With a reputation of 70,000, one leader travels across countless worlds with his adventure team.

Bai Ze stood up, walked to the commission board, and took down a commission issued by the kingdom for the clearing of an important dwarven mine that had been shut down due to the appearance of rock-eating monsters.

Bai Ze took the power of attorney to the front desk and said:

"Please register me; I've accepted this clearing mission."

The saleswoman stopped chatting with Goblin Slayer and smiled at Bai Ze, saying:

"Okay, please show me your adventurer rank certificate so I can register you."

Bai Ze produced his Crimson Jade Rank Certificate, and the counter lady's smile vanished immediately. Looking at Bai Ze's certificate, she said:

"Are you sure you want to accept this quest? There is a certain degree of danger in accepting this quest given your adventurer level. Please consider it carefully."

Bai Ze smiled and shook his head, saying:

"Don't worry, no one on the border would risk their life. The fact that I accepted this mission shows that I have the ability to deal with this kind of monster. Please rest assured."

This is proof of my social reputation from completing a mission in Mag City; you can check it.

The counter lady called over the guild's supervisor to check the social reputation certificate. Bai Ze recognized this long-haired supervisor.

She is one of the priestesses of the Supreme God and possesses the magical miracle skill of 'Seeing Through'. Her job here is to verify the authenticity of adventurers' submitted quests.

After reviewing Bai Ze's social reputation certificate, the supervisor's eyes lit up, and he said to Bai Ze and the counter staff:

"I didn't expect that this person has already completed several monster camp clearing missions. Although this person's adventurer rank is still Red Jade, their strength is already around Silver rank."

The hero successfully slayed the goblins, saving the village! Three giant goblins killed! 'Dark Man' kill record! You're amazing, sir!

The adventurers around heard the supervisor's voice, and Goblin Slayer also looked up at Bai Ze.

"Goblin Hero? This high-level goblin monster has appeared?"

"What? An adventurer below the Ruby rank killed a Goblin Hero? Really?"

"The equipment this white-haired man is wearing looks really high-level; both of his swords are top-tier!"

Bai Ze turned to look at Goblin Slayer and said:

“I previously obtained intelligence about a monster camp in Mag City. There are three trolls and a monster giant leading an army of no less than 5000 goblin minions. Goblin Slayer, would you be interested in coming with me later?”

The junior priest was terrified by the information Bai Ze had provided: thousands of goblins and three trolls! Was this the Goblin King's army?

A red light flashed in Goblin Slayer's eyes...

"Okay! When do we leave?"

Hearing Goblin Slayer's words, the saleswoman sighed and patted her forehead. How could Goblin Slayer possibly remain calm after hearing about the large number of goblins?

Bai Ze shook the commission in his hand and said:

"No rush. I see you just got back. You should rest and recover first. I'll take you there when I finish this job."

"Ah."

At this moment, Raphael stepped forward, walked up to the little priest, squatted down, and energy surged from his hands, directly touching the little priest's face.

May the gods bless you!

A gentle surge of light energy flowed into the little priest's body, and he immediately felt something loosen within him. Two new methods for using divine miracle skills also appeared in his mind.

The young priest had already completed several missions with Goblin Slayer recently, and he was understandably fatigued. At only 15 years old, Raphael's energy made him feel as if his divine abilities had been upgraded.

Feeling his energy taking effect, Raphael patted the little priest's head and said:

"Work hard!"

Then she left the Adventurers' Guild with Bai Ze. Misha looked at the little priest with a mysterious smile and followed Raphael out of the guild hall.

The little priest, having slowly absorbed all the energy in his body, finally realized what was happening. His eyes regained focus, and he was about to shout when he saw that Bai Ze and the other two had already disappeared.

The supervisor then stepped forward, gently embracing the young priest and saying:

"How was it? I just sensed a very strong energy. Was it created by that priestess?"

