Night falls.

After leaving Cass and finding a hotel to stay in, Anno sat in a chair and fell into thought.

Count Cass wants to entrust Annuo to assist the soldiers of Zijinlan City in finding the base of the cultists.

But Zijinlan City had been searching for a week and hadn’t found a single big fish.

An Nuo didn't want to stay in Zijinlan City for too long. He also wanted to bring the supplies back to the Iron Fort as soon as possible.

When leaving the Iron Fort, Annuo asked Kim about the remaining supplies in the Iron Fort.

Kim's answer was: Once tens of thousands of refugees flock to the Iron Fort, the food will only last for ten days at most.

This batch of supplies was the supplies that Sagunto had previously provided to Iron Fort - Iron Fort had suffered several wars before, and without assistance, it would not have survived the winter.

The situation is similar in other border cities, such as Ironforge.

Therefore, the sooner Anno brings back supplies, the more people he can save and the easier it will be for him to gain the friendship of the dwarves.

Therefore, Annuo wanted to reject Cass's commission.

But considering that he still had to discuss business with him, An Nuo couldn't say anything final.

So in the end, the two made an agreement.

Count Cass must help Annuo collect food for 200,000 people for two months within three days, as well as warm clothes, tents, etc. Annuo will purchase them at twice the market price.

During these three days, Anno helped Count Cass investigate the cult for free.

When Annuo first made this request, Count Cass almost spit out the wine in his mouth.

Two hundred thousand people would need thirty to fifty thousand gold coins to eat food for two months, even if they ate simple meals every day.

But Annuo asked for meat, which would cost at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

There are also cold-weather clothing and other supplies.

A rough calculation of the supplies An Nuo needs is about 300,000 gold coins.

Annuo suddenly asked for such a large amount of supplies that those who didn't know would think he was going to war.

In this era, food is a strategic material.

It is rare to buy and sell grain in such large quantities.

What's more, it's winter now.

Cass rejected Anno without even thinking about it.

In the end, Annuo tripled the price, and Cass reluctantly agreed.

Twice the market price, the price offered by Annuo was three times the original price.

That’s almost one million gold coins!

A million gold coins is not a small amount of money for An Nuo.

Although he earns money quickly, he spends it even faster.

A magic suit is worth millions of gold coins!

Anno's demand is dozens of sets.

The reason why Kas was willing to do this business was because Annuo said that this batch of supplies was used to support the border of the Dwarf Kingdom.

Kas had also heard about the Strider invasion that occurred on the border of the Dwarf Kingdom last month.

The information about the Strider is still very popular in the aristocratic circle.

But what Kas didn't know was that a war of gods had already been fought on the dwarven border.

After the two men had discussed it, they signed the contract.

In this case, Annuo must investigate the cultists carefully according to the terms of the contract.

And Cass also needs to collect the supplies Anno needs within three days.

To be honest, three days is too short. Even though Cass is a count, it is difficult for him to gather so many supplies by himself.

But this is the central city of Zijinlan Province after all, and many nobles have industries here.

After separating from Anno, Cass immediately contacted some other nobles.

Let's make money together.

Liz and Sasier poked their heads out from under the quilt and said to An Nuo with red faces: "Master, the quilt is warm now, you can come to sleep!"

A silent night...

The next day, An Nuo woke up at dawn.

He didn't wake up naturally, nor because Liz and Sasier were holding him, but because Shadow returned and brought back news about the location of the cultists' secret base in the city.

This was a pleasant surprise.

An Nuo sat up and took out a notebook from his storage ring.

Unlike the "Another World Survival Manual", the notebook records some important things that Annuo encountered.

Annuo turned directly to the last page, which read [Philomena has a secret that makes the gods jealous], [Red Moon can attack, Bright Moon can heal], [Dwarf God Hunters Joseph and Melip], [The pupil of the Evil King's True Eye is almost turning gold], etc.

