Marvel: The Greatest Hero Era

If this floor boss hadn't been so difficult, she wouldn't have approached Tiabel to suggest a joint strategy.

The two of them led their teams and discussed things in front of the BOSS's gate for quite a while.

In the end, Asuna assertively claimed that our Blood Alliance's strength was greater than that of your Holy Dragon Union, and thus secured a 60/40 share of the rewards after the BOSS battle. As for the final blow from the BOSS, whoever landed it would keep it.

After the verbal agreement was reached, the two parties shook hands, which was considered to have formalized the agreement.

"By the way, Asuna-san, will your student council president, Yuzuru-kun, be coming this time?"

"That guy..."

When Tiabel talked about Zhao Chen, Asuna, who had maintained a serious expression, suddenly relaxed, which made Tiabel curious.

What did this person do? How could they possibly hurt Asuna like this?

"Don't mention him to me."

Asuna sighed, rubbing her forehead. The thought of someone lounging around in their 50th-floor apartment for almost a month gave her a splitting headache. Because of that person's prolonged absence from all strategy guides and guild activities, the entire Knights of the Blood Oath had almost forgotten they had a guild leader. Asuna, on the other hand, was frequently out in the public eye, and over time, she had become the leader in the eyes of the members.

Thinking about how I spend all my time and energy working for someone's union.

He was practically spitting blood and dying on his desk, while he was just like a salted fish, spending his days at home sunbathing and fishing, not caring about anything, just waiting to reap the rewards.

No!

I'm protesting!

Asuna grew increasingly angry, and parted ways with Tiabel and the others, still somewhat upset.

As Tiabel watched Asuna and the others walk away, he couldn't help but pray for someone in his heart.

Yiyi Yuxianjun.

-I wish you a horrible death, Amen!

There are now more than just Tiabel who have cursed Zhao Chen like this.

After all, he's so close to Asuna. And Asuna is a well-known, powerful, and popular idol in SAO!

Not only is she incredibly beautiful, but she's also incredibly strong. In the strategy team, our Boss Ya is even known by the prestigious nicknames "Strategy Demon" and "Flash"!

She is a goddess in the hearts of male gamers, possessing both beauty, wisdom, and strength.

How can anyone accept that someone is constantly thinking about a lazy bum who likes to slack off?

This led to the infamous Fruit Gate incident.

I remember it was when we were conquering the seventieth floor. Because Zhao Chen deliberately slacked off and didn't go, our CEO was in a bad mood for a long time.

Over the next few days, people would often see baskets of lemons, seemingly sent by someone, placed in front of the Blood Oath Knights' guild headquarters.

Moreover, each basket of lemons delivered had a prominent sign attached to it.

This is a gift for the Blood Alliance leader.

After Asuna left the party, she took out a teleportation crystal and headed straight for the fiftieth floor.

Arriving at someone's doorstep, Asuna, too lazy to even knock, angrily pushed the door open.

As soon as she stepped inside, Asuna yelled, "Yuzuru! You come out here! Yuzuru!"

The girl's voice, tinged with anger, echoed throughout the room in an instant.

Soon, hurried footsteps could be heard from the second floor; someone was coming downstairs.

"Yo~ Asuna, it's been a long time."

"Hehe, yes, it's been a long time."

Upon seeing the main character appear, Asuna sneered, crossed her arms, and adopted a posture of questioning and accusing.

Seeing this, Zhao Chen's heart tightened, sensing that something was amiss.

What did I do to offend her?

I don't think so!

"that……"

"You've had such a long rest, are you feeling comfortable?"

"Yeah, comfortable."

"But I don't feel well!!!"

Asuna, whose voice suddenly grew louder, glared at Zhao Chen with eyes that looked like they wanted to devour him.

"Look at you! It's been almost a month, and you haven't even left the house once!"

"No way! I go out all the time, you know!"

"Hehe, where did you go? Did you come to the guild headquarters to deal with some issues, or did you go to the front lines to conquer the maze?"

Seeing Asuna's sarcastic expression, Zhao Chen knew that she was genuinely angry.

After quickly reflecting on his actions, Zhao Chen immediately lowered his head and adopted the posture of a primary school student admitting his mistake.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong..."

"Now that you know you were wrong, don't you think it's too late?"

"I swear I will turn over a new leaf from this day forward and never slack off again!"

As Zhao Chen raised his hand to swear, a series of rhythmic stomping sounds could be heard. Asuna, hands on her hips and a stern face, said, "And then!"

"And...and I will definitely take every strategy seriously from now on! I will strictly implement the guild's goals and clear all 100 floors to liberate all players on the server!" Seeing that someone was admitting their mistake and had a good attitude, Asuna's heart slowly softened.

However, these guarantees alone are not enough!

Who will reimburse me for all the hardships and exhaustion I've endured lately? "Continue!"

"Huh? You have to say more?!"

Faced with Asuna's relentless pursuit, Zhao Chen felt a chill run down his spine.

Damn it, CEO Asia is forcing me! Since that's the case...

With a snap, his feet came together.

Zhao Chen saluted, declaring defiantly, "I...I am willing to obey any arrangements the organization makes for me!" "Hmm, that's more like it."

Asuna smiled contentedly, then stretched and turned to sit on the nearest sofa.

She rubbed her shoulder and then gave her a look.

At first, Zhao Chen didn't quite understand President Ya's look, but the next second, he did. "Put a little more force here, hmm~ not bad."

"I changed my pillow at home, and my shoulders are always sore when I get up." "Um... can you forgive me?"

"Hmph, dream on. Tomorrow, come with me to fight the boss on the 73rd floor. We'll talk after we've done it." "Yes, Your Majesty! No problem, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Chen, now acting as a lackey, patted his chest and confidently declared that he could take on the boss single-handedly tomorrow.

Just as Zhao Chen calmed Asuna down, in the room on the second floor.

On Zhao Chen's bed, a beautifully crafted little girl was sleeping peacefully.

Chapter 217 Prelude to Ragnarok

In Odin's bedroom in Asgard.

"Mom, how is Father?"

"It's alright, Thor. Your father was probably just too tired from the last battle, so..."

There was some worry in Frigga's eyes. She held Odin's hand as he slept peacefully on his hibernation bed and smoothed the stray strands of hair from his forehead.

"...Let him sleep a little longer."

Thor looked at his father, who had fallen into a deep sleep, and leaned against the door frame, feeling a pang of sadness.

He knew that Odin was now in a period of declining divine power because he was too old and his divine body was too frail to contain the infinite divine power he once possessed. Therefore, he could only continuously reduce his divine power in order to extend his life in a roundabout way.

However, the ultimate result of this self-reduction of divine power is that Odin's divine power will eventually be exhausted.

Then he will embrace death...

The thought of Odin's death made Thor feel a tightness in his chest.

He turned and left, intending to have a few drinks at the tavern. On the way, Thor encountered a group of alien criminals being escorted to a dungeon by heroic warriors.

Thor didn't even want to glance at these guys.

After all, Asgard, as the guardian of the Nine Realms, captures a large number of cosmic criminals every day.

So these are just normal daily tasks, nothing worth paying attention to.

but!

He didn't notice Thor had walked away absentmindedly.

Among the alien criminals escorted by the heroic warriors earlier, there was a particularly ugly fellow who turned around and glanced at him with interest.

In the dungeon.

The heroic warriors who escorted the prisoners handed them over to their brothers in the dungeon, then left with their arms around each other's shoulders, as what happened afterward was no longer their concern.

The heroic warriors responsible for guarding the dungeon systematically selected one alien criminal after another according to their respective crimes and then locked them in their corresponding cells.