MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter

Chapter 873: Chapter 873 – Big Shot

Gruimbart was situated in the western part of the wetlands, where a massive dam existed—arguably the greatest hydraulic engineering project of the ancient gods. Its existence intercepted a substantial amount of snowmelt from the towering mountain ranges.

It not only improved the environment of the wetlands, allowing the area to become a small-scale food production site, but also diverted the intercepted water to another map, alleviating water scarcity therein.

Dwarves had always taken pride in this, yet the division among the three dwarf tribes had already weakened their control over the area.

However, after the Orc Wars, the dwarves became even more weakened, and key strategic locations on various maps were occupied by monsters or corrupted orcs, resulting in the dwarves completely losing control over the area.

The Dragon Throat Clan had taken over the place, and Gruimbart, the city, had utterly become a stronghold of the Dragon Throat Clan orcs.

The roads here were tortuous and difficult to navigate. After stocking up on some necessary supplies for the marshes, Li Yao set out on his mount.

Along the way, Li Yao encountered many roaming monsters, and many had even blocked the main roads—something unheard of before.

Thus, haltingly advancing, it wasn’t until nightfall that Li Yao had covered less than half of the intended distance.

Originally, Li Yao had intended to travel at night, but he ran into a caravan beside the main road.

After some thought, he finally decided not to continue on the road and chose to rest here for the night—it was an excellent opportunity to make some trinkets in his tent.

“Who goes there?”

In the camp, a Hunter holding a bow and arrow spoke coldly.

Li Yao glanced to his left and raised his hand to show he meant no harm, saying, “I’m just a traveler passing by, looking to rest here for the night.”

The Hunter put down his bow and arrow, waved his hand, and the rudimentary gate of the camp opened. At that moment, a female thief emerged on Li Yao’s left, muttering, “Another one who dares to trespass the wetlands without understanding them.”

Li Yao approached the campfire and began to roast some of his own food.

The archer was a junior Racial Chief, and his pet was a huge crocodile, which was currently dozing off beside its owner.

The archer sat down next to Li Yao and said, “Rookie, not bad. You’ve made it quite far on your own.”

“Just lucky,” Li Yao laughed.

“Indeed, it is your luck.” The female thief removed her cloak, and only then did Li Yao realize she was a High Elf.

However, her badge was not that of the Dark Camp, but belonged to an organization, the Silver Covenant.

The archer also chuckled, “The three of us will take turns on watch tonight. They, like you, are not part of the caravan—just lodgers.”

Just then, a Dragon Eagle’s screech pierced the sky, followed by a swift figure leaping down.

The newcomer was a distinguished High Elf Ranger, and the Dragon Eagle soared into the sky with a screech.

“General,” the female elf assassin bowed in greeting.

The Ranger nodded without looking at Li Yao and others and asked, “How is it? Has there been any attack by the Werewolves on the camp?”

The female thief shook her head, saying, “No, it’s been quiet tonight, except for a stranger addicted to magic.”

“Just a bunch of degenerate fellows.” The General’s voice was consistently cold. She glanced at Li Yao and then paid him no more attention.

By this time, a young mage with red hair had been sitting in front of the fire. He hadn’t even glanced at Li Yao and the newly arrived general, wrapping himself in a huge cloak as if he was indifferent to everything around him.

The female thief took out fresh water and roasted meat from her backpack and respectfully handed it to the general.

Meanwhile, Li Yao squinted his eyes. He hadn’t expected to encounter such an important figure just by visiting a random camp.

The so-called addict was none other than Li Yao, because his eyes would turn emerald green when he didn’t activate the Titan’s Eye.

It was the corrupted Sunwell that had turned his eyes into a magical color.

The eyes of the high elves from the Silver Covenant were a pure blue, quite pristine, as they had rid themselves of magic addiction.

Originally, the high elves and humans were allies. During the first orc war, the eldest of the Windrunner sisters led a group of rangers to honor the ancient covenant and helped humanity defeat the orcs.

The demonic orcs retreated, but the eldest Windrunner sister entered the orc’s sub-dimension and was never seen again.

During the second orc war as the Scourge plague broke out, humanity faced troubles from both within and outside. The then queen, replacing the elder Windrunner sister, became the Ranger General and defended the main city, Jin Jin.

And Windrunner’s youngest sister, Vereesa, led a faction of elves to help humanity once more.

But the Scourge destroyed the entire High Elf Kingdom, and more than forty percent of the elves turned into the mad Witherbark due to an outbreak of magic addiction.

Without notifying Vereesa, the prince joined the Dark Camp due to the queen’s invitation.

Vereesa, who had fought alongside humans for many years, had a relationship that was very close with them; thus, she could not possibly join the Dark Camp.

She declared these elves as the Silver Covenant, essentially drawing a clear line from the current High Elf Kingdom, asserting her stance, and thus, Vereesa and the queen’s relationship had become strained.

Li Yao was originally worried about how to proceed, but unexpectedly, he ran into a key figure for saving the Red Dragon Queen.

Then, realizing who the other redhead mage was, Li Yao suddenly recognized that this man was the mage Ronin, who was reputed to have the protagonist’s aura as the son of an ancient god.

The archer shook his head indifferently, interrupting Li Yao’s thoughts, “Oh, right, I’m the head of this caravan. You can call me Taylor.”

Li Yao nodded and said, “Hello, I’m Prairie Fire.”

Taylor looked at Li Yao in surprise and said, “Prairie Fire? The one who harshly taught the sub-dimension trash a lesson?”

Li Yao touched his nose. “If you’re talking about competing with people from sub-dimensions, then yes, that is me.”

As Vereesa calmly ate her roasted meat, she finally raised her head. “So you’re her disciple, heh, my dear sister really had leisure, still finding time for a disciple. Has her dead shell not completely rotted yet?”

Li Yao frowned slightly, “As a mentor’s sister, even if you have some conflict, cursing your own sister like that isn’t quite right.”

“You’ve got quite the nerve as her mentor’s disciple, daring to speak to me like this. Do you know I could crush you as easily as crushing an ant?” Vereesa said coldly, with eyes seemingly ablaze with two blue flames.

“If I were a sixth-tier, it wouldn’t be difficult for me to kill you,” Li Yao retorted without showing weakness. “Is this how you also viewed my mentor?”

The female assassin bowed slightly, then stealthily vanished. Although she had once served under the queen, distancing herself from her former race wasn’t for the prince but to defend their homeland where the queen had died in battle.

“You’ve gone too far, he’s only a third-tier,” Ronin stuttered, speaking up after remaining quiet…

ps: I went back to my hometown today for Qingming; you all understand. I got back late, so I’m only able to update once today.

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