Chapter 433: Enemy

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The silly swan's transformation into a belle was different from Li Yi's. Unlike Li Yi who was able to freely move about, the dumb swan had been affected by Evil Sorcerer's curse and all her movements have been restricted.

All she could do was to stand there. Aside from the movement of her eyes, she was no different from a block of wood.

"Hmm... Little swan, if you manage to seduce Warrior Flying Bird, I will grant you the ability to stay in human form forever."

"Honk honk..."

"Silence!"

With a swing of his staff, Evil Sorcerer had robbed the silly swan of its ability to speak. No matter what she tried, no sound would come out.

"Warrior Flying Bird has arrived. Muahahahaha, it's time to set my plan in motion."

Evil Sorcerer held his staff aloft, and he vanished into thin air.

At that instant, Flying Bird came limping over. When his eyes met Silly Swan, they instantly lit up.

A black smoke engulfed him, and Warrior Flying Bird fainted instantly.

"This is great! I'm going to place both of you together, and once Princess Swimming Fish sees it, she would definitely misunderstand. Hahahaha..."

Evil Sorcerer controlled Flying Bird's body and made him hug Silly Swan, making it look like they were hugging deeply.

Evil Sorcerer summoned a bat mount and flew off to inform Princess Swimming Fish...

Li Yi dashed forward and dragged Warrior Flying Bird away. He then tossed him into the bushes and went back to imitate the pose. He clung onto Silly Swan and waited silently.

"Enough! I don't care what you say, I'll never believe that Warrior Flying Bird will betray me!"

When Evil Sorcerer and Princess Swimming Fish arrived and saw the sight of Li Yi hugging Silly Swan, both Evil Sorcerer and the princess laughed simultaneously.

"What're you laughing at?"

"What're you laughing at?"

Both of them asked at the same time.

Still hugging Silly Swan, Li Yi turned around to face them. The truth was now revealed...

"This...This.... can't be..." Evil Sorcerer was dumbstruck.

"Swimming Fish..." Warrior Flying Bird had regained consciousness and was currently hobbling his way over.

At this stage of the quest, it was natural that the antagonist, Evil Sorcerer had lost his cool and revealed his true face.

All of a sudden, Evil Sorcerer used a sneak attack. He shot out his hand, turned Swimming Fish into a statue and ran away.

"This is the most wicked curse in the entire world. If you love her, she will remain a statue forever, and if you don't, she will turn into ashes and vanish forever... Muahaha."

"Poof! Poof!"

Li Yi and Silly Swan's transformation had ended, and they had reverted into their frog and swan forms.

Warrior Flying Bird bawled as he hugged the statue of Swimming Fish, whereas Li Yi and Silly Swan's current task was to aid the pair of lovers.

"Ribbit ribbit!"

"Honk honk!"

They had each received a system notification, and though they were unable to communicate, they each understood what they had to do.

Li Yi jumped onto Silly Swan's back with one leg clinging onto her neck, he used the other to point towards the sky.

"Honk?"

"Ribbit! Ribbit...."

"Honk?"

"Ribbit! Ribbit! Ribbit!"

"Honk?"

Li Yi was fuming. He hopped off Silly Swan's back and acted out the motion of flying. To be frank, it was not an easy task for a frog...

Silly Swan was really an imbecile. No matter what Li Yi did, she only stared with a blank look, shook her head, and honked out her questions.

Warrior Flying Bird looked up at the sky and let out a faint sigh. "The evil sorcerer is high up on the mountains. However, there's no path to reach it. Alas, if only I could fly..."

'Honk honk!'

Silly Swan had a spark of brilliance as she finally connected the dots. However, all hopes were dashed when she ran over to Flying Bird and knelt down as if telling Flying Bird to ride her...

"Ribbit..." Li Yi almost vomited in anger. He had met many idiots in his life, but none came close to her.

Warrior Flying Bird shook his head. "Little swan, are you telling me to ride you? Hehe, your body is too small, I wouldn't fit."

"Honk?"

Warrior Flying Bird pointed to Li Yi. "At your strength, I think you can only accommodate him."

"Honk?" Silly Swan was once again lost.

Li Yi had seriously considered slamming his face onto the wall at that point. He was very tempted to call it quits and abandon the quest.

'Even the mightiest of enemies are nothing compared to an incompetent teammate...'

Li Yi sidled up to Silly Swan and used his body to write a huge word on the ground.

"Fly!"

Flap! Flap! Flap!

Silly Swan beat her wings vigorously, and made a mad flight to the mountain...

"F*ck!"

Li Yi was utterly disappointed.

"Little frog, are you worrying for me as well? That's good. I will let you bear witness to my eternal love for Princess Swimming Fish."

Warrior Flying Bird lifted Li Yi and placed him onto his shoulders.

As Warrior Flying Bird could not fly, he rode his horse and rushed towards the mountain.

Just as he had stated, there was no path to reach the mountain's peak. Unless he could fly, he was stuck.

He climbed up a few steps and immediately fell back down. It was an upsetting sight.

Usually, the swan would carry the frog to the mountain peak. Once they reached the peak, they would work together to break the sorcerer's curse, and with that, the quest would be over.

They were only one step away, but due to the idiocy of Silly Swan, there was no way to proceed...

"Honk! Honk!"

