"Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future." — John F. Kennedy
Immediately after hearing the announcement, Pellington and Bethany instinctively stood up and became alert; it was time for their first-ever defensive battle, something that was both scary and exciting.
He had seen fights and knew that Harbinger's Call took the gore to a level most games refrained from while not going over the edge.
When players died, they would have real corpses that would last until they were revived or respawned, including injuries.
He was happy he was a mage, not having to get up close and personal with dead bodies, even if they were intentionally less gory than real dead bodies.
Most of all, he did not want to see Bethany's dead body.