“Of course I have to do it, why not!”

Before Qin Lun could reply, Kelly, who was talking to Robin on the other side, shouted out loudly, not on the guild channel. The female martial artist waved her fists excitedly, her face flushed red and looked exceptionally gorgeous.

‘”Sister Kelly” Robin grabbed the female martial artist with a black line all over his head and nodded apologetically.

Robin was a little helpless, but as a lost core member, she could understand why Kelly was so excited. Actually, apostles like Stark and Kieran didn’t know enough about some of the secrets of the shattered starry sky. Only the core members of large guilds would know about these secrets.

For large guilds like Lost, Heavenly Float, and Chaos, most of the time, their guild members would not gather together to enter a certain mission world. Instead, they would disperse and lead a core guild to perform missions together with mid-and low-level members.

Long ago, high-order apostles had discovered that the world of quests assigned to apostles in the shattered starry sky followed a certain pattern. The stronger the overall strength of the apostle guild, the more dangerous the guild would be assigned to the mission world, or even the high demon world.

A world like Toril with many foreign interfaces had already appeared, so why was it only the Middle Demon World? Could it be that the peak martial power of the High Demon World surpass that of the gods?

Of course not. Perhaps the peak martial power of some high demon worlds is only at the god level of Toril World. There was only one criterion for assessing whether a mission world was a high demon world or not, and there was only one criterion for shattering the starry sky. It was not judged by high-level martial power, but by the level of life of the creatures at the bottom.

The legendary experts, demigod, and even gods of Toril World were not in danger. Of course, it was dangerous, but the apostles could avoid it in advance. On the other hand, most of the ordinary people in Toril World were no longer in any danger. How could this kind of world be a high demon world with the highest difficulty of missions?

Any space-time that was identified by the Broken Star System as a world of high demons would generally have a martial power that surpassed that of ordinary professional apostles. A slightly more tyrannical lifeform would reach a higher level, even at the level of a legend or god.

In the fantasy legends of the Earth Federation, there was a world of high demons. For example, Pangu’s primordial world was equivalent to a world of high demons when he opened the heavens and earth. Planet Cybertron, the home of the Transformers, is a world of high demons. Compared to these worlds of super-tech mechanical life and primordial beasts, Toril World was simply as safe as a bank vault.

Even a large guild of high-ranking apostles was extremely vulnerable in this world of high demons, and a single carelessness would annihilate all of them. The shattered starry sky has probably developed for more than ten thousand years now. Where are the original high-level apostles and even the legendary apostles? Didn’t they all perish during the long mission?

Any large-scale guild could have as few as a hundred people, or as many as a thousand. There were very few core members, and most of them were mid-to low-level members. Most of the apostles were selfish due to their experiences in the mission world, and even a more united apostle team like Lost followed the rules of the jungle of survival of the fittest.

Why did the high-level apostles recruit low-and middle-level apostles into their guilds? Was it really just to nurture the guild’s new blood? Naturally, it wasn’t just that simple. The low-level apostles needed the guidance and protection of the high-level apostles. The high-level apostles also needed the low-level apostles to lower the overall strength of the mission team, so as to avoid letting them enter the dangerous high demon world every time.

Of course, such a method of escaping into the High Demon World in disguise was actually acceptable to the Broken Star System. The purpose of cultivating apostles in the shattered starry sky was not to promote the evolution of the vast number of intelligent creatures, but to plunder the world origin of other alternate spacetimes, allowing the starry sky to survive and sustain forever.

Not only did it require a few high-level apostles, it also required a large number of low-and middle-level apostles to develop a large number of low-and middle-level worlds. Since the higher apostles were willing to spontaneously become the guide of the lower and middle apostles, the Broken Universe naturally would not take the initiative to stop them. Apart from some compulsory missions, most high-level apostles used this method to avoid the assignment of missions to the High Demon World.

However, this approach also has a fatal flaw. Apostles like Kelly, who had reached a higher level, could be called combat masters of their profession. In the Middle and Low Demon Realms, their strength would basically stagnate.

As far as Qin Lun was concerned, every time he obtained an apostle skill that matched his profession, even if it was a D-class skill, he would be able to increase his strength significantly. However, high-level apostles like Kelly couldn’t. Their understanding of their profession was extremely profound. It was equivalent to mastering a type of battle law. Even if they didn’t use a skill, they still possessed the power and strength of low-level skills.

Apart from B-level and above, learning other low-level skills would be of no help to them at all. Moreover, after experiencing so many mission worlds, most of their offensive and defensive skills had matured. Even if he occasionally obtained some high-level skills from this profession, he might already have a similar ability. Learning another skill would still not be able to significantly improve himself.

Under such circumstances, if one wanted to increase their combat strength, they could only enter the High Demon World. And entering the High Demon World was extremely dangerous, so it turned into an endless cycle.

However, there was also an exception, and that was to obtain the right opportunity in the Middle Demon World to stimulate and sublimate one’s combat profession through battle. As a result, it was the best choice for high-level apostles to perform high-difficulty missions in the Middle Demon World.