Just as Flying Bird was making his way up, a pained cry from Silly Swan could be heard. She dropped down from the sky, and her pure white feathers had been tainted with a black gas. She had been cursed by Evil Sorcerer.

'A curse that restricts flight!'

'F*ck!!'

Li Yi spat out a curse and abandoned the quest without an ounce of hesitation.

Silly Swan's flight had been restricted, which meant that the quest was a failure. No matter how hard they tried, they would be unable to complete the quest...

'The quest's progression had been halted!'

Li Yi appeared within the ice cave in his original body. The events that transpired seemed like a dream.

Traveler's Tale was originally an interesting quest that came with great rewards. However, he never expected a pig-like teammate, who single-handedly caused the quest to fail...

Not only did he receive nothing, but he was also prohibited from taking another Tale Quest for half a month. (Tale Quests can only be taken once a month, no matter if it was successful or not.)

Ding! Ding!

A question mark from the Quest Pane was flashing. It was a message from Silly Swan.

"You... Why did you run away? What about the quest?"

When one party left, the other party would also automatically be booted out.

"Is it my fault for running or is it yours for being too stupid? I hopped onto your back and pointed towards the mountain, my intentions were already clear enough. All you had to do was to carry me to the peak, and this whole quest would be settled. But no, you had to fly solo, what on earth could you do by yourself? Could you defeat Evil Sorcerer? Once you were hit by the Flight Restriction Curse, the quest would be as good as failed. What else could I do besides leaving it, huh? C'mon, tell me, what could I do?" Li Yi let loose a vicious barrage of words. The fact that the other party was a girl did not bother him as he was beyond pissed.

A long time later, the other party replied, "I'm sorry. It wasn't on purpose. It's my first time doing the quest, so I'm truly sorry. I-I..."

If the other party was hard-headed, Li Yi would have felt no remorse. However, now that the other party was apologizing, all his hostile energy had dissipated.

"Fine, it's your first time after all, it's to be expected. I'm the one at fault, I went in too hurriedly. This wouldn't have happened if I briefed you on the quest before entering."

"Th-Thank you..."

Li Yi's mind and soul had originally calmed down. However, the next message she sent had at wits' end. An urge to slam his head into the wall had manifested once more.

"Actually, I thought that you were Warrior Flying Bird..."

It was not his first time meeting naturally imbecilic people. However, they paled in comparison to her.

"Which camp are you from?"

"Western Continent."

"Oh, I take it that you're a new player?" Since he had nothing to do, he initiated a chat with her without even asking her name.

"I'm not really a new player. I've been playing since the game began. However, due to my stupidity, I've never mastered the game..."

"You aren't that bad," consoled Li Yi.

"Really? A-Am I really not stupid? All my friends call me stupid..."

"You really aren't stupid. You immediately took off after I wrote 'Fly'. A pig would definitely not do that."

"..." The opposing party was silent.

After a while, the opposing party sent a message. "Which camp are you from?"

"Invincible Continent."

The opposing party fell silent once more. After a period of silence, she finally replied, "I didn't think that we were enemies."

"Traveler's Tale can be done with players from other continents, it's nothing to fret about."

"Oh, I see..." The opposing party had been enlightened.

"Laugh if you will, but I've got an enemy within the Invincible Continent. Right now, I'm trying my best to level up to carry out my revenge!"

"Revenge?" Sweat trickled down his back, his mind was flooded by her performance within Traveler's Tale.

"I know that my idea does not feel realistic, but I really mean it. I've been killed several times by him, and it's really irritating."

"Weird. What caused him to do that?"

"It ain't my fault. He killed me first. The guy's very mysterious and is the definition of a scumbag. Hihi, let me tell you a secret, whenever I have nothing to do, I would take down some of his subordinates and curse him to be hunted down."

"..." Li Yi was speechless.

"Hah, I feel so much better after chatting with you. We'll continue our chat later, I need to hand in my quest." The message was followed by a smiley-face.

" 88 1 !" Li Yi politely replied.

Soon after, Li Yi heard the faint sound of footsteps.

"Akna! Akna! I'm here to hand in my quest."

The black-robed girl had returned.

'Wow, that's impressive, she managed to catch 1,000 fishes within such a short span of time. It's likely that her 'Fishing' level is at Grandmaster-level.'

The black-robed girl gripped her staff with both hands and rambled on and on during her journey. Li Yi was hidden in darkness, and though he could make out the black-robed girl, the same could not be said for her.

The black-robed girl walked to the edge of the pitch-black territory and stopped. She dared not proceed any further as it was too dark.

Li Yi pinched his throat. "Erm, put down the fishes and get 5,000 more fishes for me."

"5,000 fishes?" The black-robed girl yelled in surprise.

"Hmm? Is there a problem?"

"No, no."

The black-robed girl had a gut-full of problems. The first of which was that she received no rewards even after she brought the fish back, and though a new quest had been issued, it was not written in her Quest Pane. Furthermore, Teacher Akna's voice seemed odd.

"Teacher Akna..." The black-robed girl whimpered.

"Hmm?"

"When can you teach me a new skill?"

"What do you want to learn?"

"Huge Curse Spell!! Mass Sacrifice Spell!" The black-robed girl shouted excitedly.

A thought crossed Li Yi's mind. He said, "You want to learn those skills? Fine, but first you need to take off the mask that's hiding your face."

Li Yi was extremely curious about the black-robed girl's identity...