Wei Si wasn’t wrong. Qin Lun couldn’t kill so many Dwarves and Ox-Head Monsters by himself. This was another team that was responsible for chasing down the defected Dungeons in Elves.

The current Qin Lun was no longer the Qin Lun of the past. When “he” woke up, the memories that belonged to Qin Lun did not disappear. It was just that “he” felt bored and tired of what Qin Lun had done in the past.

Under the control of this emotion, he discovered a person hiding beside him during the battle in the Ox-Head Monster Hall. That was the only Shadow Thief amongst the Zhuo Er warriors.

After the battle ended, the Zhuo Er Thief did not choose to escape in time. It was well aware of Mother Wendini’s temperament. Although it wasn’t their fault for losing this battle, if it dared to go back like this, the cold old witch would definitely skin it and expose it to the public, and then shift the responsibility for the defeat onto them.

Therefore, the Zhuo Er Thieves risked being discovered by Dwarves and the apostles and continued to monitor the Dwarves-dominated adventure team.

However, this Thief Zhuo Er was very cunning. He did not choose to follow behind the team. Instead, he predicted the direction of the team ahead of time and then circled around to monitor their whereabouts. This was a blind spot that everyone was investigating. No one expected that there would actually be a thief monitoring them in front of the team.

Moreover, at that time, the Apostle Bandit Monkey escorted Dark Elves back to the surface, and Qin Lun disappeared. The expedition team happened to have deficiencies in their reconnaissance, making it even harder to detect the Zhuo Er Thief.

Unfortunately, its every move had always been under his control. Others could not discover this stealthy thief. He, who possessed several pupil skills, could easily be seen in their eyes.

The actions of the Zhuo Er thieves aroused his interest, and then a bold plan appeared in his mind. As a result, Qin Lun disappeared in front of everyone’s eyes!

Actually, “he” did not leave too far away. Instead, it was the same as the Thief Zhuo Er. The two of them hung not far from the front of the team, one on the left and one on the right.

When the expedition team reached the underground ditch and discovered the Mithril Hall mine, the Zhuo Er Thieves finally decided to leave. The Zhuo Er Thief did not know that the mine was connected to the Mithril Hall inside the World Ridge, but he could tell from the cheering of the dwarves that this was Dwarves’s destination.

Since he knew Dwarves’s final destination, there was no need to follow him. He had to report back to Wendini as soon as possible. The Zhuo Er Thief knew that Wendini’s matriarch’s vengeance must be reported, and this discovery of his should exempt him from punishment after his defeat.

When the Thief found Wendini, he discovered that Priest Zhuo Er, who hadn’t teleported far away, had already gathered another team from the underground city. Sure enough, he intended to come back and take revenge on the Ox-Head Monster and the Dwarves.

This team was led by Priestess Kirkner, the second daughter of the fifth family in Obalan City. Although Kirkner belonged to the fifth family and Wendini belonged to the seventh family, Kirkner’s status was not as high as Wendini’s. After all, the latter was the matriarch of a family.

However, as a priest of the Spider God Queen, Kirkner was not afraid of Wendini. Moreover, Wendini had lost so many arachnid Elves this time. Whether the Seventh Clan would be able to continue to receive the blessing of the arachnid queen after returning was still open to question.

Zhuo Er Elves is mostly selfish, as is Kirkner. Originally, she would never help Wendini take revenge, but the sudden appearance of “him” changed everything.

The demonic Fallen Hunter followed the Zhuo Er Thieves and moved Elves with two defectors, Kirkner Riven and Cothena.

At the same time, Wendini also said that he would not compete with the fifth family for the credit. He only asked Kirkner to clean up the minotaur and dwarves who had helped defect Elves during the pursuit.

Hearing that the dwarves’ team had been split into two parts, Kirkner agreed to the plan of action.

Her team wasn’t as large as Wendini’s, but because the main force wasn’t the hard-to-control arachnid Elves, but the Lizardman Cavalry, her tactics were more flexible. It wouldn’t be too difficult to wipe out only the old, weak, and disabled Ox-Head Monsters and the scattered Dwarves.

In fact, neither the Ox-Head Maze nor the camp where the dwarves had just erected a fence had encountered any decent resistance from the Lizardman Cavalry. There were only two adult ox-headed monsters left, while there were only a dozen or so low-level warriors and mineral hunters in the dwarf camp. All of the elites were taken away by Jillim.

Of course, this was also a coincidence for Priest Zhuo Er. If he waited another ten days for the Shield Dwarves’ reinforcements to arrive, the camp would have at least a hundred Dwarf warriors and even large-scale defensive equipment. Unless the underground city dispatched a large army, it would be impossible to defeat them.

In retaliation, Zhuo Er Elves obeyed his advice and attacked the dwarf camp before turning to the Ox-Head Monster Labyrinth.

During this process, the two Priest Zhuo Er were very interested in the specimen of the ox-head monster he made. They did not know what kind of creature they were imitating. They only knew that the image of the two ox-headed monster angels hanging up was full of impact. There was a strong and tyrannical beauty of blood, which was very much in line with Zhuo Er’s aesthetic standards.

