Skycutter Sword Gets Shot, Wolf King's "Item Rain"

Nolan Village was bustling with people on every street and alley.

Some were discussing the "Monster Siege," others the "sudden appearance of sixty to seventy pieces of Blue Gear," and some the "Nolan Village Flying Man," making for a very lively scene.

But the moment the [Howling Moon Wolf King] fell, every player received a system announcement:

"Ding! The [Howling Moon Wolf King] Siege event has concluded. Thank you for your enthusiastic participation!"

The instant the system announcement was received, a brief silence fell over all of Nolan Village.

Everyone stared blankly at the system prompt, lost in thought.

What the heck!

They had rushed here to participate in the Monster Siege, and the countdown showed it was still 19 minutes away from starting. How could it have ended before it even began?!

After the brief silence, a tidal wave of sound erupted in Nolan Village.

"Holy crap! The event ended before it even started? Game company, what the hell are you doing to me?"

"This garbage game has no server launch events, not even a free ten-pull. Now that they finally have an event, they dare to flake on us?"

"I specifically came from another village, and this is all I get?"

"The official team has no sincerity at all. This game isn't worth playing!"

"Refund! Give me my money back!"

The players were furious, their roars reaching for the sky.

The official forum offline also exploded, with the homepage filled with discussions about the "Monster Siege cancellation" and various colorful insults directed at the game's official team.

A few minutes later, the official operations staff posted a message to explain the situation.

The post read:

"The Monster Siege was not canceled. Instead, a player had already preemptively killed the boss before the Monster Siege event began and claimed the rewards. Therefore, there was no need for the Monster Siege to proceed."

Furthermore, the staff added, "Please look forward to the game's future content," and "Other Novice Villages will also trigger Monster Sieges," in an attempt to calm the players' anger.

This pinned post had a very good effect.

Not long after the operations staff posted it, the players' anger was redirected.

Players began discussing which wicked players had snatched their boss:

"I know! It must have been a major guild that snuck in with their members and killed the boss!" one player said.

"Disgusting! Can major guilds do whatever they want? They stole the rewards for all of us players!"

"Which major guild has that kind of strength?"

"Village Number Six didn't have any major guilds stationed there before. Recently, only the Skycutter Guild moved in, making it their headquarters."

"Skycutter again! It must have been the Skycutter Guild! Skycutter Sword, compensate us for the boss!"

"Skycutter Sword, compensate us for the boss!"

"Skycutter Sword, come out and apologize! Share the siege rewards with the players. Why should you hog it all?"

"Yeah, Skycutter Sword, come out and apologize!"

The players' demands were unreasonable. Even if it truly was the Skycutter Guild that snatched the siege boss, there was no need for them to compensate the players for their losses.

But players have never been rational. As long as their own interests were affected, regardless of whether the other party was right or wrong, they would just curse them!

Soon, a large number of strong condemnations against the Skycutter Guild echoed across the forum.

Skycutter Sword was innocently caught in the crossfire, completely bewildered.

He casually opened the official forum, intending to see how players were evaluating the "Monster Siege cancellation."

But on the forum, why was his guild being cursed again?

After browsing a few posts to understand why they were being cursed, Skycutter Sword quickly posted a clarification: "Everyone, please believe me! It really wasn't our guild that sneak-killed the boss this time, and it wasn't our guild that blockaded the village and collected entry fees last time. Please, you must believe me!"

Below the post, Skycutter Sword also attached images of his combat logs and loot logs from the past half-hour to prove his innocence.

The members of the Skycutter Guild were also summoned offline to help their boss by replying to the posts, and only then did the players' curses gradually subside.

Afterward, Skycutter Sword felt exhausted.

Ever since entering "Evolution," he felt like he was being firmly controlled by an invisible force, and nothing seemed to go his way!

Putting aside the online and offline turmoil for now, let's return to Su Yu in the game.

Su Yu fell from the cliff.

The extra-large Leather Backpack he had purchased was not a professional Glider Pack; it could only help him reduce his falling speed slightly, and he was still falling rapidly.

But it didn't matter.

The Wolf King's [Pounce] had a cooldown of 15 seconds.

Su Yu's [Blink] only had a cooldown of 12 seconds.

The Leather Backpack helped Su Yu extend his ground contact time by about 4 seconds. By the time he was about to land, Blink had finished its cooldown.

With a flash of white light, Su Yu stood steadily on the ground between the trees.

"Ah! It's finally done. Monsters are no match for human intelligence after all."

Looking at the blue-green fountain of items on the Wolf King, a sense of harvest joy surged in his heart.

Su Yu then transformed into a diligent little bee, picking up the equipment and items on the ground one by one.

He stuffed the heavier equipment into his system backpack and the lighter equipment and items into his Leather Backpack.

"Level 10 Green Heavy Armor Boots? Not bad."

"Earth Spike Skill Scroll? This is perfect for me."

"Oh, a Pet Egg! That's really nice!"

The dropped Pet Egg was a Howling Moon Wolf Egg (Excellent). After hatching, it would yield a Howling Moon Wolf pet to assist the player in combat.

Every player could have their first pet upon reaching level 10, and they could have one more for every 10 levels gained.

However, when summoning, only one pet could be summoned to assist in combat at a time.

Two months later, when the game's second expansion pack, Clash of Kings, was released, the new Summoner class would be able to summon multiple pets to assist in combat simultaneously.

Now that Su Yu had obtained a Pet Egg, he didn't have to worry about not having a pet after reaching level 10.

He tossed the Pet Egg into his system backpack and continued to pick up the other items.

While in mid-air, Su Yu saw a golden streamer flash among the Wolf King's "equipment and item rain," which immediately caught his attention.

Because this golden streamer was very thin and small, it indicated that this golden item was not ordinary armor, but more like a piece of jewelry or an accessory.

But no matter what, anything that could be brought back to reality was a good thing.

Su Yu patiently searched the ground for the dropped golden item.

Finally.

After storing most of the equipment in his backpack, he found the golden item.

[Intermediate Life Recovery Potion (Gold)]: Restores 300 health points over three seconds.

"It's a golden Health Potion?!" Su Yu was very pleasantly surprised.