Chapter 33

Zhou Tian stood at the front of the stage, and the main reason he dared to step forward at this critical moment, apart from the fact that he had no choice, was that he was fully aware that with the current strength of the NPC village, once the powerful NPC fell, the other NPCs would be no threat to him at all.

Knowing that the powerful NPC was his only threat, how could Zhou Tian possibly give him an easy chance to get close? Thus, as the powerful NPC charged towards Zhou Tian, he issued an order, and hundreds of figures immediately appeared in front of him.

To ensure his safety, Zhou Tian had made ample preparations for his guards. Behind him followed hundreds of skeleton archer kings, and there were also hundreds of skeleton (half-orc) warriors. Now that the powerful NPC was about to deal with him, it was time for Zhou Tian's guards to take action.

"Attack!" Although the NPC's ability to completely suppress the skeleton king showed his formidable strength, the ordinary small bosses did not have the intelligence to know fear, and Zhou Tian's authority prevented them from disobeying his orders. Therefore, despite knowing the enemy's strength, Zhou Tian's guards still raised their weapons and charged forward.

Facing the encirclement of hundreds of monsters, the NPC's face showed a moment of hesitation. However, after a moment of thought, his hesitation was replaced by a determined expression. With a grit of his teeth, the powerful NPC charged directly towards Zhou Tian's guards.

"Attack!" It must be said that the NPC's strength was truly formidable. If Zhou Tian had not come up with the idea of using skeleton archers to form an army to deal with him, their operation today would have had little hope of success. At the very least, it would have been impossible for Zhou Tian to force the NPC into such a desperate situation.

With his resolve set, the powerful NPC immediately displayed his terrifying strength on Zhou Tian's guards. The sword aura he released cut through the crowd of monsters, and any monster hit by it, whether a half-orc warrior or a skeleton warrior, was instantly cut in two.

As a result, after just one sword aura, dozens of monsters had already died at the hands of the NPC.

However, given the situation, although the NPC's killing power was significant, with the monsters around him not retreating, no matter how many monsters he killed, he could not leave his position. Thus, his plan to capture Zhou Tian was impossible to achieve.

What comforted the NPC was that, surrounded by a group of monsters, with his constant movement, the distant skeleton archers should not be able to attack him anymore.

But was that really the case?

"Aim at the target, all skeleton archers prepare to fire!"

The NPC thought that, given his current situation, Zhou Tian would not attack him out of concern for the monsters. However, he did not consider that when he completely suppressed the skeleton king, although the skeleton archers' attacks were aimed at him, Zhou Tian did not care about the skeleton king at all. In fact, the skeleton king had been injured by the arrows. Since Zhou Tian could completely ignore his partner, the skeleton king, the few monsters caught in the crossfire would not make him hesitate.

Thus, with Zhou Tian's order, the skeleton archers quickly drew their bows.

"Fire!" As soon as Zhou Tian's order was given, the skeleton archers immediately shot their bone arrows. Hundreds of bone arrows, aimed at the NPC, rained down.

Facing such a rain of arrows for the first time, the NPC, with his high health, managed to withstand the attack, though he was left severely injured. When the second wave of arrows rained down, the NPC was helpless.

When the arrows fell, several monsters near the NPC were pierced by bone arrows. If they were lucky, they might survive. However, those with bad luck were turned into pincushions by the arrows.

Even the monsters caught in the crossfire suffered such a fate, and the outcome for the NPC, who was the target of Zhou Tian's attack, was even worse.

Although the NPC's strength was astonishing, he used his long sword to block most of the bone arrows. However, his strength was not enough to ignore the human wave tactic. As he blocked most of the arrows, with the appearance of a gap in his defense, a large number of bone arrows eventually hit the NPC.

Given his condition, the NPC could not withstand the second wave of bone arrows.

In the end, the NPC, hit by nearly a hundred bone arrows, died at the hands of the skeleton archers, though he died with a look of不甘 (unwillingness) in his eyes.

Walking to the NPC's body, Zhou Tian ignored the look of unwillingness in his eyes and kicked him to the ground, casually stepping on his corpse as he walked towards the skeleton king.

"NPC Guardian is dead. Everyone, act freely. Slaughter all the NPCs in the village. I want to completely occupy this village within one hour."

"Roar!" The monsters, though not very intelligent, still understood Zhou Tian's order. After a few roars, the group of monsters scattered.

As Zhou Tian had said, the reason the NPC village could not be breached was partly due to the monsters not knowing how to use their strength effectively. However, the main reason was the strong NPCs in the village.

In the case of the NPC village they were attacking, their reliance was on the powerful NPC who had just been defeated. With the NPC strong, any branch of monsters would find it difficult to capture the village, as the NPC could kill any boss that appeared. Without a boss leading them, the monsters were harmless to the well-coordinated NPCs.

Now that the NPC Guardian was dead, not only would the morale of the NPCs be severely affected, but without the protection of the NPC Guardian, the other NPCs, no matter how they combined their strength, would not be a match for the monster army led by two powerful bosses.

As a result, after Zhou Tian ordered the monsters to act, the NPC village quickly turned into a hell on earth.

The NPCs performed even worse than Zhou Tian had expected. When their guardian died, they immediately lost their fighting spirit. Faced with the threat of numerous monsters, some NPCs fled, some recklessly fought, but there was no organized resistance.

"The situation is under control!" Given the circumstances, the capture of the NPC village was only a matter of time. Seeing the situation, Zhou Tian breathed a sigh of relief and immediately sought out the skeleton king.