Chapter 46: 46, Zhan Tianjian in the crossfire, Wolf King’s “Prop Rain”_l
Translator: 549690339
Nolan Village’s streets and alleys were populated with people.
Some were discussing the “Monster Siege,” others chatted about the sudden appearance of “sixty to seventy blue pieces of equipment,” while others conversed about the “Flying man from Nolan Village, ” creating a lively atmosphere.
But, right at the moment when the [Howling Moon Wolf King] was killed, every player received a system announcement:
“Ding! The ‘Monster Siege’ event has ended. Thank you players for your enthusiastic participation!”
The moment they received the system’s announcement, an eerie silence fell over tne entirety or IN01an village.
Everyone just stared blankly at the system alert, dumbfounded.
What the heck!
They had rushed here specifically to take part in the Monster Siege which, according to the countdown timer, was supposed to start in 19 minutes. How did it end without even beginning?!
After a moment of silence, a wave of uproar surged throughout Nolan Village.
“What the fuck! The event ended before it even began? Is the game company messing with us?”
“There were no activities when this damned game was released, they didn’t even give out any ten-draw gacha gift. Now, when they finally host an event, they dared to stand us up?”
“I traveled all the way from another village for this!”
“The developers have no sincerity at all. I should just quit this game!”
“Refund my money!”
The players were livid, their roars of outrage shooting up to the sky.
The official forum was bombarded with complaints, the homepage filled with discussions about the cancellation of the “Monster Siege” and various curses aimed at the game’s developers.
Minutes later, the game’s moderators posted on the forum to address the situation.
The post read:
“The Monster Siege was not canceled. Instead, a player slew the boss and claimed the rewards before Monster Siege could take place, making further combat unnecessary.”
The admins went on to urge players to look forward to the upcoming game content and mentioned that other starter villages would also trigger similar Monster Sieges, as an attempt to pacify the angry players.
The pinned post worked wonders.
Not long after it was posted, player outrage shifted from the game management to somewhere else.
Conversations about the unscrupulous players who stole their boss sprang up:
“I knew it! A big guild must have gone in stealthily and killed the boss!” one player conjectured.
“Disgusting! Can the big guilds do whatever they want? They’ve stolen all of our rewards!”
“Which big guild was capable of achieving this?”
“In the past, there were no big guilds in the sixth village, the only one that recently set up camp here, making it their headquarters, is the Zhan Tian guild.”
“It was Zhan Tian again! It must have been their doing! Zhan Tianjian must compensate us for our boss!”
“Zhan Tianjian, compensate for our boss!”
“Zhan Tianjian, apologize! The siege rewards should be distributed to the players, how dare they monopolize it all?”
“Exactly, Zhan Tianjian, apologize!”
Even though their demands were outrageous, players were known for their lack of rationality. If someone touched their interests, they were going to rant no matter what.
Soon enough, the forum began to echo with condemning voices against the Zhan Tian guild.
Zhan Tianjian unfairly took the blame, utterly dumbfounded.
He opened the official forum intending to see players’ evaluation of the “Monster Siege cancellation”.
But why were his guild being cursed again on the forum?
After browsing a few posts to understand why they were being criticized, Zhan Tianjian rushed to post a clarification: “Everyone, believe me! Our guild did not secretly kill the boss this time… wait, we also didn’t collect the village entry fee last time, you have to believe me!”
Underneath his post, Zhan Tianjian posted pictures of his combat logs and treasure logs from the last half-hour to prove his innocence.
The members of the Zhan Tian guild were also called to back up their leader on the forum, slowly subduing players’ criticisms.
After everything had calmed down, Zhan Tianjian was left exhausted.
Ever since he entered “Evolution,” Zhan Tianjian felt that he was being controlled by an invisible force. Why were things always going awry?
Leaving the drama unfolding online and offline aside for a moment, let’s switch back to Su Yu within the game.
Su Yu fell from the cliff.
His oversized backpack he had bought wasn’t a professional gliding kit, it could just slow down his freefall slightly. His descent was still rather rapid. However, that wasn’t a problem.
The Wolf King’s [Pounce] skill had a 15-second cooldown time.
Yet Su Yu’s [Flash Skill] only took 12 seconds to cool down.
The backpack helped delay Su Yu’s contact with the ground by around four seconds. When he was about to hit the ground, the [Flash Skill] had already cooled off.
With a flash of white light, Su Yu safely landed on the ground amidst the trees.
“Phew, finally managed to deal with that. After all, a monster is no match for a human in terms of intelligence.”
Looking at the blue-green object, “Fountain,” on the Wolf King’s corpse, a sense of fulfillment washed over him.
And so, Su Yu transformed into a busy little bee, picking up each piece of equipment and treasure on the ground.
Heavier pieces of equipment were stuffed into his system backpack, while the lighter ones were put inside the leather bag. “Level 10 green heavy armor boots? Not bad.” “[Earth Stab] skill scroll? I can use this.”
“Oh! A pet egg, nice!”
The pet egg was an [Excellent Howling Moon Wolf Egg], which could be hatched into a Howling Moon Wolf pet to assist players in combat.
Each player could have their first pet once they reached level 10, and could have an additional pet for every 10 levels they gained.
However, only one pet could be summoned to assist during combat.
Only once the game’s second expansion “The Kings’ Conflict” was released in two months could the new class, [Summoner], summon more than one pet to help with battles.
Now that Su Yu had the pet egg, he wouldn’t need to worry about not having a pet after reaching level 10.
Tossing the pet egg into his system backpack, he continued picking up other items.
While still in mid-air, Su Yu noticed a gold streak among the “equipment and items rain” that fell from the Wolf King. His attention was immediately drawn to it.
This golden streak was very thin and small, suggesting it’s not a typical armor-type piece of equipment but more like jewelry or an ornament?
But regardless of what it was, any item that could be taken back to the real world was a good one.
Su Yu patiently scoured the ground for that golden item.
Finally,
After most of the pieces of equipment were stored in his backpack, he found that golden item.
[Intermediate Health Recovery Potion (Gold)]: Recover 300 health points within 3 seconds.
“It’s a gold-rated healing potion?!” Su Yu was ecstatic..