Chapter 703
In the original story, Kuradeel poisoned the water of the expedition Kirito joined . He almost killed Kirito who couldn’t defend himself until Asuna came and saved the day .
However, the scenario played out a bit differently this time . Since Wu Yan isn’t in KoB, this meant Kuradeel couldn’t use his influence to spike Wu Yan’s drink or food . Their relations.h.i.+p is also extremely hostile, why would he ever drink or eat anything near Kuradeel .
Instead, Kuradeel had to take out his paralysis powder to complement the paralysis skill he learned during his time in the PKer guild, Laughing Coffin . Kuradeel didn’t think he would fail with such meticulous preparations .
But, reality is cruel…
Looking at the Heaven Gazer that pierced him, he mustered up his remaining strength to look at Wu Yan even as Kuradeel’s HP started falling drastically .
“H-why…”
“You must be wondering why I am unaffected by the abnormal status?”
Wu Yan pursed his lips, he stabbed the sword deeper into Kuradeel’s body . Grunting, Kuradeel stepped back only for Wu Yan to continue pus.h.i.+ng him back .
“Too bad for you, I don’t like the restrictions put on this virtual body of mine…”
He made sure to twist the sword a bit so Kuradeel can feel the cold steel digging around inside him . He pushed away Kuradeel who was wailing in pain .
“I busted my back to overcome paralysis, the only abnormal status that can stop someone in this game . Not only am I familiar with the paralysis skill and its applications, I learned how to detox even when I already obtained a very high abnormal status resistance . ”
“Unfortunately for you, you came at a very bad time…”
This was the change caused by the Beast King Incident . The beast king used his gravitational powers to suppress Wu Yan . If System didn’t give him a way-out in the form of Yukari who was summoned in a very special circ.u.mstance, then Wu Yan would be stuck watching the loves of his life get murdered one by one .
From that point on, Wu Yan absolutely hated abnormal statuses . The sense of frustration got to him more than the effect itself . Soon after coming to this world, Wu Yan set out to overcome Paralysis .
Motivated by his past experience, Wu Yan’s paralysis resistance and poison resistance were raised to an insane level . It’s not 100% resistance but it was enough to lower the effect duration to a substantial degree . The paralysis lasted only a few seconds on Wu Yan .
Wu Yan pretended he couldn’t move just so Kuradeel would drop his guard . He wanted Kuradeel to turn into an orange player, killing an orange player won’t turn him into a red player (PKer) .
Today, Lady Luck turned her back on Kuradeel .
“Argh…”
As Wu Yan forced him back with the sword, Kuradeel retreated in pain . Like an inmate about to be executed, his eyes filled with l.u.s.t for life and terror of death .
Inside SAO, the sense of pain is significantly dulled . However, a player can still feel pain . When faced with damage that would kill a real person, the pain, even when dulled is not one for the faint of heart .
Wu Yan sneered .
“Oh, you want to know something? I already know who you are from the start!”
“Wh-what…”
“You’re an ex-guild member of Laughing Coffin, the trash even among the trashy cohorts of that c.r.a.ppy guild…”
Wu Yan turned around and he cast Kuradeel a sideways glance .
“You made me wait quite a while…”
“Y-you…”
Grabbing the sword, he looked at Wu Yan with immense dread .
“Di-did you plan this from the start…”
Wu Yan grinned .
“What do you think?…”
“No… Spare me please…”
Kuradeel yelled .
“I don’t want to die!”
The temperature dropped when Wu Yan’s eyes shone with a cold glint .
“Live by the sword die by the sword, I need to thank you for striking first . I mean, when you turned orange…”
Wu Yan pulled Heaven Gazer out and the blade immediately glowed with skill light .
“You’ve already lost all hope of keeping an intact corpse . ”
“Noooo!”
Heaven Gazer plunged into Kuradeel’s body once more .
Skewered like an oversized chunk of meat . Kuradeel felt a creepy sense of numb cold grabbing his limbs . He saw his HP falling below the red zone, having lost all hope, he laughed like a maniac .
“You… murderer…”
“Murderer?”
Wu Yan scoffed, he pulled Heaven Gazer out .
“I am only butchering a son of a b.i.t.c.h…”
“You… b.a.s.t.a.r.d…”
Kuradeel’s vision turned blurry . With the Heaven Gazer out of his body, the guy slowly slumped down . When he hit the ground, his body shattered into data fragments .
Kuradeel is dead .
“Tsk…”
Brandis.h.i.+ng his sword, Wu Yan stored Heaven Gazer away . He sighed while looking at the flying crystals .
“Should have chosen a better day to die, buddy . I am getting married tomorrow and you just had to come and make my hands dirty . At least, the foes I killed were worthy adversaries, you’re just an ant that’s slightly stronger than the rest in a game…”
“Fortunately, blood isn’t a thing in this world, that would really dampen my mood…”
Wu Yan mused as he shook his head . He dusted his hands and he resumed his journey back home .
Killing Kuradeel is just an interlude…
Aincrad 55th floor, Granzam, KoB HQ…
Heathcliff is organizing and sorting the doc.u.ments on his desk .
With Asuna’s resignation, the administrative task of the clearing raids fell upon Heathcliff . Now, he’s picking things up .
Before the 75th floor, the tasks were minimal, which changed after most players arrived on the 75th floor .
It will take quite some time before he can take a break .
A prompt appeared while Heathcliff was busy doing paperwork .
Heathcliff stopped as he scrutinized the message on that prompt . His eyes turned steely when he digested the information on it .
“Kick Kuradeel out of the KoB, make sure the public knows about his past in the Laughing Coffin . ”
After firing off that mail, Heathcliff closed his interface . If Wu Yan was here, he would surely curse Heathcliff .
His actions hinted that he knew about Kuradeel’s past in the Laughing Coffin all along .
Heathcliff mumbled while looking at the ceiling…
“Wu Yan…”