The difficulty. Apparently this place is a dungeon now?

*All of a sudden, strange shadows begin coming out of the trees. They appear humanoid, but their structure seems to defy the laws of physics all together. They have glowing white eyes and translucent black, vaporous bodies. They don't seem particularly happy to see you.*

Chaos Guardian 1: Intruders...

Chaos Guardian 2: Begone from this place...

*With that, they quickly grab up Dennis at light-speed and inflict level 9999 WITHER POISONING, sapping Dennis of his life force in milliseconds. Dennis has been slain. He respawns a couple feet away.*