"Fuck!"
"The monsters in this Black Forest are sneaky as hell! I've died twice in a row!"
A new player climbed out of the resurrection circle, cursing nonstop.
But he did not even bother dusting off his Ash Undershorts. He immediately bought the cheapest Ash Spear from the system shop and charged back into the Black Forest, his eyes bloodshot.
"Once I hit level 19 and advance, I'm turning that damn Poison Spider into a specimen!"
Dying often meant paying resurrection fees.
But with the veteran players from the Second Beta Test using their well-honed pulling and mobbing tactics.
Overall, monsters were dying far faster than players were taking casualties!
Especially once this horde of the fourth catastrophe discovered that some monster drops could serve as weapons.
Their fighting methods became even more bizarre!
Some wielded Mutant Boar tusks as daggers.
Others used thick Poison Spider legs as bone spikes.
A few players were even twisted enough to smear fluids from Corrupted Villager corpses onto their spears, proudly calling it an added "tetanus poison attack"!
Faced with this utterly shameless horde of the fourth catastrophe, the Mutants along the edge of the Black Forest suffered a horrific, one-sided slaughter.
Only toward evening, when the black fog began spreading, did the environmental mechanics force the players to slow their grinding.
That night.
In front of the Ash Church.
After a busy day, the players sat around the bonfire, comparing their loot and sharing tips on grinding monsters.
Just then, another pleasant server-wide system announcement rang out, appearing in the center of every player's vision!
``` [Ding!]
[Server announcement: congratulations to player "Immortal Star Crazy Young Master" on establishing the server's second guild, Undying Stars!]
[The Abyss shall never perish, and the stars shall endure forever!]
[Let us salute this rising