MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter Chapter 25

Chapter 25: Rushing to the Mine

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In real time, it was time for dinner. Li Yao sat on a rattan chair in front of the window and started daydreaming. Looking out the window, the city was blanketed by the evening sun. Li Yao was in a trance and his mind constantly wandered off.

Today in the game, Li Yao had carried five squads of people, each squad containing three players, all of whom managed to get Gold Medals.

He charged 5,000 CPs per person. Since there were fifteen players, he had earned a huge sum of 75,000 CPs.

For rich people like Li Haitao, tens and thousands was not enough to be even counted as pocket money. They would casually dump hundreds and thousands of CPs in making a bet.

Besides, this was only the first day’s earnings. Li Yao transferred his little sister’s rent fee back to her account.

More importantly, he credited the remaining 70,000 CPs to his parents’ account.

This was the first time he had ever given his parents money. When he was still in school, his parents had raised him over the years.

After graduation, he fought with his parents and came to Mingzhu City. However, he was in a state of constant misery. He was always struggling to make ends meet.

Having moved away in his previous life, he had been living in a slum. Even his livelihood was a problem, let alone taking care of his parents. After things had gotten slightly better, he stood on his own two feet.

After Shengshi’s scandal when Li Yao’s game stream caught the team leader taking all of the Black-gold equipment, he suffered a bigger blow in his life. His family was dragged into the situation and had suffered tremendously.

Li Yao’s intention for sending 70,000 CPs was difficult to understand.

A pleasant sound started to ring. Li Yao lifted his wrist and saw his mother on his communicator. He felt a sudden warmth.

“Yao, why did you send so much money over? Is there a mistake?” mother Li was a middle-aged woman with a kind face. Her wrinkles and age displayed the hardships she had endured in her life, but her youthful splendor was still visible under all those wrinkles. Looking at how Li Jia turned out, one could imagine that his mother was also a drop-dead gorgeous woman in her youth.

Li Yao gathered his feelings. “It’s not a mistake, I transferred the money.”

“Son, our family is not lacking anything. I’ll return the money to you now, please don’t burden yourself,” said mother Li endearingly. Mother Li thought that Li Yao was trying to preserve his dignity after borrowing money to start his career. Besides, Li Jia had told her about Li Yao’s situation, which seemed to be quite bad.

“Don’t, mom, I earned this money.” Li Yao tried to explain to his mom, “I’m sure you and Dad know about World of Ancient Gods. I earned the money from the game. You and Dad have worked so hard for many years to support Li Jia and I. This money doesn’t mean much.”

Hearing about World of Ancient Gods, mother Li was relieved. It was hard not to know about the game after its overwhelming advertisement.

“Even if you have earned the money, keep it for yourself. We do not lack money, so try not to worry about us. Most importantly, try to save up for your future marriage. Your dad and I have some savings for you, and with your own effort, it might not be possible to buy a house in Mingzhu, but it is enough to buy a house in our city. You have been together with Fengyi for so many years, maybe it’s time for you to meet her parents.” Li Yao’s mother was happy to ramble on and on.

In his previous life, what bothered him the most was his mother’s nagging, but now it was lullaby to his ears. His mother was talking about Fengyi, but Li Yao did not dare to let his parents know about their breakup. His parent still thought that they were together. Li Jia knew about it, but she dared not say it.

“I know, I know. Don’t worry about it, I’m doing very well now. I’ll be making this amount of money every day, maybe even more in later days.”

“You don’t have to keep saving money now, try and use it on yourself. I didn’t have the ability to provide for you all before, but now I do. If I’m still making you worry, then what’s the point of what I’m doing now? So, don’t worry about spending it. Didn’t you want that jade bracelet but was holding back from buying it? I’ll order it tomorrow and post it home.”

Mother Li looked at Li Yao, her eyes were slightly red, and her image disappeared from the screen. After a while, Mother Li gave him a call again. Li Yao saw that his mother’s eyes were puffy. Although she tried to cover it up, Li Yao knew his mother had cried.

Li Yao tried his best to make his mom feel happy and promised to return home before the New Year celebration. This made his mother even happier.

“I promise to you that in the future, I’ll represent China in the Olympic Games. I shall win a Gold Medal and make all of you proud.” Li Yao said confidently. After his rebirth, if he were still unable to represent China in the Olympic Games, it would be considered a great failure.

“Stop trying to appease me now. I’ve heard that there are hundreds of millions of people playing this game now, it won’t be so easy to represent China. In actuality, your father and I do not have high expectations. As long as you get married and have children and live a peaceful life, that will be great enough. You do not have to push yourself too hard. I’m telling you, you have to take care and cherish Fengyi. She isn’t the kind that you can get just because you’re rich. Take me as an example, when I was younger, people lined up for blocks just to get to me, but I still ended up with your father. You should learn from him…”

His mother rambled on about things that had happened during her youth. An hour had passed after the call ended.

Shutting off the communicator, Li Yao looked at the rainbow outside. Suddenly, his feelings had changed.

‘All of you are my motivation to work and strive for the better. I will provide a better life for you all.’

It was dark now, but it was daytime in the game.

Li Yao checked his backpack, he placed irrelevant items in his item storage and replenished his supplies again. Then, he left the novice village.

Following his video that had gone viral, the black cloak became a favorite amongst players. They had gone and bought black cloaks from stores or to pay tailors to make it, resulting in players with cloaks everywhere.

Li Yao walked out of the village by blending into the crowd. HundredFaceWitch’s weaving skills had gotten better, she mailed a few pouches to Li Yao. Li Yao strapped the pouches on his waist with great satisfaction.

