Chapter 380 - The Frog Queen’s New Clothes

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“The queen’s new clothes have been completed!”

The frogman Zhengda called out as he solemnly carried the ‘queen’s new clothes’ out of the tailor shop.

“Wow, it’s so pretty...”

“Ribbit ribbit, so this is the Frog Queen’s new clothes, huh? The colors sure look nice.”

“It looks astonishing. Once her majesty wears it, her beauty would increase, ten— no, a hundredfold!”

The frogmen praised it to the skies, but Li Yi was left slack-jawed.

‘The creative team of King of Pantheon has gone too far.’ Zhengda was acting as if nothing was amiss, but in reality, there was nothing in its hands. ‘The queen’s new clothes’? More like ‘the emperor’s new clothes’.

The frogman Zhengda kept a straight face as he advanced while flaunting the sack of air. However, the most baffling part of the scenario was the unanimous agreement of the frogmen as they continued to compliment the new clothes.

Li Yi trailed behind Zhengda, but he was at a loss for words.

With the ‘new clothes’ in Zhengda’s hand, they quickly arrived at a massive cavern, which was the Frog Queen’s residence.

“Ribbit...Ribbit...Ribbit...”

Two neat rows of frogmen stood guard outside the cavern. Each of them had a dignified air about them with their spears in hand. All of them were Level 80 elites and their HP was as high as 30,000,000!

There were 60 elite guards, and anyone below Level 100 stood no chance at barging their way in.

Li Yi silently estimated the frogmen guards’ combat prowess while he trailed behind Zhengda.

The transformation only lasted for a maximum of ten hours. Once the time limit is up, he would revert to his original form. Thus, Li Yi was making the necessary precautions.

“Are my new clothes done? Bring it over quickly.” A delicate yet melodious voice resonated excitedly from the depths of the cavern. It belonged to the Frog Queen.

Its voice was alright, but judging by the frogmen’s aesthetic values, Li Yi no doubt that the legendary Frog Queen was going to be strange looking.

Zhengda held the ‘new clothes’ in hand and was walking reverently. It truly looked like a noble.

In truth, Zhengda was really a noble amongst the frogmen.

“I can feel it. The thing that’s calling out to me is right before you...”

The deadweight goddess sent out a reminder to Li Yi once again.

Zhengda produced a mask to cover up his face. He spun around towards Li Yi and the other subordinates, saying, “All of you, wait here. The queen doesn’t like your ugly looks.”

“Ribbit!”

Li Yi and the others came to a stop, whereas Zhengda was still marching onwards.

The team disassembled. Li Yi spotted a Frogman Quartermaster behind the guards and went up towards it.

“Hello mate, I’m listening, at least for now. Is there anything that you need my help in?”

The Frogman Quartermaster gave a polite greeting as it opened up the Virtual Item Panel.

The Quartermaster was selling a wide array of products, stunning Li Yi.

There were five pages in total and without exception, all of them were of purple quality!

The first page was filled with the weapons of each class; the second was filled with the equipment of each class; the third was filled with the Skill Tome of each class; the fourth was filled with materials and other miscellaneous items and the last page was filled with pets and mounts!

To Li Yi’s surprise, the Ultimate skill of the Shooting Path Archer, Overlord arrow, was contained within it!

[Overlord Arrow, price: 100 Froggie Currencies. Note: Requires the Frogmen’s Worship in order to purchase.]

‘The frogmen’s worship...’

Li Yi was delighted when he saw the cost, but after reading the part where he required the frogmen’s worship, he was baffled.

The frogman transformation only lasted ten hours. How would he transform the next time? Did he need to kill another patrolling frogman again?

A cloud of doubt settled onto Li Yi’s head as he stared at the skill tome. In the end, he let out a sigh of frustration.

From the looks of the current situation, the odds of receiving the frogmen’s worship was not looking too good.

“What’s up, mate?” Seeing that Li Yi’s mind had wandered, the Frogman Quartermaster gave Li Yi a prompt.

Li Yi asked, “Is there anything that I could buy from here?”

“It’s all here mate.”

“Forget it then.”

With a wave of his hand, Li Yi had closed the Virtual Item Panel.

The Frogman Quartermaster glanced at Li Yi several times before asking, “Mate, are you free right now? I have something to trouble you with.”

Ding!

[Do you accept the Frogman Quartermaster’s request for help?]

A system notification popped up.

Li Yi chose to accept.

“I heard the Apothecarist, Shentai had imported a new batch of Advanced Beautification Potion. I wanted to buy some, but I had no luck in finding replacements. Why don’t you help me buy a bottle of it instead?”

[Quest Title: Purchasing Beauty Potions]

[Quest details: Look for the Apothecarist, Shentai to procure the items that the Frogman Quartermaster had requested. Claim your reward once the deed is done.]

[Quest Difficulty: Rank D]

[Quest Reward: 50,000 EXP points and 10 Froggie Currencies]

...

Zhengda was still absent and Li Yi had no clue as to what to do. After giving it some thought, he decided it was better to gain some experience instead of wandering about.

Without exception, each of the items sold by the Frogman Quartermaster required the frogmen’s worship as a prerequisite. Though Li Yi had plenty of Froggie Currencies, he was unable to purchase any of them.

‘Strange, the quest doesn’t increase ‘Reputation Value’. How can I increase my Reputation Value, then?’

Li Yi pondered his questions as he left the Frog Queen’s palace in search of the Apothecarist, Shentai.

