Summoning a creature requires not only the sacrifice of souls, but also the sacrifice of materials.

Anno has always used backpack packaging.

In the past, claws and teeth did not take up space.

But now the hearts of the undead and other summoning materials take up a lot of space.

A small backpack can't hold too much, and a large backpack affects agility.

Anno really needs a storage device.

It's just that he never had a way before.

After hearing Annuo's request, Tester lowered his head and pondered for a while.

Theoretically speaking, even if he did not issue a silver-level mission, according to the kingdom's emergency conscription laws, he could still allow Annuo to join the war.

However, now he needs to boost morale, so he has to give rewards to those who defend the city.

Moreover, he wanted to win over An Nuo.

Storage equipment is considered to be a relatively expensive item.

The cheapest storage ring, containing one cubic meter of space, would be worth no less than ten thousand gold coins.

Moreover, these things are in the hands of nobles and high-level professionals.

Most people can’t buy it even if they want to.

But Test is the third prince of the kingdom after all.

Storage equipment is not a rare thing for him.

Considering that doing Anno a favor now might bring him a higher return in the future, Tester only hesitated for a moment before agreeing to Anno.

Moreover, to show his sincerity, Tester took off the storage ring on the middle finger of his left hand, transferred the personal belongings inside into the storage necklace, and threw it to Anno.

"I can give you the reward right now! Remember, if you encounter danger during the mission, I allow you to give up the mission!"

Tester's attitude was extremely friendly.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

An Nuo took the ring and a smile appeared on his face.

The storage ring does not have the ability to recognize its owner and does not require blood.

Holding it, Annuo felt the space inside.

About ten cubic meters!

Such a large space is enough for Anno to use.

But Anno also knew that he owed Tester a big favor.

After the matter was settled, everyone began to discuss the night's defensive battle.

But not long after, a soldier ran all the way up the city wall with a surprised expression on his face.

"Your Highness, Lord Viscount, the surviving mercenaries and adventurers have returned and are now at the west gate."

After hearing this, Renault immediately asked the soldiers to bring the person over.

Half an hour later, more than a thousand professionals arrived at the South Gate.

In terms of numbers, the mercenaries suffered heavy losses.

There are only 500 people left in the Garo and Black Widow mercenaries combined.

The other small mercenary groups together number about two hundred people.

When they left, the total number of mercenaries was more than two thousand!

However, the number of adventurers did not decrease much, and there were still thousands of them.

When the adventurers saw Annuo, the backbone, appear, they instantly felt relieved.

If Annuo had not led his men to cover their retreat yesterday and buy time for the adventurers' retreat, the adventurers' losses would not have been less than that of the mercenaries.

Annuo learned about their experiences from the returning adventurers.

After Annuo and his men stayed behind to buy time, the adventurers all ran desperately towards Valkham.

Because some people took into account that the zombies might head to the town of Gruul, the team of adventurers took a detour to the west.

On the way, the adventurer team almost encountered zombies chasing other mercenary groups several times.

Fortunately, the hunters and assassins scattered around discovered it in advance, and the large group quickly changed direction.

As a result, the route was changed further and further away from Valkham.

After finally escaping danger, everyone didn't know where they went.

By that time it was getting dark, so the adventurers rested for the night.

This morning we started preparing to return to Valkham, but we encountered zombies attacking the city again.

Although everyone was anxious, they also understood that going up now would only increase casualties.

If transformed into a zombie, it will attack the city gate.

So they hid a few kilometers west of Valkham and let the hunters and assassins keep gathering information.

Here, they met Warwick, Linda and others who had also returned.

"So, after you saw the zombies retreat, you rushed back?"

"Yes!"

Anno looked at the adventurers around him who all looked exhausted, so he explained what Valkham was facing now, and then said, "Then I'll tell you, we need to defend against the zombies' attacks at night. Are you afraid?"

The adventurers standing in front of An Nuo shrugged and said, "We came back to defend the city! If I'm unlucky enough to be scratched by a zombie, you guys can chop me into pieces before I turn into that disgusting thing!"

