I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

In the center of a floating island, a man and a woman stand facing each other.

There weren't many spectators around, only the other four Dragon Kings and Adelaide.

Miriam looked at Anno opposite him and asked, "Summoner, are you ready?"

Anno took out the Dragon Scorpion Tail Cannon Sword from his storage equipment. Finding that Miriam was still in human form, he didn't rush to summon his summoned creature. Instead, he said to Miriam, "Miriam, please enlighten me!"

"Hmph, that sword exudes an aura I find repulsive!"

Miriam snorted coldly, his body radiating a powerful chill.

Centered on Miriam, the surrounding ground and vegetation were all frozen.

Then, sharp ice spikes suddenly shot out from the ground in front of Miriam and spread toward Anno.

Anno quickly dodged to the side, while simultaneously unleashing a sword aura towards Miriam.

However, a thick ice wall suddenly rose in front of the latter, blocking the sword energy.

boom!

The ice wall first developed numerous cracks, then shattered into countless ice blocks that reflected light.

Anno saw Miriam in white armor through a crack in the ice.

The latter arrived in front of Anno in an instant.

Ding ding ding!

The two swords clashed, sparks flying in the air.

"A dragon is still a dragon, and even in human form, it's much stronger than me!"

As Anno retreated, he felt his hand gripping the sword go numb.

"Try using remote control!"

Anno tumbled several times in the air, and the magic sword in his hand had transformed into a cannon.

"Boom!"

The unexpected attack struck Miriam instantly.

However, when the explosion occurred, Anno realized that the magic cannonball had hit the transparent ice shield in front of Miriam.

"You've got some skills!"

Miriam's gaze remained unwavering as he planted his longsword in the ground and then clasped his hands together in prayer.

boom!

Two enormous icy hands slammed Anno down in the middle, one on the left and one on the right.

Miriam then swiftly pulled his longsword from the ground and slashed out ice blades as he approached Anno.

Boom!

Just as Anno shattered the ice palm, he saw a dense barrage of ice blades flying towards him.

He quickly swung his demon sword and shattered the ice blade.

Click!

Soon, Anno discovered that although the ice blade had been shattered by the sword, the cold air from the ice blade had adhered to the demonic sword and then flowed upwards, freezing his forearm.

Moreover, after the ice fragments shattered by the demonic sword fell to the ground, the chill spread to Anno's feet, freezing his legs as well.

"You were too careless!"

Miriam rushed up to Anno and held his sword to Anno's neck, saying with a hint of disdain, "I've seen powerful melee summoners. Their summons are all support-type, and the summoner himself participates in the battle."

You don't belong to that category, yet you didn't summon yourself beforehand and instead fought me. That's utterly foolish.

"Yeah?"

Anno, a sword slung over his shoulder, smiled and said, "You seem to know a little about summoners, but not that much!"

After saying that, Anno, who was standing in front of Miriam, turned into a shadow and merged into the ground.

"What?"

Miriam's eyes flickered, and he thought to himself: Shadow? When was it used?

"Combat Technique: [Horizontal Eight-Directional Slash]!"

Swish~!

A web-like array of sword beams exploded outwards from Miriam.

The upgraded combat skill [Horizontal Four Directions Slash] can unleash a slash from eight directions in an instant.

Even a powerful figure like Miriam could only block seven sword strikes.

The final strike ripped through Miriam's armor belt.

Feeling the final strike, Anno immediately turned around and chuckled, "Looks like I was overthinking it."

He cut Miriam's belt so as not to hurt him.

However, Anno did not control his strength and still grazed the other person's body.

Miriam reacted quickly, growing dragon scales on her body, and the final sword strike did not cause her any damage.

"Anno, when did you summon your shadow?"

As Miriam transformed into his dragon form, he asked, "It seems to me that you didn't even have time to use this move."

Anno relaxed his body slightly, summoning his battle summons as he explained, "Do you remember that first sword aura?"

Miriam was taken aback, then suddenly realized what had happened when he recalled using the ice wall to block Anno's sword energy at the beginning of the battle.

"Did you use the blurring effect of the ice wall's shattering patterns to summon a shadow to draw my attention while your true form hid and waited for the right moment to strike?"

"That's right!"

Anno nodded in agreement, then looked at the hundred eighth-tier and several ninth-tier summons blocking his way, thinking to himself: If it's just a friendly spar, this should be enough.

"I admit I underestimated you!"

Miriam flapped his wings, soaring into the air and looking down at Anno's summoned creature, saying in a deep voice, "However, I'll show you Miriam's true power now! Roar~~~!"

A deafening roar from the dragon made Anno frown slightly.

If the fight continues, it feels like the summoner is going to be torn to shreds by the enraged Miriam.

This is not something Anno would like to see.

"Enough, Miriam!"

Avalon flew over to the battlefield from the side and said, "You didn't use your full strength, and neither did Anno."

He has thousands of high-level summons, and the commotion they cause if they actually start fighting is not easy to handle.

Besides, when you spar with a summoner, do you really intend to kill the summoner's summoned creatures?

"Avalon, are you trying to stop me?"

Miriam was extremely displeased with Avalon's interference, and his tone was full of anger as he roared, "Just because he stole the Dragon God's [Mystic Eyes of Death Perception], it wouldn't be too much for me to kill him!"

"I don't believe a mere summoner can turn Dragon Island upside down!"

Good guy!

Anno never expected that Miriam's hostility towards him was due to the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

However, Anno disagreed with Miriam's claim of "stealing".

Judging from the looks in the eyes of the people around, not only the White Dragon King Miriam, but also the old man, the Green Dragon King Stewart, had covetous eyes.

"Regarding the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, didn't you tell Lord Dragon God last time that we didn't need to concern ourselves with it?"

Red Dragon King Kalais stood beside Avalon and said in a deep voice, "Miriam, are you trying to disobey orders?"

"Don't label me!"

Miriam roared at Carias, then glared at Anno before turning and flying away.

"Our White Dragon Clan will not participate in this collaboration!"

Upon hearing Miriam's words, Green Dragon King Stuart glanced at the people present and said, "Ahem, our Green Dragon Clan has not yet recovered its strength, so we will not interfere in the human race's expedition plan."

"Tch, are the White Dragon Clan and Green Dragon Clan afraid of war these days?"

So cowardly, they might as well just call themselves dragons.

Blue Dragon King Clarence walked up to Anno and said, "Anyway, the White Dragon Clan and the Green Dragon Clan are at the bottom of the dragon race in terms of strength."

It doesn't matter whether they're there or not.

The Blue Dragon Clan can participate in your expedition, but I have one condition!