I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Chapter 666: Is it about assigning a "mark"?

The short sword attack was merely to confuse Urma and provide cover for [Mark].

The next instant, Anno disappeared into the void.

Urma reached out to grab Anno but missed.

When Anno reappeared, he was already behind the summoned creatures, and then he separated from Kasting.

"Ready, attack!"

As Anno's voice faded, all the remaining summoned creatures that could attack from a distance unleashed their strongest attacks.

Upon seeing this, Urma quickly moved to dodge.

"It's useless. Once the mark is placed, no matter how you run... How is that possible?"

Anno, who thought he had the upper hand, suddenly discovered that his summoned creatures' ranged attacks were not tracking Urma as he had imagined.

Instead, it landed where Urma had been before.

"The [mark] was clearly applied..."

Anno, who was speaking, suddenly paused.

Because he sensed that the [mark] was indeed still there, but not on Urma, but in the spot where Urma had been before.

"I'm so curious why you always try to get close to me!"

A voice suddenly rang out behind Anno, making him tremble.

Before Anno could use [Shadow Shift], a thick arm pierced through his chest from behind.

"That is..."

Despite coughing up blood, Anno didn't turn around. Instead, he looked at Urma in the distance, who was still fighting against some of her summoned creatures, and asked in confusion, "A clone?"

Hiss!

Before the surrounding summons could rush up, Urma tore Anor's body in two, and blood mist filled the air.

"it's over!"

Ulma held the heart in her hand level in front of her eyes, smiling as she watched the summoned creature rush towards her.

Summoned creatures depend on the summoner for their existence.

Summoned creatures will disappear as soon as the summoner dies.

Summoners are generally weak in melee combat, similar to magic-based classes, and are very afraid of warriors getting close.

The [Combination] skill is considered a summoner's trump card for turning the tide in melee combat.

The [Fusion] ability, which allows the summoner to retain all their own skills while also possessing all the abilities of their summoned creatures, can result in a synergy between the summoner and their summoned creatures where 1+1 is greater than 2.

Historical records indicate that [Fusion] is one of the most hated Summoner skills by assassins who want to kill Summoners.

"The Summoner is said to be unmatched among those of the same rank, but unfortunately..."

Ulma crushed her heart and laughed, "I'm a ninth-tier cultivator!"

If Urma had mastered a ninth-tier skill, this battle could have ended much sooner and more easily!

But then the smile on Urma's face froze.

The shattered corpse on the ground turned into a black mass and vanished in a flash.

Pfft!

A tiger-like monster pounced on the ground, its sharp claws carving several furrows in the earth.

Ulma stared incredulously at the wound on her chest, blood slowly seeping from it. "The corpse is gone? And the summoned creature hasn't disappeared either?"

He hadn't intended to dodge the tiger-like magical beast's attack at all.

Only at the very last moment did Urma realize that something was wrong, and she quickly dodged.

But in the end, two claw marks were still left on his chest by the tiger-like monster.

Although it was only one centimeter deep, it was enough to prove one thing.

"Anno, you're not dead!!!"

Once she realized what was happening, Urma immediately began fighting the summoned creatures that surrounded her, while simultaneously searching for Anno's whereabouts.

Behind a huge rock, Anno leaned against the rock wall, clutching his chest and panting heavily.

"Fortunately, when I broke the [fusion] with Kastin just now, I managed to summon my shadow."

The things that the shadow experienced after its death will all be reflected back to Anno.

When the shadow returned just now, Anno felt the pain of 'Heart Control' and almost fainted.

"Huff, huff~!"

Anno, panting heavily, analyzed the intelligence he now possessed.

Urma has a clone-like ability, as well as a stealth ability.

The clone ability cannot last long, and it has now turned into a clod of earth that has been shattered by the summoned creatures.

The stealth skill should be the same skill as the previous burrowing skill.

Because of the clone, Anno was completely unaware that Urma's main body had already slipped behind the shadow.

If it weren't for the cautious approach of holding back a trump card, the outcome of the battle would already be decided by now.

