Chapter 15: The Grim Situation
Time passed, and months passed in the blink of an eye before Sunday's attack on that NPC village. Originally, after that incident, the area of Zhou Tian's territory at that time was rarely stable for a period of time, and both Zhou Tian and that group of NPCs were silently accumulating strength and preparing for the next war.
As for the atmosphere at that time, it is believed that the environment there will not change for a long time on Sunday. Until one of the two sides was ready to stir up trouble, there should not have been a war in their area on Sunday.
However, although Zhou Tian and the NPC had no intention of starting a war, with the insertion of the third party's force, the situation in Zhou Tian's territory inevitably changed somewhat.
Zhou Tian didn't do much precaution against that NPC village, although he didn't see the worst situation, but judging from the situation when he was still on the battlefield at that time, Zhou Tian also knew that his last action definitely hit that NPC village hard. And depending on the other party's situation, I believe that for a long time, it is absolutely impossible for them to act rashly if they have not recovered.
In fact, there was nothing wrong with Zhou Tian's thoughts, even if he suffered such a big loss at the hands of their half-orcs, there had been no radical actions in that NPC village. Although the atmosphere was tense, they were only making some preparations for battle at that time, but they never took the initiative to provoke a war again.
It's just that although Zhou Tian said that he counted the reactions of those NPCs, he still underestimated the revenge of those NPCs.
Indeed, according to the current situation in the world, it is already quite difficult for the major forces on the NPC side to resist the persecution of the monster side. And in that case, a small village suffered a little loss, even if the NPC of that village asked for help, I believe that no other NPC would take action in this matter.
However, Zhou Tian thought that the NPC side would no longer have the power to intervene in the affairs between him and the NPC village, but he completely forgot to consider that those NPCs had the power to mobilize in addition to their own power.
Players are a rather special group, and the monster side has to rely on them to breed. As for NPCs, it is also necessary to use the player's combat power to reduce the strong on the monster side. In this way, players have already become like-stirring sticks because of their special identity, and anything that has anything to do with them must mean the emergence of variables.
In this way, although the existence of players means that there are a few more channels for Zhou Tian's meritorious service, to be honest, Zhou Tian really doesn't want those players to interfere at all. After all, the player's freedom is too high, and usually high-level players can easily enter the realm of these low-level monsters, and he can certainly make meritorious contributions by killing players. But if one accidentally provokes those high-level players, then with Zhou Tian's current strength, he really doesn't have the ability to deal with it.
It's just that although Zhou Tian didn't want those players to intervene, those NPCs were already acting like that, and Zhou Tian's opinion naturally couldn't play any role.
That group of NPCs underestimated Zhou Tian's reasons, so they had always suffered in the previous confrontation with Zhou Tian. And now, just when Zhou Tian thought that he had eaten those NPCs, those NPCs used some means, but they also made Zhou Tian realize that the abilities of those NPCs were not as unbearable as he thought.
They themselves are not capable of dealing with the orcs, but those NPCs directly use the method of issuing quests to let those players fight Zhou Tian and them. Although it is unrealistic for the player to kill all the orcs directly. But as long as nothing else, the attacks of a large number of players can definitely affect the strength recovery speed of the orcs, so that their NPCs can recover first.
The NPC's plans are clear at a glance, but what if Zhou Tian understands their plans? In the face of the actions of those NPCs, Zhou Tian still had to cooperate with them.
The arrival of the players is a foregone conclusion, and it is impossible for the presence of Zhou Tian to affect them. On the contrary, after a large number of players entered their area, Zhou Tian had to try to avoid making too much of a mess, otherwise if he didn't do well, he might have something to attract the attention of the players.
Zhou Tian has been a player and naturally knows that if there is any news in the game, then whether it is necessary or not, boring players will run to see it, and if that situation really occurs, according to Zhou Tian's current momentum, it is estimated that two or three times should let those players kill all of them.
It's impossible to let go of the credit given to that group of players, and at the same time find a way to avoid making your moves too big and noticeable. Undoubtedly, those NPCs have given Zhou Tian a problem now, and according to the current situation, if Zhou Tian can't cope with it, then it will be a big disaster.
In the face of such a situation, when those players came forward, Zhou Tian naturally hurriedly made preparations to deal with it.
First of all, the first thing Zhou Tian did was to rearrange the patrol locations of his half-orc warriors. Although Zhou Tian said that he was a little jealous of those players, that would not be a reason for him to let his men die. Although in order to avoid encountering danger, Zhou Tian will definitely send a certain amount of eyeliner at that time. However, in that process, Zhou Tian also needed to ensure that his half-orc warriors would not run into the hands of those players too much. Otherwise, if the orc warriors under Zhou Tian were killed or injured too much at the hands of those players, it would be just like those NPCs.
After making some arrangements in a hurry, Zhou Tian didn't have a chance to make too many preparations, and under the arrangement of those NPCs, groups of players appeared in groups near Zhou Tian's territory.
In fact, it may be that NPCs can't be sure who their enemies are! Therefore, the tasks issued by those NPCs seem to be quite extensive, and the content of the tasks should be to kill the orcs. As a result, it was not only Zhou Tian's territory that really had players visiting, in fact, the entire area where the orcs lived, and the number of players had increased several times in a short period of time.
It's just that the place where the task is handed in is closest to Sunday's territory! Therefore, the situation where the player is in trouble, in Zhou Tian's territory, that is the real disaster area.
It was only the first day, when Zhou Tian watched there because he didn't dare to act rashly, he didn't expect that under the actions of those players, the half-orc warriors under Zhou Tian would be reduced by more than a hundred in one day. In fact, according to the information obtained by Zhou Tian, in this day's time, the number of their dead and wounded half-orc warriors had already exceeded 10,000, and even if they were half-orc warriors, there were already more than a dozen dead and wounded.
Although according to the characteristics of the monsters, the orc commander can fill those orc warriors in one day at any time if he wants to. However, there is naturally a big difference between the veteran orc warriors and the new members, whether it is strength or power in their hands, the gap between the two sides is not ordinarily large. In this way, even if the orc commander will make up for the lost troops, the overall combat power of the half-orc clan will still inevitably be weakened.
Regardless of the overall interests of the orcs, after seeing the performance of those players on the first day, Zhou Tian was even more afraid to take the lead at that time.
It's just one day! Those players actually reduced the strength of the entire orc clan by thirty, it is conceivable that if this situation continues, when the existence of the entire half-orc boss level is changed several times, it is estimated that the overall strength of the half-orc clan will be affected by that time!
Of course, although the overall situation of the orcs has a certain relationship with Zhou Tian, it will not make Zhou Tian think too much about it at this time. Now at this time, Zhou Tian is still worried about the situation in his own one-third of an acre.
The one-time loss of more than 100 half-orc warriors was not an unacceptable loss for Zhou Tian, and the lack of at least a hundred or so half-orc warriors would not shake Zhou Tian's foundation. It's just that although those players haven't really posed a threat to Zhou Tian now, from their various performances at this time, Zhou Tian has already seen their threat to himself.