The Apothecarist, Shentai was standing right beside the tailor shop. Li Yi had spotted it just by retracing his previous path.

“The Beautification Potions are all sold out. You’re too late, brother!”

Shentai informed Li Yi regrettably that all the Beautification Potions had been sold out.

“No way...”

Li Yi was dumbfounded. Was he just sent on a wild goose chase?

‘Quests that required running back and forth are the worst...’

“Brother, if you’re in desperate need of it, you could visit the Ironsmith Shop and look for Ah Tai. He bought ten bottles for his wife the last time he came. With luck, there should be some left...”

Seeing Li Yi dumbstruck, Shentai suggested a plan for him.

Li Yi shook his head in exasperation. By his calculations, he would still need to go all out of his way in order to locate the ironsmith.

Li Yi looked around Shentai’s shop and noticed two rare potion formulas. One of it was ‘Unlimited Fury Potion Formula’ and the other was ‘Super Defense Potion Formula’

There were no prerequisites and the price was also quite cheap, at the cost of 1 Froggie Currency each. However, it clearly stated that it was ‘locked’, which meant that the item was non-tradeable and was only usable by the owner.

Without a single ounce of hesitation, Li Yi spent 2 Froggie Currencies to purchase and study them!n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Li Yi ran over to the Ironsmith Shop and located the Ironsmith, Ah Tai. After explaining why he dropped by, a series of unexpected events transpired.

Ah Tai had not given the Beautification Potion to his wife. Instead, he had gifted it to a female frogman named ‘Ah Hua’. Following the clues, Li Yi went to search for Ah Hua, but Ah Hua’s family informed him that she was out dating with ‘Ah Guo’...

After frantically running about for five hours and grilling every single frogman, he had ended right back at the Apothecarist, Shen Tai’s side.

Shentai smacked his head, saying “Aha, curse my poor memory. I almost forgot, I still have one more bottle of the beatification potion with me. Stay here while I retrieve it.”

The look of innocence that hung on Shentai’s face incited murderous feelings within Li Yi.

After the arduous ordeal and almost breaking his leg in exhaustion, he had finally gotten his hand on the quest item, Advanced Beautification Potion.

“Perverted Wing, my Scavenging Skills have reached the Advanced-level. Where are you now?”

Just as Li Yi was handing in the quest, Jiaojiao had finished looting the snake corpses and sent Li Yi a message.

“Follow the leftmost path and continue until you see a frogman. Once you do, stay there and wait for me.”

“Alright!”

Li Yi hopped and pounced until he was in front of the Frogman Quartermaster.

“Mate, this is the Beautification Potion that I requested. I’m so grateful for your help.”

With that, Li Yi had gained 50,000 EXP points and 10 Froggie Currencies.

‘This quest is really frustrating...’

Just as Li Yi was lamenting the worthlessness of the quest, the Frogman Quartermaster posted another quest.

“Mate, actually... the real reason I wanted the Advanced Beautification Potion is so that I could gift it to Ah Hua. However, I’m too shy to do it myself. So, could you hand it over to her in my stead?”

Li Yi sucked in a huge breath and heaved it all out heavily.

His mental-scape was now tranquil and calm...

The quest difficulty was the same as the previous quest. However, the quest reward was different.

[Quest Rewards: 100,000 EXP points, 20 Froggie Currencies, and Magical Jello.]

‘What the heck is a Magical Jello?’

Li Yi had originally sworn not to do any more frustrating runner quests, but he had a change of heart after he saw the ‘Magical Jello’ being listed within the quest rewards.

‘With a tough runner quest like this, the final reward would definitely not disappoint!’

With the thought in mind, Li Yi was on the road yet again.

After the vicious training from his previous run, he was now familiarized with the Frogmen Kingdom’s layout. He had located Ah Hua with ease, and following that, he confessed to Ah Guo in Ah Hua’s stead. When he located Ah Guo, he learned that Ah Guo was having a one-sided relationship with Ah Lan...

The journey this time had taken up three hours. Jiaojiao had reached the patrolling Frogman already and had logged off to cook dinner.

After completing the quest, Li Yi wearily returned to the Frogman Quartermaster to explain that Ah Hua already had a ‘frog of interest’.

“Sigh, the life of a frogman is like a table that is cluttered with all types of cutleries.”

The Frogman Quartermaster spouted out emotional words as he rewarded Li Yi.

‘Magical Jello secured!’

[Magical Jello (Special Potion)]

[Function: Extends the frogman transformation by another 10 hours.]

Li Yi was speechless. He clung on to the hope that it was a tool to increase his Frogman Reputation Value, but in the end, it was another troll item...

Accounting for the eight hours he spent doing the runner tasks and the time he wasted beforehand, Li Yi’s transformation would vanish at any moment.

The problem with it though was that if Li Yi had not taken up the runner quests, his time would not have been wasted that quickly...

‘How frustrating!’

Li Yi cursed furiously.

“The queen is out on patrol! Frogman Guards assemble!”

At that instant, Zhengda’s voice resonated from within the palace. The underlings that were originally dozing off were immediately invigorated and had quickly formed a line.

Li Yi was invigorated as well. He had come to realize that, had he not taken up both the troublesome runner quests, he would not have lasted until the queen’s patrol.

Li Yi immediately consumed the Magical Jello and his transformation was extended by another 10 hours.

“That thing has appeared...” The Hunter Goddess gave another hint.