Chapter 52

"Charge!" As a result, when Zhou Tian led his half-orcs to suddenly attack, they immediately achieved quite impressive results at that moment.

No matter how powerful those NPCs were, and no matter how weak the forces under Zhou Tian's command were, under the circumstances where the NPCs were completely unprepared, they naturally found it difficult to fully utilize their strength when suddenly faced with an enemy attack.

When Zhou Tian launched his attack, many of the NPCs did not even have their weapons on them. It can be imagined that in such a state, even if the NPCs had the advantage in strength, they would naturally not be a match for the half-orc warriors.

As a result, when Zhou Tian led his half-orcs to charge and then retreat, the number of NPCs who died in that charge had already reached a staggering several hundred.

Compared to regular wars, the casualties of several hundred in a battle between Zhou Tian's monster faction and the NPC army would be negligible. However, the issue now is that Zhou Tian's surprise attack on the NPCs, in a fundamental sense, cannot really be considered a war!

By launching a surprise attack with an absolutely weaker force and causing such casualties with just one charge, Zhou Tian's achievement can be considered quite impressive in a certain sense.

Unfortunately, such an opportunity is not easy to come by. Zhou Tian has successfully ambushed the NPCs once, but it is unknown when he will have such an opportunity again.

Through this battle, Zhou Tian's gains were not small. First, Zhou Tian's appearance informed the NPCs that this territory is owned by someone. If they do not retreat, then a war will await both sides. Of course, since the NPCs have already taken action, it would not be easy for Zhou Tian to scare them off.

At the same time, through this battle, the half-orcs under Zhou Tian's command underwent a significant transformation.

Regarding the casualties in this battle, while the NPCs suffered heavy losses, Zhou Tian's side naturally could not be completely unscathed. However, compared to the NPCs, the number of half-orc warriors under Zhou Tian's command who were injured or killed was relatively small. Given the levels of the half-orcs under his command, among the several hundred NPCs, on average, one out of every two or three half-orc warriors must have killed an NPC.

When low-level monsters kill NPCs who are much higher in level, the experience gained is quite substantial. Initially, Zhou Tian quickly evolved from a beast slave to a half-orc warrior due to this reason.

Now, just like Zhou Tian's situation, after his half-orc warriors killed a large number of NPCs, although not all of them gained enough experience, over twenty half-orc warriors evolved into half-orc warriors at that time.

Twenty or so half-orc warriors do not constitute a powerful force, and even compared to all the members of the half-orc race, they can only be considered a small part of the force.

However, given the current threat from the NPCs, Zhou Tian is lacking in sufficient strength. The evolution of twenty or so half-orc warriors into warriors is, at least, a piece of good news for Zhou Tian.

However, following the good news, a series of bad news awaited Zhou Tian.

Zhou Tian's ambush indeed caused the NPCs to lose a significant number of troops. However, compared to Zhou Tian, the NPCs undoubtedly had a considerable advantage in terms of strength and numbers. In such a situation, Zhou Tian's actions were not enough to scare the NPCs away. Even though they knew the original owner of the territory had returned, the NPCs, who had already made extensive preparations, would not willingly give up the territory.

On the contrary, after Zhou Tian's ambush ended, the NPCs immediately launched a counterattack against Zhou Tian.

Not being defeated by Zhou Tian and not witnessing any powerful force from him, in such a situation, Zhou Tian's "greeting" not only failed to scare the NPCs away but also enraged them.

As a result, the enraged NPCs, without a word, began to guard against Zhou Tian destroying their fortifications while simultaneously sending a message back to the city to call for another army from their base, specifically targeting Zhou Tian to begin a sweep.

When the NPCs started to take it seriously, Zhou Tian's situation became somewhat precarious.

Given the limited strength Zhou Tian had at the moment, he could not match the NPCs' threat with a direct confrontation. Therefore, in such a situation, the only thing Zhou Tian could do to face the NPCs' threat was to try to avoid a direct conflict with them.

As a result, to reduce his target, Zhou Tian, with great determination, sent most of his half-orc warriors back, and at that time, he only led fewer than a hundred half-orc warriors to engage in guerrilla warfare with the NPCs.

It must be said that Zhou Tian's decision had some effect.

Because the number of half-orcs under Zhou Tian's command was not large, his target was naturally not too big. Under his deliberate concealment, although the NPCs searched diligently, they still found it difficult to discover their whereabouts.

Thus, when the NPCs had to start dividing their forces to find Zhou Tian, Zhou Tian began to gradually launch counterattacks against the NPCs.

Given the strength of the NPCs, if they acted as a group, no matter how hard Zhou Tian tried, it would be difficult for him to pose any threat to them. However, when the NPCs dispersed, Zhou Tian's opportunity arrived.

Even if the NPCs divided their forces to find Zhou Tian, regardless of the reason, once the NPCs divided, the number of people in each small team could not be too many. Therefore, while Zhou Tian could not defeat the entire NPC army, if he targeted only a small NPC team, he was confident he could defeat them.

Now, the only thing Zhou Tian needed to consider was how to act. After all, the NPCs still had a significant overall advantage in strength. Zhou Tian could deal with their small teams, but if his actions were not fast enough and he was surrounded, it would be dangerous.

However, if Zhou Tian wanted to fight the NPCs, this was one of the few opportunities he had. Even if there was some risk, even if Zhou Tian knew that this opportunity was a trap set by the NPCs, he would have to face it head-on.