Chapter 81

In the following month, Zhou Tian no longer felt bored. Although crafting the monster equipment was time-consuming, there was always something to do. Moreover, since Zhou Tian placed great importance on this matter, he would concentrate his attention to prevent any weapons or equipment from coming into contact with the light spheres whenever they formed. This led to a situation where, although the time was long, Zhou Tian's attention remained highly focused.

However, just as Zhou Tian had anticipated, despite his best efforts, it was extremely difficult to ensure that the light spheres would not be touched by any weapons or equipment. As a result, although all the monster equipment ended up in his hands, the process of their creation was not what Zhou Tian had hoped for.

Whether it was the weapons of the undead monsters, the arrows of the orc archers, or even the clubs of the orc warriors, many of them accidentally came into contact with the light spheres. Although these weapons became monster equipment, like the Axe of the Beast King, their attributes were uniformly limited to a slight increase in attack power.

Because of the large number of monster equipment and the lack of excitement Zhou Tian felt towards the weakened monster equipment, including his own Axe of the Beast King, he directly equipped all the monster equipment onto a squad of orc guards. With the help of these equipment, the originally powerful orc guards would now be even more formidable.

If possible, Zhou Tian would not mind staying in the Skeleton Cave for a longer period. Although the monster equipment he crafted was somewhat weak, as long as he equipped all his subordinates with one piece of equipment, their significantly increased strength would allow them to start annexing other monsters.

Unfortunately, the decision made by the puppet maker was that all the monsters would take turns guarding the entrance to the second floor of the Skeleton Cave for a month. This meant that after nearly a month of guarding, it was time for Zhou Tian to leave. If he did not stop, the other monsters would see what he had been doing when they came to take over.

The method of crafting monster equipment might not be a big secret, but in the beginner area, what Zhou Tian was doing was something no one else had even thought of. If the other bosses learned that he had the method to craft them, Zhou Tian could imagine the endless trouble that would follow.

Therefore, before ignoring the strength of the other monsters, Zhou Tian had to act low-key. Since there was such an agreement, Zhou Tian naturally had to leave the Skeleton Cave. The situation would not change in the short term, and he could always craft more monster equipment when it was his turn to guard again.

Of course, before the other monsters came to take over, Zhou Tian had one thing he needed to confirm. Otherwise, he would not feel at ease leaving.

The fact that the entrance to the second floor of the Skeleton Cave could be used to craft monster equipment was a secret Zhou Tian wanted to keep to himself. When the other monsters came to guard the passage, Zhou Tian was worried that they might discover this secret as well. Although they would not use orc archers to slaughter the undead monsters like he did, he feared that if they saw the light spheres, even with their low intelligence, they would still discover something.

Therefore, before leaving, Zhou Tian needed to conduct a formal experiment to see if the orc warriors could create light spheres when defending against the undead monsters.

In the last few days of his guard duty, Zhou Tian no longer used the orc archers to defend. Under the desperate defense of his orc warriors, although the number of casualties each day was not small, the undead monsters never successfully broke through the passage.

What reassured Zhou Tian was that, while using orc archers, he could create a light sphere in about a day. However, when the orc warriors were defending, although the number of dead monsters was also significant, no light spheres appeared until the other monsters came to take over. Seeing this, Zhou Tian finally felt at ease.

"Using warriors to defend, the undead monsters die close to the first floor of the Skeleton Cave. It seems that the special energy released upon their death enters the first floor space, which is why no light spheres form. Given the size of the first floor, it's probably impossible to form a light sphere without killing all the undead monsters. It seems my worries were unnecessary. If light spheres were so easy to form, they wouldn't be my secret."

With his mind at ease, Zhou Tian handed over the task of guarding the second floor passage of the Skeleton Cave to another group of monsters.

Zhou Tian did not have the time to care about what the other monsters would do while guarding the second floor of the Skeleton Cave. After returning to his territory, he immediately got busy.

Zhou Tian's original plan was overturned by the strong performance of the undead monsters. Although he had other discoveries and gains, the final result was not satisfactory. Since the original plan had failed, Zhou Tian needed to build up his strength before making a new plan.

Whether it was the war with the undead monsters or the battles while guarding the Skeleton Cave, except for the orc archers, who suffered few casualties due to Zhou Tian's protection, the other orc members had suffered significant losses.

Regardless of what plans Zhou Tian had for the future, one thing was certain: he would need sufficient strength. Otherwise, no matter how clever his plans were, the monsters would not willingly hand over their territories to him.

Thus, since he had already completed his guard duty in the Skeleton Cave, Zhou Tian now needed to focus on building up his strength and replenishing his lost forces.

To achieve this, he could only target NPCs and players, as he had done before.

Zhou Tian was already well-versed in how to gain credit. Whether it was NPCs or players, he had his methods to deal with them. However, compared to other monsters, Zhou Tian's actions were generally on a larger scale. As a result, when he took action, the NPCs and players in the beginner area would not be at peace.

Zhou Tian did not do anything else. Using his territory outside the NPC beginner city as a base, he led nearly 90% of his orc forces to surround one side of the NPC city.

Although he only surrounded one side of the city, Zhou Tian's actions were enough to ignite the conflict between his orc clan and the NPC city, even if they did not significantly affect the lives of the NPCs.