Solving it means I killed all those monsters! As for the goblin priest, that was my summoned creature, level 8."

I explained it to Brooke because I was worried he might misunderstand.

As the only surviving guard, Brooke was still required by Anno to report the battle situation to the Viscount.

Otherwise, relying solely on Anno and the adventurers' words, without a single person to trust, the Viscount would certainly have doubts about the battle.

If Brook misunderstands and thinks that the goblin priest who attacked everyone at the south gate was a goblin priest summoned by Anno, there will be trouble.

However, Anno would not tell Brook the information that he could summon monsters by killing them.

Level 8!

Brooke breathed a sigh of relief.

He had sensed it just now; the aura of the goblin priest summoned by Anno was much weaker than that of the goblin priest at the South Gate, so it was probably not the same one.

"Anno!"

A slightly surprised voice rang out, and Anuo turned his head to see a figure running towards him from the darkness.

"Meng Xin? What brings you here!"

Upon seeing the person who had arrived, Anno asked in confusion.

"Anno, it really is you!" Meng Xin excitedly hugged Ano.

She had only caught a glimpse of Anno by the light of the surrounding fire, but she wasn't sure.

Everyone was worried about you, so I came to check on you!

Brooke was stunned once again when she saw the two embracing.

He and Rodney had previously believed that everyone at the North Gate had perished.

Unexpectedly, not only was Anuo unharmed, but the people around Anuo were also still alive.

Anuo put Meng Xin down from her body and asked, "How's the situation over there?"

"After you left, Sharp, who attacked you, was attacked by a flying monster. Later, the flying monster left, and Sharp ran away."

During this time, all the townspeople ran to the north gate, saying that the monsters had attacked from the south gate into the town center, and the guards had suffered heavy losses.

Everyone was worried about you, so I came to check on you.

Speaking of Sharp, Anno turned to Brook and said in a low voice, "Mr. Brook, why did Captain Sharp run to the North Gate during the battle and even attack me?"

"Did Sharp attack you?"

Brook gritted his teeth and said, "That bastard! I never thought he would not only desert his post during the battle, but also turn on his own people."

I will report this to the Viscount, and the Viscount will certainly not let him off the hook.

Anno nodded and said to Meng Xin, "The crisis in the town has been resolved. Go and tell everyone to return to the town in an orderly manner."

"Really? That's wonderful!"

Meng Xin nodded and turned to leave.

Before long, Lü Yan, Xue Feibai, and the others arrived.

Lu Yan told Anuo that the news of the victory had been passed on and that they were mobilizing everyone to help the wounded.

After handing Brook over to Xue Feibai, Anno returned to the North Gate to command the others.

After a night battle, only one guard remained; Sharp of the Bloodstained Mercenary Group deserted during the battle.

When Anno arrived at the North Gate, Mavis of the Black Widow mercenary group approached him and explained that she was there because she had been ordered by Rodney to escort the townspeople away.

"At that time, we were already showing signs of defeat. When we retreated to the center of town, Rodney was worried that the townspeople would be slaughtered by monsters, so he asked me to take a few people and lead the townspeople to try to retreat through the north gate."

Mavis was also badly injured and looked like she was about to collapse.

Anno handed Mavis over to an adventurer for safekeeping and continued leading his men to clean up the battlefield.

After working for several hours, until dawn broke, everyone finally finished tidying up.

According to statistics, 46 adventurers died, 91 were seriously injured, and the rest were all wounded.

However, after this battle, everyone's level improved significantly.

The adventurers participating in the battle were all at least level 3, and some had even broken through to level 4 or 5.

Those adventurers whose levels remained at 1 or 2, without any breakthroughs and whose injuries were not serious, were basically deserters.

Among Anuo's confidants, Xue Feibai killed a considerable number of enemies in the night battle, and had already broken through to level 6.

Apart from Liu Rongrong and Ning Wen, who are the two healers, everyone else has also reached level 5.

Our overall strength has increased significantly!

Although there were many casualties, the results were also remarkable.

Excluding slimes, more than two hundred monsters were killed in this battle, including more than fifty level 6 or higher monsters.

This is a resounding victory!

Anno reaped even greater rewards.

Not only did it level up to level 8, but it also acquired a large number of green souls and sacrificial materials, and even obtained powerful summons such as Goblin Priest and Harpy.

Most importantly, I've formed a contract with a succubus who possesses the [Command] skill!

Anno appears to be level 8, but with ten summons, he has a mage, a tank, and a flight controller. With the added boost from Liz's [Commander] buff, even a level 10 being might not be able to escape if surrounded.

With the help of the townspeople, the bodies of the fallen were cleaned up and put into body bags.

After resting in the town for a day and a night, everyone began their return journey.

Everyone noticed the cloaked figure that appeared next to Anno.

Since Anuo didn't introduce himself, Xue Feibai and the others didn't ask.

By the time everyone returned to Valkam, it was already afternoon.

Yesterday, the mayor sent another message to the viscount by carrier pigeon. This time, without the harpies' interference, the pigeon successfully delivered the letter to the viscount.

Therefore, when Anno and the others returned, they saw the viscount and guards waiting at the city gate, as well as a large crowd of onlookers.

When Viscount Renault saw Anno, he shouted to the surrounding crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, the heroes have returned! Let us welcome our town's guardian heroes with the warmest applause!"

Anno's eyes narrowed as he watched Viscount Renault emerge from the applauding crowd, but he quickly put on a smile.

He led Brooke forward to greet them, saying loudly, "Viscount, we are deeply honored by your personal welcome!"