Bai Xiaowen met the chiefs of the Graybeard and Eagle-Eye clans once again.
"Hahaha! Lord Prophet, we knew how much you valued the Elder Rune Armor, so the Dwarf Kingdom sent it over overnight," said Kadel Eagle-Eye, a dwarven sniper wearing a monocular sight.
"That's right. Old Copperhammer was furious when we called him to a meeting in the middle of the night, but once he heard it was for you, Lord Prophet, he had no complaints," Morato Graybeard said, rubbing his hands together eagerly. "Lord Prophet, take a look. This is the Elder Rune Armor."
An iron chest studded with copper nails was placed before Bai Xiaowen.
A dwarven warrior caught the chest's ring handle and pulled it open. A faint light shimmered, revealing a slightly worn suit of armor made from an unknown material.
That design... It looks a bit like the Cloth armor from Saint Seiya. Bai Xiaowen held back the joke. Li Shuyi probably wouldn't get the reference anyway.
Countless intricate patterns were engraved across the Elder Rune Armor's surface. Complex yet never cluttered, they gave it a beauty all its own.
Hidden among those patterns were many mysterious magic runes, as the dwarven masters had concluded after years of research. But with its power source missing, the Elder Rune Armor could not be activated. The masters could only make out the runes slowly by eye; there was no way to bring them into focus.
"Thank you both for delivering it personally," Bai Xiaowen said, giving the chiefs a Black Tide Continent salute.
Chief Eagle-Eye laughed. "Lord Prophet, you're a friend of the dwarves. No need for thanks."
Chief Graybeard rubbed his hands. "Well... Lord Prophet, do you think you could..."
Bai Xiaowen saw the gesture and quickly understood. "Of course." He took out the Arcane