Chapter 638: Christmas event, news of a revival item…
To the average player, Wu Yan, the fae swordsman is someone who is so strong he can clear floors on his own, and he did just that, he cleared 1 out of 3 floors in Aincrad. However, that legendary player almost got a stress-induced heart attack when he heard them singing tall tales about him.
With his power, couldn’t he just take care of all the floors? He did clear 1 out of 3 floors, after all.
No, it wasn’t because those floors were too hard for him.
For Wu Yan, it’s a matter of time if he wanted to take down the floors the raid group took down. Yet, the problem of time is indeed the real reason why he didn’t do it all on his own.
Clearing a floor solo means finding the boss room without anyone’s help. He has to locate that boss room by running around on his own.
There is strength in numbers, although Wu Yan reckons he can take on the raid group should the time ever come to do so. But, he does appreciate the fact that raid groups tend to be quicker in locating the boss.
Hence, it’s very normal for Wu Yan to spend days scouring the maze for the boss room while the raid group finds it in a matter of hours. Then, he would receive game notifications regarding the conquest of a floor.
It’s kinda like how someone ate the sweet you lined up early for, that’s the frustration he felt.
He’s not sure how others would feel, he’s slightly pissed off that’s for sure.
Wu Yan could have told the Black Cats to notify him the moment someone found the boss room. That would save a lot of trouble, Souta would also do everything in his power to fulfill his request. But, Wu Yan wanted to be stubborn about solo clearing so he stuck with doing everything solo.
Also, doing that technically counts as kill-stealing, he deemed it beneath himself to profit off other’s suffering. While the other players are praising his solo-clear achievements, he felt embarrassed.
Basically, he’s trying too hard to play cool.
He never stopped to think if he can charge recklessly into the maze without the healing fairy by his side.
He would have been slowed down by the need to use healing crystals. He also had to restock more frequently, reducing the time he can use on clearing floors. He wouldn’t be able to bag the achievements he has today. The mobs inside the labyrinth tended to travel in larger groups compared to their comrades outside the labyrinth. A player’s ability is limited against a group of monsters. It’s a very hard thing to fight effectively against a group of monsters without getting hit in the process, excluding cases where the player outclasses the monsters in levels.
Wu Yan’s competitive spirit is on fire as he got up early, sometimes during witching hours just to get a one-up on the other frontliners. He wanted to clear the 55th floor as soon as possible.
Inside his subconscious mind, Wu Yan wanted a mock battle between himself and the frontiers. He’s very bored fighting against monsters all day long. It was fun fighting against a sea of monsters during the early stages of the game, things got boring somewhere down the road. A mock battle would amuse him, he believes.
The raid group is Wu Yan’s rival in a lot of ways.
Wu Yan is the only one who is physically and mentally capable of taking on the entire raid group.
It has been about 3 days after the players cleared the 54th floor.
Even the frontliners aren’t capable enough to clear a path into the maze. There are also a lot of field monsters hindering large groups from successfully entering the maze. This is one of the benefits of playing solo, Wu Yan didn’t have to worry about waiting for teammates to catch up to him.
Wu Yan is currently the only player operating in the labyrinth. These few days, he lost count of the times he wiped the labyrinth clean of monsters. However, he still couldn’t locate the boss room just like today, he has to return empty-handed.
He’s very sure he can defeat the boss if he can just find that damned boss room!
“I think Onii-san is the only player with such high confidence…”
Sachi said with tongue in cheek.
Wu Yan chuckled when he saw her PM.
Even the frontliners and raid groups have to think twice about preparations and resolve whenever they embarked on a floor boss raid. Wu Yan is the only player who can confidently say stuff like that and then actually doing it.
“If only I can find the boss room…”
Wu Yan felt helpless.
“I thought the maze is supposed to make the players disappear, it feels like this maze was designed to hide the Boss room, just let me find it, god!”
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