46. The Slaying Heaven Sword Caught in the Crossfire, and the Wolf King's "Item Rain"

The streets and alleys of Nolan Village were packed with people. Some were discussing the “monster siege,” others were talking about the sudden appearance of sixty or seventy blue-grade items, and some were buzzing about the “Flying Man of Nolan Village.” The atmosphere was lively and bustling.

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

“Ding! The Howling Moon Wolf King siege event has ended. Thank you all for your enthusiastic participation!”

The instant this system message appeared, a brief silence fell over Nolan Village.

Everyone stared blankly at the notification, stunned and speechless.

What the hell?

They had come specifically to join the monster siege, and the siege countdown still showed 19 minutes remaining before it was supposed to start. How could it end before it even began?

After the short silence, a wave of uproar swept through Nolan Village.

“Damn! The event ended before it even started? Are you kidding me, game company?”

“This crappy game has no launch events, no ten-pull draws. Now that there’s finally an event, they dare to flake on us?”

“I came rushing over from another village for this?”

“The official team has no sincerity at all. Forget this game!”

“Refund my money!”

The players roared in anger, their shouts echoing to the heavens.

The official offline forum exploded as well, with the front page flooded with threads about the “monster siege cancellation” and countless colorful complaints aimed at the game’s developers.

A few minutes later, the official operations staff posted an explanation.

The post read:

“The monster siege was not canceled. Instead, some players killed the boss ahead of the scheduled siege and claimed the rewards first, making it unnecessary to continue the event.”

The staff also urged players to “look forward to upcoming game content” and mentioned that other starter villages in the game would also trigger monster sieges, attempting to calm the furious players.

This pinned post had a good effect.

Shortly after it was posted, the players’ anger shifted.

They began debating which unscrupulous player had snatched their boss:

“I know! It has to be a big guild sneaking in to kill the boss early!” one player declared.

“Disgusting! Do big guilds get to do whatever they want? They stole rewards from all of us!”

“Which big guild even has that kind of power?”

“Nobody but the Slay Heaven Guild has been stationed in Village Six recently—they’ve made it their headquarters.”

“Again Slay Heaven! It must be them! Slay Heaven Sword, compensate us for the boss!”

“Slay Heaven Sword, compensate us for the boss!”

“Slay Heaven Sword, come out and apologize! Share the siege rewards with the players—why should you keep it all?”

“Exactly, Slay Heaven Sword, apologize!”

Though their demands were unreasonable, and even if Slay Heaven Guild had indeed killed the boss, there was no obligation to compensate players for lost rewards.

But players were never rational; once their “slice of the pie” was taken, right or wrong, they were bound to curse.

Soon, the forum was filled with harsh condemnations of the Slay Heaven Guild.

Meanwhile, Slay Heaven Sword was utterly baffled.

He casually opened the official forum to see the reactions to the “monster siege cancellation.”

But why was his guild being blamed again?

After reading several posts to understand the reasons behind the accusations, Slay Heaven Sword quickly posted a clarification:

“Everyone, please believe me! Our guild did not steal the boss kill this time… and no, we did not charge any entrance fees last time either. Please trust me!”

Below the post, he attached screenshots of battle logs and loot records from the past half hour to prove his innocence.

Members of Slay Heaven Guild were also summoned offline to support their leader’s post, and gradually the players’ insults died down.

Afterward, Slay Heaven Sword felt utterly exhausted.

Since entering Evolution, he had felt like some invisible force was tightly controlling his fate, causing nothing to go his way.

...

That settled the online and offline turmoil for the moment, and the scene returned to Su Yu inside the game.

Su Yu was falling off a cliff.

His oversized leather backpack, though large, was not a professional gliding pack and could only slightly reduce his falling speed, which remained quite rapid.

But that didn’t matter.

The Wolf King’s Pounce had a 15-second cooldown.

Su Yu’s Blink spell’s cooldown was only 12 seconds.

The leather backpack extended his airtime by about four seconds, so as he neared the ground, Blink was ready to use.

A flash of white light, and Su Yu landed steadily on the forest floor.

“Finally done. Monsters aren’t exactly the smartest,” he muttered.

Looking at the blue-green items pouring out of the Wolf King like a fountain, a wave of joy and satisfaction welled up in him.

He transformed into a diligent little bee, picking up the equipment and items one by one.

He stuffed the heavier gear into his system backpack and put the lighter items into his leather pack.

“Level 10 green heavy armor boots? Not bad.”

“Skill scroll for Earth Spike? Perfect, I can use this.”

“Oh, a pet egg! Nice!”

The dropped pet egg was the Howling Moon Wolf Egg (Excellent). Once hatched, it would yield a Howling Moon Wolf pet to assist the player in battle.

Every player could own their first pet upon reaching level 10, and gain an additional pet every ten levels thereafter.

However, only one pet could be summoned to fight at a time.

Two months later, when the game’s second expansion, The Kings’ Conflict, launched, the new Summoner class would be able to summon multiple pets simultaneously.

For now, Su Yu was glad to have this pet egg, so he wouldn’t be left without a pet at level 10.

He tossed the pet egg into his system backpack and continued collecting other items.

...

While still in midair, Su Yu had noticed a golden glint amidst the Wolf King’s “equipment rain.”

The golden gleam was slender and small, suggesting the item was not typical armor but more likely a piece of jewelry or an accessory.

Regardless, anything that could be brought into the real world had to be valuable.

Su Yu patiently searched the ground for the golden item.

Finally,

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

Intermediate Health Potion (Gold): Restores 300 HP over three seconds.

“A gold-tier health potion?!” Su Yu was pleasantly surprised.