MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter
Chapter 1679: Meeting Again

Chapter 1679: Chapter 1679: Meeting Again

Li Yao took a sip of ale before saying, "You’re wrong. The data provided by the faction officials is comprehensive and quite important, that’s true. But that’s from a top-down viewpoint. The perspective of the rookies is also different. We’ve been sitting here for two hours, and I’ve gleaned a lot of useful intelligence and information."

The Blue Dragon Queen shook her head slightly, "I just don’t understand your concept. With our strength, we can just crush them directly, why bother to record things one by one."

"That’s a bad habit of your Dragon Clan. You are still naively thinking that as long as the Dragon Clan steps in, there’s nothing that can’t be resolved. But is that really the case? You should learn to reflect. What’s my goal? First, I need to hunt enough bosses to get some resources and equipment. Then, seize a Flying Fortress. I have plenty of soldiers, but if I use the army to fight through, the losses will be significant and it would be a waste of time. There’s no Magic Barrier here, if we can’t seize the Air Fortress in one go, the opponent could escape at any time," Li Yao explained patiently.

The Blue Dragon Queen said indifferently, "In the end, it’s because you’re too weak, not strong enough."

"Fine, you’re strong, aren’t you? Seriously, Deathwing is strong enough, but he still hides like a dog, using wisdom to solve problems. Your Blue Dragons have great magic talent, but your brain is too rigid. No wonder you gang up on the raging Deathwing," Li Yao complained.

"You’re making excuses for your weakness," the Blue Dragon Queen maintained her stance.

Li Yao rolled his eyes and decided not to engage her, focusing instead on using his spiritual power to listen to information from various sources, then marking what’s useful on his map. His map was already densely annotated.

Suddenly, two players walked past Li Yao’s table. The leading warrior unintentionally glanced at it and was immediately drawn to the map.

The warrior player asked, "Sorry to interrupt, friend, with so many annotations, are you planning to sell the map or hunt these bosses yourself?"

Li Yao was taken aback, looked up, and suddenly laughed, "Oh, it’s you, Sea and Sky, long time no see."

Saying this, he removed his hood to reveal his face, then put the hood back on.

"Wait, am I not mistaken? What a coincidence, Prairie Fire brother," Sea and Sky was delighted, and immediately sat down at an empty seat. Next to him was a Priest dressed in a holy Priest’s Robe, who also sat down, looking at Li Yao with surprise.

The two met at the Beginner’s Village when the game started and later partnered up to open a copper mine. But as they got busier, they didn’t keep much contact, only occasionally checking in when Li Yao achieved something.

They were as close as brothers, yet their guilds, the Brilliant Guild and Starfire Guild, remained allies and cooperated continually, maintaining friendly relations among their members.

"You’ve come here, how come there are only two people? That’s not your style," Li Yao teased.

Sea and Sky smiled wryly, "We were planning to bring the guild over here to do quests and level up, but the local boss assigned us a military task with no room for refusal. I’m not interested in war, so I just brought the guild’s main healer to take some tasks and level up, and meanwhile complete the Path of the Strong task."

"True to the name, she’s indeed a major healer."

Li Yao glanced at the Priest, indeed the wide Priest’s Robe couldn’t conceal the overwhelming curves.

"My name is Jasmine Milk Tea, not ’Major Healer’, but if the King Hunter wants to confirm, we might arrange a private meeting," Jasmine Milk Tea flirted, winking with a proud gesture.

Li Yao was defeated at once, thinking, "Damn, I thought she was an innocent little bunny, turns out she’s a sultry demon king."

"Cough, cough, major healer, be a lady, be a lady," Sea and Sky lightly coughed.

Jasmine Milk Tea immediately rebuked, "A lady, my ass! If it weren’t for you, this unscrupulous leader, leading the charge, how would those idiots follow to call me ’major healer’ day in and day out? Can I still be a lady? I’m telling you, if you don’t increase my salary this month, I’m jumping ship to Starfire."

"I was wrong, isn’t the salary the matter? I’ll increase it, can’t I?" Sea and Sky quickly smiled apologetically.

Li Yao chuckled without a word, seemed like Sea and Sky had an interest in Jasmine Milk Tea, but since it was other people’s business and they hadn’t made it explicit, he naturally wouldn’t meddle.

"Smart of you, I’ll forgive you," Jasmine Milk Tea said, "Prairie Fire, remember to save me a spot. I can switch any time."

"Sure, no problem. Ever since I met you, Major Healer—oops, Jasmine Milk Tea—I’ve become good friends with Sea and Sky," Li Yao smiled.

"Boring, vulgar," the Blue Dragon Queen muttered.

The two were momentarily stunned, Sea and Sky asked, "Prairie Fire brother, who are these two?"

"Oh, that’s my battle pet, a bit prideful, don’t mind her. This is my friend, as good as myself, you can call him Ash, but my buddy isn’t much for words, please forgive him," Li Yao introduced, naturally didn’t tell the truth, but it wasn’t a lie either. His avatar is definitely as good as himself, no problem.

"Oh, just two people?" Sea and Sky remarked.

"Yeah, two people are enough," Li Yao nodded.

"Cough, cough, judging from your annotations, are you aiming to hunt high-level bosses? Why don’t we join in, we don’t even want the loot," Sea and Sky suggested.

"Actually, I wouldn’t mind having additional powerful damage and healing, but I’m maxed out level-wise. If we fight bosses together, you won’t get much experience," Li Yao explained.

"That’s okay, it’s still faster than our leveling. Plus, the two of us are doing the Path of the Strong task, needing compatible materials. This kind of material drops independently, anyway, even with us two, your drop won’t be lessened. If you don’t mind us as a liability, we want to follow the brother to experience a bit, you don’t know the pain we ordinary folk endure when battling bosses. There’s nothing like battling alongside you, brother," Sea and Sky said with bright eyes.

"Playing together is all about having fun, so let’s get moving. I took the boss hunting task over at Gu Dare, you can gain quite a bit of experience then," Li Yao finished and stood up.

"Hahaha, brother, you’re straightforward. How you treat me, Prairie Fire brother, I will naturally reciprocate. I have a secret bonus to share with you, but for now, I’ll keep it under wraps, let’s hunt bosses first," Sea and Sky walked alongside Li Yao, saying.

"Great, I’ll look forward to the surprise," Li Yao smiled.

The four stepped outside, Li Yao said, "Walking like this is too slow, we need to be faster, or it’ll take forever. But it’ll inconvenience you a bit."

"Brother, however you suggest," Sea and Sky was saying, "What the heck..."

Before he could finish, the Blue Dragon Queen transformed back into Dragon Form, Li Yao and his avatar jumped on, the Blue Dragon Queen grabbed one and launched into the air. Two screams pierced the sky...