"It's hard to tell, who's back?"

Kershaw subconsciously thought that Ann and the others had died in Warrengel, so he didn't think about it at all.

"Adventurers...are adventurers! They also brought back a dragon!" The mercenary had an incredible expression on his face when he reported.

"dragon?"

Kershaw walked out the door with a puzzled look on his face.

Then he saw a large group of adventurers wearing nameplates and carrying guild flags gathered in front of the Adventurer's Guild.

The number is at least thousands!

Moreover, among this group of adventurers, there is a huge red dragon.

Around the adventurers were a group of residents of the royal city who had gathered to watch the fun.

Because of Simmons’ slander, adventurers now have a very bad reputation in the royal city.

Now seeing the adventurers led by Annuo returning with a giant dragon, the curious people immediately put down what they were doing and followed over to watch the fun.

However, what these onlookers did not expect was that there was an unexpected gain.

The entrance to the Adventurer's Guild was actually guarded by a group of mercenaries.

Most of the mercenaries in the royal city are not very friendly to adventurers.

After all, my job was almost taken away.

It is definitely impossible that he came to the Adventurer's Guild at this time to comfort his former enemy.

But coincidentally, Annuo just came back with the adventurers who had gone to support Warrengel and saw this scene.

"Adventurer's Guild President Anno!"

Kershaw was startled when he saw the figure at the front of the adventurer group.

The news conveyed to him by the higher-ups in the group was that the adventurers were very likely to be killed by the undead in the war, and only a small number were expected to survive.

The line of defense attacked by the war weapons is exactly the area defended by the Blade Legion, and there are a large number of adventurers here to help.

In the eyes of Simmons and several escaping sixth-level mercenaries, the adventurers would bear the brunt of the attack and might even be wiped out.

But I didn't expect that so many people would escape back.

After the initial shock, Kershaw began to feel happy.

For him, this is an opportunity!

In the past, because of his special profession and identity, as well as the mission bounties issued by the Six Holy Temples, An Nuo was full of mystery.

No one dares to provoke him easily.

But the mercenaries who returned from Warrengel brought back a message.

Anno is not as strong as rumored.

The strength he initially displayed on the battlefield was only level four!

Before the last night of battle, Annuo's level had just reached 26!

How much strength can be improved in a war where you are at a disadvantage?

Even if An Nuo was lucky and his level increased by one or two levels, it would be impossible for him to master the fifth-level skills in just a few days.

For Kershaw, who had been promoted to level five for several years, mastered three level five skills, and was already level 28, defeating Anno, who had no level five skills, was a simple matter.

As long as he could defeat Anno in a duel, not only would he be able to further embarrass the Adventurer's Guild, but he would also greatly enhance his personal reputation.

"Hey, President Anno, are you a deserter? Have you escaped from Warrengel?"

Kershaw stood at the gate of the Adventurer's Guild and shouted at An Nuo below, "I didn't expect you guys would have the nerve to flee back to the capital. If I were President An Nuo, I would just hit you to death with tofu! Hahaha..."

In front of the Adventurer's Guild, members of the mercenary group led by Kershaw mocked the guild leader unscrupulously.

How could the adventurers tolerate this?

On the way back, everyone had learned about the rumors in the royal city from Annuo.

Everyone felt a little depressed.

I thought I would be treated like a hero immediately after returning.

Who knew that people would look at me with disdain.

Seeing Kershaw's group of mercenaries, even Berkeley and Khalifa, who were also mercenaries, could not bear it any longer.

Berkeley cursed angrily: "Who the hell are you? How dare you act wild here?"

Khalifa even directly emitted a wave of magic power, and said with murderous intent: "Do you believe that I will tear you apart?"

Not only Khalifa, but many adventurers around were all emitting magical fluctuations and had angry faces.

As long as Annuo gave the order, they would rush forward and kill Kershaw without hesitation, even if they faced the risk of legal sanctions.

"Level six!"

The magical fluctuations coming from Khalifa instantly made Kershaw shudder.

The adventurer's murderous look made him take two steps back.

“These guys!”

Kershaw cursed in his heart, then said, "Captain Berkeley, Captain Khalifa, I welcome you back on behalf of all the mercenaries in the Royal City. But this is a matter between me and the Adventurer's Guild. I hope you two recognize your identities and don't hurt the harmony between the mercenaries."

Kershaw naturally knew these two sixth-rank mercenary group leaders.

But behind him stood most of the mercenary groups in the royal city—he deliberately said all the mercenary groups.

Therefore, although he is only at the fifth level, Kershaw is confident.

"Wait a minute, you said you represent all the mercenaries in the royal city?"

An Nuo, who had been silent the whole time, asked curiously, "Isn't the Thunder Leopard Mercenary Badge on you from the Draper Mercenary Group? Can you...really represent all mercenaries?"

Kershaw immediately straightened his chest and said shamelessly: "Of course!"

An Nuo pointed to the inside of the guild and said, "That means all the mercenary groups are involved in the situation inside?"

When he saw this group of mercenaries, he used [Perspective] to see what was going on inside.

Although these mercenaries came to cause trouble, they knew their limits and did not attack the receptionist.

This is the royal city after all.

However, the tables and chairs on the first floor were damaged.

Annuo needs to settle this account carefully.

"Hehe, you're scared now, right?"

Kershaw thought An Nuo had guessed the purpose of their visit today, and instead of doubting it, he taunted, "I heard that President An Nuo had just been promoted to the fifth level a few days ago. Coincidentally, I am also at the fifth level. Since we happened to meet today, I wonder if President An Nuo has the courage to spar with me, Kershaw, the deputy captain of the seventh team of the Delaipo Mercenary Group, one of the top ten mercenary groups in the royal city?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the people around immediately started talking.

"What? The Adventurer's Guild's leader just reached level 5? Doesn't that mean he was only level 4 before?"

"That's impossible. Isn't it rumored that President An Nuo is at level six?"

"The version I heard was the peak of level six!"

"Although level five is already very strong, I didn't expect that the president of the Adventurer's Guild would actually... be so far behind the leaders of the top ten mercenary groups."

“…”

Hearing the discussions around him, Kershaw's lips curled up into a smile.

He moved his wrists and twisted his neck as he walked up to An Nuo and said contemptuously, "Let me tell you one thing about this worthless guild leader. If you don't have the strength, don't show off!"

Bang!

As soon as he finished speaking, a black shadow flew backwards and hit the stone lion standing in front of the guild.

Boom!

The stone lion exploded into countless pieces.

Kershaw fell in the rubble with a collapsed cheekbone, blood all over his face, his eyes closed, and he fell into a coma.