Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 193 Mir's Commission

The sound of knocking on the door, "Knock, knock, knock", sounded rhythmically.

After a while, there was a creaky sound and the door of the blacksmith shop swung open a corner.

Mil stuck his head out from the crack in the door and took a look at the visitor. His eyes suddenly flashed with a look that was half joyful and half boastful.

He then retracted his head behind the door. The sound of footsteps came through the crack in the door, accompanied by the dwarf's muffled voice:
"Come in by yourself. I have found all the things you want."

"..."

When he heard Mil say this, Luo Xiu felt half relieved. He gently pushed open the door and followed the direction of Mil's voice, going straight into the room inside the blacksmith shop where the forging materials were stored.

The dwarf Mil was standing next to a pile of scattered materials at this time, with his arms folded across his chest, looking at Luo Xiu with a proud look on his face.

"Your commission, those ancient materials, all I can find are here."

As Mir was speaking, the wrinkles on his face suddenly trembled, and he laughed heartily, saying, "Haha! I was originally worried that you would escape my order. It really took me a lot of effort to collect these things. You have to accept them all!"

"..."

Luo Xiu did not respond to Mil immediately, but looked at the pile of ancient materials on the ground and quietly identified them.

[Ice Iron Condensate (Age of Gods, Rare)], [Ancient Beast Skeleton (Age of Gods, Rare)], [Nebula Fragment (Age of Gods, Rare+)]...

Through panel identification, Luo Xiu quickly determined the quality of those materials. They indeed met the requirements of his commission to Mil, and they were all God-level materials of "rare" quality or above.

"Very good, Master Mir, you did a great job."

Luo Xiu smiled and praised the dwarf Mir, "I came here this time to confirm the progress of the commissioned collection with you, but your efficiency is really fast and I am surprised..."

"So, how much balance should I pay you?" Luo Xiu asked.

"In order to collect these materials, I paid 2,136 gold coins."

"Forget about the silver coins. In addition to your original advance payment of 500 gold coins, I will charge you another 2,000 gold coins."

Mir took a step forward, stood in front of the pile of ancient materials, and quoted a price to Luo Xiu with his hands on his hips.

Two thousand gold coins, this slightly exceeded Luo Xiu's previous budget. But he still had nearly two hundred platinum coins in cash, which was equivalent to nearly 20,000 gold coins, so this price was relatively easy for Luo Xiu to accept.

"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded, took out a small savings box from his bracelet, counted out twenty platinum coins from it, and handed them all to Mir.

Mir seemed quite surprised that Luo Xiu did not bargain. He murmured with some doubt on his face:

"You don't even bother to bargain? I remember your budget was only two thousand... Never mind. Then the deal is done."

"Next, I'm going to show you something even more precious."

As he spoke, the same proud look as before appeared on Mir's face again. He walked straight past Luo Xiu and headed towards the entrance cover of the underground storage room of the blacksmith shop.

Luo Xiu followed behind Mir and came to the underground storage of the blacksmith shop.

Just like the last time he came here, except for a few pieces of rune equipment that had been replaced with new ones, the rest of the equipment were still things that Luo Xiu had seen before.

After a quick glance, he found that the new equipment did not contain what Luo Xiu wanted, so he continued to follow Mir's footsteps and came to the innermost part of the storage room.

In the deepest room, there is nothing on the walls on all four sides, except for an antique square table in the middle, and on the table is a red lacquered wooden shrine.

"——Look, that's the 'Heart of the Gods'! I've found it for you."

Mir said complacently, "Although it is 'broken' and can only form half of the complete Heart of the Gods, I have already found the other broken piece of the Heart of the Gods. I will be able to get it from the seller in a while..."

"..."

As expected! Luo Xiu showed a happy expression. Mir did not disappoint him.

While Mil was talking endlessly about his heroic "treasure hunt", Luo Xiu's eyes had already been fixed on the red shrine.

In the center of the shrine, a semicircular crystal emitting a light red mist was placed upright.

Its surface has veins like feathers, and from its bottom, that is, the root of the "feather" veins, it gradually smudges upwards into deep red lines. The mist-like materialized spirituality is floating up and down in those "down feathers", giving people a hazy and illusory visual feeling.

