Chapter 82: “What Should Be Protected”
<<One hour until automatic resurrection. Would you like to respawn immediately?>>
<<During this event, there is no XP penalty.>>
<<The previous spawn point cannot be found. You cannot spawn there. You do not have any other valid spawn points. You will spawn at a random location within the starting spawn zone.>>
“What?!”
When Wayne opened his eyes, there was an empty wasteland before him. The sun had nearly set, though, so in the fading sunlight he couldn’t tell if this area was all wasteland or not. Overhead, a sea of stars twinkled around a full moon. Even after the sun was completely gone, it wouldn’t be pitch black.
“I died… which is fine. Well, it’s not fine, but well, not much I can do about it. If my spawn point couldn’t be found, that means…”
Wayne’s respawn point was set to that rundown Erfahren inn, meaning it must have been destroyed. Ever since the official launch, he couldn’t remember ever logging out anywhere else. And since he had no other possible spawn points, he was forced to randomly respawn at one of the starting spawn points. Which meant that, even if he didn’t know exactly where he was, this wasteland should at least be in the Kingdom of Hiers.
While this event was centered around monsters attacking various border cities, it had still only been one day since the event began. It seemed highly unlikely for every possible starting spawn point in Hiers to have been rendered unusable in such a short amount of time. So, since Wayne chose Hiers as his starting area, the game should have chosen from the available options within Hiers.
Normally, it was impossible for starting spawn points to become unusable. If the inn was no longer available, Wayne should have respawned back in that prairie outside the city. However, during that update after the official launch, the starting spawn points were adjusted in order to lower the difficulty level for new players. According to the game website, it was no longer possible to get a starting area that would be considered hard. Since Wayne didn’t respawn at the prairie, that meant that the prairie had been designated a high-difficulty zone. So it must have been taken over by monsters, by those scary ants.