MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter
Chapter 1106 - Chapter 1106 Chapter 1106 Securing Victory

Chapter 1106: Chapter 1106: Securing Victory Chapter 1106: Chapter 1106: Securing Victory Li Yao naturally did not know that he had been recognized shortly after he made a move.

It wasn’t that only the queen was skilled in close combat, but rather that the queen’s secret technique was “Wind Thunder,” which had now become tainted by the “Dark Power” of the Dark Queen. However, being a high elf commander himself, how could he not know the former Ranger General’s prowess?

Ordinary rangers, especially the Light Rangers, wielded purely the power of wind, without the thunder.

At this moment, Li Yao had turned all the Gatling guns in their team’s designated area into a weapon for their side, and the walls of the city began to roar with the exchange of firepower.

Although they couldn’t fully utilize the Gatling guns’ capabilities without engineering skills, it was still much more formidable and concentrated than regular attacks.

“Damn it, using it feels like a totally different concept from when you brother uses it; it’s not satisfying at all,” the dead complained dejectedly.

“That’s only natural. If you could perfectly wield the power of engineering without studying it, what would be the point of engineering?” Li Yao took out the boss’s Gatling gun and unleashed a continuous barrage of firepower next to Wangyu.

Studying engineering was extremely time-consuming and expensive. Even someone like Li Yao, who was exceedingly familiar with it, had spent a lot of time to increase his proficiency level, not to mention other players.

Without profits, the practice expensive and challenging, engineering was rather unpopular. However, there were corresponding advantages to learning it, such as in this situation.

Engineering and alchemy were quite similar; alchemy too was a mixed bag, involving Mage’s magical array matrices, the study of potions, and even combining with engineering to create hybrid creatures of magic and alchemy. The threshold was high and the rewards modest.

Li Yao’s alchemy skills were developed in tandem with his engineering, similarly without much benefit, but studying alchemy granted him early control over magical array matrices. This provided a certain bonus even for semi-alchemical creations like the Gatling gun.

So, even if using the same Gatling guns, the power that Li Yao wielded was at least twice that of someone who had no knowledge of alchemical engineering.

“Deploy the Dragonhawk troops, dispatch the Breakers!”

As Li Yao and his team fortified their position on the city walls, the high elf commander also issued the order to attack.

Five thousand Dragonhawk Knights took flight, each wielding a Fire Hawk Bow aflame with fire in the sky, continuously drawing bows and notching arrows, covering the castle with waves of Arrow Rain.

Meanwhile, the high elves’ Breakers entered the castle through the breach in the city wall near Li Yao’s team. The resistance remained fierce, but the disparity in strength between the two sides was too vast.

Had it been only the players attacking, they might have had a chance to turn defeat into victory, but the addition of the high elf army caused the small castle’s defenses to collapse outright.

Hundreds of combat helicopters inside the castle, attempting to create an air threat, also exploded in the barrage of arrows, bursting into balls of fire, turning the entire castle into a sea of flames.

Even the Mechanical Beasts were steadily weakened in their combat effectiveness by the sea of fire.

Li Yao felt an immense heartache as he watched. How wonderful it would have been if those fighter jets had been his. With his current Master-level engineering skills, he was already capable of piloting fighter jets, which now counted as incredibly badass aerial mounts. Although Li Yao was formidable, creating helicopters without blueprints was an extremely difficult task, and he had no idea how much time it would take.

When he saw the fortress, he had thought of capturing a few helicopters to use as mounts, but then three hundred of them were blown up in an instant. Li Yao’s heart bled for the loss, but he also admired the grandeur of the local Lord, knowing that combat helicopters required a lot of Thorium and Mithril, along with other precious metals. The cost of manufacturing the most basic combat helicopter started at over a thousand Gold Coins and could fetch at least three to four thousand if sold.

It was not so much that the materials were worth that much; rather, the parts of the helicopter were so delicate that each craftsman had to spend a great deal of time and precision on them. The slightest mistake and the helicopter wouldn’t take off, which was nothing like a motorcycle.

Li Yao felt an even greater urgency to get his hands on the Titan’s Heart. With the Matrix he had acquired, he could build a production line and mass produce everything with precision, forming an army of fighter jets.

Although the helicopters were destroyed right after taking off during this war–due to the timing of their deployment–it was clear that the local Lord, despite his wealth and grandeur, was not an excellent leader.

If Li Yao had been in command of the Iron Legion, he was confident that he could have held off an army of hundreds of thousands.

With the addition of the elite High Elf forces, the battle was no longer in question. The High Elves suffered virtually no losses and successfully took the stronghold, which even made Li Yao admire them.

“The ‘Wangyu Ten Thousand Team’ is credited with the primary merit for this battle,” announced the Scout. The players weren’t surprised, after all, so many eyes had witnessed the dramatic breach of the enemy lines.

“Although we’ve taken the fortress, we can’t leave it to the people of the Sub-dimension, so the General has decided to leave a garrison of a hundred thousand to guard this stronghold. Those who wish to stay can sign up for a mercenary garrison mission. The longer you guard, the more military merits you’ll accrue until the official forces take over,” the Scout said again.

The players immediately got excited. Considering the great losses they had faced, these military merits would help break even, leaving them with just their share of the spoils. Moreover, the garrison mission was very tempting; staying here meant not only gaining military merits but also having access to all sorts of resources in the area for a short time.

A new concept had evolved among the players now, that of ‘war resources’, which included various minerals, materials, and Gold Coins. Their expenditures were increasing and the resources they required were growing in number. Occupying this place was the perfect opportunity to make a fortune.

“Should we stay?” Jasmine asked.

“Nah,” Wangyu shook his head, “Staying behind isn’t our style. We’ll use the military merits to stock up on more Mechanical War Beasts instead. Although we lack the corresponding Heroes to bring out their full potential, they’re still much stronger than the cannon fodder we used to have.”

“That’s true. Now that we have this stronghold, we can split from the main forces. We were fortunate to gain primary merit this time, but it may not happen again. It’s better to operate independently. We might be few in number, but we have more autonomy,” Jasmine said.

“Right, let’s go. We’ll spend our military merits to strengthen ourselves. It’s a pity that the Gnomes and Dwarves aren’t easy to sway; otherwise, we could have gotten a row of Gatlings, which would’ve been so damn cool,” Wangyu lamented.

After that, everyone headed to the quartermaster to exchange their military merits. They mainly exchanged for Mechanical War Beasts, with most opting for Mechanical Birds and Mechanical Velociraptors. There was also an option for a long-range Chocobo capable of releasing voltage, but it was too expensive, and releasing the voltage required Energy Gems, so they didn’t exchange for it.

Li Yao played a key role in the success of the mission, so Wangyu and Jasmine gave him one-fifth of their military merits. Li Yao politely accepted after a brief hesitation.

After some thought, Li Yao exchanged for 1,500 Mechanical Velociraptors, including 300 silver-grade and the rest elite, primarily made of common bronze. Li Yao didn’t value them much, but he considered popularizing these in the guild as combat mounts…