novelTramping Up and Down
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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Li Yi paused for a moment until he understood what she meant.
Fire Ice had misunderstood...
Li Yi did not try to correct her, as it was best to pretend he heard wrongly. Otherwise, with a personality like Fire Ice's, it might mean she would never speak to him again.
...
Using the teleportation door from Dragonbone Waste, Li Yi and Fire Ice had arrived at Shattered Frost City.
"The dungeon we're going to have a weird name, it's called Super Trampoline 250. This is due to the dungeon having two stages, one of which requires us to fight above a trampoline throughout the stage and the other required them to fight under a trampoline throughout the stage. Thus, the dungeon's actual name is rarely mentioned and most of us refer to it as Tramping Up and Down instead."
After hearing Li Yi's explanation, Fire Ice's face turned red.
Fortunately, Li Yi had not embarrassed her and had explained it in a serious tone.
The two flew side by side and reached Pinnacle of the Fire in no time.
Super Trampoline 250 was no ordinary Instance Dungeon, it was a Special Instance Dungeon. There were no level requirements, and the only condition to fulfill was that the Party Leader's Engineering skill had to be at least Master-level.
Once Fire Devil Ivrit had been slain, the Dwarves had rebuilt their home and Super Trampoline 250 had appeared alongside it.
Furthermore, Super Trampoline 250 did not drop any equipment, instead, it only dropped Engineering-related items.
Li Yi had wanted to come here many times, but he was always worried that his identity as the Legendary Master Engineer would be revealed, hence he never came. However, crossing blades with Arthur had made him understand that in this world, there existed ten other OP players aside from himself. Thus, he had nothing to fear.
'There is nothing to be afraid of, just go all out!'
After they reached the Dwarves' newly built city and they paid the Dwarf Town Mayor 100 gold coins, Li Yi and Fire Ice were sent to Super Trampoline 250.
If the leader's Engineering skill had not reached Master-level, they would not be able to activate the Instance Dungeon. Only those who were at 'Master-level' could activate it.
Before them, lay countless super large trampolines, and above them, an endless amount of treasure chests. Below them were numerous spikes, and should they fall off from the trampolines, it would mean their demise, regardless of how much the HP their character had.
"The way to beat Tramping 1 is very simple. All we have to do is to jump on the trampolines and constantly claim the treasure chests above us. Once we reach the final floor, we'll just need to beat the Boss and that's it."
"Super Mario Bros." Fire Ice's eyes lit up.
"Um-hum, it's basically the same, but a bit harder." Li Yi nodded as he gave a faint smile.
The playstyle for Super Trampoline 250 was very simple, but there were many factors to be wary of, such as the stationary trampolines at the beginning. As the players progressed, the trampolines would begin to move, and there would be switches later on as well, only by activating the switches would they be allowed to proceed.
"Ice, start tramping. We'll start once you've gotten used to it."
"Okay..."
Once Fire Ice heard the phrase, she blushed again.
Fire Ice got on the trampoline, thinking it would be easy. However, once she was up, she realized this was not easy at all.
The jump's strength, the direction of the jump and various other factors had left Fire Ice scrambling. She was fine initially, but after three jumps, her movements on the trampoline had become messy. Her head bounced from the top to bottom and her legs had bounced from the bottom to the top, she was like a ball, bouncing around endlessly.
"I—I can't handle this anymore."
Even landing was a problem, much less the direction of the jump.
"Just try it out a few more times. Don't exert too much force for now, you'll be fine once you get used to the elasticity."
Seeing how Fire Ice was suffering, Li Yi ran over to another trampoline to experiment as well.
Although he was a reincarnated player, it did not mean that he knew everything. His Engineering skill was only Beginner-level in his past life, and with his reputation, there was no way any Master-level Engineers would bring him here. In other words...
He did not know how to jump as well...
He had maintained his balance for five bounces before tumbling head over heels. In the end, he was left worse off than Ice. He could not control his strength when he bounced and had fallen off the trampoline. Although the testing trampolines did not have spikes under them, the fall had still taken more than half of his HP.
"My head is dizzy, this trampoline... is really hard to master."
"Yeah, I'm dizzy too."
Li Yi crawled up from the floor, and could not muster the strength to get on the trampoline.
"So you don't know how to play too?"
"Yeah, it's my first time, " said Li Yi awkwardly.
Fire Ice giggled, asking, "This dungeon we're doing, what does it drop?"
Li Yi smiled, "Call of Friends— the Safest Summoning Tool in History."
Fire Ice did not hear it clearly."What?"
"Call of Friends— the Safest Summoning Tool in History." Li Yi replied patiently, further elaborating, "This is the name of the item we need, its purpose is to summon the friends of party members."
Fire Ice asked, "Is it the same as an Assembly Stone?"
"Yeah, it's practically the same, but this item is much more convenient than the Assembly Stone. It could be used in dungeons as well."
Fire Ice clapped her hands."I get it, as long we as have this item, we would no longer have to fear anyone blocking the dungeon entrance."
Li Yi laughed, "Correct."
Fire Ice thought about it and asked, "Is the friend summoning tool a guaranteed drop?"
After contemplating for a bit, Li Yi scratched his head and replied, "I think so, let's just see how it goes..."
Honestly, he did not know the answer. He had only seen the official forum listing Call of Friends— the Safest Summoning Tool in History's blueprint being dropped at Super Trampoline 250. As for the drop rate, he was unsure...
"Why can't we just look for more people to tramp?" When she mentioned "tramp", a glint of mischief flashed across her eyes.
