Chapter 725: Heathcliffs qualm (1/2)
Inside the meeting room, n.o.body uttered a single word. Heathcliff's last line echoed in the room, deeply engraving itself in the minds of the audience present.
Kirito sighed. He thought carefully about his decision and he finally voiced his thoughts.
”I am a solo player, but, I am also a member of the raid group...”
Kirito looked at Heathcliff and he nodded with a grim look still lurking on his face.
”I will partic.i.p.ate in the floor boss raid!”
Heathcliff lightly nodded his head. He turned towards Wu Yan with eyes that couldn't hide his true intentions, he was gunning for Wu Yan from the start.
Wu Yan grinned.
”I am not a part of the clearing squad, but, I gave my word and I intend to keep it. I will help out, considering that you guys compromised by letting Asuna quit from the frontlines...”
”But...”
Wu Yan had an ambiguous smile on his face when he faced Heathcliff.
”I am not a part of the raid group, when I kill the floor boss, don't expect me to share my loot with you lot!”
The other lieutenants started exchanging looks while Kirito looked a bit helpless. Heathcliff also couldn't hold back his chuckle.
”Of course, you're not in the raid group. If you kill the boss then the reward is yours to keep!”
The others excluding Wu Yan gasped when they heard this. The final hit loot is a major reason why the other guilds risked their lives to partic.i.p.ate in boss fights, isn't that so?
Ultimately, the players fought to liberate themselves from Aincrad. Even if it's for the benefit of many, without the loot, this will surely breed an emotional tumor in the hearts of many players, it wouldn't end well...
Worse comes to worst, Wu Yan will become the target of hatred by all the players in the raid group!
What is going on through Heathcliff's mind? He must be aware of how bad the other players wanted the loot too. Doing this will only result in further acrimony in an already sour relations.h.i.+p between Wu Yan and the raid group.
Also, Wu Yan isn't helping with his words, why did he say something that will attract hatred?
Granted, the others weren't aware of Wu Yan's true motivation.
He's broke af.
He needed the dough! This is a man who wanted to quickly refill his coffers.
After the lavish wedding, accounting for the two, no, three voracious and picky eaters at home. Asuna's money was insufficient to cover the shortfall. It didn't take them long to use up most of their funds on rare food materials.
To add fuel to the fire, Wu Yan didn't grind for quite some time. That stopped Cors from flowing into his pockets. It wasn't strange that his wallet became as empty as a ghost town.
If Heathcliff didn't invite Wu Yan over, he would have gone to the labyrinth to farm up some Cors and levels. He had a lot of precious items in his inventory which he could liquidate for Cors if he needed. But, Wu Yan wasn't ready to part with his items even if it meant he can refill his Cor pouch quicker than if he went to farm mobs.
These items are precious and that's why they are pricey. Wu Yan wasn't ready to liquidate rare a.s.sets when he can easily make the money from hunting monsters. It's not like he will starve to death with his current financial position anyway.
Wu Yan proposed that to Heathcliff because floor bosses are like walking piggy-banks.
With the boss loot, Wu Yan is sure he can live off the money without needing to farm mobs. When he does hunt monsters, it will be to level up to keep ahead of the compet.i.tion.
As for his bad terms with the raid group, well, after marrying Asuna, he succeeded in building up immunity to haters, who cares what they think, right? Not even an army of haters can stop him, what is a mere raid group in comparison?...
Meanwhile, n.o.body caught on to Heathcliff's real intention.