Chapter 414: Caitley's Guard

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

With the completion of an A-Rank Hall of Fame Quest, three options had each appeared before Li Yi and Jiaojiao: "Equipment, Secrets, Skill"

A countdown timer appeared on top of Augustus's head. "What reward do you want? Answer me as soon as possible."

Jiaojiao was the queen, and Li Yi was her administrator. Thus, Augustus had removed the 'Reputation' and 'Official Position' options from his issued rewards and had instead added in 'Secrets' and 'Skills'.

Li Yi told Jiaojiao, "Anything is fine as long as you don't choose 'Secrets'."

Among the three choices, 'Equipment' and 'Skills' were good choices. Only 'Secrets' was a rip-off. Augustus's secrets could be good or bad, depending on one's luck. When you were lucky, Augustus would tell you directly the location to where a divine weapon was buried. All you needed to do was just to go to the place and dig it out.

However, things would get very depressing if you were unlucky. Augustus's secrets might include nonsense such as Anler would usually go out without underwear or Emperor Lan did not have genitals. The probability of getting nonsense as such these when you had chosen 'Secrets' was very high.

"I choose Equipment!"

Jiaojiao was the first to make a choice. Being a Black Paladin, the one thing she lacked the most was not skills but equipment.

Augustus took out a piece of armor and passed it to Jiaojiao.

It was Millie's Black Armor! A Level 70 Epic-Level Equipment!

This was one of the best Mixed Equipment Set for Black Paladins before Level 100. Its attributes were higher than a T2 Equipment Set, and most importantly, it carried a special effect named Origin of Darkness. The Origin of Darkness would double the draining abilities of Mortal Strike, allowing Black Paladins to sustain themselves with this equipment alone. Now, they could finally defend themselves without having to heal to boost their HP.

Li Yi went for 'Skills' when it was his turn to make a choice.

If he were to choose 'Equipment', he might obtain a T2 Equipment Set or one part of the best Mixed Equipment Set. However, both of these pieces of equipment were limited to within Level 100.

To Li Yi, it was not too difficult to get pieces of equipment that were limited to Level 100. Thus, he gave up on choosing 'Equipment' and went for 'Skills' instead.

One of the advantages of choosing 'Skills' from Augustus was that he would never offer skills that the player had already mastered. However, one disadvantage of his choice was that the skills offered would be too random as Augustus' Skill Tomes included skills of all classes...

However, the probability of him getting a skill suitable for his own class was still higher. That was why even if it was risky, he still thought that it would be worth a try!

Augustus smiled at Li Yi and took out a Skill Tome for him.

Pet Path's Skill-Enrage!

"Ah..."

Li Yi heaved a sigh. With a clap of his hands, he had learned Enrage.

[Enrage: Temporarily increases Pet's attributes from 10% to 30% for 20 seconds. Cooldown Time: 5 minutes.]

Even though Enrage was a good skill, it was not the skill that Li Yi wanted the most. The skill he had wanted the most was the Overlord Arrow.

Once he had the Overlord Arrow, no one would be a threat to him anymore!

Then, Augustus smiled at Jiaojiao once again. "Young lady, could you give me the other bracelet you have?"

Jiaojiao looked at Li Yi. She removed the bracelet from herself and gave it to Augustus.

With the two bracelets in hand, Augustus closed his palms together.

A rainbow of colors seeped through his hands It was a physical sign of Epic-Level Alchemy in the works.

An ironsmith could forge equipment such as weapons and armors while an Alchemy could create accessories.

After a few moments, Augustus opened his palms. The two bracelets were nowhere to be found. A sparkling white ring lay in Augustus's palm instead.

Augustus has transformed the two bracelets into a ring!

"This is Caitley's gift to you. Take it, young lady. "

Augustus caressed the ring longingly for a moment before tossing it to Jiaojiao. Then, he turned his head and resumed his posture of gazing at the lands far away.

[Caitley's Guardian Ring (Epic-Level, Soul Bound, Non-tradable, Non-droppable)]

[Equipment Level: Level 70]

[STR +350]

[END +300]

[Special effect: Increases attack speed by 20%.]