And through Luo Xiu's detection of its panel, he quickly learned the ownership of the "Broken God's Heart" in front of him.

——That is the broken divine heart of the "Spirit of Ritual Fire"!

"The Spirit of Ritual Fire", His status is not as high as that of "False Vikara", but he is also a genuine "god".

Luo Xiu roughly judged that his status should be lower than that of the "two-winged angel" and the "king of ancestral spirits", belonging to a relatively low level among the special existences such as "gods", and at the level of "rare spirits".

In the existing classification of "divine spirits" in the extraordinary world, "rare spirits" are in the second tier. Below them are the first and lowest tier "natural spirits", and above them are the third tier "ancient spirits", which are also the tiers of "ancestral spirit kings" and "winged angels".

"False Vikara" is in the fourth tier. He is a "Chaos Spirit", meaning a powerful divine spirit that has existed since the "Chaos Age" which is even older than the Age of Gods.

The history of their existence is not completely equivalent to their status. However, the "Chaos Era" has long become a "symbol" with a certain symbolic meaning in today's supernatural world, and it is therefore used to refer to the status of the fourth-level gods.

Above the "Chaos Spirits" there are even higher-ranking "Star Spirits". And to go further up, that is not a realm that the "Saints" of the Seventh Fate can touch. Only those who become "Demigods" of the Eighth Fate and above are qualified to know more.

Mir collected the "Spirit of Ritual Fire" belonging to "Xi Ling" and his broken divine heart, which was more than enough for Luo Xiu.

In fact, Luo Xiu was still having a headache before. If Mil collected the broken hearts of the gods of the "ancient spirits" or even the "chaos spirits", it would be a bit troublesome - with Luo Xiu's current strength of the "quadruple destiny", he has not yet reached the level of "saint", and he cannot fully control powerful gods like the "King of Ancestral Spirits" or "Double-Winged Angels", or even higher-level and more powerful gods, which might bring him trouble.

But the current situation is just right - the complete "Heart of God" formed by combining the "Chaos Spirit" and the broken God's Heart of the "Rare Spirit" status will be the status of the "Ancient Spirit", and with his own spiritual level of "Fourfold Destiny", the "God" finally summoned, although it has the level of the "Ancient Spirit" status, does not really match the strength of this status, which is more conducive to Luo Xiu's control of Him.

When he thought about this, Luo Xiu had already made up his mind, so he said to Mir:

"I see, Master Mir, that is the broken divine heart of the 'Spirit of Ceremonial Fire', right?"

"..."

"……Um?"

Mir was still immersed in "introducing" his treasure hunting journey to Luo Xiu, but Luo Xiu suddenly said the "Spirit of Ritual Fire", which abruptly interrupted Mir's words.

At the same time, Mir couldn't help but wonder aloud, blurting out: "How do you know? I haven't told you this yet... But you are right. He is indeed the 'Spirit of Ritual Fire', and He belongs to the 'Rare Spirit'." "I remember I said that I am very interested in these ancient beings."

Luo Xiu smiled and said, "I can barely be considered a half-expert."

"so."

Luo Xiu changed the subject and asked Mir the most crucial question:
"How much do you want to offer for the 'Broken Divine Heart' of the 'Spirit of Ritual Fire'?"

"..."

Hearing this, Mir's expression suddenly became serious. He considered for a moment and said:

"The cost of the Broken Divine Heart of the 'Spirit of Ritual Fire' was 1,400 gold coins. So, I need to charge you this amount."

As he spoke, Mir stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of Luo Xiu.

"Two pieces?" Luo Xiu blurted out.

Mir: “……?”

"Two thousand." Mil's voice suddenly became low, and he gave the actual price in a bad tone.

Luo Xiu was very happy with the joke, so he nodded slightly, counted out twenty platinum coins from the piggy bank, and handed them to Mir, saying: "Please keep them. These are twenty platinum coins. They are the payment for your 'Spirit of Ritual Fire' to break the Heart of the God."

Mir took the twenty coins, and the unfriendly expression on his face finally disappeared like clouds and mist, returning to his original indifferent and calm expression.

