MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Ballista Assembly

EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The fact that Getaway Studios was ranked fourth did not mean that they were weaker than other studios at the top.

On the contrary, this studio ran an elite service. They would only hire players that had the same interests as they did. Anyone that wished to be part of their brotherhood must at least be someone talented.

To join Getaway, one must get the approval of four out of five members. Besides, they had a seemingly ludicrous rule that stated that the shares of the studio would be reallocated equally for each member added.

This idealistic system was once ridiculed by countless players, but the studio was time-tested and their influence had grown bigger over the years.

Even the studio that ranked fifth had several times more members than Getaway Studios, but they were still ranked behind the studio.

The members of the studio were so united that people jokingly called them a fraternity.

Everyone inside were all employees. They were also shareholders that owned the same equal amount of shares.

Back then, Li Yao deleted his bandit account and trained as a Hunter. To make a living, he worked in a gaming studio for a year or two. His dream was to be part of the frat so he could have the studio to go against Shengshi.

But at that time, Li Yao was not a quasi-god master yet, he was just an underappreciated Hunter. Although he was ferocious in battle, he was still far from being anything spectacular.

Li Yao was humiliated by the fraternity. The frat members ridiculed him for being weak, leaving Li Yao feeling very much ashamed.

That humiliation had opened Li Yao’s eyes to the cruelty faced in the game.

The first person that mocked him was called GetawayThirdBro. He was the captain of the second regiment of Getaway Studio.

The captain of the first regiment was GetawaySecondBro. Although ThirdBro was ranked third and led the second regiment, his ability to command was on par with SecondBro. Being able to lead the second regiment showed his capabilities. Even in China, he was ranked within the top 50 best commanders.

Li Yao looked down, the team of twenty was already on the verge of death.

Mine Puppet, Mok’rash was a real wild Boss. The more players there were, the higher its Health. With twenty five players trying to kill him, Mok’rash’s Health was terrifyingly high. As it was a Mech-Puppet, his defense, attack and AoE attacks were insane.

Even though they had drawn Mok’rash to the empty space in the mine, which was at the side of the stairs to the second floor, the battle arena was still not too big.

In his previous life, after the game had run for five years, players had gotten stronger and grouped up into two teams of ten to defeat Mok’rash.

If there were more players, the event would not start. The Boss would become even more difficult to kill if an extra person were added into the team.

At this moment, the arena was hectic. No matter how good of an elite they were or how good SecondBro was in giving commands, Mok’rash’s skills and attacks would cause a domino effect on the regiment as they were in a tight space with so many people.

Mok’rash was a gigantic puppet that was five to six yards tall. He had a huge, glowing electrified sledgehammer as his left arm and a gigantic saw as his right arm.

When he hammered the ground with his left arm, the entire ground shook and rocks fell from above. Electricity danced in the air. His right arm injured a MT1 that had a full set of Green armor to the brink of death. Players that had low-defense cloth armor would be instantly killed by his saw dance.

The healers were stressed out, they were busy healing injured players.

As there were now fewer expert players, GetawayThirdBro was starting to feel dispirited. His face was gloomy and rather frightening.

Unbeknownst to Li Yao, he was not the only spectator that was witnessing the carnage. In fact, there were two Bandits in Stealth mode hidden in between the stone crevices.

They were game-info journalists sent by the game’s official website.

“That’s too bad, ThirdBro’s commands are on point and the entire team of Getaway members are Level 4 experts. It’s a pity that they are being wiped out for the second time, they are going to lose two levels. It’s a heavy loss this time, even if they want to fight again it will be impossible,” sighed ShadowDay next to UltimateTruth in their private chat.

“I would really like to interview ThirdBro, I want to know how he feels right now.” UltimateTruth said eargerly. “If we get to interview ThirdBro, we will be able to collect a lot of points today.”

“Scratch that plan. Have you forgotten that we were ignored when we interviewed him earlier? Now that they are in a bad mood, there is even a possibility that they might kill us too. We’ve been searching for materials day and night and leveling up wasn’t easy, stop messing around.” ShadowDay advised.

“What a bummer, it’s not like they can even beat the Boss. What’s so great about them? They are way worse than StarFire.” UltimateTruth muttered unhappily.

ShadowDay explained to the new journalist patiently, “From what you have just said earlier, so far, only StarFire had managed to defeat a Boss. Other than him nobody could do it, not just in China, but also in other districts. Today, many people went to fight Bosses, but what announcements have you received from the system? Let’s just say people from Qionghua have grown wings for their success in defeating a Boss, but they won’t be able to defeat it without StarFire.”

“It would be great if we could meet StarFire. As long as we can get a footage of StarFire slaying a Boss, we will go viral, and we will definitely become official journalists for the official webpage.” UltimateTruth said.

“You’re thinking too much. People from all around the world are now searching for StarFire, but nobody knows where this player came from. Forget about finding him. I guess it’s almost time now, the last two Bandits have been killed and all of them were annihilated. They might not continue with more Boss fights anymore. Although they have failed, they still obtained some good materials though. Getaway Studios is no doubt one of the top studios. They have great potential and ThirdBro’s commands are top-notch, but the Boss was too difficult to kill, it’s like fighting a losing battle.”

The two journalists chatted for a while as the dead players resurrected and returned to the city.

