Chapter 724: No-crystal zones effec (1/2)

Knights of the Blood Oath Headquarters inner sanctum...

In a meeting room surrounded by stained gla.s.ses, Heathcliff sat at the head of the grand semi-circle table with his lieutenants seated around him. One could tell they were high-ranking because they wore different uniforms compared to other KoB members. Meanwhile, Wu Yan and Kirito stood in front of the table.

Wu Yan couldn't help but curl his lips, the nerve on Heathcliff and his gang, making their guests stand while they rest their fat behinds on the comfortable chairs there. Also, what is up with this set-up, are all major guilds these annoyingly pompous?

Heathcliff just became a showoff inside Wu Yan's mind. He glanced at both Wu Yan and Kirito before focusing on Wu Yan.

”Before I get down to business. Firstly, Yan-kun, I want to apologize for the unruly behavior of my subordinates, no guest should ever suffer through the same treatment you got. Please forgive me...”

Wu Yan silently judged Heathcliff.

Did this guy think he is fooling anyone with his theatrics?

Wu Yan acted like he couldn't care less. He nodded with a shrug.

”Well, look on the bright side, due to my sparring session with them, I managed to regain some of the skills that went rusty during my two weeks hiatus...”

”Oh?...”

Heathcliff laughed so hard one couldn't see his eyes.

”That's good to hear...”

Kirito lifted his head.

”I think it's time you explain why you brought us here...”

”Right...”

Heathcliff hung his head, a weird glint flashed in his eyes.

”It's as you two suspected, I invited both of you here to talk about the 75th-floor boss. We found it.”

Kirito's face turned grim. Wu Yan finally looked at Heathcliff. Seeing as he caught their attention, Heathcliff placed his elbows on the table as he continued explaining.

”Yesterday, our clearing squad dived into the labyrinth. We gathered information on the labyrinth's layout. Although we explored the labyrinth for quite some time now, I deliberately instructed the frontliners to focus more on safety than clearing. This is to reduce unnecessary deaths, at least, before we start the raid on the 75th-floor boss. It will be a hard fight, it may even evolve into a precarious one...”

Forget Kirito, even Wu Yan felt a bit down in the dumps.

Of all the bosses the players took down up to the 74th-floor, the 25th boss and the 50th-floor boss took the cake when it comes to a difficulty jump. They were abnormally strong and similarly hard to defeat. The clearers/frontliners suffered heavy casualties before and during the raid fight.

Now, the 75th floor's boss room has been found. But, n.o.body is cheering in joy because they knew what comes next. It was wiser and ultimately, understandable that the frontliners took a slower approach.

”It took us quite some time to map the whole labyrinth, fortunately, there weren't any player deaths this time but...”

Heathcliff changed his tone.

”We found the boss room during our expedition yesterday!”

”And, we sent out a scout team made up of 20 players from all five major guilds. They entered and...”

Heathcliff closed his eyes, emotional fluctuations can be detected when he opened his eyes.

”We sent out 10 vanguards and made 10 supporters stand near the door. The intention was for the vanguard to gain some intel on the boss...”

”You sent 10 players into the boss room to gather information?”

Kirito asked with an uneasy look. He didn't like where this is going.

Wu Yan crossed his arms with a frown.

”Judging by your att.i.tude, I am guessing that didn't end well for you guys...”

Heathcliff looked at Kirito and he shook his head.