I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

News of the duel quickly spread throughout the city of Valcalm.

On one side was Rhodes, a hunter with superior talent, plus two apprentice professionals no more than level 5.

The other side consisted of three black-haired strangers, one of whom was a God-forsaken individual, and the other two were not professionals.

The people in the city only heard about these bets with such a huge disparity in stakes, just for fun.

Because the winner of the duel is undoubtedly Rhodes' side.

Professionals possess skills and have physical attributes that can be upgraded and enhanced.

How can a non-professional fight against a professional?

However, because the notary was Mark, a level 10 hunter known as "Hawkeye," everyone took this bet, whose outcome was already decided, to heart.

Mark is a well-known hunter in Valkam, and he wouldn't be idly acting as a notary for someone else.

Although the ending is predetermined, there may be other hidden reasons!

This is what most people thought when they heard the news.

As a result, more and more people began to pay attention to the duel that would take place three days later, and many decided to go to the arena to watch it.

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After the bet was settled, Mark smiled, said goodbye to Anno, and left.

Anno thought for a moment, then turned and glanced at Wang Zixuan.

"W-what's wrong?"

Seeing Anuo's strange look, Wang Zixuan took a step back uncomfortably.

Anno's lips curled into a smile, and he said mysteriously, "Perhaps you've done us a great favor without even realizing it!"

Wang Zixuan was completely dumbfounded after hearing this.

"Alright, since the bet is set, you two need to work hard."

Anno looked at Xue Feibai and Lu Zhishang and said seriously, "Since you said you can become trainee professionals in three days, then you will need to participate in the competition as trainee professionals."

We must win this battle, not only to teach that Rod a lesson, but also to make a name for ourselves!

This will have a great promotional effect on the future development of the Adventurers' Guild!

Xue Feibai and Lu Zhishang only met their mentor today, and their skills training can only be described as just beginning.

If anyone else heard Anno ask the two of them to become trainee professionals in three days, they would think Anno was crazy.

However, Xue Feibai and Lu Zhishang, the parties involved, both nodded confidently.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely teach that kid a lesson in three days!"

Xue Feibai cracked his knuckles, making a popping sound.

Lu Zhishang crossed his arms over his chest and said in a deep voice, "I have no problem on my end."

Rhodes said that it was arrogant for the two of them to become professionals in three days.

What he didn't know was that the two of them had exceptional warrior talent, and it was no exaggeration to say that they could learn basic skills in three days!

Not only them, but the women in the team are also exceptionally talented.

Although Anno did not set a requirement for them to obtain the professional seal within three days, after what happened with Rhodes, they did not want to be a burden to the team.

After lunch, everyone went to their respective mentors to practice.

Anno wandered alone through the streets, experiencing everything about Walkam.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the first adventurers' guild in this other world will take root in this city.

This duel will be the first battle in which the Adventurers' Guild makes a name for itself.

Since we've decided to start with Warkam, it's essential to conduct a basic survey of the city.

"Let's start by investigating the number of professionals and mercenary groups!"

After identifying his target, Anno began to gather information purposefully.

Soon, Anno obtained a large amount of information that was not a secret from all sorts of people.

Warkam is a border city with a population of around 300,000.

There are approximately five thousand people of various professions in the city!

There are approximately three thousand trainee professionals at levels 0-5.

Becoming a professional is not easy, but it's not too difficult either.

The original inhabitants of this other world did not include those rejected by the gods.

As long as they are willing to pay a tuition fee of 5 silver coins and undergo a long period of training to learn the basic skills, they can become apprentice professionals.

Therefore, there are many trainee professionals in the city.

However, once you become a trainee professional, it's not so easy to get stronger.

At this point, hard work is important, but talent is equally important.

At the same time, the cultivation of professionals also requires a large amount of cultivation resources.

Learning skills and purchasing weapons and armor all require a lot of money.

Many people who become trainee professionals lack the strength to join mercenary groups, merchant groups, and armies, and therefore do not have enough money to support their training expenses.

Therefore, many people are unable to break through and remain stuck at the trainee professional level.

Currently, most of the officially registered professionals in Valcamon City at levels 5-10 are in the top-ranked mercenary groups, merchant escort teams, and viscount guards.

Because of Harry, Anno specifically inquired about the Bloodstained Mercenary Group.

Harry wasn't exaggerating; the Bloodstained Mercenary Group was indeed the third largest mercenary group in Valcam City.

The Bloodstained Mercenary Group has over one hundred official members, all of whom are level 6 or higher professional players.

The team is organized into groups of ten, with ten squad leaders, two battalion leaders, and one regimental commander!

In addition, the Bloodstained Mercenary Group has about two hundred reserve members.

These are all trainee professionals. If they perform well in their tasks, they will receive resource support.

Once you break through to level 6, you will be officially promoted.

Harry's brother, Sharp Carr, is one of the two captains!

His strength level is 10, and he is a professional knight.

He was known as the "Raging Knight" by the professionals in the city!

The leader of the Bloodstained Mercenary Group is a powerful expert who is over level 10!

With such strength, they were only ranked third among the mercenary groups in Valcalm City.

According to information obtained by Anno, the combined number of professionals in the Fang Wolf Mercenary Group (ranked first), the Black Widow Mercenary Group (ranked second), the Bloodstain Mercenary Group, and other mercenary groups of all sizes exceeds 2,500, with over 800 being formal professionals at level 6 or above!

There are also a thousand professional bodyguards in the city's various caravans, of whom more than five hundred are officially employed!

Viscount Renault, the ruler of Valcalm, had an army of fewer than seven hundred men.

Although these 700 people are all formal professionals, there are more than 30 villages and towns within Valkam's jurisdiction, and each village and town must send at least a guard of 10 people to be stationed there.

As a result, the city of Warkam, with a population of 300,000, had only a little over 300 soldiers!

Moreover, Anno also obtained some very interesting information.

Every year after winter, all things come back to life.

Most of the monsters also began to become active.

At this time, Viscount Renault would post notices offering bounties for monsters, encouraging mercenary groups in the city to go out and hunt monsters to ensure the safety of the surrounding villages and towns.

But the bounty for the same monster increases every year.

This wasn't due to rising prices, but rather because the major mercenary groups in the city were in cahoots—they wouldn't act unless Viscount Renault raised the bounty.

Most small mercenary groups also collude with large mercenary groups.

The remaining small mercenary groups that responded to Viscount Renault were not particularly strong.

Hunting monsters is dangerous, difficult, and inefficient for them. They are also ostracized by other mercenary groups and are simply unable to cope with the large-scale monster activity in the spring.

Viscount Renault himself loved his people very much, but unfortunately he had few soldiers and was unable to attend to them all.

Although he was furious at the actions of these mercenary groups, he was helpless and could only keep raising the bounty.

And now, it's late spring.

Based on past experience, in another ten days to two weeks, the monsters will be more active.