Although it was still not enough compared to the one he had in his previous life, but he had enough backpack space for now.

Mogor Mountain was quiet as always. Other than some mobs, there were no players here.

Nowadays, no player had the luxury to consume Antidotes that cost two to three silver coins just to slay mobs here. It was not worth the expense.

Now, Li Yao had no interest in the Poisonous Dart Frogs and he did no need the materials. Since he was now Level 5, he did not have the slightest interest in the Level 4 mobs even if it was an Elite.

Li Yao slayed every Common Poisonous Dart Frogs that was on his way, he did not even bother to collect the materials.

Soon, he had reached the mine that would belong to him in the future.

Mogor Mine was the official name of the mine, which was abandoned some years ago.

This mine was different from the Den of Evil at the Light Faction. The Den of Evil was now occupied by a group of failed miners.

On the other hand, the Mogor Mine was occupied by a Devourer.

Devourers, also known as the Wretcheds, looked like bloodthirsty creatures. Before the catastrophe, they were also noble High Elves.

In the ancient times, High Elves were known as the Highbornes. They were the rulers and nobles of the Elven clan. They lived near the Well of Eternity, thus enabling them to use arcane magic.

After the well had exploded, the continent fell apart. The ordinary elves began to riot as they believed that the arcane was the source of all evil and destruction.

They forbid the Highbornes from the use of magic, but the Highbornes had absorbed the arcane energy in their bodies. The Elves were divided into parts, the Highbornes crossed the sea to the East and settled there.

After they had built the Sunwell, a new source of magic, they changed their names to the High Elves.

Many years ago, a human prince whom had yet to become the Lich King swept through the Eastern continent with an army of undead.

In order to resurrect the Lich King, the prince was armed with Frostbourne and brought down the Elven Kingdom with the help of the high elven traitor, Dalkan.

The Sunwell which the High Elves relied on for survival was contaminated. It was not until then the High Elves realized that a terrible plague was hidden deep in their bodies.

They were addicted to magic. Without the Sunwell’s supply of arcane energy, their addiction for magic was triggered. These Elves absorbed every arcane energy that they came across with and was taken over by their negative emotions, making them a walking corpse.

It was an unprecedented catastrophe that went out of proportion. The kingdom’s prince slaughtered most of the Wretcheds to prevent them from corrupting the rest of the Elven race that would lead to their extinction.

Still, there were still a handful of Wretcheds residing in corners of the kingdom. Mogor Mine was one of the least inconspicuous places.

Wretched Miner

Rank: Level 5 Elite

Health: 1,000

Skills: Arcane Absorption, Mad Pursuit

With the loaded Heavy Crossbow in his hand, Li Yao aimed at the Wretched and pulled the trigger.

With a buzz, the Steel arrow pierced through the Wretched’s body. The Wretched stumbled backward from the impact.

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Li Yao quickly placed three Arrow Towers in position. They began firing arrows at the Wretched.

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Li Yao quickly changed into his self-made bow. An arrow glimmering in bright blue light light was released.

Stunning Arrow!

The Wretched’s movement speed was reduced, and its reaction time was delayed.

When the Wretched had his eyes set on Li Yao, it held its rusty pickaxe up high while emitting an incomprehensible scream like a madman. It charged toward Li Yao.

Li Yao placed an Explosive Sheep and the Sheep crashed onto the charging Wretched.

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Seeing this damage output, Li Yao’s eyelids twitched. With the Purple necklace, his combat power had increased by more than one third.

Li Yao believed that with his current attributes, his Explosive Sheep could instantly kill an ordinary player.

The Wretched lost one portion of its health.

In just seconds since their encounter, the Wretched had lost more than half of its health.

The Wretched was knocked down by the blast, but Li Yao and his Arrow Towers did not idle away. They shot arrows every second, which was no joke.

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He shot a three-bar Charged Arrow.

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Arrow took a breath of cold air. His attacking damage was catching up with the Explosive Sheep’s damage.

The miserable Elite Wretched collapsed moments after it stood back up.

‘This really is a divine equipment for beginners, this feels awesome. I was going to try out the Snake Trap, seems like I did not have the chance to use it.’

Li Yao was in a good mood. He began searching the corpse.

“You have acquired 80 copper coins.”

“You have acquired linen*3”

“You have acquired Wretched Bracers.”

The system beeped.

“This really is a Level 5 Elite! The first loot is already a Green item.” Li Yao did not hesitate to put on the Green equipment, his attributes had improved again.

Rewards dropped by humanoid Elites were bountiful. Forget about other items, the money loot would make most players’ eyes bulge. It was equal to the amount of their daily income for killing a few elites.

In front of Li Yao was the Elite that many players were desperate to face.

Li Yao went deeper and deeper into the winding mines while collecting his loot along his way. Common mobs were unable to stop Li Yao on his way. Although not all Elites dropped Green equipment, Li Yao was still in high spirits.

Li Yao looked at the far corner. From what he knew, there would an entrance to the second level in a hundred meters after a turn.

As Li Yao approached the entrance, he heard players screaming and casting spells.

“It seems that everyone is really tempted to kill Bosses and someone has found another entrance from the other side of the mountain. This must be a big guild.”

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Li Yao was curious and took a peek at the lower level. He was not worried about other players killing the Boss and take away the contract.

He knew the Boss was way stronger and harder to kill than the Troll Priest. The Boss had destroyed the dreams of generations of new players.

It was not until the game had run for five years that players found out the right way to defeat the Boss.

“They are from Getaway Studios!” Li Yao instantly recognized the guild’s insignia.

Getaway Studio was ranked fourth among the top ten largest studios…