"I'm holding back because I haven't seen him use [Red Fist Mountain Cannon] or [Black Wind Triumph Song] yet!"

The former is clearly a ranged skill, which could pose a huge threat to me from a distance.

As for [Black Wind Triumph], no information can be gleaned from its analysis.

But as the first and strongest skill listed, its power is certainly not weak.

After finishing the analysis, Anno angrily clenched his fist.

"Damn it, I squandered the opportunity I finally got!"

Anno still doesn't know when Urma removed the [mark] from her body.

However, based on what Ulma said before killing the shadow, it is clear that Ulma was wary of Anno, who had repeatedly tried to fight him in close combat.

Faced with a wary Urma, the chances of Anno imprinting the [Mark] on Urma are virtually zero!

The problem is that Anno can only think of using [Mark] to turn the tide.

After pondering for a while, Anno suddenly came up with an idea.

"Since I can't get close to Urma, but I have so many summons, I can just have them cast the [Mark]!"

The Summoner Spell [Give] can grant all summoned creatures (excluding talent skills) the skills the Summoner possesses.

The [King's Power] and [Shadow Summoning] skills that summoned creatures now possess were granted by Anno using the [Grant] skill.

Based on the characteristics of the [Grant] skill, Anno will gain one more grantable skill every three tiers he advances.

Anno is currently an eighth-tier high-level summoner, and there is still one slot available for the [Bless] skill.

At this point, you can bestow the [Mark] on each summoned creature.

"When all summoned creatures have the [Mark] ability, you're bound to get hit eventually!"

"【Red Fist Mountain Cannon】!"

A furious roar rang out.

Then a red beam of light shot out from behind the rock where Anno was hiding, accompanied by Urma's straight punch.

boom!

The solid boulder instantly crumbled and shattered into countless fragments.

But the powerful beam of light continued to fly forward, smashing through dozens of huge rocks before hitting a hillside.

Boom!

A hillside fifty or sixty meters high exploded instantly!

Nearly a hundred summoned creatures along the attack route of the [Red Fist Mountain Cannon] suffered heavy casualties.

Those who survived did so because they were not hit in vital areas.

But by then, it was already a mangled body!

"How did he find me?"

Anno didn't have time to use [Substitute Strawman], so he used [Shifting Shadows] to dodge the attack and let a summoned creature take the hit for him.

Seeing the power of the [Red Fist Mountain Cannon], Anno felt a chill run down his spine.

Even if this attack doesn't have the power of a ninth-tier weapon, it shouldn't be too bad.

He had previously speculated that Urma, a level 46 ninth-tier character, might not have mastered any ninth-tier skills.

But now Anno dares not underestimate Ulma at all.

"And there's also [Black Wind Triumph]!"

Anno shifted his position, pondering, "He hasn't used [Black Wind Triumph] yet. Either this move consumes a lot of energy, or there are some limitations."

But in either case, if he uses that move, my situation will be extremely dangerous.

Now Anno begins to consider one possibility.

If... if Anno applies the [Mark] to all his summoned creatures, is there really a way to apply the [Mark] to Urma?

When I hit the other party before, wasn't it somehow removed by the latter?

"Damn it, if we think about it that way, imbuing our side with the [Mark] doesn't improve our combat power at all! Is there any other way? Is there any other way?"

Just then, Anno noticed that Ulma was preparing the [Red Fist Mountain Cannon] again.

"Damn it!"

Anno quickly summoned the injured Castin and used [Merge] again, hiding in the void.

At the same time, Anno also summoned all the summoned creatures outside back to prevent them from being wiped out in large numbers by the [Red Fist Mountain Cannon].

However, since Anno and Castin had just broken their [fusion], the duration of the forced [fusion] was very short.

A few seconds later, Anno was forced to separate from Kastin.

"It's a pity, if only we could stay [united] forever!"

Anno recalled Castin, and after saying this, he suddenly froze.

"The [Fusion] skill allows both parties to merge and become stronger. However, can the merged state continue to [Fusion] to further enhance its strength?"