Chapter 558: Preparations
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Ice's a good person and has a kind heart. So why aren't you attracted to her?"
On the way home, Jiaojiao questioned Li Yi.
"I'm an honorable man."
"Well then, honorable man, please get your hands out of my clothes right this instant!"
"Heh, I might be an honorable man, but I still like them apples too..."
"They aren't ripe yet! Hands off!"
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After ascertaining Jiaojiao's thoughts, a huge burden was lifted off Li Yi's chest. Now, he was back to the drawing board on how to lure Qian'er over to the Invincible Continent.
The next day, after logging in, Li Yi contacted Old Green anonymously.
Old Green of Century Flower Guild had already reached the level cap long ago. His equipment, however, was pretty shabby. This, of course, was due to his pest-like dog-skin plaster antics which had earned him plenty of enemies. He frequently camped others' corpses and was constantly camped by others as well. With the number of skirmishes that he was entangled in from day to night, his shoddy equipment came as no surprise.
"I'm hiring an assassin for a year-long contract."
Li Yi went straight to the point.
"Who's my mark?"
"Arthur of the Southern Continent!"
"I've fought him before. I'm no match for him." Old Green was an honest man, and it was for this reason that Li Yi came to him.
"I can supply you the necessary equipment and teach you the method of bringing him down. Once the deed's done, you won't need to return the equipment to me. They'll all belong to you."
Without even a moment's hesitation, Old Green immediately agreed to the proposal. "No problem!"
Li Yi uploaded a video clip which detailed the methods of killing Arthur. Along with that, he also attached a top-tier Thief Equipment Set to the mail and delivered it to Old Green.
"How're the fees calculated?"
"I'll pay depending on the number of times you kill him within a year. Though I have no intention of taking back the equipment set, if you've killed him less than ten times within the whole year, then sorry, cause you're not getting a single penny from me. But of course, if you managed to bring him down more than a hundred times, let's just say that my payment would definitely satisfy you. Hmm, at the very least, your remuneration would be over five figures."
"No problem!"
That afternoon, after completing his preparations, Old Green embarked on a journey alone to the Southern Continent.
The most prominent assassination organization within the Invincible Continent was still Savage Tribe. Despite that, their guild was mostly left unattended to recently as their Guild Master, Milk Dipper Solitary had fallen into a deep, passionate relationship. Otherwise, Li Yi would have no need to seek out Old Green.
Killing Arthur was a task that Li Yi could handle by himself. However, he currently had more pressing matters to attend to, and his concentration was spread too thin. For this reason, he was forced to seek aid from a dog-skin-plaster-like man like Old Green.
Although Old Green's PK techniques were not exceptional, he was an absolutely difficult pest to get rid of. Regardless of who it was, anybody who provoked him was doomed to be pestered to no end. He was so tenacious that even gale-force winds could do nothing to halt him.
His tenacity was what Li Yi valued. Strong as Arthur might be, one should not forget that he was still playing a Wizard with low defenses and HP. Old Green might have no chance in a frontal assault, but when it came to dishonorable back-stabbing techniques, he could take down Arthur easily.
Li Yi contacted Qian'er again and prodded her regarding her defection to the Invincible Continent. Qian'er promptly responded, but her answer only held five words. "I'm still thinking about it."
'Thinking about it? Damn.'
Li Yi was out of options.
During this time, the one with the highest dungeon progress of Conquer had come to an abrupt and total halt. No matter how hard Little Elf from the Magical Realm tried, she just could not complete the final two percent of the dungeon's progress. Nevertheless, the ones behind her were getting closer and closer. They were catching up like mad, including Ashy Sky from the Western Continent. Little Elf from the Magical Realm was in a precarious position, as anyone from the top five participants could immediately clear the dungeon the moment they achieve a perfect challenge run. (Rewards 10% dungeon progress upon completion.)
Little Elf from the Magical Realm sought Li Yi's assistance. Alas, Li Yi could do nothing to help her. Though Li Yi knew a couple of ways to achieve perfect challenge runs; only Li Yi could complete them. Little Elf from the Magical Realm could talk as much as she wanted, but there was no way for her to replicate the runs.
Taking Soaring Aspirations as an example, Little Elf from the Magical Realm would be able to complete it if she had a legendary flying mount, but unfortunately for her, she did not...
