Chapter 68

The surrounding guild members came up to congratulate him. A tall human warrior walked up to Qi Tianshan and said with a smile, "Now you're level 18, not far from creating a guild at level 20!"

"Xue Se, are you making fun of me? Didn't you reach level 18 a few days ago?" Qi Tianshan said in a bad mood. The human warrior in front of him was Xue Se Chen Ming, whom Fang Yi had met before. He seemed to be quite familiar with the guild leader of Tianxia Baye.

"Right, did you really see that cube you mentioned earlier?" Qi Tianshan clearly cared a lot about this and asked with a frown.

Xue Se Chen Ming looked at the people collecting corpses, tilted his head, and thought for a moment, "Yeah, it should be him. At the time, he was at the military supply officer in Tai Xier City. I saw that his backpack appearance had changed, so he must have completed the backpack expansion quest."

"What!" Qi Tianshan subconsciously shouted when he heard this, "What level is he? That quest requires solo-killing a level 17 elite, right?"

"There's more that will surprise you," Xue Se Chen Ming smiled and said in a low voice, "Did you see the system announcement about the Naga Abyss first kill this morning? The average level of that team was 15, and the Naga Abyss is a dungeon that can only be entered at level 15. The team included the name of Cube."

Qi Tianshan confirmed the information and lowered his head to think for a moment, "So, everyone in the team was level 15. That thief completed the backpack quest at level 15..." Saying this, Qi Tianshan's expression became quite serious.

Xue Se Chen Ming nodded and continued, "I only managed to complete this quest after reaching level 18. I know everyone in the professional circle, and there are only so many people in the virtual game with this level of strength, no more than thirty in total." Xue Se Chen Ming paused and looked meaningfully at the monk who was constantly scratching his bald head, "You two haven't had a falling out, have you?"

Qi Tianshan opened his mouth but didn't speak: to be honest, there wasn't much enmity. They were both typical professional players in the game, and he had even done business with him. But if the other person was petty, who knows...

It's no wonder the guild leader of a major guild cared so much about one person. In the high-magic world of Faerun in "Miracle," heroes emerged one after another. Even the game company's executives had said that the combat power difference between high-end players and ordinary players could be dozens or even hundreds of times, all depending on one's strength. Even a powerful guild like Tianxia Baye would have a hard time if they provoked a god-level expert...

In the square in front of the central temple in Kantor City, a human thief and a fully armed dwarf guard stood facing each other.

Damn it! What kind of quest is this? First, there was the world-class beast, the Rock-Eating Spider, and now a level 16 elite dwarf defender. Is there no normal monster for me to fight? When I get back, if Harold says this is a simple search quest, I'll risk being chased by the guards to chop this dwarf first!

Although Fang Yi was furious, he had to be careful in dealing with the enemy. The dwarf defender was the backbone of the dwarf army, clad in full armor, wielding a one-handed heavy hammer, and carrying a huge shield almost as tall as himself. However, the armor of the dwarf in front of him had been eroded by the wind for years, and it was already rusted. The soul fire shone through the gaps in the helmet, indicating that it was just the spirit of a dwarf warrior.

After a while of fighting, Fang Yi had almost drained the enemy's health, but he had also used a stamina potion. This guy was too tough.

Fang Yi lunged forward again. The dwarf defender still used his right hand to shield, blocking Fang Yi's dagger that came from above, and swung his war hammer at Fang Yi's right kidney with his left hand.

So vicious!? Fang Yi's toes touched the ground, and his left hand supported the dwarf's large shield, dodging the charging dwarf. He leaped to the side, and his right hand's Bloodflow made a chilling sound as it slid over the dwarf's war hammer, then stabbed lightning-fast into the gap in the dwarf's shoulder armor.

The dwarf defender, like a big lump of iron, tilted his body and hid behind the shield, continuing to smash his war hammer at Fang Yi's thigh. The short sword sparked on the steel shield, but Fang Yi, who had already landed, did not dodge. Instead, he crouched down, letting the war hammer hit his right rib with a whistling sound, while his left hand's Blade of Hope had already pierced the gap in the dwarf's iron mask.

"Swish!" The sound of the dagger hitting its mark. At the same time, the dwarf defender's war hammer strangely tilted and hit the ground, making a loud "clank," but the owner of the war hammer could no longer lift it.

Watching the dwarf defender's spirit gradually become transparent, Fang Yi sheathed his dual blades and bandaged himself, feeling very satisfied with the effect of the Level 3 Deflection Field.

"Adventurer, you bear the aura of our temple... Move forward, let us see if you are the one foretold." With a deep voice, the dwarf defender's spirit became even more blurred, slowly floating into the air and disappearing from Fang Yi's sight.

A plot? However, in "Miracle," it's not realistic to understand the whole story at the beginning of a quest, as this isn't the style of the creators at Creation Media.

Fang Yi bent down to pick up the iron badge on the ground, the only item dropped by the dwarf's spirit. The badge was carved with an anvil and a hammer placed diagonally on it, exuding the ancient and grand style of the dwarves. Fang Yi looked back at the tall temple and already knew whose residence it was.

The temple had only one hall, with stone pillars surrounding the entire hall and supporting the massive stone arches dozens of feet high, giving the central hall a heavy, gray-dominated style.

At the entrance to the hall stood a giant dwarf statue. The dwarf was muscular, with a square face, black hair, and a beard. Through the imposing full armor, one could see that his physique was even more robust than that of an average dwarf. His shield was placed at his left foot, and his right hand held a war hammer decorated with grayish-white marble.

"The dwarf god, the Soul Forger Moradin." Fang Yi murmured, looking at the holy emblem at the base of the statue, which matched the one in his hand.

Moradin was the supreme god of the dwarves. The presence of such a large-scale temple and statue indicated that Kantor was once a major dwarf city, with a population likely larger than that of the western gate—yet in Fang Yi's memory, the official list of large cities in Faerun did not include such a place.

With doubts, Fang Yi continued deeper and soon found a magic array behind the Moradin statue. A marble platform was enclosed in the magic array, and on it lay a male dwarf in silver armor, looking peaceful.