Chapter 294: Hidden Quest Unlocked
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Li Yi met up with the beautiful human Wizard, Katrana.
In King of Pantheon, NPCs would evolve according to the players’ progress. Every main city had a number of special NPCs. As long as they managed to keep up with the relations.h.i.+ps, they would be fine.
The female Wizard, Katrana, was one such special NPC. However, she was just a touch more special than those special NPCs. Her real ident.i.ty was Black Dragon Princess Onyxia, Katrana was just the name she took in her human guise.
Onyxia was just one of many monsters who were able to disguise into the human city. Compared to the G.o.d-Queen who maintained a cover for hundreds of years, her time in the Celestial Capital was just a speck of dust.
She was a monster, so there was no need to expect her to issue great quests to players. However, it was because she was a monster that people would be able to obtain good equipment just by killing her.
“Ice Wizard Katrana wishes to formally have an audience with Castellan Dark Wing.”
Onyxia bowed at him. Her outfit was revealing, sporting a camisole and a short leather skirt. Her curvaceous physique was nosebleed-inducing, her b.r.e.a.s.t.s quivering at every little movement that she made, accenting her s.e.xual attraction.
“Please, no need to be so formal!”
“Thank you, milord…”
Onyxia stepped back with her head lowered. She looked normal, but Li Yi noticed the cruel glint in her eyes.
In his past life, Onyxia was roaming randomly between the four continents as Katrana and had tricked countless NPCs and players alike. Her trickery was only found out in the game’s third year of operation.
Li Yi said, “What brings you here to this tiny city?”
Onyxia smiled slightly, “I wish to apply for a job in your management, Lord Castellan.”
Li Yi grinned, “Easy. From now on, you’ll be my personal bodyguard.”
Onyxia was slightly taken aback but immediately nodded.
‘Trying to avenge your brother? Heh, I still lack a flying mount.’
Li Yi looked joyfully at Onyxia.
Even though she had been a.s.signed as her personal bodyguard, Onyxia’s duties would only start when Li Yi was in Shattered Frost City. The rest of the time, she was allowed free time. Extrapolating from her behavior in his past life, she would be a.s.signing quests that trick people most of the time.
However, he did not care. Whoever does her quests was unlucky. He only intended to keep the black dragon chick in the Shattered Frost City.
Onyxia exited the hall. As expected, the moment she joined the Shattered Frost City’s camp, she had sided with the profiteer Kelly and had begun to issue quests.
Divine Weapon Quest, Legendary Mount Quest, One-level-every-pill Level-up Pill Quest… Dozens of quests were issued at the same time.
Players in Shattered Frost City became excited the moment they found Onyxia. They put off everything on their hands and went to attempt the quests…
Li Yi did not stop them and chose to observe on the side. None of the quests could be completed, but she had her limits and would, at most, drop the players by 3 to 4 levels.
Light Gra.s.s and Darkness Flower were being sold at a low price. The Light and Darkness Instances were unlocked, but until now, the values of Light Gra.s.s and Darkness Flower had not emerged at all, unlike the Fire Resistance Potion. This had disappointed many h.o.a.rders as they thought in helplessness, ‘I was tricked by Dark Wing again…’
Buy high, sell low. Most of the people sustained a loss, only Li Yi and a few people benefited from this endeavor.
Of course, this was just a beginning. Li Yi had only begun making his potions and had yet to start selling them, so that was just a tiny profit.
Princess Sif was playing her crescent flute and Mermaid Princess was entranced by it while Li Yi’s unstopping hands kept combining Light Gra.s.ses and Darkness Flowers before adding Intermediate-level HP Recovery Potion to the mix. The end result was a super strong recovery item—Divine Essence!
Li Yi’s mansion was of the highest cla.s.s. Not only will using lifestyle skills at home help immensely with the success rate of potion-mixing, and there was even a tiny chance of a critical success.
That’s right, critical success!
Normally, one synthesis process could only create a bottle of potion. In cases of critical success, one portion of ingredients could create 3–5 bottles of potions!
Princess Sif suddenly sighed, stopped playing her crescent flute, and looked outside the window with her sorrowful eyes.
“Please continue, don’t stop, continue to play,” Li Yi gave the instruction as he continued his synthesis.
The strange thing was, Princess Sif did not listen to his commands. She began narrating a story with gla.s.sy eyes, “I was abducted by the Black Dragon Ferrian. I managed to escape from it when it was sleeping, but I got lost and was tricked by a couple of shameless humans…”
Li Yi’s heart jumped. He set down the herbs in his hands and turned his gaze toward Princess Sif.