"You can take them away now," Mir said, "the materials from the Age of Gods, and this broken heart of the gods."

"Oh, right." He suddenly remembered something else and said, "There is another piece of 'Broken God's Heart'. I will receive it in a week. Then you can come again."

"Okay, Master Mir." Luo Xiu nodded.

Although he has now collected two "Broken God's Heart", Luo Xiu doesn't mind having one more. After all, it can be used when summoning the second "God" in the future.

And if he had a higher-level "Heart of the God" by then, he could use it as food to feed the "God" and increase His strength... Luo Xiu thought so.

After completing these two transactions, Luo Xiu put all the broken divine heart of the "Spirit of Ritual Fire" and those ancient materials into the storage bracelet.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu gave the "Dragonstone" he got from the auction to Mir, and paid another twenty gold coins to ask Mir to help upgrade the quality of the "Moon-Cutting Scythe" to "Master". After strengthening its attributes and skill effects, he prepared to leave the blacksmith shop.

"..."

"Wait a moment."

Suddenly, Mir called him.

Luo Xiu then turned around and looked at Mil, who had a strange expression on his face, and he had already guessed what was going on.

Just as Luo Xiu expected, in the next second, Mir said:
"In the past one or two months, you have already completed a lot of orders with me... You can be considered as my old customer."

Here it comes... When Luo Xiu heard Mil say this, he knew that his premonition was probably accurate.

And this premonition was also planned and laid out by Luo Xiu for a long time - that is, the task about the two "Dragon's Secret Treasures" - the 'Dragon Flame Demon Sword' and the 'Dragon Breath Scepter', which can be obtained through normal channels, will only be triggered when the total consumption amount reaches 3000 gold coins in Mil's "Authentic Dwarf Blacksmith Shop"!

Luo Xiu continued to spend money at Mir's place, not only because he was attracted by Mir's identity and skills as a dwarf blacksmith, but also because he wanted to take on this hidden mission.

Then, Luo Xiu listened to Mir continue to speak:
"That's why I think... you can be trusted."

"So, I have something to ask of you."

"..."

——The breath of mission!

This is the prelude to triggering the "hidden mission"!

Luo Xiu was getting more and more excited, but he remained calm on the surface. He smiled at Mir and said calmly, "Are you having any difficulties? I can do my best to help you."

"…It's not difficult at all. It would be hard for me to accomplish this task alone."

Mir was silent for a while, then he organized his words and said:
"That was a request from my tribe, the dwarf tribe 'Sand', who crossed the entire 'Sea of ​​Mist' to come to this continent and eventually settled in the Nolan Empire."

"My full name is actually 'Mir Gravel'. However, I am a dwarf exiled by the 'Gravel' clan, so I have no right to claim to be from 'Gravel'."

"..."

When Mil said this, a flash of sadness flashed across his eyes, but he quickly concealed the sadness and returned to his deep indifference.

The dwarf Mir... his original name was "Mir Sand"? No wonder I didn't detect his last name when I detected his faceplate. He was deprived of his last name because of the exile of his tribe... Luo Xiu suddenly thought of many things. At the same time, he made a gesture of listening more carefully and listened to Mir continue to speak.

Milton paused for a moment and continued, "I don't want to tell you the specific reason why I was exiled by the tribe."

"But, I heard from my sources that my people, after exiling me, seemed to have joined a large organization... and I haven't heard from them since then."

"Later, a dwarf friend who traveled with me told me privately that my people seemed to have encountered a disaster."

"Although I have been exiled by them, I am still a little worried... Please don't get me wrong. I am not worried about their safety. I am just worried that the dwarven craftsmanship they mastered will be used in bad places."

"So, I want you to help me find out about the whereabouts of my tribe, the 'Gravel' tribe. And all I can tell you now is the name of the 'Gravel' tribe... But you can rest assured that if you can bring back any information about them, I will pay you accordingly."

"..."

When the dwarf Mil said this, Luo Xiu's panel suddenly jumped.

Then, a new "hidden task" suddenly appeared in the taskbar.

Luo Xiu quickly browsed through the contents of the task panel, and his expression gradually changed from calm to deep.

……

(End of this chapter)