As of that moment, she could only depend on herself. No one else could assist her.
With that, two days had gone by, and there was finally some pleasant news. Little Elf from the Magical Realm had taken another small step forward and had achieved 99% of dungeon progress. She was only 1% shy from claiming the first kill of the dungeon.
Li Yi congratulated Little Elf from the Magical Realm the second he heard the news.
"What're you congratulating me for? I still have 1% to go, and my head's already close to exploding from all the thinking I've done. I really don't know how to move forward."
"Try talking to the NPCs, you might find some surprises waiting for you."
Following Li Yi's pointers, Little Elf from the Magical Realm wandered about to talk to the NPCs within Conquer. After only three hours, she had finally located the gatekeeper boss of Conquer.
The moment players hit 99% dungeon progress; they would need to locate the gatekeeper boss. This was because the final 1% that rewarded players with the first kill could only be obtained from beating the gatekeeper boss. Naturally, players were still allowed to continue playing even after they claimed the dungeon's first kill. After all, the highest dungeon progress of Conquer was 200%, and the record had yet to be broken by anyone.
The reason Li Yi congratulated Little Elf from the Magical Realm pre-emptively was that he knew, that once Little Elf from the Magical Realm took down the boss, she would finally obtain Conquer's first kill.
Little Elf from the Magical Realm went ahead to challenge the gatekeeper boss. Meanwhile, Li Yi gripped his Frogmen Tribe Teleportation Stone and continued his daily quests as usual.
The Frog Queen's tastes were beginning to escalate. Normal clothing was no longer enough to satisfy her, and only odd or peculiar clothing could raise her Affinity now.
Upon arrival at the Frogmen Tribe's abode, Li Yi walked into the Tailor's Shop. Following his regular procedures, he brought some crafting tomes and materials for Windless Heavenly Robe.
However, Windless Heavenly Robe was not there to greet him today. For the first time ever, the master tailor of the Frogmen Tribe was not dead, and Windless Heavenly Robe was nowhere to be found.
Li Yi took out his Divine Looking Glass to look him up, and he instantly grinned. Windless Heavenly Robe was currently in Frostfall City within the Invincible Continent, which implied that he had finally loosened up and left this place.
"Hi friend, do you need any clothes?" The master tailor of the Frogmen Tribe greeted Li Yi courteously.
Li Yi opened up the shop panel and he realized that the clothes on sale were new designs. The only thing holding them back was their quality, as they were all White Quality trash equipment.
Li Yi spent ten Silver Coins to purchase all of them.
After entering the Frog Queen's sleeping chambers, Li Yi brought out the clothes he got from the tailor and handed it over to the Frog Queen.
Upon receiving the clothes, Frog Queen jubilantly stamped about, and her Affinity skyrocketed. It was just slightly shy from reaching 'Worship'.
Li Yi was shocked. He never could have imagined that the Frog Queen's Affinity would rise so quickly. Based on his previous estimates, he theorized that he still required at least two months' worth of clothes in order to reach 'Worship'. However, judging on the current situation, he could easily attain 'Worship' status within three days at most.
Had he known that the Frogmen Tribe's master tailor's works were to the Frog Queen's liking, he never would have allowed Lil Wind to kill the tailor.
"I like this garment a lot. Here, this is my reward for you."
Frog Queen took out a white rock and handed it to Li Yi.
To his surprise, the Frog Queen's gift to Li Yi was another Frogmen Tribe Teleportation Stone!
"Oh yeah, please inform Master Abu that I'm going to personally thank him at his shop!"
Ding!
A clear ring resounded, and another quest was added into Li Yi's Quest Pane.
[The Frog Queen's Rounds to greet Master Abu.]
[Quest Requirement: Accompany Frog Queen to greet Master Abu.]
[Quest Difficulty: Rank E, the lowest difficulty.]
[Quest Reward: Increase Frog Queen's Affinity by 1000 points and Frogmen Reputation Value by 1000 points.]
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Li Yi's eyes lit up the moment he read the quest's details.
It appears that he did not even need to wait for three more days. The moment he completed this simple quest, the Frog Queen's Affinity would automatically raise to Worship.
"Orders received!"
Li Yi shouted out and he hopped his way out of the chamber.
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