This was also the main reason why Wendini wanted to sacrifice Silver-haired elf to the Spider God Empress. She believed that the Spider God Empress would be very happy to bring this fallen Abyss Devil Hunter to her kingdom to serve her.

After admiring the Ox-Head Monster Angel, this thought filled Wendini’s mind. She had lost too many arachnid elves this time. Even if she made up for her mistakes later, she might lose the divine family of the arachnid queen. The unique beauty of Silver-haired elf had become her life-saving straw, and her priority even exceeded revenge on the dwarves.

“Let’s go!” Thinking of this, Wendini’s gaze at the figure became even more intense.

The female elves, who were originally the least willing to listen to the male advice, practically listened to Silver-haired elf along the way, causing Kirkner to have the illusion that “could this Wendini be a fake?”

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Following the traces left behind by the Zhuo Er Elves, the dwarves chased after them for a long distance.

When they finally calmed down and wanted to listen to Weiss’ suggestion to go back and meet Jillim, another thing happened, forcing them to continue their pursuit.

They found the mark left behind by Lorraine, a charcoal sketch of a snow yak covered in thick fur. This was the Snow Peak Dwarves’ family badge. Just like the Shield Dwarves’ family badge, “Foaming Beer Cup”, it was very difficult for outsiders to impersonate it.

Beside the badge, Lorraine also marked a road sign with an arrow. The dwarves were both surprised and delighted when they saw the charcoal drawing, but at the same time, they were filled with doubt.

The road sign didn’t tell Lorraine where to go, but instead pointed to the outpost camp beside the maze. This meant that Lorraine didn’t leave this mark to chase after the enemy, but to show Dwarves the way to the outpost.

The dwarves were delighted that Lorraine would leave this mark, indicating that he did not know that the camp had been attacked. It was possible that he had returned to the surface. What was shocking was that before they could inform Lorraine about the situation in the Mithril Hall mine, he had actually left the camp without permission.

At the same time, the dwarves had another suspicion, because they were chasing after Zhuo Er Elves along the way and discovered that they were heading towards the Dwarves base on the surface, the same path as Lorraine.

This time, not only were the dwarves very conflicted, it also made Wei Si and the others feel extremely troublesome.

Lorraine wasn’t dead, and there was Zhuo Er behind him. The dwarves definitely wouldn’t give up on their pursuit. Wei Si and the others were embarrassed. Their mission had already been completed. They did not want to fight Zhuo Er Elves head-on, nor could they abandon the dwarves and return to Jillim’s side alone.

In the end, the apostles decided to act together with the dwarves. There were probably more than ten Dwarves left here. Most of them were mid-and high-level warriors. Adding on the six apostles, it wasn’t that they couldn’t compete with Zhuo Er.

Moreover, Lorraine and Zhuo Er were heading towards the karst cave camp on the surface. The longer they dragged on, the closer they were to the surface. No matter how bad the situation was, Wei Si and the others could leave the dwarves behind and flee to the surface alone. In any case, there were only a few days left.

Even so, Wei Si still had a trace of unease in his heart. He always felt that he had neglected something, but this clue seemed to be separated by a layer of fog, making it impossible for others to see it clearly.

Time quietly passed. When the fourth night arrived, the four members of the Wei Si team woke up from their dreams. Their faces turned ashen when they saw the notifications on the guild channel.

“Guild Leader, those Zhuo Er caught up to the monkeys and the two Dark Elves. Our mission failed!” The shield guard Newton stood up abruptly, the joints of his fists creaking.

For a long time, because of Wei Si’s steady personality, their team had not lost any members for a long time, and their relationship was very good. Who would have thought that an important member of the team would perish in a mission that was extremely close to completion?

When the Shield Guard said that the mission had failed, it didn’t mean that the Mithril Hall’s predecessor mission, but the “Dawn of Olympus”. The foundation of that mission was the return of the two Dark Elves, Raven and Cothena, to the surface world.

They were too far away from the monkeys to use the guild channel. However, the loss of team members would be prompted by the starry sky. At the same time, there were also notifications of mission failure. Judging from these two notifications, there was no doubt that Monkey and the others had encountered an enemy attack.

The Dwarf Exploration Team had already cleaned up the nests of the creatures on this path, leaving few enemies that could make the monkeys unable to resist.

Monkeys were Second Grade Apostle Thieves, and their combat strength might be lacking, but their ability to flee for their lives was definitely stronger than that of the high-grade Apostle Wei Si. Only the warriors of Zhuo Er and the priests of Zhuo Er who possessed divine detection were able to move faster than him and see through his stealth.

“Chase, I want to see who is behind this!” The veins on Wei Si’s forehead twitched as he gritted his teeth and said, “Also … Romon, keep an eye on Hill and Rand!”

The fall of the monkey finally made Wei Si suspect the missing Qin Lun. Now he thought of the clue he had been ignoring. If Qin Lun had told Lorraine about the secret Silver Hall mine, Lorraine would have chosen to return to the surface camp without any knowledge.