“Human, can you help me with something?”
“Please do tell!” Li Yi was ecstatic. ‘Finally! I’ve waited for an entire year, that stupid quest has finally been triggered.’
“Let me go home, I will use the greatest of Elvish secrets to exchange my freedom. I can’t take it anymore, I’m at my wit’s end, I…” Princess Sif was crying at this point.
“Please, if you’d have said this earlier who would want to spend tens of thousands per month to hire you?” Li Yi was livid. In the past year, he had tried to ask her for this more than once, but she just kept her mouth shut, refusing to trigger the quest.
“Ding!”
[Do you accept Princess Sif’s conditions?]
The system notification sprang up, Li Yi nodded to indicate his confirmation.
“Every race on the Pantheon Continent had their own history. Among all the races, us elves had one of the longest histories.” Princess Sif was proud. At this point, she seemed to have forgotten her current ident.i.ty.
“The elves had always listened to the will of the Pantheon. A long time ago, we’ve guarded a sacred place that no mortals could lay their hands on—the Heart of Earth Element.”
Princess Sif had spent a long time to narrate her story, and Li Yi had spent the same amount of time to listen to her. He had heard this conversation in his past life, but it was only after Princess Sif had finished that a new quest appeared in his quest pane.
[Unveil the Secrets to the Heart of Earth Element]
[Quest Requirement: Activate the Portal to Heart of Earth Element in Silvermoon City via the Moon Wors.h.i.+p Ritual, travel to Heart of Earth Element, and unveil the secrets shrouded in it.]
Done!
Li Yi laughed out loud. He pinched and twisted Sif’s face, causing her to draw a sharp breath.
“Wouldn’t it be nice if you said this earlier? It’s an entire year, I’ve already spent more than 3 billion on you.”
“Since you’re in such a state of homesickness, I will help you this once. But remember, you can’t resent me. We’re gonna be such good friends, aren’t we, Princess Sif?”
Princess Sif glared at Li Yi but did not answer.
“If you don’t answer me, I’d worry to let you leave.”
“We’re friends…” Princess Sif lowered her head.
“That’s more like it.”
Li Yi immediately gave the order for Princess Sif to be banished.
Princess Sif instantly vanished from the mansion. Mermaid Princess’s eyes widened in confusion.
“From now on, no one would play the crescent flute for you, but since your Affinity grows so quickly, you will admire me in due time.” Li Yi caressed the Mermaid Princess’s tiny face, relis.h.i.+ng in its smooth texture. He pinched it a few times out of enjoyment, causing the Mermaid Princess to glare at him as her Affinity dropped 10 points.
Li Yi did not rush toward the quest for the Heart of Earth Element. It was in one of the seven most mysterious places in Pantheon of the year. The higher one’s level when they entered it, the better the rewards. In his past life, Li Yi had entered the quest too early and was only able to get a life drain weapon before he was chased out, which had bugged him since.
This time, he would not go to the Heart of Earth Element before he was fully prepared. There was only one opportunity, there was no way he could miss out!
The first batch of 5,000 Divine Essence had finished synthesizing. Li Yi teleported to the Auction House and began selling it with a whopping 20 Gold Coins per bottle.
The capital for creating a bottle of Divine Essence was barely 1 Gold Coin. To sell 20 Gold Coins per bottle would have increased the profit by twentyfold…
Half an hour had pa.s.sed, but none of the Divine Essence was sold.
“They don’t know the value of it, how pitiful.”
Li Yi sighed audibly and changed the selling price of Divine Essence to 25 Gold Coins per bottle!
His stomach was rumbling, so Li Yi decided to log off.
He was not worried about its sales. He knew that when players were prepared enough to take on raids, Divine Essences would s.h.i.+ne.
Pretty Good Mood and Chen Yang’s scouting mission was just to familiarize themselves with raid formats. They had neither enough equipment nor preparation to be able to take on any raids at the moment.
The record of First Kills had already stopped. Aside from the Man and Woman Instance Dungeon that Li Yi had pa.s.sed, none of the remaining four 5-man Instance Dungeons had been successfully pa.s.sed by anyone. Li Yi was not worried. He slowly collected the Light and Dark Talismans to completion and was confident in his ability to take on the rest of the 5-man Instance Dungeons eventually.
Li Yi was going to order takeout when he remembered Jiaojiao inviting him to have meals at her house if he was hungry.
Jiaojiao’s cooking skills were decent, so Li Yi put down his phone and went upstairs.
Li Yi was just about to knock at the door when Jiaojiao’s mother, Xie Qin, opened the door. She smiled as she saw him. “Jiaojiao is still in the game. Just come in.”
