Chapter 635 (1/2)
Chapter 635
Aincrad, 2nd floor, a certain hotel…
A lot of players are here chatting and drinking booze . The slightly more affluent ones ordered meals along with their drinks . The chatter filled up the hotel, making it look and sound like an uptown bar .
The topics ranged from frontliners’ latest developments, or guild scandals, stories of lucky drops and loot bragging, etc . Most of them sounded very disgruntled or envious of other players .
Guilds are generally stronger than individual players or squads, excluding guilds with only a few members, top guilds are already starting to appear, they have more members and are more organized . They need to be organized and have many members in order to continue expanding and clearing floors . They also need to prepare a lot of guild events .
To gather the resources needed, they have to farm mob monsters and clear quests .
The fields that are lucrative are monopolized by guilds . They abused their guild influence by forcing players away, they gave excuses like they need this area for official guild duties and other such BS . These guilds chased away players or squads that are weaker than them .
Against such unruly behavior, the players can only grumble as they retreated back to the safety of the Town of Beginnings . Things generally calmed down after a few days, but, toes have been stomped on and people snubbed at, the damage is already done . One could see that they are all very upset judging by the contents of their conversations in the hotel .
As for their slightly hostile att.i.tude towards RNG-blessed players, well, that’s just them being sore losers and/or jealous of the happiness of others .
Exceptionally strong and capable players aren’t included in this discussion . People like Kirito are already training in areas with higher-level monsters . These players are ahead of the curve so it’s natural that they are more daring or not as risk-averse as others .
The players inside the hotel continued grumbling . Suddenly, Wu Yan & the Black Cats returned where they left, near the exact table where Wu Yan drank beer . their sudden appearance shocked the other players here . They all flinched in surprise .
They have already seen teleport crystals before, this isn’t typical teleportation . For one, teleportation crystals generally moved players to a designated area, like the fountain plaza . They’ve never heard or seen any crystal that can teleport a party into a hotel .
Is this a bug?
Unlike the other players here, Wu Yan and his retinue sighed in relief after returning here .
“We’re finally back…”
s.h.i.+on stretched her back . She waved towards Sachi in a lethargic manner .
“Sachi, next time, try to rein in your luck and interactions, I don’t want another quest like this…”
s.h.i.+on’s words told everyone where they were .
So, they went for a quest, huh…
Sachi lowered her head in embarra.s.sment .
“I will try to…
“Don’t listen to this girl!”
Wu Yan glared at s.h.i.+on .
“Do you know how many players are looking for a quest? You’re actually complaining about a quest that delivers itself to you? Are you not afraid that other players will slap you to death for being so silly?!”
“Getting slapped to death would be better than dying of boredom in that d.a.m.ned dungeon…”
s.h.i.+on snorted before she collapsed on the table .
The others noticed Wu Yan among the returnees . They all cried out in unison .
“That black cloak, and black longsword . It’s Wu Yan!”
“What?! What was that?! The one who solo-ed the 1st floor boss on his own??”
“No way! Is that really him?”
“Yeah! That’s him! I remember his gear!”
“That doesn’t make sense at all . Why is he here? He should be busy farming in the fields, right?”
“Maybe the other guilds blocked him…’
“Hah! I don’t believe the guilds would have the b.a.l.l.s to do that to someone who can take down a boss on his own!”