"This time, I want to fight with the president!"

"Defend Valkham!"

Compared with the adventurers, the mercenary group's morale was somewhat sluggish.

Without An Nuo to cover their retreat, they were chased by zombies almost all the way.

Before they completely got rid of the zombies, they witnessed their companions being eaten by zombies, and then their remaining bodies transformed into zombies.

Many mercenaries returned because they saw Valkham teleporting important figures and repelling the army of undead zombies.

When they heard that they had to guard the city at night, many people felt a little regretful.

If he comes back now, he will definitely be drafted.

It is impossible to leave Valkham now.

However, everyone felt a little better after Tester promised in front of everyone that everyone would receive a high reward after successfully defending the city.

Even the Third Prince is here, so defending the city might not be that dangerous.

This is what most people think after seeing the mysterious priest next to Test.

They guessed that this priest might be very powerful.

In fact, a level 25 priest is indeed very strong for them.

But compared to the zombie army, its strength is limited.

The ones who can really control the situation are Leonard and Kun.

After settling everyone down, Annuo and others continued to discuss tactics, and then Annuo took a rest.

In the evening, an unexpected group of people arrived in Valkham.

It was Xue Feibai and others who came with Dean and hundreds of "unregistered adventurers" from Gray City.

An Nuo woke up and walked out of the makeshift tent on the city wall. He frowned when he saw everyone.

But it soon relaxed again.

"President, have you rested well?"

Xue Feibai, wearing the standard soldier armor given to him by Viscount Renault, walked over with a smile on his face, "The Third Prince has entrusted the Adventurer's Guild with a silver-level mission - the Valkham Showdown!

The mission goal is to defend the city, and everyone who participates in defending the city can get at least 1 gold coin.

For second-level professionals like us, the starting amount is 10 gold coins.

Those with outstanding performance will also receive increased compensation.

All eight of us accepted this mission!"

"oh!"

An Nuo raised his eyelids, looked at Lu Yan and others behind Xue Feibai and said in amazement: "I also accepted a silver-level mission, but it is different from yours!"

Now that these people are here, Annuo will not waste any more time talking about why they came here.

All eight of them are talented.

Only by constantly experiencing battles and hardships like Anno can you become stronger.

An Nuo would not be so self-righteous as to protect them all the time.

"We heard from Viscount Renault that you have to cover the priest named Sylvia to kill the fourth-level peak zombies."

Lu Zhishang, who was wearing plate armor, touched his bald head and sighed, "It's a pity that our levels are only 12 or 13, so we can't help you."

"I believe in your strength. As long as you cooperate well, there will be basically no danger."

An Nuo glanced at the civilians distributing the prepared meals to the professionals and said, "This battle is also an opportunity for you, an opportunity to improve your strength.

A large number of second-level zombies are enough to allow you to level up two or three more levels.

Once the battle begins, beware of attacks from the sky.

During our combat discussions, it was determined that those flying units would cause great trouble to the defenders.

This is why we are eager to kill the fourth-level zombies. Only in this way can Sylvia free up her hands to deal with the things in the sky."

Xue Feibai, Lu Zhishang, Lu Yan and others looked at each other and nodded cautiously.

"Understood!"

"President An Nuo, eat. Only when you are full will you have the strength to defend the city! All we can do now is to cook for you."

Two pretty women came over carrying baskets.

They were the Adventurer's Guild's poster girls, Maggie and Samantha.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

An Nuo saw the two women setting the table, and with a wave of his hand, he led everyone to start eating.

"tasty!"

"I didn't expect you two had this skill!"

"Much better than Lunn's cooking."

"Hey, Lu Yan, don't let Uncle Lun hear you say this!"

…

Half an hour later, the last trace of sunset disappeared.

Night falls!

A large number of torches were lit near the southern wall of Valkham.

Seen from above, they look like stars dotted on the ground.

“Roar~!”

The cursed demon roared with excitement.

The surrounding zombies suddenly became agitated and moved towards Valkham in the distance.