The Great Thief - Chapter 166

Chapter 166

Carrying so many treasures, Lu Li hesitated and returned to town .

There were many dangers in the Warsong Canyon, which made him feel quite anxious . Not only were there other players to worry about, there were also enemy NPCs from the Evil Faction . If he dropped his Silver-grade Boots or Ring, no amount of crying would bring them back . Moreover, he still had 8 PK Points on him .

If it wasn’t for the quest scroll’s time limit, he would have waited for his PK Points to deplete before doing the quest .

Going back and forth wasted quite a bit of time .

In order to leave himself with sufficient time to complete the quest, Lu Li travelled as quickly as he could . He transformed into the little cheetah and sprinted along a small path .

Since he wasn’t using his other skills, anyone who saw him would just think that he was a lucky Druid .

Currently, there were many Druids who had learned the Leopard Transformation . However, not many of them had acquired this smaller form that could travel even faster .

Along the way, he would occasionally run into people who wanted to kill him, but was able to simply outrun them . All that they could do was stare at his disappearing figure in shock .

Lu Li quickly reached the end of the canyon .

In front of him was an impregnable Evil Faction defence line . Countless Orc Recruits wearing crude Plate Armour, patrolled around the outskirts of the canyon .

These Recruits were the reserve force of the Steel Knights, who had been sent over by Orgrimmar’s Chief Saar for a baptism by fire . Only those who qualified would officially become part of the Steel Knights .

In order to make sure that these new recruits weren’t completely annihilated, Saar invited his allies, the Trolls and the Tauren, to help in their defence .

Most of the defence line was made up of Orcs that were all LV20-30, and were watched over by a group of Troll Archers on top of the tower that had the Eagle-Eye Effect . Even a messenger pigeon would not be able to freely fly around . Within the mass of Orcs also stood a few Elite-grade Tauren .

These Tauren were true warriors . An average, they were above LV40 and would be able to completely destroy anyone who stood in their path . If Lu Li wanted to pass through this defence line, he would have to do so by avoiding them .

Lu Li hid in the bushes and calmly observed them .

He could faintly remember that the Tauren moved around according to some general pattern . At the very least, they wouldn’t be gathered so densely like this .

The Tauren were quite a complicated specie that lived within the vast plains in the centre of the Kalimdor Continent . They served Nature and protected the balance between animals, plants and the Elemental Elves .

From the sound of it, their beliefs and values were quite similar to those of the Night Elves .

However, they after allying with the Orcs who cut down and destroyed trees, they became accomplices to the destruction of Nature .

Moreover, the Night Elves and Tauren were taught by the demigod Cenarius, who was also the father of the Druid profession .

The Taurens vowed to help Cenarius protect the field of life, as well as the creatures loved by Mother Nature . On the other hand, the Dark Elves protected the forests and worshipped him as they had worshipped his mother, the Moon Goddess Elune .

The Night Elves and Tauren should have been like a family .

However, Lu Li had no plans to go over and say hi . This was in spite of the fact that he was wearing Cenarius’ Legacy Ring on the pinky finger of his right hand .

As he thought about all this, the Tauren finally began to move .

Large carts containing weapons and armour were wheeled over and were unloaded by the Orc Recruits, who were instructed by the Tauren .

A few gaps appeared in the defence line and Lu Li knew that this was his opportunity . Who knew when he would have such a chance again?

Lu Li crept closer to the Orcs and ripped open a Concealment Scroll .

The Concealment Scroll boosted the effects of his Stealth and reduced the chances of him being detected by creatures under LV30 .

This was completely useless against the Tauren that were LV40-50, but the chances of the Orcs discovering him were incredibly low .

All Lu Li had to do was avoid bumping into them, and sneak past while there weren’t as many Tauren around .

The Tauren were extremely efficient, and quickly returned before Lu Li had reached a safe spot .

Lu Li stood in the midst of the monsters . He was stuck between a rock and a hard place!

Although Stealth had no cooldown time, he simply didn’t have the time to wait around . He had a quest to complete!

After completing this quest, he would definitely learn Stealth for the Child of the Forest form . Only now did Lu Li realise that he had been too indecisive .

This whole time, he hadn’t learned any skills for the Child of the Forest form – the two skill slots were still empty . It wasn’t that he didn’t want to learn any skills, but he simply couldn’t decide upon what to learn .

This situation made him feel more resolute . After all, if he could enter Stealth while in the little cheetah form, he would have passed through here long ago .

Thieves could go into Stealth, but their Movement Speed was by far inferior to that of the little cheetah’s .

Lu Li was in the middle of shuffling his way forward, when the Tauren in front of him scratched its hair and confusedly looked in his direction .

Lu Li didn’t even dare to breath as he carefully retreated .

Should he try to force his way through?

No way . There were way too many monsters around, not to mention the nearby tower . Once he revealed himself, he wouldn’t last even 30 seconds .

In his desperation, Lu Li began to rummage through his bag, searching for something that could help .

After looking through it once, he couldn’t find anything of use .

What about this…

Lu Li reached into his bag and took out an Engineering product .

His Engineering level was incredibly low, so he had been mass-producing The World Is So Big .

The World Is So Big allowed a player to turn into a miniature version of themselves . Apart from the size-change, it also gave a 20% reduction to aggro . This made sense – becoming smaller would make someone harder to find .

The World Is So Big looked like a syringe . Lu Li stabbed it into his thigh, and like a deflating balloon, his body rapidly decreased in size .

“Ah, the world is so big!” he couldn’t help but inwardly exclaim . The Orcs that were originally bigger than Lu Li now looked like towering giants .

He glanced around and found that he was only as tall as the Orcs’ feet .

Even if he cancelled Stealth, he probably wouldn’t be discovered . Taking small steps, he carefully and literally inched his way forwards .

The length of his strides also became shorter with his size . There was no helping that .

Lu Li once again came to where the Tauren were and began to shuffle forwards, testing to see if there would be any reaction this time .

The consequences of being discovered were dire . All they would have to do was step on him and he would be doomed . Lu Li definitely didn’t want to die like a bug .

There was no reaction from them as he drew nearer, and they continued to remain oblivious as he crept closer still . Evidently, the 20% reduction to aggro was the real deal .

However, as Lu Li came into their midst, a Tauren finally felt that something was off .

It looked around with its gigantic head and scanned its surroundings with its bovine eyes, even raising its large stick (totem pole) and swinging it around . However, it simply couldn’t detect the tiny figure next to its foot .