The young priest nodded timidly and said:

"That priestess healed my fatigue and infused my body with a powerful energy. Two new miracles also appeared in my mind. That priestess is amazing!"

Goblin Slayer walked up to the junior priest and asked:

"Are you okay?"

The junior priest shook his head at Goblin Slayer and said:

"It's alright, that priestess is helping me... I..."

Raphael's impromptu actions left the people in the hall somewhat bewildered. Healing others' bodies at will and even teaching them miracles—was this the Holy Mother of the Earth?

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Bai Ze, walking down the street, turned to Raphael and said:

"What, you really like that little priestess? What skills did you teach her?"

"Hmph~ That child reminded me of my past, the courage to save humanity, the resilience forged through the trials of monsters, very good..."

"Haha, is this a glimpse of myself as a child?"

"o(*￣︶￣*)o Guess~"

The three chatted as they left the border town and headed towards the dwarf mine.

Following the instructions on the commission, Bai Ze led Xiao Meng, Raphael, A Ying, and Misha to the mountain where the dwarf mine was located. There were very few dwarf miners and craftsmen left there.

Most of the craftsmen and miners left the mine after monsters appeared and took over the mine, and went to find work and make a living elsewhere.

Only a few local craftsmen and miners were still digging for a little mineral in the shallow layer of the mine to make a living. Several dwarf miners in the mine also thought about going in to try.

However, whenever there was a tremor in the mine, rock-eating monsters would emerge and attack the miners. In the end, the dwarf miners who were lucky enough to survive gave up the idea of ​​going down into the mine again.

After the kingdom stopped collecting mineral taxes in this area, it issued a commission to find a team of high-level adventurers to deal with the monsters, but the results were not good.

Bai Ze met with the current mine manager and craftsman, inquiring about detailed information about the rock-eating monsters and worms within the mine. The dwarf craftsman told Bai Ze:

"When we first encountered the attack, we saw two rock-eating monsters. They were both very large, and one of them had a head that was almost as tall as a three-story building."

Aside from a large mouth in the center of its head, its entire body is covered in gray, stone-like armor, making it difficult to deal with. It is highly sensitive to sound vibrations and can appear unexpectedly beneath a person's feet.

Bai Ze thought to himself, "Isn't this just a reinforced, shelled version of a sandworm?"

Bai Ze then asked:

"How many adventurer teams have come here before?"

"There were two teams, both led by silver-rank adventurers. None of the five members from the first team made it back."

Of the seven people from the second group, three came out: the elven scout, the shield-wielding captain, and the priest. The remaining four were missing, and we dared not go into the cave to look for them.

Later, I heard that the silver-ranked swordsman had left the adventurers' guild because his deceased mage teammate was his fiancée.

After listening to the dwarf craftsman's explanation, Bai Ze patted the craftsman on the shoulder and said:

"This time, we'll return your mines to you!"

After saying that, Bai Ze led the women directly into the mine, not giving the dwarf craftsmen any time to react.

The dwarf craftsman could only stand outside the mine with his few companions and pray for Bai Ze and the others, hoping that even if Bai Ze and the women couldn't defeat the monsters, they would return safely.

After entering the cave, Bai Ze maximized the exploration range of his Blood Memories, aiming to eliminate all the insects in the cave in one go.

Bai Ze said to Xiao Meng:

"Xiaomeng, after the bugs appear, Aying and I will restrain them. You find an opportunity to send the robot directly into the bug's mouth. If you want to kill these shelled creatures, you can only break them from the inside."

"No problem, I'll find a chance to send the robot in as soon as it opens its mouth."

Bai Ze led the women along the cave route marked by the dwarf miners, exploring further in. At some important turns, glowing stones served as lights to guide the way.

At this moment, Bai Ze sensed an extremely long stream of blood energy flowing towards him and the women from beneath the ground in the lower left corner. Bai Ze raised his hand to stop the women and said:

"They're coming from inside the lower left wall, head up, about to come out. Get ready!"

