Chapter 703: Deserving of death, wasting the player killer
In the original story, Kuradeel poisoned the water of the expedition Kirito joined. He almost killed Kirito who couldnât defend himself until Asuna came and saved the day.
However, the scenario played out a bit differently this time. Since Wu Yan isnât in KoB, this meant Kuradeel couldnât use his influence to spike Wu Yanâs drink or food. Their relationship 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 didnât think he would fail with such meticulous preparations.
But, reality is cruelâŠ
Looking at the Heaven Gazer that pierced him, he mustered up his remaining strength to look at Wu Yan even as Kuradeelâs HP started falling drastically.
âH-whyâŠâ
âYou must be wondering why I am unaffected by the abnormal status?â
Wu Yan pursed his lips, he stabbed the sword deeper into Kuradeelâs body. Grunting, Kuradeel stepped back only for Wu Yan to continue pushing him back.
âToo bad for you, I donât like the restrictions put on this virtual body of mineâŠâ
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.
âI 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.â
âUnfortunately for you, you came at a very bad timeâŠâ
This was the change caused by the Beast King Incident. The beast king used his gravitational powers to suppress Wu Yan. If System didnât give him a way-out in the form of Yukari who was summoned in a very special circumstance, 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 Yanâs paralysis resistance and poison resistance were raised to an insane level. Itâs 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 couldnât move just so Kuradeel would drop his guard. He wanted Kuradeel to turn into an orange player, killing an orange player wonât turn him into a red player (PKer).
Today, Lady Luck turned her back on Kuradeel.
âArghâŠâ
As Wu Yan forced him back with the sword, Kuradeel retreated in pain. Like an inmate about to be executed, his eyes filled with lust 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.
âOh, you want to know something? I already know who you are from the start!â
âWh-whatâŠâ
âYouâre an ex-guild member of Laughing Coffin, the trash even among the trashy cohorts of that crappy guildâŠâ
Wu Yan turned around and he cast Kuradeel a sideways glance.
âYou made me wait quite a whileâŠâ
âY-youâŠâ
Grabbing the sword, he looked at Wu Yan with immense dread.
âDi-did you plan this from the startâŠâ
Wu Yan grinned.
âWhat do you think?âŠâ
âNo⊠Spare me pleaseâŠâ
Kuradeel yelled.
âI donât want to die!â
The temperature dropped when Wu Yanâs eyes shone with a cold glint.
âLive by the sword die by the sword, I need to thank you for striking first. I mean, when you turned orangeâŠâ
Wu Yan pulled Heaven Gazer out and the blade immediately glowed with skill light.
âYouâve already lost all hope of keeping an intact corpse.â
âNoooo!â
Heaven Gazer plunged into Kuradeelâs 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.
âYou⊠murdererâŠâ
âMurderer?â
Wu Yan scoffed, he pulled Heaven Gazer out.
âI am only butchering a son of a bitchâŠâ
âYou⊠bastardâŠâ
Kuradeelâs 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.
âTskâŠâ
Brandishing his sword, Wu Yan stored Heaven Gazer away. He sighed while looking at the flying crystals.
âShould 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, youâre just an ant thatâs slightly stronger than the rest in a gameâŠâ
âFortunately, blood isnât a thing in this world, that would really dampen my moodâŠâ
Wu Yan mused as he shook his head. He dusted his hands and he resumed his journey back home.
Killing Kuradeel is just an interludeâŠ
Aincrad 55th floor, Granzam, KoB HQâŠ
Heathcliff is organizing and sorting the documents on his desk.
With Asunaâs resignation, the administrative task of the clearing raids fell upon Heathcliff. Now, heâs 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.
âKick Kuradeel out of the KoB, make sure the public knows about his past in the Laughing Coffin.â
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 Kuradeelâs past in the Laughing Coffin all along.
Heathcliff mumbled while looking at the ceilingâŠ
âWu YanâŠâ
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