Mighty Lord

Chapter 1028: Chapter 414 The Player Reappears

Players, a force that had only appeared in this world for a short time before Zhou Tian drove them out. Although they lost their greatest advantage in the face of Zhou Tian’s unique ability and were defeated by him, it cannot be denied that those players could directly become a force to help make up for the NPCs’ shortcomings in strength.

Zhou Tian still remembered, it was such a nascent force that almost pushed them, the monster camp, into a desperate situation. Even though the monster camp was far stronger than those NPCs, they were still frequently defeated. If Zhou Tian had not appeared, he guessed that the continent where he started might have already been captured by those players many years ago!

The last struggle saw Zhou Tian victorious, utilizing various conditions favorable to him, and he successfully drove those players out of this world. However, Zhou Tian’s success in expelling the players did not mean that the issue was resolved. On the contrary, just when Zhou Tian was about to forget those players, with the help of the deity above, those players had already developed somewhere else.

And given the players’ advantages and the peculiar passage of time between the two parties, a thousand years in game time had already been a few years on Earth. And after playing a game for a few years, it is generally either not eliminated or well into the late phase.

Players themselves would not hold grudges against Zhou Tian, because in their eyes, everything that had happened before was just a game. Even if the game was extremely realistic, those players could not possibly remember for years just because they let some monster in the game be killed.

Therefore, Zhou Tian did not have to worry about those players he had stealthily killed with his abilities coming back to cause him trouble. However, without Zhou Tian’s interference and with the arrangement of the deity above, once those players develop, they would already become a threat to the monster camp.

Although there was no hatred between players and monsters, the deity above had the ability to control the actions of those players. After those players grew in strength, that group of players indeed had the ability to pose a threat to any faction.

Given the circumstances of the players, it was obvious that, once developed, they would only strike against the monsters. Thus, when Zhou Tian discovered the reappearance of players near his territory, he immediately started making preparations. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

Regarding the players, Zhou Tian understood them more than any other monster. Apart from the fact that Zhou Tian himself had once been a player, his experience of fighting with those players on his starter continent gave him the opportunity to understand those players.

It was precisely because Zhou Tian understood the players that he became so excited when he discovered their whereabouts. He knew very well how destructive those players could be and how much damage they could inflict on his current enemies if he were not cautious with his defense preparations.

The situation was different from before; back then, combat with the players was quite simple for Zhou Tian. After nullifying the players’ greatest advantage with his ability, the monsters could leverage their numerical advantage to surround and kill those players. And if Zhou Tian simply patrolled his territory, any players seeking trouble would essentially be delivering him experience.

But now that Zhou Tian had become an emperor-level boss, everything had changed. His ability remained intact, and the players probably hadn’t changed too much either. However, Zhou Tian’s territory had expanded greatly; he now occupied three continents, plus those densely scattered islands. His vast territory granted Zhou Tian powerful strength, but at the same time, its sheer size meant that he could not adequately oversee it all.

Being able to manage one area meant neglecting another; Zhou Tian knew that even with the assistance of spatial teleportation arrays, if there were three or four groups of players attacking from different locations simultaneously, he would not be able to fend off all the players with his power alone, no matter how much restraint he could exert over them.

So, upon detecting the players, Zhou Tian had to make immediate preparations. He didn’t expect to eliminate all of the players, but he needed to ensure that his monsters would not suffer excessive losses when targeted by player attacks. If the players were not unreasonably strong, his vassal Beastmen should at least be able to hold off the players for a while until he could muster a response and kill the invading players. freeweɓnøvel.com

Given the situation at hand and the players’ abilities, Zhou Tian’s previous arrangements were somewhat out of date when facing the threat from the players.

The rest were manageable, but primarily, the arrangements on the overseas islands would require attention from Zhou Tian; otherwise, he estimated that he might lose a significant part of his forces.

Zhou Tian was probably the first—and currently the only—monster to focus on overseas expansion, so he never encountered any significant opponents in his efforts. As a result, the number of islands occupied by his vassal Beastmen overseas was not small, but they had hardly made any defense preparations.