Chapter 16 of 100

Chapter 16

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"Perhaps we can make use of those players." The NPC could use the players to deal with their half-orc race, and similarly, while Zhou Tian was troubled by the players' tenacity, he suddenly had another idea at that moment.

"Kill with a borrowed knife!" After such thoughts arose in his mind, Zhou Tian's thoughts were entirely focused on this idea.

From the players' perspective, monsters were data that would respawn after being killed for a period of time. The only difference between monsters, if any, was that if a boss was killed too frequently, its strength would weaken over time.

However, in Zhou Tian's view, the same situation was different. The reason they seemed endless to the players was not because the monsters would resurrect, but because the monsters the players killed were not the same ones. The weakening of the boss's strength was naturally because the players did not give the new boss enough time to grow as they continuously killed it.

The reason Zhou Tian had such thoughts at this moment was mainly due to the opportunities created by the actions of the NPCs and the influx of a large number of players.

Originally, although Zhou Tian had repeatedly achieved remarkable feats and gained the Blood Moon Sect Leader's attention, leading to continuous breakthroughs in his strength, and despite becoming a half-orc warrior for a short time, he had already become one of the top warriors among the half-orcs. However, some half-orc warriors, due to their longer existence, were still stronger than Zhou Tian in terms of both achievements and strength. As long as these half-orc warriors existed, even if the half-orc leader were to fall, Zhou Tian would likely not be able to take that position unless he was reassigned.

However, due to the actions of the NPCs, several half-orc warriors who were originally stronger and more experienced than Zhou Tian had been killed by the players, which caught Zhou Tian's attention.

The most orthodox way to rise to a higher position would be to increase his strength and surpass those half-orc warriors. However, using such a method to obtain the position of half-orc leader would be difficult and fraught with uncertainties for Zhou Tian. Conversely, if the situation were different, it would be much simpler.

For example, if all the half-orc warriors and the half-orc leader who were stronger than Zhou Tian were to die, then Zhou Tian becoming the leader of the half-orc race would be a matter of no difficulty.

Of course, even in the world of monsters, Zhou Tian's actions would be highly taboo. If his plan were to be exposed, even the Blood Moon Sect Leader would not spare him.

However, after Zhou Tian had this idea, he felt he had a good chance of succeeding. Although the Blood Moon Sect Leader's power was great, it was impossible for him to be fully aware of every move made by his subordinates. In fact, monsters' understanding of their own forces mainly came from the permissions of their positions. Therefore, as long as Zhou Tian was careful and did not leave obvious traces, it would be difficult for anyone to discover his actions.

"Done." Compared to rising to a higher position through honest means, Zhou Tian naturally preferred the more cunning method. After calculating the success rate of his plan, Zhou Tian made his final decision.

If it were any other day, it would be quite difficult for Zhou Tian to scheme against the other half-orc warriors. However, given the current situation of the half-orc race, Zhou Tian's actions would not be difficult.

Even without Zhou Tian's intervention, many half-orc warriors had already been killed by the players on the first day. Therefore, Zhou Tian did not need to do anything else; he just needed to guide the players to the hiding places of the half-orc warriors. When the players found and killed the half-orc warriors that Zhou Tian wanted to eliminate, his goal would be achieved.

On the second day, under Zhou Tian's arrangements, the half-orc warriors who posed a threat to his succession to the leader position were almost all killed. After doing these things, Zhou Tian did not arouse the suspicion of other half-orcs. After all, the world of monsters was quite simple, and monsters with Zhou Tian's mindset were likely quite rare.

Seeing that everything was going smoothly, Zhou Tian naturally could not resist preparing to take action against the half-orc leader on the third day.

However, compared to dealing with the half-orc warriors, Zhou Tian had to be more cautious when dealing with the half-orc leader.

Each monster race had a major boss. In the game, players only knew that defeating the boss would yield great rewards, and the main difficulty was finding the boss. For powerful players, the boss was like an equipment extraction machine.

However, the status of the major boss within the monster race was far beyond what players could imagine.

If a monster race were compared to a country, the major boss would be an emperor who could not be overthrown. This shows how much authority the major bosses had.

If the half-orc leader were in danger, he could order all the half-orcs to come to his aid, and this order would be enforced by the authority, making it impossible for even Zhou Tian to resist.

Due to the special restrictions, players rarely encountered most monsters, so they did not face much interference when fighting the major boss. Otherwise, if the NPCs were to mobilize, they would have to eliminate most of the monster race to even have a chance to face the boss.

Given this situation, Zhou Tian had to be cautious when dealing with the half-orc leader. If he were to put the half-orc leader in danger, he did not want to be dragged into it.

Therefore, ordinary players would not be useful in dealing with the half-orc leader. New players would find it difficult to defeat the half-orc leader, and if it took too long, Zhou Tian might be forced to go and "protect" the leader.

Thus, while dealing with the half-orc leader was similar to dealing with the half-orc warriors, Zhou Tian could only rely on high-level players, not new players.

After having this idea, Zhou Tian carefully began his actions.

There were many players in the half-orc living area, but high-level players were rare. Given this situation, not only was it dangerous for Zhou Tian to find his targets, but it was also difficult to find suitable players.

However, no matter how difficult, Zhou Tian still had to do it. He already had a plan for finding high-level players.

Players were selfish, and Zhou Tian understood this well. If he made a big commotion, it would attract many players. However, if he made a small commotion and only a few players knew about it, the information would not easily spread.

Where there were game bugs or boss spawns, and if such information was known only to a few people, it would be repeatedly used until it lost its value or an accident occurred.

Therefore, Zhou Tian believed that to deal with the half-orc leader, he only needed to let one or two players, who appeared to be alts or were being led by others, know the location of the half-orc leader.

Although the half-orc leader's level was not high, as the ultimate boss of the half-orc race, there was a chance that he would drop rare items. This would still be attractive to players whose levels were not extremely high.

Thus, with a plan in mind, Zhou Tian was confident that his scheme would succeed.

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