[Special effect: Reduces damage sustained by 10%.]

[Special skill: Releases Caitley's soul as an aid in the battle for 5 minutes. Cooldown Time: 30 minutes.]

[Note: This item was made by Augustus and is where the Windrunner Caitley's soul resides.]

Jiaojiao asked Li Yi innocently, "Is this ring any good?"

"If you don't want it, give it to me." Li Yi rolled his eyes.

Increases attack speed by 20%. This attribute alone could already make this ring to be considered as legendary. On top of that, this ring could also reduce damage and had the special skill to release Caitley's soul! This legendary equipment was so powerful that there was no need to change it in the future anymore.

"Coordinates: 6213311: 5121111!"

Li Yi told Jiaojiao a pair of coordinates before teleporting away.

The destination of his teleportation was near the Equipment Enforcement Master, Kelly, in Shattered Frost City.

Jiaojiao had soon arrived, and Kelly quickly scrambled to welcome her. To the NPCs, the most important aspect of a person was their identity. As the head of a country, most NPCs would worship Jiaojiao on their knees wherever she went.

Li Yi returned home to take the Wish Stone. He wanted to reinforce the ring for Jiaojiao.

Legendary-Level weapons such as the orange bow and the Lord of Disaster could not be reinforced because their attributes were already frightening in the first place. Further reinforcements would only break the balance in the game.

Epic-Level equipment, on the other hand, could be reinforced until +16.

This time, the process of reinforcing the ring was very smooth. It was a success right until +10, and the rest was nothing to be worried about either. The ring successfully achieved +16 without any accidents.

"Perverted Yi, why would you treat me so well?" Jiaojiao was touched once again as she held onto the glittering +16 ring. However, her feelings quickly morphed into anger after she heard Li Yi's reply.

"That's because I want to sleep with you."

"F*ck off!"

...

The quest at the Wailing Grotto was completed successfully. Even though they did not kill the Wicked Flaming Dragon, but it was only a matter of time before they would kill it again.

Li Yi went to meet Katrana after reinforcing the ring for Jiaojiao.

The Black Dragon Princess kept wandering around the Shattered Frost City in her human guise. Even Li Yi had no idea what was on her mind, but it did not matter. Currently, their relationship was 'Friendly'. It would be a long time before things would turn ugly between them.

The reason behind Li Yi's visit was to let her cancel the problematic quest that Windless Heavenly Robe was on.

With his one-track mind, Windless Heavenly Robe was still trying to complete his quest in the Frogmen Tribe. No matter what, he was considered as a talented individual who was clearly wasting away his abilities in the Frogmen Tribe. Thus, Li Yi intended to get him over to his side.

"O Military Advisor, Katrana is here to meet you."

When she noticed Li Yi walking over, the Black Dragon Princess bowed in respect. Her cleavage that was white as snow was displayed openly to him as a result.

After all, there was a reason why the body of the Black Dragon Princess's human form was crowned as the hottest of all NPCs.

White, big, round, perky, and curvy!

Aside from Katrana the NPC, Li Yi had only seen a pair of breasts this perfect on another woman.

"Cancel this Frogman's Eye quest of yours. I have received so many reports and complaints about you saying that this quest was impossible to complete."

"How could that be..." Katrana gasped in shock as she looked up and stared at Li Yi.

"This is an order!"

"Understood, sir!" Katrana nodded and proceeded to remove Frogman's Eye from the Quest Pane.

Even a king would not have the jurisdiction to change the status of a conventional quest. However, in the Pantheon World, numerous NPCs like Katrana who had ill intentions had issued quests that were made to cause trouble to other players. In this case, state officials would have the power to sanction such incidents when it happens.

Now, the Frogman's Eye quest has ceased to exist...

"Sir!"

Katrana quickly chased after Li Yi when she noticed him leaving. "I was just passing by the Black Rock Mountain not long ago when I was ambushed by some Black Dragons. Unfortunately, I have lost the ancestral Dragon Ring. Lord Castellan, will you be willing to retrieve it with me?"

