After that, nothing else worth mentioning happened.
At least, that was true for the ALO world.
All people knew was that Yuuki, Asuna, Atsushi, Teechi, Dalken, Koki, and Zhu Nie—seven people in all—had defeated the 27th Floor's Floor Boss and activated the Transfer Gate to the 28th Floor. Everyone's attention was focused on the conflict and subsequent events between Luo Zhen and that guild alliance outside the 27th Floor's Labyrinth Area. Under all that excitement, everything else became insignificant.
Thus, for the players in the ALO world, those who wanted to adventure on the new floor went there, while those who wanted to resume their raids returned to raiding. The whole place was bustling with activity.
Even the Red Wings, led by Kirito, Leafa, and the others, had already gone to the new floor to open it up. Sinon, who had recently joined the guild, was also sent there by Luo Zhen to get properly acquainted with everyone in the guild. Otherwise, given that girl's personality, she might really have continued isolating herself.
Asuna alone had been absentminded these past few days.
The reason was simple.
The Sleeping Knights were gone.
Yes.
Gone.
After the celebration banquet that day, Yuuki, Atsushi, Teechi, Dalken, Koki, and Zhu Nie had all stopped logging in.
Not only had they stopped logging in, they had not transferred their characters to any other VRMMO either. Unlike before, when they continued traveling between various Virtual Worlds, they seemed to have completely fulfilled their mission and said a final farewell to the Virtual World, vanishing without a trace.
Asuna had also tried to contact them, but aside from the in-game friends list, she had no way to reach them.
Because of that, Asuna had looked utterly listless for the next several days. She neither went out to