Especially a battle maniac like Kelly, if she were allowed to fight more legendary creatures without being disturbed. After accumulating over the years, even if she didn’t enter the High Demon World, she would still be able to advance to the Legendary level.

This Toril World was actually an opportunity for Kelly. Toril’s world had already reached the peak of the Middle Demon World. If it wasn’t for the fact that the average strength of ordinary lifeforms had been reduced, it could actually be considered a high demon world to a certain extent.

However, two of the Lost Rookies had already died, and three had died in the fortress. According to Robin’s calculations, if other apostle guilds were no longer allowed to share the mission, then any further casualties would have to return immediately, and it was very likely that they would not even be able to reach Deepwater City, let alone the mission of “exploring the Silver Hall.”

However, looking at Kelly’s excited expression, she couldn’t say anything.

…

Qin Lun looked at Robin and smiled. He whispered to Stark, “Have your contribution points met the requirements of the Silver Team?”

“If you include the extra reward for exploring the world, there should still be a gap of more than 20 points.” Stark lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said happily, “However, this is no longer a problem. Our fortress guild is also considered an old-fashioned guild. We can take out some of the public resources that the guild has accumulated and purchase some special Laws items in the half-plane trading market. After handing them over to the Broken Star Sky, we will be able to gather enough.”

Stark did not lie. The missions they had completed included guiding the quests “Demon Cup Royal Court”, “Moon Fairy Migration”, and “Demon Cup Crisis” by Jondal. The latter two missions had the reward of the main plot, so their contribution points would not be small.

The rewards for the double-stacked Ancient Road missions were even more generous. Every time they arrived at a site, they would be able to obtain the corresponding settlement. Moreover, the other members of the fortress, including Qin Lun, had contribution points to hand over to Stark. Within the Iron Star Fort, they had obtained double the World Exploration Reward, which was quite a lot.

“That’s good. When we arrive at Karin Harbor, let’s return directly!” Qin Lun sighed and patted Stark’s shoulder.

“Not even the Ancient Road?” Stark was stunned and murmured to himself reluctantly, “Toril, in this special Middle Demon World, it’s very difficult for us to receive so many epic plots again if we miss this time!”

“No matter how good the mission is, it still requires human lives to fill it. Apart from me, there are only nine of you. Now three of you have died. Although we managed to avoid the Santalin Gathering by luck, the longer we drag it out, the greater the enemy’s attack power will be. The next time we encounter the Santalin Gathering, there will definitely be heavy casualties.”

Qin Lun took a deep look at Stark and said meaningfully, “If you die a few more companions, you will have to recruit a large number of people from the outside world. Even if you retained the Silver Party title back then, could the Fortress still be considered the original Fortress Party?”

Stark’s entire body trembled and he remained silent for a long time. He solemnly said to Qin Lun, “Thank you!”

“You’re welcome!” Seeing that Stark had understood, Qin Lun immediately smiled softly. “Let’s go. They should have finished their discussion. Now that we’ve killed the Earth Tyrant Beast, it seems like we should go to the treasury before!”

“Hehe, that’s right. Treasures are useless to us. However, since there are so many precious items there, it means that the Sanata Dwarves still left some items in the Iron Star Fort. I heard that the Sanata Dwarves have a set of weapons and equipment for forging. Even if they don’t have weapons, they should still have high-quality forging materials left behind.”

Stark and Qin Lun exchanged glances and smiled as they walked towards Robin and the others.

…

“Wow, it’s high-purity Secret Silver!” One of the lost members jumped into the pile of gold coins with a pleasantly surprised expression and picked up a shiny silver metal ball from inside.

“Haha, I also found a good item. Look … Snow Tear Stone!” Philip proudly pinched a thumb-sized crystal with his finger.

“The ingredients for legendary items … you’re so lucky!” This time, even Nicole was a little jealous. Amongst all of them, Philip’s mage profession was the most sensitive to elemental fluctuations, so it wasn’t surprising that he was able to find the Snow Tear Stone.

Looking at the apostles who were searching for treasures in the pile of gold coins, the corner of Qin Lun’s mouth twitched slightly and he expressionlessly turned to look at Milleras. The Sun Fairy Prince was standing at the entrance of the hall, chatting with the old dwarf Lloyd in a relaxed manner.

Neither the dwarves nor the plot elves took part in the treasure hunt. With their arrogance, they were truly disdainful of snatching spoils of war from the mercenaries. The rescued dwarves seemed to have found the map to the Silver Hall before, and they also looked down on gold coins and blacksmithing materials.

In this way, Qin Lun would only suffer. He was now considered an Elf Prince, so he couldn’t throw himself into the pile of gold coins regardless of his status.

“Alas!” Qin Lun wrinkled his face and sighed helplessly. This was the first time he felt himself bound.

He had the clairvoyant “Gannett’s left eye,” and most of the high-quality items the apostles found were actually the first things he saw.

“At least get that kind of thing!” Looking through a pile of gold coins under the stone pillar, Qin Lun gritted his teeth secretly. A fawning smile appeared on his face as he turned to look at Elistine, who was somewhat bored.