Chapter 756 (2/2)

“Yeah, we can go there by ourselves…”

The two guards finally took note of Wu Yan’s presence. Like the others before him, they completely forgot about the guy who married Asuna.

Rather than saying they forgot, it’s more like they want to lose memory of that event. They couldn’t deal with the marriage of their idol in a healthy manner.

The two guards looked at Wu Yan with hostile expressions. Suddenly, one of the guards pulled the other one away in a hurry. Asuna and Wu Yan entered the premise without any issue.

“What are you doing?!”

The guard yelled at the other guard who restrained him.

“Why did you stop me?! I want to give that guy a piece of my mind!”

“You’re allowed to try if you think you’ve got the chops for it.”

The other guard growled at him.

“Did you forget the ident.i.ty of the person who married Asuna-sama?”

The guy cooled down as the implications dawned on him. He forced himself to stay strong and he protested back.

“So what, we are inside the Zone so…

“Even when we are inside the zone!”

A guard came over to interrupt them.

“Did you forget how n.o.body in our guild could stop him when he barged his way into our guild a year ago?”

The guard gulped nervously. He turned his other way to pretend this conversation never occurred.

A year ago, over twenty members got roughed up by Wu Yan when they were bitter and antagonistic against Wu Yan over Asuna’s marriage. They were promptly turned into sacks of potatoes by Wu Yan in the subsequent fight. For better or worse, everybody remembered this beatdown vividly.

Wu Yan and Asuna couldn’t care less about what the two guards had to say.

They went about the familiar castle’s winding corridors. Wu Yan is a regular guest while Asuna worked as the vice-captain here for two years. She can navigate this castle like it’s the back of her hand. While other players gawked and gasped at the sight of these two players, they slowly walked to the meeting room.

Asuna became a hot topici nside the guild. After a year out of public sight, she’s still as famous as she was at her peak. Everyone wanted to see her. Some KoBs got a bit too excited as they yelled silly lines like “Asuna-sama’s back!” They were talking like Asuna walked out on her home.

When they drew closer to the meeting room, the players around them dwindled in number. Only top raid members remained. The reduced chatter made Asuna and Wu Yan sigh in relief.

At last, the doors of the meeting room appeared in front of them. The room was partially revealed to them through the door that was left ajar. When they entered, they finally saw the full scene.

The walls were the same, beautiful tinted gla.s.ses as walls. However, the large desk was replaced with office tables that were positioned closely together to form a ring of tables. The players were seated at these tables. Famous players, guild masters, squad leaders, and more. Heathcliff and his four lieutenants sat at the head of this round table. Close to them were Kirito, Klein, Souta, and Agil.

Wu Yan and Asuna became the center of attention the moment they entered the room. Heathcliff gave them a faint smile.

“Long time no see, Asuna, I am glad you accepted the invite…”

Asuna nodded.

“It’s good to see you, Captain Heathcliff…”

“Take a seat…”

Wu Yan and Asuna exchanged a look before they sat down close to Kirito and the others.

Heathcliff scanned the room and he mused out loud.

“Looks like most of the guests are here already…”

“Then let us proceed…”

“With the strategic meeting of the final floor!”

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