Free Web NovelChapter 1073: Chapter 429: Discovery in the City
Zhou Tian did not participate in the combat. With his strength, had he been willing to fight, the pressure on the monsters under his command would have definitely been reduced significantly. However, due to other considerations, Zhou Tian ultimately abandoned the idea of getting involved in warfare.
The NPCs had already begun to fight desperately, and because of their performance, many players were now attracted to join the battle situation. With the addition of those players, the NPC army, whose combat power should have been far inferior to Zhou Tian’s monster army, managed to persist and even gain some advantage on the battlefield.
Zhou Tian believed that if he had been willing to take action, defeating the opponent would not have been a difficult task. However, the current problem was that Zhou Tian had not come into the players’ sphere of influence to fight with these NPCs and players. Zhou Tian had other plans in mind, and in the face of the purpose of his visit, whether he won or lost against those players was not an important matter. Even if he lost this fight, or even if his entire monster army were annihilated, as long as Zhou Tian could achieve the purpose of his visit or make some gains, the annihilation of the entire monster army would still be worthwhile.
So, what was Zhou Tian doing in the player’s sphere of influence this time?
Zhou Tian had come to investigate the source of the gods and demons’ corpses. If possible, Zhou Tian was even considering how to destroy the new abilities the players had acquired. freeweɓnøvel.com
After all, empowered by their new abilities, the players had already shown terrifying capabilities in this not so short period, and Zhou Tian had experienced firsthand the formidable nature of those new player abilities. Some players, who had previously been no match for him, had now become capable of fighting him on equal terms by relying on the combat power of the angels and demons’ corpses. With this change, if Zhou Tian really continued without taking any actions, no one could guarantee when the players’ strength might suddenly surpass his.
Therefore, although the current battle situation required Zhou Tian’s combat power, Zhou Tian knew that the true purpose of his visit to the enemy’s territory was the most important matter.
Usually, even if Zhou Tian took action against those NPCs and players, it was not a big deal. Although not without risk, Zhou Tian’s ability was such that, even if he could not crush the NPCs and players, ensuring his own safety would absolutely not be a problem.
But now, it was no longer a matter of whether Zhou Tian was willing to take action or not, but the NPCs had started fighting with his monster army, which provided Zhou Tian with a great opportunity to infiltrate.
Why did Zhou Tian annex the monsters’ territories?
Indeed, the fundamental reason for Zhou Tian’s actions was to increase his territory to enhance his strength. However, Zhou Tian initially had that idea because he wanted to use the monster force he had annexed to launch an attack on the castles where NPCs and players lived together.
And why did Zhou Tian want to initiate a monster siege? freёwebnovel.com
In the end, Zhou Tian’s ultimate goal was to divert the NPCs and players’ attention through certain actions and infiltrate their castle unnoticed. Only under those circumstances would Zhou Tian have the opportunity to enter their castle safely.
To understand the true nature of the players’ new abilities, it would be impossible without entering the player’s main city. Since the players needed to return to their city for almost everything, and any widespread matter could not be addressed without going through the main city, Zhou Tian would not be content without investigating in the player’s main city himself.
And considering the situation at that time, Zhou Tian naturally believed that his opportunity had arrived.
Because of Zhou Tian’s annexation of the monster force, nearly seventy percent of the NPCs and players from the player’s main city had already been drawn out. Under this circumstance, Zhou Tian just needed to create a diversion, and he estimated that the nearby main city would then focus all of its attention on the outside world. In such a situation, Zhou Tian wouldn’t just think about infiltrating the opposing castle; he estimated that if he were to forcefully break in, there likely wouldn’t be many players or NPCs available to deal with him.
As for how to divert the attention of those NPCs and players, Zhou Tian already had a plan in mind.
He decided to use the old method; since he originally thought about using a monster siege to attract the attention of the inhabitants of the player’s main city, he decided to continue with that method to achieve his goal.
It was not that Zhou Tian was too lazy to consider other methods, but at that moment, he estimated that no other method would be as effective as a monster siege in capturing their attention.
After all, neither the players nor the NPCs were stupid. With their main forces already deployed outside, even if something was happening nearby, they were unlikely to leave the city to investigate. Hence, without a pressing issue at hand, the NPCs would probably not show much response.
Thus, given the situation at that time, Zhou Tian had no other method to force the NPCs to shift their attention to the besieging monsters and comply obediently other than launching a full-scale attack on their castle.