Raphael waved his hand and cast the blessings of protection and courage on the group, and then cast a Holy Light Protection on them.

"Crack~ Crack~ Bang!"

Suddenly, a hole nearly ten meters in diameter appeared in the lower left wall of the mine, and a strange insect with a single purple eye in the center of its head and a wide-open mouth rushed towards Bai Ze and the others.

Bai Ze used the Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique) to slide to the side of the insect's body, and then used the Soul-Devouring Demon-Sealing Slash to directly suck up the insect's body as it rushed out of the hole.

On the other side, Aying flung out Ghost Binding Silk, which pierced the jaw of the Rock-Eating Monster's wide-open mouth. Raphael reached out and used a Holy Ring, not putting it on the monster's body, but feeding it directly into the monster's mouth, preventing the monster from closing its mouth temporarily.

Xiao Meng had already summoned a bunch of self-destructing robots and released an interceptor factory. With a thought, Xiao Meng reached out and commanded all the robots and small planes to rush into the monster's mouth.

With its mouth wide open, its body was being sucked in by Bai Ze, its chin was nailed with ghost binding silk, and the strange insect with a lock ring in its mouth was making a special sound, anxiously trying to summon its mate to come and help.

"Mechanical detonation!"

"boom!"

The monstrous insect's one-eyed head was blasted away and crashed into the cave wall, while its mindless body collapsed to the ground and remained motionless.

The entire battle, from the moment the monstrous insects burst out of the cave to their splitting up, took less than five minutes—clean, efficient, and without any after-sales issues.

Bai Ze had already spotted the location of the second strange insect. It was inside the wall of a large hollow in front of the road. The hollow was probably a transfer area created by the dwarves to collect ores from different mines.

Bai Ze turned to the women and said:

"The second one is inside the upper left wall of the hole ahead, and it's coming this way. It must have heard the sound the first one made."

"Then let's lure it into the cave and see just how big this thing really is."

Misha, who was very interested in the strange insect, started running forward as she spoke;

Dark elves, huh?

I remember that the Insect King Lugu in the old version of the Dark Elf Kingdom map was located in the Howling Cave.

Bai Ze and the women ran into the mineral distribution cave of the dwarf mine, where the buildings and a large number of machines from the mine's production were still scattered inside.

Everywhere you look, there are traces of dried blood, and from time to time, you can see scattered human skeletons in the soil.

Bai Ze looked up into the soil, and the strange insect turned and lunged downwards towards Bai Ze and the others. Bai Ze shouted:

"Here it comes, right front, above my head!"

Aying drew her weapon, ready to use her Ghost Binding Silk to entangle the insect and pull it out of the insect tunnel.

"laugh!!!"

The soil at the top of the cave cracked, and a strange insect, two sizes larger than before, rushed down from the top. Bai Ze picked up Xiao Meng and quickly moved away from the insect's attack range using the Lingbo Weibu technique.

"boom!"

The strange insect bit into the ground and missed its target. Ah Ying immediately threw out her Ghost Binding Silk and wrapped it around the insect's two largest claws.

"Suspended Thread Storm"

"Secret Technique: Nightfall Slash"

The combo was unleashed, and some of the smaller claws on the front half of the monster's body were scratched by the hanging threads. The churning damage from the storm caused the monster to become somewhat stunned.

The Night Slash cut through the monster's head and below. The monster's hard shell could not completely prevent Aying's extremely high skill damage, and blood spurted from the wound of the Night Slash.

"hiss!!!"

Taking advantage of the insect's writhing in pain, Raphael released the Holy Rings and placed them on the insect to prevent it from burrowing underground again to escape.

Bai Ze had already reached the insect's head. He thrust his blood sword directly at the insect's constantly opening and closing mouth. Seeing Bai Ze charging towards it with his sword, the insect instinctively wanted to bite something and opened its mouth.

"Oh!"

