Chapter 62

"Count me in for this operation against those NPCs, but I'm too lazy to show up. You go as my representative and contact the other leaders! Remember, I hope this operation will have a good outcome. If I can't vent my frustration during this operation, then you'll be my punching bag!" After suddenly throwing those words at Zhou Tian, the puppet maker didn't say anything more and immediately vanished from the spot.

"Damn! This time, the trouble is really big. I didn't expect the puppet maker to be so powerful, not to mention her temper is so unpredictable. Even if we can reclaim the lost territories this time, offending such a person will surely mean no good days ahead. What a miserable fate!" Seeing the puppet maker leave, Zhou Tian let out a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help but secretly lament in his heart.

Unfortunately, Zhou Tian had already done what he shouldn't have done. At this point, even if he regretted it, it was already too late. Therefore, instead of worrying about other issues, Zhou Tian should really think about how he could smoothly unite the other monsters.

Of course, although the task might be challenging, Zhou Tian didn't believe that the other monsters would be as difficult to deal with as the puppet maker.

And in fact, Zhou Tian's thoughts were indeed correct.

Even as an outsider, Zhou Tian knew the status of the puppet house. When he decided to take the initiative against the NPCs, he immediately sought out the puppet maker. This shows how much prestige the puppet maker had among the monsters in the beginner area.

As a result, when Zhou Tian, carrying the puppet maker's authority, went to talk to the other monsters about uniting against the NPCs, regardless of whether they genuinely supported Zhou Tian's plan, they all had to give him some face due to the puppet maker's influence. When Zhou Tian promised them some benefits, almost all the monsters agreed to his plan and pledged to contribute their elite forces to join Zhou Tian in the operation against the NPCs.

Thus, under Zhou Tian's coordination, nearly a dozen monster factions in the beginner area joined forces, forming a monster army of over a hundred thousand.

"Finally, I've gathered the strength." When the army was formed, Zhou Tian couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. The pressure he had been under was indeed significant. Not only was there the possibility of being held accountable for the lost territories, but he had also offended the puppet maker. Either situation would be fatal for Zhou Tian. Now, seeing that his efforts had finally resulted in a united front, with the hope of reclaiming the lost territories and resolving one crisis, even though he knew other dangers still awaited him, Zhou Tian felt a significant reduction in pressure.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how long has it been since we last launched an attack on those NPCs?" After the monster army was assembled, the puppet maker finally stepped out from behind the scenes, standing on the platform Zhou Tian had prepared for her. She then directly asked a question that left the monsters quite puzzled.

As the monsters below made a noisy response, the puppet maker, as if she hadn't heard them, continued, "To be honest, I can't remember how long it's been since we last attacked that NPC city. I didn't expect that our long-term endurance would be mistaken for weakness by the NPCs. Now, they not only occupy the territory of the half-orcs but have even attacked our puppet house. Who gave them such audacity? Gentlemen, which is the strongest race in this world?"

"Monsters, monsters!"

"Now that the NPCs dare to provoke us, what do you think we should do?"

"Fight, fight..."

Zhou Tian listened to the puppet maker's speech. After hearing her, he was quite surprised. He never expected that the puppet maker had such intelligence, able to use words to stir up the enthusiasm of the monsters. This was no different from the intelligence of ordinary people. Although Zhou Tian knew that high-level monsters were very intelligent, seeing the puppet maker's performance still left him amazed.

However, the puppet maker didn't care about Zhou Tian's feelings. After mobilizing the other monsters, she simply waved her hand and ordered, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's go!" Then, she led her puppets to fly off the ground...

They didn't hide their movements, or rather, given the situation, the commotion caused by a hundred thousand-strong army was impossible to hide from the NPCs. Since their actions couldn't be hidden, the puppet maker naturally led the monsters to attack openly.

As a result, not long after Zhou Tian and his group took action, the NPCs quickly responded.

No matter what, in the current world, the monsters still held an absolute advantage in strength. Although the hundred thousand-strong monster army was mixed in terms of strength, with many members being quite weak, such a force, if mobilized, was still sufficient to pose a threat to the NPC city.

Faced with the threat, the NPCs naturally couldn't remain unprepared. Otherwise, if the monster army captured their city, the NPCs knew very well what fate awaited them.

However, although the NPCs couldn't ignore the monster attack, they couldn't easily retreat to the city either. After all, this war was not a clash between the two factions. Although the NPC side didn't send strong reinforcements from the main city, the monsters were also just members of the beginner area.

Thus, in the eyes of the NPCs, although the attacking monster army was strong, they weren't necessarily without a chance to fight. On the contrary, if they could win this battle, they would have no pressure in expanding their city. Treating Zhou Tian's attack as an early monster siege, the NPCs directly set up their defenses on the land that originally belonged to Zhou Tian, preparing to rely on the simple walls they had built to resist Zhou Tian's attack.

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