MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter
Chapter 1299 - Chapter 1299 Chapter 1299 Igniting the Fuse

Chapter 1299: Chapter 1299: Igniting the Fuse Chapter 1299: Chapter 1299: Igniting the Fuse The Countess sought out Li Yao early in the morning and said, “We’ve made contact with the other party, and if there’s no mistake, they’ll arrive here in the next couple of days. We can use this time to transform you, striving to make even the most powerful individuals unable to detect anything unusual about you.”

“Having gained such great benefits, naturally I’ll do as you say, or else I’d feel guilty,” Li Yao joked. “I’m putting myself in your hands, to be twisted and turned as you wish, just don’t break me in the process.”

The Countess was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled lightly, “You, you really are interesting, daring to joke with me like this. It’s only now that you can, if it were back when I was a high priest, you’d be locked in the cathedral’s dungeon for penance just for joking like that.”

“That wouldn’t be so bad, repenting together with such a beautiful priestess in the dungeon, basking in the Holy Light, surely many people would want to get locked up voluntarily.”

“Alas, time spares no one, I have aged,” a hint of reminiscence flashed in the eyes of the Countess, evidently thinking of days past.

“Big sister, you jest. We High Elves live for thousands of years. You are in the prime of youth; to speak of being old is too much,” said Li Yao earnestly.

“You, you really know how to climb up the pole, you must have deceived plenty of beauties,” the Countess said as she brought Li Yao into an underground room filled with High Elves wearing special magic masks. “I know, your domain is full of beautiful women, especially a few of them, even I am stunned by their beauty. If I didn’t know better, I would have thought your words just now were true.”

Li Yao wore a face full of grievance, “How do they compare to big sister? Who said that? I’ll fight them.”

“Okay, okay, no more fuss. Hurry up and undergo the transformation. Who knows, their people might arrive tomorrow; we need to hurry,” the Countess said with a smile, signaling to begin.

Then the real transformation began. Through the use of drugs and magic, Li Yao’s skin turned grey, his eyes became blood-red, and his body hunched over, reminiscent of a walking corpse.

After one day, except for his spirit, Li Yao was indistinguishable from a real Witherbark.

The second day passed without news, and Li Yao began to practice his engineering proficiency, with no intention of resting.

On the third day, the Countess finally told Li Yao that the plan was starting.

Li Yao was shackled with special magic chains and, along with hundreds of other Witherbarks, was taken by the so-called contact person through a secret code onto a ship.

Li Yao and his company were locked in the lowest deck of the ship’s prison; Li Yao feigned the same madness as the other Witherbarks while waiting for an opportunity to guess and observe.

He could not summon his pet fire hawk, as the Earl said it would reveal their position.

Through his observation, Li Yao discovered that their captors were not fallen elves but Goblins, and that they were aboard the notorious Goblin slave trade ship.

Clearly they were exceedingly cautious as the goblins forced them to wear special masks, blinding them.

After half a day, they disembarked, were transported by carriage, and then boarded a ship again.

Confused, Li Yao was shuffled between boarding and disembarking three times; what followed was a long maritime journey. Unable to see the outside world, Li Yao had no idea where they were, clearly these people were extraordinarily careful.

However, Li Yao soon came to terms with it; if it weren’t difficult, it wouldn’t be his turn to step in, and the Earl wouldn’t have sought him out.

Li Yao then calmly opened the forum and started watching the livestreams. In fact, time had caused the Divine Bow to become the talk of the town, and there was almost no one in the game who didn’t know that Li Yao possessed a Divine Bow.

At the same time, the forum started buzzing with news. Some people claimed to know Prairie Fire’s whereabouts and secretly took photos. In the pictures, Li Yao was in the New District, cloaked and hooded, but his face could still be glimpsed when the wind blew.

It was clear that Prairie Fire knew he was the hot topic and had to move stealthily even in his own territory.

Then more news broke out. Starfire’s main base, Plains New District, and a new project would soon launch. That wasn’t the main point; the key was that some players with good relationships with Starfire got insider info that Prairie Fire would secretly patrol the area to ensure the smooth development of Starfire’s New District and the new project.

No one knew the origin of this news. Some curious people started inquiring about the situation of Starfire, only to discover that the New District was being constructed in Spark Shazhou Port, specifically for entertainment.

Starting tomorrow night, Sandbank District and the Plains will hold a grand entertainment competition, and even more crucially, it was rumored that Prairie Fire would secretly attend.

This got players excited. Eager individuals immediately rushed towards Starfire. Some believed that since the main base had elites like Li Yao, Prairie Fire would definitely be in the Plains overseeing the event, so they made haste towards the Plains.

Meanwhile, Starfire also posted messages on the forum detailing the competitions in both areas, beast fights, human combat, mechanical car racing, chariot racing, along with lots of videos.

Beast fights mainly pitted players against powerful monsters; needless to say, the players all understood this.

Human combat was about entering the Gladiator Arena. Attributes would be normalized to tier five, then players could select standard gladiator gear. Players would be unable to use their unique job skills, only basic job skills and universal skills in combat to showcase their true talents.

This type of combat drew much attention. To many, these fights were anticipated as they would be free from attribute and gear dominance, and they promised to be action-packed, brutal, and fun. Indeed, the battles in the video between the Fruit Knight and the Unparalleled Banshee were hotly contested and pleasing to the eye, attracting countless excited viewers.

In the car races, participants could choose their own cars (rent or buy), and for chariot racing, it was more straightforward, with standardized chariots and teams of four horses available for rent or purchase.

Car races were about experiencing the thrill of speed, while chariot racing was even more blood-pumping with not just racing but also collisions and crushing, lighting up the enthusiasm of countless watchers who instantly fell in love with the game.

After all, such games were far too dangerous in real life, considering you only live once, but in the game, it’s different – you can always respawn.

If it were just these events, it would have been enough, but the real clincher was the prizes and rewards. Starfire declared that for the sake of a lucky start, the first week’s rewards would be increased. Winners of any event’s weekly championship would get a reward of five thousand Gold Coins in addition to choosing between dark gold equipment, a high-level NPC (fallen Elf guard), ten functional NPCs (each with a secondary job skill), or a selection of five hundred elite troops from among the legions (Boar-men, Centaurs, Banshees, Cave dwellers, etc.). The cash and these rewards were all optional, constituting a very generous bounty.

At this moment, some clever people were already sensing the scent of a conspiracy, and Edward even privately remarked, “We’ve all fallen for Prairie Fire’s trap.”

But due to the spotlight on Li Yao’s Divine Bow capturing so much attention, the large crowd seeking news about Li Yao learned about Starfire’s event.

What was more crucial was that the game itself was incredibly attractive, and the main thing was that the rewards were simply too terrifying.

Forget searching for Li Yao; the rewards themselves had already captured the hearts of many…

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