“Gulp~!”

Gulisha, who had been hiding far away since the beginning of the battle, couldn't help swallowing when she saw the wounded two-headed giant lizard fall to the ground with an unwilling roar.

"Is this... is this Lord An's true strength? So... so scary!"

Although Gulisha had been following Annuo before, every time Annuo got new sacrificial materials, he avoided Gulisha when summoning.

In other words, it was the first time she saw An Nuo had so many summons.

Not only Gulisha, but also the remaining dwarves in the city witnessed this scene.

After the dwarves' army in the Iron Fort was destroyed by Leopold, they had no time to withdraw and could only hide in various places in the Iron Fort to survive.

When Leopold gathered the monster troops to go out of the city to find Annuo, the dwarves noticed the movement.

The disturbance caused by the battle between Anno and Leopold attracted many dwarves who came out to explore for intelligence and ventured close to the city wall to observe the situation.

"Is that guy really a human?"

A dwarf who had just climbed up the city wall and was secretly looking down was shocked to see Anno standing among thousands of monster corpses.

He knew Leopold's strength.

Yesterday, when Leopold led an army of five thousand monsters to attack the Iron Fortress, the sixth-level patriarchs of the three major dwarf families besieged Leopold together.

But the result was that all three sixth-level clan leaders died in battle!

Now Leopold seems to have been killed by a human!

Moreover, he also took care of two thousand monster troops.

…

Anno put the sacrificial materials collected by the summoned creature into the storage ring and recalled the summoned creature. He looked up at the city wall, then ordered Adelaide to bring the hiding Gulisha over.

Under Annuo's orders, Gulisha rode on Adelaide and shouted over the entire Iron Fortress.

"I'm Gulisha from the Ernest family. The monsters occupying the Iron Castle have been eliminated by the president of the Adventurer's Guild. Are there any living dwarves in the city?"

When Gulisha almost shouted herself hoarse, Annuo, who was standing at the city gate, finally saw scattered dwarves walking towards the city gate.

"It looks like there are still quite a few survivors!"

An Nuo smiled.

It would be easy to hide people in such a large steel fort.

It is impossible for Leopold to find all the hidden dwarves with more than 2,000 monsters.

"Sir, my name is Austin Yarman. On behalf of the dwarves of the Iron Fortress, I would like to thank you for destroying the monster army and saving the Iron Fortress!"

Among the dozen or so dwarves that gathered, a fifth-level dwarf stepped forward and bowed to Annuo to express his gratitude.

Austin Alman is a member of the Alman family, one of the three major dwarf families in Iron Castle.

The Alman family excels in forging magical armor.

The Ernest family, one of the three major families, excels in forging magic weapons.

As for the last Clement family, they are good at inlaying various gems on magic equipment to strengthen magic equipment.

It is also because of the existence of the three major families that the Iron Fortress has so many sixth-level dwarves.

Unfortunately, the leader of the monster army that attacked the Iron Fortress yesterday was a [Strider]!

Even though he had powerful equipment and magic weapons to defend the city, and killed many monsters, the situation on the battlefield changed instantly after Leopold freed his hands.

Austin's eyes were filled with tears as he recounted yesterday's battle.

After the three patriarchs died in battle, the dwarf troops had no ability to resist Leopold.

Thousands of dwarf troops fell on the battlefield in large numbers in order to buy time for civilians to retreat.

Only a few dwarf troops completed their mission and broke through the siege and escaped from the Iron Fortress.

Those who did not escape, like Austin, hid in various secret places in the city last night and lived cautiously.

Austin said with a distressed look: “After the patriarch died in the battle, the three major families arranged for the people to evacuate the Iron Fortress through the secret passages in the city.

After the army completed its mission of delaying time, I also wanted to leave through the secret passage, but I didn't expect that when I got to the secret passage in the early morning, I found that it was occupied by monsters.

When the monster leader was clearing out the dwarves in the city, he also sent a team into the secret passage to pursue them. I don’t know what happened to the people who escaped now.”

After hearing this, An Nuo frowned.

He also planned to find the dwarf of the Ernest family to ask about the Rubik's Cube.

But now it seems uncertain how many dwarves of Ernest's family will survive.

"Lord Anno, please save the dwarves of the Iron Fortress!"

Gulisha suddenly bowed deeply to Annuo.

She already knew that An Nuo's real name was not An, but the president of the Adventurer's Guild - although she didn't know what the Adventurer's Guild was yet.

Austin, who was standing next to him, also asked Anno, "Although I don't know if it's too late, I still hope that Lord Anno can accompany me to the secret passage. All the dwarves in the Iron Fort will remember Lord Anno's kindness."

Anno looked at the dozen dwarves who all lowered their heads in front of him and asked, "Austin, have you heard of adventurers?"

Austin raised his head and looked at Anno, and said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, the Iron Fortress is a bit far from the human country, and the trade between the two sides is only a few times a year. So..."

"It's okay, I can explain it to you!"

Anno narrowed his eyes and explained to Austin for a moment, then said: "So, if you want me to do something, you need to issue a commission!"

Austin thought to himself: Isn't this a mercenary?

Lord Anno, who is so powerful, is actually the president of the Adventurer's Guild?

A mercenary leader?

Shouldn't someone who can kill an enemy like Leopold be at least a legion general in a human country?

Austin couldn't figure it out.

But Austin did not refuse Annno's request to release the commission.

The dwarves in the Iron Fort have plenty of gold!

So Austin issued a platinum-level task. The reward was to create a set of intermediate magic equipment for Anno and inlay it with at least five rare magic gems.

The price of a rare gem is hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and the overall budget is at least two million gold coins.

Although for a platinum-level commission, the reward should be between 10,000 and 100,000 gold coins.

But the reward was given voluntarily by Austin.

The latter even felt it was a little too little!

Austin is willing to pay more if it means ensuring the safety of his compatriots.

An Nuo stood in front of the secret passage and said to Austin beside him: "Let me make it clear first. According to the intelligence you gave, the monster troops went to pursue us this morning. Now it's already noon. I hope you are prepared for the worst."

"Don't worry, no matter what the result is, we will pay the reward."

Austin, who was about to enter the secret passage with Anno, forced a smile and said, "Besides, there were also some soldiers escorting the retreating civilians. Even if they were caught up by the monsters and a fight broke out, they should be able to hold out for a while."

"Liz, Sasier, Ella, you, Adelaide, and the Ice Crocodile stay here with Gulisha and continue searching for survivors in the city. If you encounter any remaining monsters, kill them!"

The injured Liz nodded and responded, "Please rest assured, Master!"

"let's go!"

After Anno finished speaking, he and Austin went into the secret passage together.