Ding!

[Will you accept Katrana's quest?]

The problematic quest was here again...

"I'm not interested!"

Li Yi pursed his lips and refused her request again.

It was not because he had no intentions to go. It was just that he was not powerful enough and going would definitely lead to fatal ends.

"Oh..." Katrana shook her head in disappointment and left.

Li Yi then teleported into the guild home station of the Little Drunk Cat to collect all of the EXP Buffs available. Then, he went to get the EXP Pearl from Jiaojiao before rushing to the Giant Ant Plain.

Giant Ant Plain, a Level 70 map, was the best place to level up. On the map, the Giant Ants were the only type of monsters around and thousands upon thousands of them were all between Level 70 to Level 80!

Before this, Li Yi never dared to level up here in the Fiant Ant Plain. However, things were different now. His equipment and level were great, and he had also learned a mass-killing skill called Shoot at Random. He was confident that he would not have any problems when farming the hoard of Giant Ants alone.

The Giant Ant Plain was boundless and dense with Giant Ants. Although the general players would already be over Level 60 by now, no teams or individuals had dared to come here for to level up.

The Giant Ant colonies respawned too quickly. It was possible to clear this area if a thousand-member team were to come here to farm the Giant Ants. However, this meant that the EXP gained would be substantially lesser since the optimum amount of people in a farming team to level up was 10. Anything above that would greatly decrease the EXP obtained through farming.

Of course, farming alone meant that the player would be able to enjoy 100% of the EXP from each monster. This was the best and most suitable choice for powerhouses like the Lonely Semi City.

Li Yi landed in the middle of the Giant Ant colony from the air. The first thing he did was to summon the Mutated Small White Boar and ordered it to stay put in standby. Then, he drank the Hegemonic Body Potion, activated Rapid Shooting, and used Shoot at Random.

The densely packed ant colony rushed towards Li Yi and collapsed under his arrow.

His EXP shot up quicker than when he was in the dark passage!

The ant colony surged towards him tirelessly, and soon Li Yi's mana has depleted. At this moment. The Mutated Little Wild Boar came in handy. It had attracted the ant colony to its side by yelling a few times and activating the ultimate suicidal skill.

"Camouflage!"

Li Yi left the battle and sat to use the Transcendence Regen Skill. When the Mutated Little Wild Boar finally died, his mana was full once more.

The ant colony swarmed him again. Li Yi's body glowed as he activated Shoot at Random again!

"Pseudocide!"

"Shoot at Random!"

"Camouflage!"

"Shoot at Random!"

"Sh*t, there's too many of them, I can't handle this anymore. God Mode, let me fly..."

Only a player with skills so holistically versatile and equipment so powerful as Li Yi had the courage to level up at a map so dangerous as the Giant Ant Plain...

The stacked effects of the EXP Buff and the EXP Pearl had caused Li Yi's EXP to soar to unbelievable heights. He had almost no pauses between his attacks, causing great damage continuously to colonies upon colonies of ants. The respawn rate of the ants could barely keep up with him in the end.

When Li Yi and Jiaojiao was busy completing their quest in the Wailing Grotto, Team 1 of the Elite Party formed by the Iron Alliance had successfully mastered Combos. Even though it was not entirely stable, but their rate of mistakes was significantly less than before.

Li Yi was not in a rush this time around though. He continued to ask those people to practice Combos and refused to lead them to enter the Light Conference.

In a blink of an eye, five days have passed. Li Yi's maniacal behavior had caused him to do nothing else during the five days but going to the Giant Ant Plain to level up whenever he went online. He delegated all guild matters to others and barely paid attention to them.

"Guild Master, Amber Sword Heart had led the team to defeat the Gryphon Paladin Team in the Light Conference. Night Moon of the Western Continent had done the same soon after, and now even Defiantly Tyrannical has reached the final stage and is just one step away from defeating the Gryphon Paladins."

On this day, Pretty Good Mood's latest news on the dungeon had made Li Yi stopped his efforts in leveling up.