Flipping forward, An Nuo searched among a page full of names, and then found a name. He thought to himself: Could the cultists be related to that group of guys?

On the line that Annuo pointed his finger at, it said [Adrian the Strider].

Next to them are [Freewalker Leopold], [Freewalker Buckle]... and [Freewalker Monlisa].

These are the names of the freewalkers that Annuo had met before. Annuo wrote them down because he was worried that he would forget them later.

Adrian was one of the Striders who attacked the Iron Fortress.

He was the first Strider to be killed by Anno in that battle, and it also tested the power of Anno's self-created skill [Phantom Horizontal Four-Direction Slash].

Looking back, the cultist who stabbed a passerby in the afternoon also shouted the name Adrian.

But An Nuo didn't react at that time.

And now I remember it because of the news brought back by Anno's shadow.

As for how Shadow learned about the cultists' stronghold in the city, we have to go back a while.

In a barren mountain five kilometers away from Zijinlan City, Ella and Adelaide hid in the mountain and waited for An Nuo to come back after An Nuo and the other two left.

According to the plan, in order to purchase enough supplies, Annuo will stay in the city for three to five days.

The waiting process is naturally boring.

Ella kept complaining around Adelaide.

"Adelaide, when will you be able to transform into a human form? It's all because of your large size that you can't enter the city, so the master left you and me outside."

Adelaide could sense Ella's resentment.

But she couldn't understand.

Obviously, at the beginning, Ella still hated Anno so much.

Tiantian secretly planned with An Nuo how to help his sister regain her freedom.

Help, Ella has completely become Anno’s little secretary now, okay?

He actually blamed his best friend for being left here by An Nuo?

The person who signed the contract with you was Adelaide, not Anno!

Adelaide was a little tired. She felt that the distance between her and her former best friend was getting farther and farther.

“Roar~!”

Adelaide was filled with anger and couldn't help but roar like a dragon towards the sky.

"Shut up!"

Suddenly there was a loud shout from the side.

Adelaide's voice stopped abruptly. She licked her lips with her tongue, pretending nothing had happened. She lay on the ground, secretly staring at Annuo's shadow and bared her teeth.

Shadow saw that Adelaide had calmed down, and lay on the ground with her arms as a pillow. She said to Ella who was standing on the dragon head, "Little succubus, why don't you come over and give me a soft lap pillow?"

"Humph, you are just the master's shadow, not the master!"

Ella rolled her eyes at Shadow and ignored him.

“Tsk~!”

Shadow felt bored and didn't continue to pester him. Instead, he stood up and began to practice swordsmanship.

He wanted to use [Phantom Horizontal Four-Direction Slash] without the help of the Evil King's domain and turn it into a real fighting skill.

As a shadow, after he returns to his original body, everything he experiences will be perceived by his original body.

Therefore, Shadow's cultivation results will become Annuo's cultivation results after he returns.

Anno left Shadow with Ella and Adelaide because he was afraid that something might happen to them.

Everything was normal. After all, who would have thought that there was a dragon hiding in a mountain?

But Adelaide's previous roar attracted a group of uninvited guests.

This group of people were wearing black robes and cloaks. The leader was level 34, and the other dozen or so were also at the intermediate level!

They are the high-ranking members of the Adrian Church.

The two civilians who caused trouble at the city gate this afternoon were controlled by the leader.

After creating chaos, the cultists who were hiding in the team waiting for inspection took advantage of the chaos to leave.

I originally wanted to hide in this deserted mountain for a while, controlling the civilians at the city gate every day to create panic, but I didn't expect to suddenly hear a dragon's roar.

When the cultists saw Adelaide sleeping on the grass, their eyes lit up with excitement.

"Hey, let me tell you first, that dragon is a level six dragon."

The shadowy figure suddenly appeared behind the man in the black robe and cloak.

When all the cloaked men turned around in surprise, Shadow pulled out his sword and said with a sly smile, "Seeing you guys are sneaking around, I guess you're not good people. If you want to fight, why not fight me!"