(An extra chapter for "Chen Wenjun 2," 1/5)
Meow Brother had been killed on the spot after touching an otherworldly abomination. Honestly, the sight had terrified Happy Stick, too.
He'd seen it clearly. Meow Brother had bounded off like a dog off its leash, happily heading over to loot the place. But the moment he touched the hilt of the abominable sword stuck in the ground, he'd exploded into a ball of light and vanished.
All that remained was his gear, clattering pathetically across the ground.
Ever since Lady Triss had made psychic dog tags for the players, they hadn't seen this clean-cut, explode-on-the-spot-and-spiral-360-degrees-into-the-sky "death" in ages.
Happy Stick had nearly forgotten that this was how they'd left the world whenever they died back when they first entered the game.
"Fuck, what the hell is this thing? Some kind of untouchable force?"
Happy Stick cautiously circled the abominable sword a few times, then picked up Meow Brother's equipment, orbs, and dog tag and put them in his inventory. He examined the sword stuck in the ground and soon noticed the leaves and oak insignia of the Old Church of Nature, faintly visible on the hilt of the greatsword wrapped in black light.
He was left with a head full of questions.
It looked like a standard-issue weapon of the Avalon Church.
But why had it killed Meow Brother, who was also a follower of nature?
Stick carefully backed away a few steps, then flew into the air to survey the ground.
He realized that the sword wasn't the only abomination left in the camp. There were also pieces of armor speckled with black light, along with the broken blades of three other swords.
That proved he hadn't imagined it. A fierce battle had definitely taken place here, though he and