Chapter 34 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Few days ago, a livestream stage-clearing contest was held in the Light faction.

To put it bluntly, it was a promotional contest held by administrators to promote the game.

When the Den of Evil task was set in motion, players learned about stages for the first time.

In the first place, the mine was not a stage but rather an area that required a first team of pioneers to clear out the mine. For this, it became the first true stage challenge.

Before the introduction of stages, the chance to get a first kill on a Boss was high. This statement was given by the admins to attract more players.

This contest was rather influential. It would be aired on the official game platform, in every district, local regional game channels and even dedicated gaming TV stations.

However, most of the players now could only deal with ordinary monsters. They did not have the ability to defeat mobs in Elite mob areas yet. Many guild and club giants were eager to enter the contest. After all, it was a good opportunity to promote their guilds.

Few days back when the contest was held in the Light faction, players from the Dark faction were disgruntled. Now that the bitterness was over, the Dark faction also found a stage and were overjoyed.

Since the stage was located in the High Elven novice village, players from other Dark factions had to complete a trial test to obtain the qualification for a free trip to the village.

With such high degree of attention given to the event, the opportunity to make a name for oneself had attracted the attention of many expert player teams.

HundredFaceWitch nodded, she understood what Getaway Studios was up to. They plan to publicly embarrass Li Yao in the event to show that solo players were indeed strong, but they did not have the ability to clear out a stage alone. Without the help of strong teammates, it would be a self-inflicted humiliation. This kind of contest was actually a game between guilds, but squads that did not belong to any guild had participated in the contest before, all of which had failed.

Witch thought for a moment before saying, “I think you will be fine with your combat skills, Tong and I. At least both of us will not hold you back, this way you might have the chance of winning. After all, they have the absolute upper hand in the forum. If they keep it going this way, it will be bad for your reputation.”

“Thank you for your consideration and help.” Li Yao thanked them sincerely and smiled. “But whether it will have an impact on my reputation or not, both of you don’t have to worry about that. The more they enjoy making a scene, the heavier they will eventually fall.”

When AdorkableTong heard about the livestream match, her eyes instantly lit up. “It’s good that Big Bro already has his own plans, but this competition sounds pretty good. How about we participate in this contest too. Two days back when the Light faction had this contest, it was quite fun, and the rewards were excellent. Even without the rewards from the admins, the mobs’ loot is pretty good.”

Li Yao felt a jolt in his heart. “This really does sound like an interesting contest. Let me think about it for a moment, once I have the answer I will get back to you guys. Getaway Studios is trying to use the forum as a bargaining chip, but they have got it all wrong. I’m interested in this bet, and they think they had it right, but I’m going to let them have a taste of losing first.”

“Oh yeah, oh yeah! Once Big Bro has decided you must bring me along, I’m your permanent teammate now.” Tong said excitedly. She had never doubted anything Li Yao said.

HundredFaceWitch knew that Li Yao had good characteristics, but she could not see through what method of action Li Yao was going for. She did not understand what Li Yao had in plan.

But now, her relationship with Li Yao was complicated, real-life aside. In the game, they were friends that had just gotten to know one another. It was not right for her to continue asking Li Yao for more details.

After he ended the call, he went offline to take care of things in real-life. Then, he went back online. It was already night time in the game, Li Yao looked at the forum and the situation had developed exactly the way that Getaway Studios had expected. The internet was flooded with posts criticizing Liao Yuan.

They were already too lazy to determine which was right or wrong, they just felt that it was unfair that he was able to solo a Boss when an Elite mob was still giving them so much trouble. Due to the huge difference between their strengths, they jumped on the hate wagon.

The blue tracker that Li Yao was expecting from the admins did not arrive, he knew what he was supposed to do now. He used both StarFire’s and Liao Yuan’s identity to leave some comments under the forum. Then, he used the Hearthstone to return to the power room.

“Thanks once again to Getaway Studios for letting me make a small fortune.” Li Yao hung up his communicator and grinned.

His engineering proficiency was about to reach the intermediate level. He was impatient in wanting to create his first mechanical pet. Even if he could not use it now, it would be nice to make it first.

While Li Yao put in his entire attention in learning engineering, things started to take off in the forum.

First, it was the No.1 guild from the West, Overlord, that had successfully killed a Boss and their video was spreading online. People started to drool when they saw screenshots of the equipment loot dropped by the Boss.

However, that was not the most important thing. Under the video, the president of Overlord Guild, CaptainAmerica, left a short thank-you note.

‘Great thanks to both StarFire and Liao Yuan, this Boss had troubled us for days.

It was very enlightening to learn StarFire’s techniques in aligning his dodges and scoring critical hits. Although we were still unable to kill the Boss and our guild had suffered tremendous Level losses, we are grateful to learn techniques from the two remarkable players.

Today, I unintentionally came across Liao Yuan’s video that had completely invigorated members of my guild. They opened up their mind and thoughts, finally allowing us to kill the Boss.’

People were in disbelief. But from the video, a team of players tried to fight the Boss and most of them kept dying.