Lin Yan hadn't noticed her at all.
He was scrolling through news online.
Gu Yuena had secretly been keeping an eye on what people were saying online, too.
But over the past few days, she had been going online noticeably less often.
She couldn't help it.
Her reputation was in terrible shape.
After Sentimental Douluo Zang Xin and Ruthless Douluo Cao Dezhi fell one after the other, the Federation launched another sweeping campaign celebrating their lives and deeds.
Especially Cao Dezhi's.
Sixty years guarding the Abyss.
Eight missions deep into enemy territory.
For the continent's safety, he had willingly lived under an assumed name. In the end, he hadn't even died on the front line he had protected for half his life.
Article after article, memorial video after memorial video—they brought the whole continent to tears.
And standing in stark contrast to them was, of course, the End Dragon.
Some called her brutal. Others called her evil.
Some even blamed her for the casualties caused by the Abyssal invasion.
They believed that if she hadn't killed two Ultimate Douluo, the Federation would never have been forced into such a desperate position.
At first, Gu Yuena found it laughable.
They're only humans.
Could a few insults make this king lose a single dragon scale?
But when she actually opened the comments and saw tens of thousands of vicious remarks, she couldn't help feeling hurt.
The articles that put Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi on a pedestal, then used her as a foil, stung worst of all.
They even spoiled her appetite for meat.
Why?
Those two had come after Lin Yan.
Were they allowed to kill me, but I wasn't allowed to fight back?
Besides, what did the Abyssal invasion have to do with me?
No one would listen to any