Chapter 9 of 100

Chapter 9

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"Never thought there would be a village in such a place. I remember in the game, there was only a quest NPC here! It seems that the simple newbie villages in the game are probably not as crude as imagined in this world." After gazing at the village not far away, composed of nearly ten thousand NPCs, Zhou Tian sighed. However, he then led his group of half-orc warriors back slowly.

Being able to discover the gathering point of those NPCs was already achieving his goal. Zhou Tian did not think that with his strength, he could really pose any threat to the NPC village. Since he clearly knew he could not threaten the other side, Zhou Tian naturally would not alarm those NPCs.

After silently noting the location of the NPC village in his mind, Zhou Tian directly led his half-orc warriors back to his territory.

"Meritorious service, reward!" As Zhou Tian had expected, although successfully killing those NPCs was not a great achievement, when he returned to his territory, the half-orc commander still sent someone to deliver the corresponding reward to him.

Everything was as Zhou Tian had anticipated. Apart from the ordinary accumulation, the fastest way for the monster side to gain troops was still through meritorious service. Zhou Tian had only killed a dozen NPC soldiers, but when he returned to his territory, the half-orc commander actually sent nearly two hundred half-orc warriors to him. With such a large number of half-orc warriors joining his ranks, Zhou Tian's combat strength immediately doubled.

After sending off the messenger from the half-orc commander, Zhou Tian immediately began to happily inspect the newly added half-orc warriors under his command.

Unlike the other half-orc warriors, after obtaining the new recruits, Zhou Tian did not immediately let them patrol the territory without direction.

Other half-orc warriors, due to their limited intelligence, could only use such methods to determine the presence of enemies. Therefore, as long as they had half-orc warriors, most of them would scatter them throughout their territory.

However, with Zhou Tian's wisdom, he naturally would not do something that would undermine his own strength.

After becoming a half-orc warrior, although Zhou Tian had undergone one evolution, his strength was still not considered strong among all the half-orc warriors. In such a situation, if he did not act cautiously, he might not have enough strength to deal with an enemy attack, which could lead to his death.

Therefore, apart from sending a small number of half-orc warriors to guard the direction of the NPC village, Zhou Tian gathered all the other half-orc warriors under his command.

In the following time, Zhou Tian did not do anything else. He repeatedly controlled his half-orc warriors to perform simple tasks according to his orders, even though his efforts did not show much effect. However, Zhou Tian still persisted.

Although the progress was slow, with Zhou Tian's relentless efforts, his several hundred half-orc warriors eventually managed to remember some simple commands.

While Zhou Tian was busy training, his 'neighbor' made another move.

Although Zhou Tian's actions were quick, leaving no time for the previous group of NPCs to react before they were all killed, even if those dead NPCs did not manage to send any messages back, the NPC village could not possibly remain inactive after such a long period of their disappearance.

As a result, while Zhou Tian was training his half-orc warriors, he suddenly received news that a group of nearly a hundred NPC soldiers had left the NPC village and were slowly heading towards the location where the previous group of NPCs had died.

Upon learning this information, Zhou Tian did not hesitate and immediately decided to start a battle.

Compared to the previous situation where he used hundreds of half-orc warriors to deal with a dozen NPCs, the risk of Zhou Tian engaging in battle with a group of nearly a hundred NPCs was definitely higher. After all, the NPCs were stronger than the monster side, and they could cooperate in battle. Even if Zhou Tian used all his troops to fight them, there was still a risk of defeat.

However, although there was some risk, Zhou Tian still did not intend to miss this opportunity.

Opportunities are fleeting, and Zhou Tian was very clear that such an opportunity as today was rare. The reason the NPCs left the village was simply because they did not know about Zhou Tian's existence. Once the NPCs became aware of his presence, they would not act so scattered again.

Therefore, the NPC group that Zhou Tian had discovered was likely his only opportunity in the near future. If they were allowed to retreat safely, Zhou Tian would have to wait a long time for a better opportunity.

Zhou Tian did not have the patience to wait for a risk-free opportunity. So, even though he knew that engaging the NPC group might carry some risk, after determining their position, he did not hesitate to lead all his half-orc warriors out.

Using the strategy of surrounding three sides and leaving one open, because the number of NPCs to be dealt with was too large, to ensure a higher chance of victory, Zhou Tian did not plan to capture all the NPCs at once. Therefore, after dividing his half-orc warriors into three groups, he only surrounded three directions, leaving the right side open.

Finally, after the NPC group completely entered his encirclement, Zhou Tian gave the order, and at that moment, he led his half-orc warriors out from their ambush.

"Roar~" Unlike the NPCs, even though Zhou Tian had trained his troops to some extent, when they emerged from the shadows, the half-orc warriors still appeared somewhat chaotic.

However, no matter how chaotic their performance, the half-orc warriors under Zhou Tian were genuine monsters. When Zhou Tian's half-orc warriors attacked, they immediately startled the NPCs.

"How can there be so many half-orc warriors here?" The situation immediately stunned the NPCs. In their memory, although there were half-orc warriors in this area, their numbers were quite sparse. Now, the number of half-orc warriors in this area had increased several times, and they were even setting up an ambush. This change was naturally difficult for the NPCs to accept.

"Break through!" Although the NPCs did not understand why a safe area had suddenly become so dangerous, they knew how to respond to Zhou Tian's threat.

Zhou Tian had brought out all his troops, but the NPCs were unaware of this. Therefore, they were naturally worried that there might still be hidden half-orc warriors. In such a situation, it was clear that their position was very dangerous.

As a result, under the command of their leading officer, the NPCs immediately began to break through in the direction Zhou Tian had left open.

The strategy of surrounding three sides and leaving one open was very common, and the NPCs naturally understood Zhou Tian's plan. However, given their current situation, they had no other choice. Even if they knew that breaking through in that direction was dangerous, compared to the other three directions, the open direction was at least safer for now, and this alone forced the NPCs to retreat in that direction.

Finally, as the NPCs broke through to the right, Zhou Tian led his half-orc warriors to pursue and attack them.

To be honest, if the NPCs had fought to the death against Zhou Tian's side, they might not have suffered much loss. Unfortunately, under Zhou Tian's arrangement, the NPCs did not have the will to resist. As a result, the NPC group, which was originally not weaker than Zhou Tian's side, was directly chased and scattered.

Of course, although the NPCs' situation looked dire, in reality, although Zhou Tian had the upper hand, he did not kill many NPCs. That is, although Zhou Tian had gained some advantage, both sides had not suffered much loss in strength.

However, for Zhou Tian, being able to achieve that much was already satisfying.

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