The blood sphere exploded out, and the strange insect cooperated perfectly, directly absorbing the blood energy explosion of the blood sword into its mouth.

Its purplish-red eyeballs slowly lost their light, its entire jaw and neck were blown open, and the nerves in its body were disconnected from its head. The rock-eating monster died on the spot.

"Ding Ding!"

"All done~"

Bai Ze tapped the worm's intact upper half of its head with his sword, then suddenly had an idea. He found the spot on the worm's neck that had been blown open earlier, and used his sword to cut off the part of the worm's neck that was still connected, thus removing the worm's imposing head.

Misha sheathed her weapon and gracefully walked to Bai Ze's side, saying:

"What, you want to take it home as a collectible?"

"You understand me best, Sister Misha!"

"Hmph~ I knew your personality all along. You have to collect all sorts of nostalgic and unusual things. You already have enough odds and ends in your warehouse."

As a collector of "poisoned milk powder" (a type of Chinese milk powder), I definitely have to collect one of these majestic and imposing big heads!

Bai Ze used the Wrath of the Mad Dragon to cut off the extra bits and pieces at the bottom of the skull, leaving only the entire upper skull, and then put it into his backpack storage.

"Alright, check the cave one more time to make sure there are no remaining small insects or eggs before we go out and give the dwarves who stayed behind a surprise."

Xiao Meng walked up beautifully and said:

"Leave this to me; the little robots will explore the cave faster."

After Xiaomeng finished speaking, she first released Yalejia, who had the strongest exploration ability, into the large hole that the insects had broken through the cave wall to make. Then she summoned a large number of small robots and scattered them into different mine intersections to begin exploring.

A short while later, muffled explosions came from deep within several forks in the road. The explosions echoed back and forth in the cave, creating a symphony in the space where Bai Ze and his group were standing.

"Knock knock knock...knock knock knock..."

Suddenly, Xiao Meng, who had her eyes closed, released her aerial combat mech, Gale, and flew into the hole that Yareja had entered. A moment later, Xiao Meng opened her eyes and said:

"It's all been cleaned up. The insect eggs are concentrated in a few holes. The last bit of strong wind will break them all up and clean them up. There won't be any left."

Bai Ze nodded, stretched, and said:

"Then let's retreat and go out to make those dwarves happy."

The women put away their weapons and followed Bai Ze back to the tunnel they had come from.

Ever since Bai Ze led the women into the cave, the dwarf craftsmen outside had been living in fear. The occasional hissing of insects and explosions made the dwarf craftsmen pray to the gods.

The dwarf craftsman, with his eyes closed and hands clasped together, felt that time was passing very slowly today, and every minute and second felt like torture.

"Cough cough~"

The dwarf craftsman suddenly heard a voice in front of him. Opening his eyes, he saw Bai Ze and the four women standing before him. Looking at the relaxed expressions of Bai Ze and the women, the dwarf craftsman trembled with disbelief and asked:

"Really?"

"Yes, really~"

"All dead?"

"They're dead! Both of them are dead!"

(⊙o⊙)...

"Go in and take a look. They're all dead. One is in the passageway, and the other, bigger one, is inside the cave. They're easy to find."

Bai Ze patted the dwarf craftsman on the shoulder, snapping the dwarf out of his daze.

Upon hearing Bai Ze's words, the dwarf miners bypassed the women and rushed into the mine. Only then did the dwarf craftsmen realize what was happening and followed them into the mine.

Before long, before Bai Ze could even find a stool to sit down and rest, the dwarves rushed out of the mine and ran to Bai Ze's side. Without giving Bai Ze any time to react, they threw him into the air.

"Praise be to the gods! Praise be to Lord Bai Ze!"

"Long live!"

"Oh hahahaha!"

Bai Ze frantically steadied his body as it tumbled and soared, shouting and feeling the sensations, but he didn't stop the excited dwarves. The mine was their home, and now that they could go home, let them be happy a little longer...

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