MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter

"Two quests?" Blood Rose asked in confusion, "Has the difficulty increased?"

"The difficulty hasn't increased, it's just going to waste some time, but half a night should be enough." Mechanical Avatar took a deep breath, glanced at the other nine people, and said, "I always prefer to put the hard truth upfront, for this operation, you have to follow my command. We need to kill a few bosses along the way. Other than special items, the remaining loot is yours. By completing these quests, you'll not only earn a massive amount of military merit, which I promise won't be less than what a large guild would earn, but you'll also have the chance to achieve the first kill in a dungeon, completing a glorious feat."

"Rest assured, Prairie Fire, our mercenary group has always been unrivaled in reputation. Since we've accepted the quest, even if a Divine Artifact is in front of us, we won't damage our reputation. Besides, you are the leader, and you have the right to distribute the loot, isn't it all up to you." Iron Tower promised.

Li Yao nodded, "That's for the best. I'm not worried about you swallowing the loot; you wouldn't be able to. I'm more concerned that you'll sulk and not follow orders, which would disrupt my plans. To be honest, if my guild wasn't stretched thin, I wouldn't have hired a mercenary group. After all, the points for a glorious feat are very important."

"Just watch and see." Blood Rose also promised.

Li Yao smiled and didn't continue. They didn't understand this dungeon; this dungeon was glorious for a year back then, with the level cap at sixty, and it was hot for a whole year.

The good stuff produced here is innumerable, especially concerning several profession legendary quests.

Just farming boxes here yields the richest gains; it's the fastest way to improve after reaching max level, though this dungeon is quite difficult.

Not to mention the Dragon-Slaying Outline, the Magician's Nightmare Mount, and so on.

This dungeon can be said to have been enduringly popular, even after the level cap increased; for players at level sixty, this dungeon is a must-raid.

Farming this dungeon, especially with high-level players leading, is one of the fastest ways to go from level sixty to sixty-five, yielding the greatest reward. Of course, the level cap is still far off from being raised.

But it also explains the popularity of this dungeon. For the main city to prosper, what's most important is popularity.

This broken place, Feralas, is too remote; selecting the main city here, the popularity naturally relies on this must-raid dungeon.

After Starfire occupied this place, they developed the dungeon here, and by then, this main city will be enduringly popular.

In the previous life, after the dungeon was developed, every Race in the Chaos Camp stationed a Legion here.

Moreover, the Chaos Camp directly had large groups occupying the dungeon entrance. Each time you wanted to raid the dungeon, you had to gather a sufficient number of people to rush in.

Throughout the year, tombstones and bones were scattered all over the mountains, with popularity exploding.

"The terrain here is too complex; let's have a thief scout the path." Blood Rose suggested.

"No need. I've already checked the terrain in the library, and I've just used Eagle Eye to survey it, so just follow me. We'll move across the rooftops." Li Yao said.

Everyone nodded. With the target clear and wanting to complete the mission quickly, naturally, they had to skip mobs; otherwise, with just the ten of them, how long would it take to clear a city?

Li Yao's Mechanical Avatar engraved three skills: the Dark Ranger's passive, Pet Summon, and Traps. He flew to the top of another building, had the Magician move over, and then opened a portal to pull the others across.

Of course, this could only be used during the opening. Once the dungeon was formed, this method would no longer work.

These buildings are too gigantic; without eye equipment, even with moonlight, looking below from the top would be blurry.

Especially since it's now midnight, even most creatures here have fallen into slumber, so the group proceeded smoothly.

Finally, after nearly half an hour of moving from building to building, they reached their first target, the Central Garden Area.

From the top, they could see several special Magic spire surrounded by Corroded Arcane creatures, and the Magic Tower shimmered with eerie light, like a guiding beacon in the night.

"What should we do?" Blood Rose asked, "Destroy these Magic Towers?"

"Yes, the Magic Towers must be destroyed, or we can't get down. Also, there's a powerful Hunter Ghost here. We need to clear the Arcane creatures first, then take out this Hunter, and maybe it will drop good equipment, a boon for those in Chain Armor, and it even drops a one-handed weapon." Li Yao explained.

"I see the Hunter, it's the Hunter Ghost with a bear, right? Wow, it's actually an intermediate camp-level leader, now patrolling to our right. Let's clear the monsters on the left first, and take out this Ghost last." Blood Rose suggested.

The group descended down the ropes, scouting the monsters below the tower, and everyone gasped in shock.

"Whoa, a cluster of over a dozen monsters, the weakest of which are leader-level, this is insane." Iron Tower sighed.

"This is an opening, naturally at the highest difficulty. Honestly, these are forty-man difficulty mobs, and ten people will be under a lot of pressure. But you guys are used to challenges and should be able to handle it, though strategy is needed." Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "Overall, at least Iron Tower needs to withstand about ten, the Death Knight will pull the rest away, and everyone will focus on the target I mark. In a moment, the Magician should place a two-way portal where the tank pulls the mob; it's a lifesaver in critical moments. These monsters have two most threatening attacks, the Arcane Explosion, which is very strong area damage; apart from tanks, other melee should try to avoid it or use damage reduction, otherwise, it can't be withstood."

"After death, monsters will self-destruct, and the explosion damage is staggering, can't be tanked. When the monster is near death, listen to me and retreat, get near the teleport point to avoid control and teleport to safety. Tanks can't tank it either, two Frost Mages need to pay attention, take turns using the Water Elemental's Frost Nova to freeze. That's about it. Keep it in mind, and I'll remind you all later. Understood?"

"Understood!" Everyone answered in unison.

Being able to open the raid with Li Yao is a rare opportunity. After Li Yao stated the team requirements and configuration, for the sake of competing for a position, they didn't even accept the quest and instead competed internally.

After all, out of ten, three positions were predetermined: one for Li Yao, needless to say; one for Blood Rose, also unquestioned; and Iron Tower, as the primary tank, indispensable. The remaining positions were for contention among the secondary tanks, healers, Magicians, and damage dealers.

Everyone wanted to join the team. In their view, learning techniques from Li Yao was the most crucial point; everything else was secondary.

"Alright, two tanks go ahead, Death Knight, pull a few Arcane monsters to the wall. Stand against the wall to prevent knockback. Iron Tower, transform immediately; your gigantic size won't trigger knockback, just control the monsters around the Magic Tower; their self-destruction will also damage the Magic Tower, saving us a lot of time." Li Yao commanded...