MMORPG: Rise of the Peerless Pumpkinmancer

At this moment, a certain sub-purpleddit called <Apocalypse New Leaf> was blowing up. 

-Babies&Butter: Holy shit, guys! The goddamn Devil is growing even stronger! 

-JellyJellyFishy: Yeah, last I heard, the freaking hunters were level 25+. How does one deal with that?! 

-SupImABot: This is an automated message. DO NOT LOG INTO NEW LEAF!! Don't do it! Don't become yet another casualty of the Devil. We hiding, brotha!!! 

-ILikeTrains: Guys, that bot's old news!! Log in! Fucking log in! It gives a quest now, and it's time for the counterattack! 

-BallsTinglingWithHype69: Can you feel the hype?!!! 🔥 Can you?! 🔥

-STDCollector: Oh god! Time to get those sweet rewards! Can you guys imagine what we'll get for beating that dude?! 

-911WasAnOutsideJob: I'm coming too! This Devil can suck on my mighty stick!!! 

-TomatoPhone: LOG IN!!!! 

New blood was coming over. The players would call all their friends and get them to join in on the fun! There were so many players spawning that the blue flashes illuminated the dark fog! 

Then they'd make their way toward the main battlefield, aka right outside the chicken dungeon! They could already hear the shouts of the players there, and it was glorious! 

"Protect the Holy Flame!!!" 

"Don't let those fuckers come anywhere near!"

"So what if they're super strong, super fast, invincible, and….fuck!!!" 

Hundreds of players were resisting as the last bastion of humanity! (At least the one in New Leaf) 

Any newcomer couldn't help but gulp in fright. What monstrosity were those creatures?! None looked the same, but they all were positively fucking scary! 

It was as if death was lurking on the new Leaf plain! Did they really want to get mixed with that?! They would actually do it for the loot!! 

Yep, the sweet promise of a reward was luring them all in! The holy glow in the middle acted like a beacon. The loot was right there!!! 

Players and Hunters were akin to moths as they threw themselves straight at the flame! They'd then meet in the middle, and it turned into one huge-ass meat grinder!!

Heck, Moon Moon was even turning a sad eye to the whole thing. There was so much meat getting lost right now! 

Then there was an evil being fawning the flames. 

"Kill them all! All of them!!! Especially destroy that accursed torch!!!" The Devil screamed at its troops. 

The hunters were relentless while the players kept losing more and more XP as they died over and over again! Some screaming over the chaos: 

"Fuck, I've just lost a level!!" 

"But have you lost your courage?"

"Heck no! Wish me luck. I'm going back in! 

They were all dying over and over…and for what?! No, seriously, for what?! None of them freaking knew! But, they believed in the Demon King and the Chief. They had to have a plan!! 

In this case, "they" actually should have referred to Jack. He slowly guided the magical instructor, telling him how to control the holy energy. 

Somehow it looked as if he had done this all his freaking life!! The Chief standing guard by the side was utterly confused: 

1. Where had the holy torch come from? 

2. What kind of spell were they weaving with it? 

3. How did the Demon King know how to manipulate holy energy?! 

4. Also, how had the Devil gone from standing at the man's side to turning on him?! 

He felt like a LOT was happening at once. Thus, he did the logical thing and stood still, completely disregarding it all. He would just stand guard and punch things. Yep! 

In fact, the only one other than Jack who had an understanding of what was going on was the florist, but he was way too busy focusing to tell anyone. 

Never in his NPC life had he done a task so hard! This was the perfect opportunity to learn! A huge smile wouldn't leave his face. 

This was freaking holy energy!! How amazing was that! In any case, he would soon be done and simply couldn't wait! He felt like he had been born for this very moment! 

The players sensed that things were going well and began cheering. 

"Guys, I think we got this in the bag!" 

"Motherfucker, that's a death flag right there!" 

"Tch— Are you superstitious? How silly! As if it would change anything!" 

"Death flag? Who cares! We got the devilishly handsome Demon King with us!" 

The players chuckled, feeling that the tide was turning in their favor. They couldn't wait for that one annoying Devil to stop cackling in the background! 

But that's when it started cackling even harder. "Hahahahahahahaha!!…..You guys really pushed this Devil into a corner!"

"What is wrong with it?!" 

"Has it gone completely bonkers?"

"That sounds so ominous! What is it planning?!" 

That's when the Devil finally went all in! This was how it would eradicate the pesky Demon King! 

"Try and survive this!" It waved its invisible, immaterial hand as it gave a conqueror's grin! (still invisible) 

That's when the density of the Demonic Energy in the air suddenly increased. 

This was so much freaking overkill! It was as crazy as a sleep-deprived author drinking 100 cups of coffee at once! 

It affected everyone in the plain alike without discrimination.

[You Are Affected By Demonic Energy!] 

[Your Body Is Being Corrupted!] 

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Players all over the battleground began to lose HP every damn second! While it wasn't that much damage, how were they supposed to fight now?! 

Would they have to chug potions non-stop? It was already challenging to do that in combat, but now they also had a time limit? This was madness! 

But then they realized with horror that it wasn't all. The energy also affected the enemies! The Hunters suddenly began to grow bigger, stronger and their expressions were sharper! 

Oh god, no! What kind of crazy transformation was this?! 

Earlier, the creatures had been rising in level, but now it was a complete overhaul! They were now Soul-Devouring Hunters 2.0! 

Oh, and they were ready to party!

As the players saw the buffed creatures charge toward them, they collectively shat their pants.

How the fuck were they supposed to survive this?! What was worse was that even the Demon King was frowning…. 

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