'This girl, she's actually joking about it. '
Li Yi snickered in his mind, but his face did not show it. Shaking his head, he answered, "To proceed, the dungeon requires two people to synchronize in order to activate the switch during the middle phase. Certainly, it could be done with more people, but the mechanics would increase in complexity as well. Furthermore, there's a gatekeeper boss on the final floor of the dungeon, and the damage of the boss would scale according to the number of players. Hence, for this particular dungeon, the fewer players the better."
"Okay..." Fire Ice nodded.
The first step to passing the dungeon was to master the trampoline...
The two of them knew it, and without further ado, had each chosen a trampoline and practiced like their life depended on it.
"Perverted Yi, I've received a quest from the Archer Mentor and I lost all my Archer Skills. What's going on?"
Jiaojiao had sent a message.
"Hmm..."
Li Yi was nauseated from the bouncing and replied to Jiaojiao's message during a break.
"Go look for Cassius. D*mbass, how could you not understand such a simple process?"
"I already looked for Cassius, but why isn't he talking to me? What's happening?" Is something up with the game's system?"
"The game isn't designed with only you in mind, how is it possible that it only bugged for you?" Li Yi was irritated at Jiaojiao.
"Then why isn't Cassius replying me?" Jiaojiao was unconvinced.
"Did the Archer Skill Mentor confiscate your abilities?"
"Yes."
"Did the Archer Skill Mentor tell you that your heart has been clouded by darkness and that he is no longer able to teach you any more Archer Skills?"
"Yes."
"Then proceed to look for Cassius and talk to him."
"I did just that, but the problem is that Cassius is not answering me." Jiaojiao was frustrated.
"Guild Master, what's up?" Fire Ice saw Li Yi's blank face, and could not resist asking.
"Nothing much."
Li Yi waved his hand and explained the entire process to Jiaojiao, only for her to reply that she did nothing wrong. He got so mad that he could not utter a single word.
"Fine, I'm coming to you right now to guide you through it."
"You should've done that earlier." Jiaojiao was satisfied with the reply.
"Fire Ice, I need to head out. Practice by yourself for now, and we can begin once I get back."
"Alright."
...
Li Yi exited the Instance Dungeon and rode his griffin to Blade Peak.
When he reached Cassius' bones, Jiaojiao was so bored that she was practicing kicking.
"Talk to him."
Li Yi dropped down and pointed at Cassius.
Jiaojiao tried it once more."He's not answering me."
Li Yi checked Jiaojiao's status and was so p*ssed that he violently slapped her b*tt.
"What's the matter? Let me just say, don't you dare take advantage of me!" shouted Jiaojiao as she lifted her leg and gave a kick. Li Yi just dodged it.
Li Yi was enraged, "You still have an Archer Buff on you! No wonder he didn't answer you!"
The Archer class had three buffing skills, and all of them were permanent until the user goes offline. Indeed, Jiaojiao's skills had already been confiscated by the Archer Skill Mentor, but the Spirit Ape's Protection that she applied prior to this was still active.
"Oh, oh, I'd forgotten." Jiaojiao blushed and with a wave of her hand, she canceled Spirit Ape's Protection.
For a small blunder like this to make such a huge commotion, it was to guess Li Yi's current feelings.
Jiaojiao talked to Cassius once again, and this time, he had finally replied to her...
"Um... young lady, you are certainly sincere. However, the world of darkness only destroys and only massacres..."
"Can you hurry up?"
As she listened to Cassius' dialogue, she got so restless that she walked around in circles. She had an impatient personality after all.
"Listen carefully, what are you so restless for? No wonder you always carry out your quests wrongly, you don't even listen. It's only logical for you to make a mistake."
"I only need to do this quest once, why would I need to listen in detail?" Jiaojiao winked and teased Li Yi, "I have you after all."
"Sure, I could help you, but you'll need to prepare for tonight." Li Yi teased.
"Understood, I've already locked the doors. Come crashing in through my dorm's window if you're capable, hahahaha..."
After a long-winded speech from Cassius, he finally issued a quest to Jiaojiao, telling her to use the Runic Sword to slay 100 friends.
"Entering the dark side requires you to abandon everything. Young lady, if you're incapable of doing so, don't you dare appear before me!"
"Perverted Wing, please die." Jiaojiao flashed the Runic Sword in her hands.
"Scr*w you!"
Li Yi got on his griffin and took to the skies.
"Get it done by yourself. Remember, each person only counts once. You'll need to kill 100 people to finish the quest."
"Perverted Wing, please die." Jiaojiao waved the Runic Sword in her hands.
"Scr*w you!"
Li Yi got on his griffin and took to the skies.
"Settle the matter by yourself. Remember, each person only counts once, so you'll need to kill 100 people to finish the assignment."
"*sshole! Don't run! Just let me kill you already." Jiaojiao was so angry that she tossed Runic Sword into the air.
Li Yi ignored her, and he did not return to Tramping nor to Fire Ice. Instead, Li Yi headed towards Blood Moon Village.
During his break, Li Yi had taken out his orange bow to play with it and had made a terrifying discovery. His orange bow was riddled with scratches, the result of fending off the slashes of the Twelve Knights of the Round Table.
Even the gods could not damage the Wrath of the Stars. For it to be slashed into such a state, would be... strange to say the least.
As Li Yi was thinking about it, he had already arrived at the cave outside Blood Moon Village.
Hunter Goddess' divine soul was residing here!
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