Chapter 85

"Cast the shield, Mage!"

"Prepare to heal, Priest!"

"Knight, move faster! Are you planning to make us the meat shield with your dawdling?"

"……"

Amidst the chaotic noise, a large group of players, numbering in the hundreds, advanced in small teams directly toward the location where Zhou Tian was situated.

These players were quite perceptive and quickly identified Zhou Tian as the boss. If this group could really take down Zhou Tian, they might not be guaranteed a massive drop, but they would certainly secure victory in this war.

However, was Zhou Tian so easy to deal with?

Without using the bows, although employing the orc archers would easily force back the players charging at him, due to the characteristics of the players and the current situation, using the orc archers would only provide temporary relief but would be quite disadvantageous for the overall battle.

Therefore, the orc archers who had been moved to the rear were not reactivated by Zhou Tian. When faced with the threat from the players, Zhou Tian waved his hand fearlessly, and his orc warriors charged forward.

"Attack, Mages and Archers!"

"Boom!"

"Charge with the shield, Knights!"

"Fall back, Priests!"

"……"

In small teams, the players did not back down and charged forward to face the orc warriors sent by Zhou Tian.

"What's going on? The number of monsters is much greater than we saw. Could that boss be...?"

When the players entered Zhou Tian's area of influence, their original privileges were gradually weakened and stripped away. As a result, monsters that were previously invisible in their field of view slowly became visible.

For a moment, the players roughly deduced Zhou Tian's identity. However, given the situation, even if the players had guessed something, they did not dare to be distracted by these thoughts when facing the threat from Zhou Tian's orc warriors. Therefore, although Zhou Tian's ability had revealed his special identity, it did not affect the battle at all.

After the initial shock, the players quickly engaged in combat with Zhou Tian's orc warriors.

To be honest, in terms of strength, Zhou Tian's orc warriors did not have any advantage over the players; in fact, they were at a disadvantage. Just from the initial contact, the players used ranged attacks to kill many of Zhou Tian's orc warriors. And perhaps due to the experience gained from recent battles, when the orc warriors died, they dropped quite a bit of loot.

Seeing that Zhou Tian's orc warriors dropped a lot of loot, the players became excited.

If all of Zhou Tian's orcs were like this, whoever could take down this group of monsters would undoubtedly gain significant rewards. The players, in essence, were still motivated by profit. Seeing the opportunity for a big gain, they naturally did not hold back against Zhou Tian.

As a result, after using ranged attacks to scatter Zhou Tian's formation, the players directly engaged in close combat with the orc warriors.

Seeing the situation, Zhou Tian was actually delighted.

Logically, the players' strength should be superior to the orc warriors, and Zhou Tian should feel uneasy. However, he actually felt happy. In fact, after seeing the players' reaction, Zhou Tian genuinely smiled.

As a result, under Zhou Tian's arrangement, the orc warriors used their numbers to compensate for their strength disadvantage. Although many were killed by the players, they also managed to kill a significant number of players. In this way, not only did Zhou Tian gain many new recruits through his authority, but many of the orc warriors in the battle evolved into orc archers or even orc guards.

At the time, the evolution of a few monsters did not change the overall situation. If nothing unexpected happened, the players, who had the advantage in strength, should be able to kill all the orcs sent by Zhou Tian.

However, just as the players were about to win, Zhou Tian issued new orders.

With Zhou Tian's command, a group of orc guards suddenly emerged from near the battlefield and immediately charged toward the players.

Because the players were engaged in a heated battle with the orcs sent by Zhou Tian, they only focused on Zhou Tian's reactions and did not expect his monsters to attack from another direction. As a result, when the orc guards attacked, the players were caught off guard.

Almost immediately, the players were overwhelmed. Even if their health bars were already low, it was certain that they lost a lot of health in the intense battle. In their unprepared state, they suddenly faced an attack from a group of orc guards whose strength was not inferior to theirs. With the element of surprise, the orc guards had no difficulty killing the players.

As a result, after the orc guards emerged, nearly 40% of the players were killed by Zhou Tian's orcs before they could react. And as the orcs continued their actions, it was likely that more players would die before they could escape.

Of course, the extent of the players' losses aside, when the other players saw their companions in danger, they would not stand idly by.

As a result, not long after Zhou Tian's orc guards emerged, a group of players rushed out from the newbie city to rescue their trapped companions.

However...

"Fire!" Zhou Tian did not let the orc archers deal with the initial group of players, not because the orc archers could no longer attack, but because he felt it was not cost-effective for them to act at that time. Now, with the opportunity to directly eliminate hundreds of players, Zhou Tian naturally would not let the orc archers stand idly by.

Following Zhou Tian's command, the orc archers, who had been waiting in the rear, drew their bows. With Zhou Tian's order, a rain of arrows fell upon the players coming to rescue their companions.