Chapter 58

Moved his fingers, the puppet maker did not move much, but the several NPCs in mid-air were already shouting and drawing their weapons to fly towards their superior.

"Damn it!" Seeing the puppet maker's movements, those NPC officers could only focus on dealing with the attacks from their subordinates. After a period of fighting, they managed to cut the threads on her body.

As a result, in that situation, even though the puppet maker was only one person, she managed to hold back an entire NPC army with her terrifying abilities. When the NPCs dared not act rashly, the other puppets under the puppet maker had already gathered around her.

"Mother!" The puppets who arrived at the puppet maker's side called out to her and then guarded her.

Looking at the 'children' by her side, the puppet maker's eyes showed a hint of worry. In the end, no one knew what she was thinking. But when most of the puppets had gathered around her, the puppet maker suddenly raised her head and shouted to the surroundings, "I know you are nearby. I can pretend I don't know what you are doing, but you must help me repel these NPCs. Otherwise, if I don't die today, I will definitely take revenge on you in the future."

After hearing the puppet maker's words, most people did not understand why she was shouting such things. Only Zhou Tian, after hearing the puppet maker's words, was almost certain that his actions had been seen through by the puppet maker. The reason she shouted those words was undoubtedly to warn Zhou Tian.

Although Zhou Tian knew the puppet maker was formidable, he did not expect her to be so powerful. Now, after seeing the puppet maker's abilities, Zhou Tian regretted his previous decision. To be frank, although Zhou Tian still had some strength in his hands, he had no chance of resisting the puppet maker's power and abilities. If the puppet maker really wanted to deal with him, Zhou Tian estimated that he would not have any chance of survival.

Now, although Zhou Tian did not dare to completely trust the puppet maker's words, considering her strength, he had no choice but to believe her in a situation where he had no place to run and no way out.

Thus, when the puppet maker's words fell, Zhou Tian immediately came out from the shadows. Along with Zhou Tian, the not-so-strong half-orc team in his hand also moved.

Zhou Tian's original plan was to come out and take advantage after the puppet maker and the NPC army had a hard fight. However, due to the puppet maker's formidable strength, Zhou Tian had to abandon his original plan. Now, after Zhou Tian officially stepped forward, he could no longer stay out of the matter.

"Charge!" The NPCs did not care about such things. They did not understand the whole situation, but they knew Zhou Tian was their enemy. The puppet maker, due to her formidable strength and terrifying abilities, might make the NPCs a bit wary when facing her. However, Zhou Tian did not have such a deterrent, so the NPCs, who might have been a bit timid when facing the puppet maker, immediately regained their original courage when facing Zhou Tian.

Seeing the NPCs charging at him with a mad look, Zhou Tian could not help but sigh.

At this moment, those NPCs were even harder to deal with than usual, as they had been greatly frightened by the puppet maker. The more afraid they were, the more likely they were to go mad. When facing the puppet maker, the NPCs did not have the courage to resist, but now that Zhou Tian had come out, he became the target for the NPCs to vent their anger. If he was not careful, he might be in danger of losing his life.

"This is definitely revenge, using us to draw fire, right?" After muttering to himself, Zhou Tian, though he knew the puppet maker's intentions, still had to fight.

"Form up and defend!" Facing a group of mad NPCs, Zhou Tian did not think he had the ability to defeat them. All he wanted to do now was to hold out for as long as possible under the NPCs' attacks. In such a situation, Zhou Tian naturally preferred to defend rather than attack!

"Thud!"

"Charge!"

"Boom!"

"..."

Although Zhou Tian only planned to defend passively, the NPCs' side had an absolute advantage in strength. Thus, when the NPCs launched their attack, even though Zhou Tian had made some preparations, the casualties after the two sides clashed far exceeded his expectations.

The small team in Zhou Tian's hands lost half of its members in less than five minutes of fighting with the NPCs. Even the remaining members, though they could still hold on, would not last much longer.

However, fortunately, if he encountered such a situation in the past, he would only have a defeat or death. But this time, because of the puppet house, although Zhou Tian's situation was not good, it was not without hope.

Since the puppet maker had already guessed that these NPCs were brought by Zhou Tian, she naturally could not help but hate him. However, even if she hated Zhou Tian, when he was in danger, she could not stand by and do nothing.

It was not that the puppet maker had a large heart. In fact, if possible, the puppet maker would be happy to see Zhou Tian die at the hands of the NPCs. However, even if the puppet maker did nothing, she was still the greatest threat in the minds of the NPCs. In this situation, dealing with Zhou Tian was enough for the NPC soldiers, but the true strong NPCs never took their eyes off the puppet maker.

Given the situation, the outcome of the battle between the monsters and the NPCs was entirely dependent on the battle between the NPC strong ones and the puppet maker. If the puppet maker won, the NPCs would not have a good end. But if the NPCs won, not only would the puppet maker be hard to escape death, but Zhou Tian and the other monsters would also face a life-and-death situation.

However, the puppet maker seemed to not care about the significance of her battle. After Zhou Tian held back some of the NPCs, she called her puppets to her side with great concern.