“We should head back now, we will trim the footage and upload it to the official page. Good thing it’s a video of Getaway Studios, this should rank us in the top hundred.” UltimateTruth said.

When ShadowDay was about to comply, he saw a human figure in the arena. “Wait, is this a solo player? There are actually people coming to a place like this alone. Where did he come from?”

“What’s so good about a solo player? It’s better for us to go now so we can finish editing the footage sooner.”

“You’re too impetuous. You have to know, as a journalist, journalism materials can be obtained everywhere. From my years of experience as a game journalist, this isn’t a simple player. Let’s wait a little longer.”

“Okay, I’ll just follow whatever you say Brother Shadow.” Deep inside, UltimateTruth did not agree to what he said, but he had no choice as he was paired up with him. To become an official reporter, whether he was able to receive his reporter license and a second in-game identity would depend on ShadowDay’s evaluation of him.

Li Yao jumped into the arena, but he did not know there were two journalists observing him in the dark.

“Getting the contract is the most important thing now.” Li Yao began to analyze his surrounding terrains.

As for Getaway Studios’ extermination, Li Yao was not surprised at all. Most Bosses in novice villages were called Bosses, but in a stricter sense they were Elite-tier Templates.

This was only in general terms. The game administrators had yet given confirmation.

Mob Templates were divided into five tiers, which were Common, Elite, Leader, Faction Leader and World Leader.

The wild Bosses outside of novice villages were Elite-tier Template Bosses that had learning capabilities. It was only much later on that players discovered that Bosses in novice village were the easiest to defeat.

Like the heir of the Windrunner family that had slain millions of players from the Light Faction, he was just a Faction-Leader-tier Template Boss.

Mok’rash may have been just a Leader-tier Template Boss, but he was a beginner’s nightmare.

Many players wanted to complete this task, but the Boss’s endless attacks made it seemingly impossible.

The NPC1 was not trying to trick the players when it came to this quest. To complete this quest, players must possess the required skills.

For example, if a Bandit received this task, all he had to do was to master the Stealth skill and practice Steal until his proficiency was above intermediate level. Then, the Bandit would be able to steal from Mok’rash in that one-hour window where he would be absorbing arcane energy.

On the other hand, engineering players could use this opportunity to dismantle Mok’rash’s back iron armor while he was replenishing his magical powers. Of course, when the puppet was replenishing his magical powers, it was a special period where he could not be attacked.

Besides that, the place where he replenishes his magical energy required a key to enter. Only players that had received this task and slain mobs in the mine would acquire this key.

Li Yao had the key in his hand, he looked at the Boss patrolling back and forth. The Boss frowned slightly. He was just enraged by players and he had to wait two hours for the next recharge.

“It’s too much of a delay, I might as well finish him off. Then, I’ll get a lot of Exp and equipment.”

Li Yao could not help being tempted by this idea, the temptation to kill off the Boss was too great. After his rebirth, to follow others’ strategies step by step to defeat Bosses was very boring and not much of a challenge for him.

‘Once, a player that has researched all of the ways to kill wild Bosses said that it is always easier for one player to kill a Boss rather than a hundred players.’

Resisting the Boss’s attacks would not work, it was an act of suicide.

Li Yao held the key in his hand and his eyes brightened up. In his previous life, while players studied the ways to defeat the Boss, the mine was already owned by a player long ago and the interiors had changed. Now, everything remained the same as before. Most players did not have a sub-class yet and they would not be able to take anything here with them.

Li Yao set his eyes on the door of the energy room. When the Boss had gone to the other side of the mine, Li Yao quickly opened the door.

Li Yao’s eyes twinkled with delight as he scanned the items in the room.

“Who would have thought there are such items here, what a blessing! I hope these haven’t corroded yet.”

The energy room was only a hundred square meters big with plenty of clutters. It was an engineering work space with old metal parts, ores and a few damaged ballistae.

Li Yao was an engineering master in his previous life, and naturally he was familiar with war ballistae. Carefully, he disassembled several ballistae and found workable parts. Then, he put the parts into his backpack.

His movements showed that he was very familiar with working with ballistae. In less than half an hour, the floor was filled with unusable metal scraps. He had kept all of the usable parts in his backpack.

“Brother Shadow, what do you think he’s doing? It can’t be that the dismantled parts are valuable, or…” UltimateTruth suggested.

ShadowDay held him down. “Stop talking, film this properly. I have a feeling we will be getting a lot of priceless materials today.”

UltimateTruth reluctantly went into Stealth mode to film the entire scene. He complained to himself, ‘If you don’t want to get rich, why stop me from getting rich?’

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Li Yao was unaware of this. He walked outside and carefully inspected his surroundings again, memorizing every little detail in his mind.

Then, he began to assemble a ballista. The ballista was too rustic, making it completely useless, but Li Yao had an Uncommon Beast Hamstring that he had obtained from killing Elite mobs. In less than five minutes, a complete Ballista was assembled.

“Not bad, this must be a High Elven Firehawk Legion’s third-generation Military Ballista. Who would have thought that this could be assembled with just scrap metal parts?”

High Elves paid great attention to the beauty and details on items made. The ballista assembled by Li Yao may seem old, but it could still be seen that there was a Firehawk with its wings extended. One could only imagine how beautiful it looked when it was first made.

Li Yao was overjoyed. At the same time, a small metallic dragon appeared faintly around his arms.