Chapter 32: Death
Just when Skeletron was expecting Zhou Tian to appear soon to rescue it, Zhou Tian, who was held by Skeletron with high hopes, was just leading those orcs into the tunnel without hurry.
"Don't be in a hurry, if you go too soon, how can you achieve your goal at that time." While shaking his head and striding forward, Zhou Tian intentionally or unintentionally commanded the orcs under his command to block the way. And those who were behind them were almost all the skeleton archers of the Skeleton Clan.
That's it, when Skeletron and other warriors of the Skeleton Clan were fighting with those NPCs, Zhou Tian was leading his half-orcs to keep delaying the footsteps of those skeleton archers in the tunnel, if it weren't for Zhou Tian's fear that he would make things too obvious and let the Skeleton King understand his intentions, and finally fight back before he died, it is estimated that Zhou Tian might not be blocking the footsteps of those skeleton archers at all, but directly blocking them in the tunnel.
In the end, under the influence of Zhou Tian's small actions, the team that was originally able to rescue Skeletron in time was repeatedly delayed, and when they rushed to the ground, Skeletron was faintly about to lose.
"This guy isn't dead yet, and that old thing is too useless!" Zhou Tian's idea was naturally to let Skeletron die at the hands of NPCs. And in that case, according to his authority when he formed an alliance with Skeletron, now Zhou Tian can use the advantage of command to make the Skeleton Clan fight to the death with those NPCs. In the end, when they were both defeated, Zhou Tian would exert his strength at that time, so that Zhou Tian would not only be able to achieve his goal of annexing the Skeleton Clan, but also be able to take the credit for capturing the NPC Village alone after the matter was over.
It's just that Zhou Tian underestimated the strength of the Skeleton King, according to the strength of the NPC powerhouse that Zhou Tian had seen before, he had been delaying as much time as possible, and he had not been able to kill the Skeleton King, so that Zhou Tian's original plan would naturally be completely disrupted.
"To save or not to save?" hesitated for a moment in his heart, but Zhou Tian immediately made a decision at that time.
"Save!" Almost instantaneously, Zhou Tian directly made a decision in his heart, according to the current situation and the character of the Skeleton King, if Zhou Tian saves it, then even if his original plan fails, then in the end, Zhou Tian can also get some benefits. On the contrary, if Zhou Tian does not save Skeletron now, then Skeletron will certainly be unable to escape death, but Zhou Tian will also not end up well.
Since he had already made a decision in his heart, Zhou Tian's action would not have any hesitation, and he had almost just made a decision in his heart, but Zhou Tian immediately gave the order to attack the skeleton archers behind him at that time.
"Your king is about to be injured at the hands of that NPC, for its safety, now all archers are ordered to target that NPC and attack all!" Although those skeleton archers are not half-orcs, Zhou Tian has also played a certain control effect on them with the authority of the boss. As a result, in that case, with Zhou Tian's order, many skeleton archers also shot the bone arrows in their hands towards the NPC.
When hundreds of bone arrows shot towards it, the scene was naturally quite amazing, although it did not appear in the movie The scene of ten thousand arrows piercing the heart, but it was enough to make ordinary objects frightened.
And although that NPC is powerful, as Zhou Tian thought, although it is strong, it is not able to ignore the attacks of those skeleton archers. Even those skeleton archers can only deal damage with a drop of blood, and a wave of attacks from a skeleton archer is enough to cause hundreds of damage to that NPC.
Zhou Tian didn't have the ability to know how the HP of their monsters and those NPCs was calculated. However, when I first played the game, the HP of players within level 10 was basically within 100. In this way, based on the player's HP, Zhou Tian can be sure that the NPC's HP will not exceed 1,000 no matter how much it is. In this way, according to Zhou Tian's arrangement, the team of skeleton archers will naturally be able to pose a threat to that NPC powerhouse.
In fact, with Zhou Tian's order, those skeleton archers released their arrows together, and the first wave of attacks had already caused a lot of damage to that NPC.
It was impossible for Zhou Tian and the appearance of the skeleton archers to hide from anyone, but according to the usual performance of the monster side, the NPC had never thought that Zhou Tian would know that Zhou Tian would use those skeleton archers to carry out covering long-range strikes. And in that case, no matter how strong the NPC that failed to avoid it in time is, when it suddenly encounters that kind of attack, it is no longer possible to dodge.
Therefore, under the attack of those skeleton archers led by Zhou Tian, the HP of the NPC powerhouse at that time was drained by most of it in an instant. If it weren't for its strength and much more HP than ordinary NPCs, based on the damage caused by this attack at the moment, ordinary NPCs would have died long ago.
However, even if that NPC powerhouse is okay for the time being, if he doesn't do something, I believe that as long as Zhou Tian gives another order, the second wave of attacks should be enough to kill him.
Clearly feeling threatened, the NPC at that time didn't dare to stay where he was at all. Almost at the same time as he had just taken the damage from those bone arrows, the NPC had already rushed towards Zhou Tian and them at that time.
Based on the strength of that NPC, I believe that if he was bent on evacuating at that time, the chances of them being able to leave each other behind are very slim. And as long as the distance between the two sides is widened, even if the attack range of those skeleton archers is not small, it is not enough to pose a threat to him.
It's just clear that the NPC can't let go of his responsibilities at all compared to evacuating in the simplest and safest way. Therefore, the NPC who could easily leave did not choose to do so, but planned to take a risk directly.
Although Zhou Tian usually does not come to the stage easily, he is the only one who can command so many skeleton archers except Skeletron. Now, Skeletron has completely suppressed that NPC powerhouse, and in this case, if Zhou Tian wants to use the strength of that group of skeleton archers, he naturally has to come forward in person.
And in that case, even if the NPC didn't know that the things that their village had encountered before were caused by Zhou Tian, he could see that the group of skeleton archers who were already a threat to him at the moment should be Zhou Tian.
Capture the thief and capture the king first, in the NPC's opinion, if he doesn't want to leave now, then he must take Zhou Tian down. Only after Zhou Tian is taken can this fundamentally restrict the actions of those skeleton archers, and finally find that glimmer of life for their village.
I have to say that the NPC powerhouse still sees the problem very accurately, and the supreme rulers of the two races that pose a threat to this village at the moment are Zhou Tian and Skeletron. And as long as these two big bosses are killed, naturally those orcs and skeletons will also become a plate of loose sand. And according to the advantage of their NPCs, although they will pay a heavy price in the end, it is not impossible for those NPCs to drive those orcs and skeletons out of the village.
Although Skeletron has the right to rule, he has limited ability to lead those monsters to victory. Although Skeletron picked up a small life in the previous battle, he was already in a state of near death, and in that case, as long as Zhou Tian was taken, the crisis of this NPC village would be resolved.
It's just that although the NPC's plan is correct, it is not easy for him to take down Zhou Tian.