I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Hearing Viscount Renault ask this question, Anno perked up.

Anno came to see Viscount Renault for two reasons, firstly, to gauge the latter's current attitude towards him.

He was essentially sold out by Viscount Renault when he went to the town of Gruul, but he also managed to get the title of hero from Viscount Renault through a process that was somewhat forced.

However, this is not enough to cause the two to turn against each other directly—Anno currently does not have the strength to do so, and the Viscount believes there is no need to do so.

Anno had just learned from Viscount Renault's words that although the latter was dissatisfied, it did not affect their relationship.

Viscount Renault probably still wants Anno to nurture and expand the Adventurers' Guild.

Having understood this, Anno prepared to discuss the next matter with Viscount Renault—information regarding the Forbidden Forest and the Aier Mountains.

This was precisely the additional information that Viscount Renault wanted to know.

When Anno learned from Liz yesterday that there were thousands of monsters in the Aiers Mountains, he felt a sense of urgency.

What if one day, the monsters of the Aiur Mountains suddenly discover that Valkam is all bark and no bite, with only 5,000 professionals in a city of 300,000?

They are very likely to launch an attack on Walkam.

By then, even if Anno manages to escape to another city, the Adventurers' Guild he established in Valcalm will be destroyed.

"Your Excellency, the monsters encountered in this operation actually all came from the Forbidden Forest..."

Anno shared some basic information with Renault.

This includes the Goblin King of the Forbidden Forest, and the monsters that attacked Mill Village are also related to the Forbidden Forest.

Anno also suggested that the Goblin King might be related to the monsters of the Aiur Mountains.

Renault was shocked when he heard the news.

He never imagined that the monsters in the Forbidden Forest would grow to a scale of thousands, and that there would even be a Goblin King.

Even the monsters that attacked Mill Village were sent by the Goblin King.

In addition, there are monsters in the Aiur Mountains.

Upon learning that there were so many monsters surrounding his territory, Viscount Renault became restless.

"Anno, where did you get this information from?"

"My profession is a summoner; I can summon monsters through special means, as Your Excellency should already know!"

Seeing Viscount Renault nod, Anno continued to explain, "During the battle in Gruul, I summoned a monster who understands both human and demon languages. This is information she gathered by infiltrating the demon army."

Moreover, my summoned creature also learned some information.

The monsters of Mount Ai'er are remnants of the Demon King's Seventh Army, which ravaged the Kingdom of Nigal ten years ago!

Anno concealed the fact that he obtained the information directly from Liz and made up a reason to tell the story.

Renault stood up from his chair and paced back and forth in front of his seat.

He had been in the East before being exiled to Val'kam by the king.

But he also knew about what had happened near Walkam.

Ten years ago, after the Demon King's Seventh Army broke through the Kingdom of Nigar, it encountered the combined forces of the Empire and the Kingdom near Valkam and was then besieged by the Empire's Sword Saint. Which noble in the Kingdom of Nigar did not know that?

However, no one knew that a portion of the remaining troops had escaped to the Aiers Mountains.

"Damn it, didn't the battle report say they annihilated the Demon King's Seventh Army? How come there are still remnants?"

Renault picked up a cup of black tea from the table and took a big gulp.

However, he quickly composed himself and maintained his previous calm demeanor.

"Anno, the information you've provided is significant, but its veracity remains to be verified."

In that case, I will have someone go and verify the authenticity of this intelligence and investigate the situation in the Forbidden Forest and the Aiur Mountains.

I will also delegate these tasks to the Adventurers' Guild. See if you can find suitable people to do them.

"I'll post the quest on the Adventurers' Guild website, but I can't guarantee whether anyone will accept it."

After all, both of these missions are at least Bronze level, and the Adventurers' Guild currently lacks any strong members.

Anno's main purpose was to remind Viscount Renault.

Seeing that Viscount Renault had already taken the Aier Mountains and the Forbidden Forest to heart, he could say that he had achieved his goal.

"If the authenticity of these two pieces of information is verified, and the kingdom is informed, it should send troops to encircle and suppress them."

Anno thought to himself.

With only a few hundred men under Viscount Renault's command, he would need the help of mercenary groups, let alone the Aier Mountains, or even the Forbidden Forest.

When Viscount Renault heard Anno say that the Adventurers' Guild had few strong members, he frowned.

"This time you returned from battle, although you suffered many losses, I see that those who survived have greatly improved their strength!"

This shows that your initial idea of ​​having adventurers accept commissions and allowing lower-level adventurers to grow stronger through continuous adventures was correct.

Adventurers benefit from the experience and can become stronger, which will attract more people to become professionals and adventurers.

Viscount Renault looked at Anno and said with determination, "From today onwards, I will send all suitable commissions, both inside and outside the city, to the Adventurers' Guild."

"Anno, you must quickly strengthen the Adventurers' Guild and cultivate more outstanding adventurers!"

Compared to the operating model of mercenary groups, adventurer guilds do have more opportunities.

Ordinary people who were unwilling to take a gamble in the past are now likely to be willing to spend five silver coins, work hard to become professionals, and then choose to register as adventurers.

As long as the Adventurers' Guild receives enough commissions, more adventurers will join.

This also indirectly increases the number of Val'kam professionals.

The strength of an adventurer is related to the number of commissions they receive.

Viscount Renault has planned to delegate as many missions as possible to the Adventurers' Guild.

As for the task reward.

Adventurers are mostly lone wolves, and they use most of their bounty to improve their own strength, and the rest to improve their quality of life.

No matter how the money is spent, as long as they live in Valcalm and keep the currency circulating, it will eventually return to Viscount Renault.

Viscount Renault was quite knowledgeable about economics.

This is why he was able to keep Varkam, a place that shouldn't have been home to 300,000 people, functioning normally.

After a discussion with Viscount Renault, Anno received a large number of mission requests from him.

Afterwards, Viscount Renault, citing other business, asked them to leave.

After leaving the Viscount's castle, Anno immediately returned to the printing shop.

I spent two hours at the Viscount's place, and with the time spent going there and back, it took almost two and a half hours.

When Anno met the printing shop owner, the owner had already loaded five thousand copies of the Monster Compendium onto the carriage.

The boss wiped his sweat as he said, "Lord Anno, everything is ready. I handled everything myself, even loading it onto the truck!"

"Well done!"

Anno took out a few monster encyclopedias from the box on the carriage, glanced at them, patted the boss on the shoulder with satisfaction, and settled the final payment.

The single illustrated book currently has few pages, but the paper is quite expensive, costing ten copper coins per volume.

Five thousand copies is fifty thousand copper coins!

If you convert it, it's hardware.

Anno had just received a lot of missions and rewards from the Viscount, so he decided to use the money first.

Anyway, these illustrations are meant to be sold to adventurers, so we can make a profit.