“Thank you, auntie.”
Li Yi entered as Xie Qin closed the door and went downstairs with a mysterious grin.
Every time Li Yi had visited Jiaojiao, he had knocked before opening the door. Not this time though, he entered directly.
In the living room, Jiaojiao was playing the game with a face full of cuc.u.mber peels. From the external monitor, she could be seen training in Ca.s.sius’s Psyche.
Ca.s.sius’s Psyche was a Small Instance Dungeon. All of the monsters inside was imagined by Ca.s.sius. Only by defeating all the monsters in the map can the quest be considered completed.
Jiaojiao had a huge ax in her hands and a black armor on her torso. She was riding a Deathcharger with its hooves on white flames and was fighting five Paladins.
“Evil Paladins will meet their destruction. Holy light is the only unchanging truth in this world. Fallen Knight, atone for your sins with your soul!”
Jiaojiao brandished her ax and charged at the five Paladins. Within a moment, she was instakilled by her enemies.
“Argh! I’m so mad, this is the eighth time!”
Jiaojiao howled. Her character was resurrected in the starting point of Ca.s.sius’s Psyche.
Anyone who was killed in here would not be penalized, but they would be returned to the starting point. Only by defeating all the monsters in the map without dying can someone pa.s.s the test.
Li Yi laughed silently. He approached her and lightly flicked away the cuc.u.mber peels on Jiaojiao’s face.
“Who is it? What do you want?”
Jiaojiao was going to doff her VR goggles, but Li Yi stopped her. “It’s me, your Brother Yi.”
“Perverted Wing? Sh*t, how did you get in?”
“Auntie Qin opened the door.”
Jiaojiao was relieved. “It’s about time, help me, I’m going crazy with all those monsters inside here.”
“Who asked you to charge blindly toward the monsters? You gotta have some tactics while going through this map.”
Li Yi pinched the tip of Jiaojiao’s tiny nose playfully. His gaze followed her collar downward and was aroused promptly. Her bosoms were round and voluptuous. Her figure was maddening.
“Quick, tell me how to do it.”
Jiaojiao had kept her goggles on, so she did not notice Li Yi’s tiny episode and urged him to teach her.
“It’s easy. You are now a Dark Paladin, so you have access to a dozen or so skills unique to it. Look up Death’s Grasp.”
Jiaojiao replied with “oh” and quickly followed up with “Found it.”
“This skill is very useful, it’s one of the signature skill of Dark Paladin, its function is to grab enemies at a distance and bring them in front of you…”
Li Yi straddled Jiaojiao from behind as he grabbed her hands and lightly caressed them.
“Holy cow, just tell me, won’t you? Why are you grabbing my hands?”
“It’s easier to explain this way. The game doesn’t require you to control by hand, but when you use Death’s Grasp, your hand should be completing this motion of stretching and retracting.”
Li Yi guided Jiaojiao’s hands in a specific motion that dissolved Jiaojiao’s concerns.
“Is that so? I thought you were trying to take advantage of me.”
“Do I look like that kind of person?” Li Yi replied seriously. His grip of Jiaojiao’s hands became tighter.
“Death’s Grasp!”
In the monitor, Jiaojiao hollered as her hand stretched outward and pulled back, grabbing one of the Paladins in front of her.
“Quick, cast Curse of Darkness on him, then follow up with Mortal Strike. Take him down before the rest of the Paladins caught up on you!”
Under Li Yi’s instruction, Jiaojiao wielded her giant ax and managed to defeat the Paladin that she pulled to her. Before Li Yi could give further instruction, however, she took off and placed some distance between her and the 4 remaining Paladins as Death’s Grasp cooled down.
“Death’s Grasp, come here!”
A beam of darkness shot out and another Paladin got pulled in front of Jiaojiao.
“Haha! Dark Paladin’s skills are so cool! My choice of switching job definitely brightened up my future.” After learning to play the character, Jiaojiao was excited.
Compared to Archers, Dark Paladins were more fun to play. Its only downside was that it was hard to get their equipment.
“Keep it up, another one down, two more to go!”
Li Yi was molesting Jiaojiao indiscreetly at this point, but she did not notice because she was too busy playing…
It was only after clearing the first wave of Paladins that she complained, “Sit a little further, please.”
“What’s wrong?”
“Are you eating the cuc.u.mber I’m using for my facial?”
“No.”
“Don’t bullsh*t me, stop poking me!”
Jiaojiao whipped her hand around to grab at the cuc.u.mber prodding her…
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