Chapter 1 How Can There Be So Many Monsters?

“How can there be so many monsters?”

“Is this a monster siege? Why does it feel like a war between NPCs?”

“Look, the guards around are decreasing in level!”

Everyone looked at the massive number of Orcs charging out of the forest, their scalps tingling. Seeing the guards of Misty Forest Town, who were originally above Level 100, had somehow dropped to Level 70, even the captain of the guards was only Level 75.

Seeing this level, everyone’s hearts sank.

Level 70-plus NPCs couldn't suppress Level 50-60 Orcs at all. On the contrary, dreaming of holding Misty Forest Town with the town’s two thousand-plus NPCs was simply a pipe dream.

The original hope for the NPCs instantly vanished, causing the various guilds present to panic.

“Guild Leader, there are too many Orcs. Misty Forest Town's defenses can’t hold. Should we retreat now?” Liu Qianqian used an observation skill to scan around, her face very gloomy.

Among the large number of Orcs, the weakest were Special Elite-ranked, and there were also many Great Lord-ranked giant Orcs and High Great Lord-ranked Orc Warlords mixed in. The three sides of Misty Forest Town were being attacked, each led by a Level 65 Legendary-ranked Orc General.

This level of combat power was not something a mere weakened town could defend against, not to mention the town’s attack buildings were only arrow towers. The other side had trebuchets, over a hundred of them. The difference in combat power between the two sides was simply despairing. It was a joke to think that three hundred thousand elite players who couldn’t be uniformly commanded could stop millions of Orcs.

“Let’s take a look first. If it doesn’t work, we’ll prepare to retreat,” Xinghe Wangxi also felt considerable pressure at this time.

He originally thought that this city defense battle would turn into a Boss grab, but now it seemed that just being able to hold on would be good. Not to mention trying to grab a Legendary-ranked Boss, whoever tried would die.

Other guilds also began to watch and wait.

However, just as everyone was watching, hundreds of giant fireballs suddenly streaked across the sky, falling towards Misty Forest Town like meteors.

“Not good! Dodge quickly!” The high-level members of the various guilds took one look, their faces darkened, and they repeatedly ordered.

These giant fireballs were the trebuchets’ attacks. If players were hit, there was only one result: death!

Although everyone wanted to dodge, Misty Forest Town was crowded with over three hundred thousand players, making it impossible to avoid. They could only watch as the giant fireballs fell one by one.

Boom, boom, boom…

A series of explosions rang out, echoing throughout Misty Forest Town.

All the fireballs scattered in mid-air, blocked by Misty Forest Town's defensive magic array. However, the defensive magic array also trembled because of this, and some places showed cracks, but they quickly recovered due to the supply of magic power.

This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. If hundreds of giant fireballs had struck, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

However, just as the fireball situation was resolved, Orcs and siege vehicles rushed to the city walls of Misty Forest Town to launch attacks. As an important defensive town, Misty Forest Town's walls were reinforced with magic runes, making their defense higher than even magic barriers. However, siege vehicles were specifically designed to destroy city walls and gates.

In just one fierce impact, the magic lance on the siege vehicle pierced through the protection of the magic barrier, leaving a mark on the wall.

“Everyone, listen up! Attack the Orcs’ siege vehicles! We must not let the Orcs break through the magic array and the walls!” The high-level members of the various guilds saw this and quickly ordered.

Immediately, everyone reacted and launched attacks from the city walls. Countless arrows and spells fell, bombarding the siege vehicles and Orcs below. However, these Orcs and siege vehicles seemed to have a layer of protection, greatly reducing all damage, generally only a few hundred points of damage, with very few people exceeding a thousand.

This little damage had no effect on the Special Elite Orcs with hundreds of thousands of HP, not to mention the Leaders, Lords, and Great Lords with millions and tens of millions of HP.

Letting the players on the city walls bombard them with large-scale destruction magic and AoE magic was also not ideal. It only cleared out some Special Elites. The Leader-ranked and above Orcs were still alive and kicking, frantically bombarding the magic barrier and constantly consuming its energy.

Although the Orcs’ attacks were all within the town’s defensive magic array’s tolerance range, the energy consumption accumulated. Not to mention, the city walls attacked by the siege vehicles also showed cracks.

On the other hand, after attacking for so long, everyone had not eliminated many Orcs. The Orc army was still everywhere, and the constant trebuchet bombardment turned the night of Misty Forest Town into day.

“Lei Shao, if we keep fighting like this, the town's defensive magic array will be broken sooner or later. At that time, the Orcs can directly enter the town through the siege vehicles, and the town’s teleportation magic array will also be unusable. Let's retreat,” Yi Xiao Du Zang swept a glance at the attacking Orcs on the city wall, his head aching. “This city defense mission is simply not something we players can complete right now.”

Although they still had trump cards that they hadn't used, now, not to mention dealing with the Orc Generals slowly approaching in the distance, even the current Orc Captains and Orc Warlords were despairing.

The large numbers were one thing, but they also had damage reduction. It took several thousand people a long time to take down a Great Lord-ranked Orc Captain, not to mention a High Great Lord-ranked Orc Warlord.

“Okay, let’s retreat too.”

Lei Jingyang glanced at the various guilds that were starting to retreat one after another and helplessly nodded. He wasn't a fool and could see that the system was deliberately trying to let Misty Forest Town fall. Continuing to work hard would only be a futile struggle. Otherwise, the system wouldn't have weakened the NPC guards from over Level 100 to Level 70. There were simply more Orcs than in the Orc towns on neutral maps.

“Guild Leader, Tianzang Guild has also started to retreat,” Liu Qianqian said.

“It seems the situation is hopeless. Let’s go too,” Xinghe Wangxi then ordered a retreat.

Just as the various guilds were retreating, only the Zero Wing Guild on the city walls was still frantically attacking the Orc army and siege vehicles below the city walls. Their clearing speed was generally much stronger than the other guilds, with each damage value exceeding a thousand, and some even reaching several thousand.

“Still not leaving?” Xinghe Wangxi looked at Zero Wing, which was still holding its ground, and couldn't help but be surprised.

The number of players in Misty Forest Town was now less than 100,000, and they were all starting to retreat one after another. Instead of retreating quickly at this time, they were still killing these Orcs. It was simply courting death. The town's defensive magic array and city walls could break at any time.

“At this time, is Zero Wing Guild still putting on a show?” Lei Jingyang stood under the city wall and glanced at Shi Feng on the city wall, a hint of disdain appearing at the corner of his mouth. “For the sake of the reputation of the number one guild in Star-Moon Kingdom, they don't even care about the lives of their guild members. It seems Zero Wing Guild is nothing more than this.”

In his opinion, Zero Wing Guild wanted to maintain the face of the number one guild in Star-Moon Kingdom and wanted to be the last to retreat, so it would sound better when they said it.

“Can a thousand-man team really defy the heavens? Lei Shao, let’s go,” Yi Xiao Du Zang also glanced over, sneered, and walked towards the town's teleportation hall.

As the various guilds left, only the Zero Wing members remained in the entire town.

“Guild Leader, the people from the other guilds are all gone.” Aqua Rose turned to look at Misty Forest Town. Now, only the NPCs were left, and not a single player.

“Okay, let’s start too.” Shi Feng then looked at Cola beside him and said, “Cola, Nightingale, Ye Wumian, the three of you will be the main tanks for a while. The target is the Orc Warlord!”

Although he didn't know much about the Orc siege battle, he had seen many in his previous life. He wasn't surprised at all that the Orcs had sent out such an array. It should be said that it was very normal. After all, this was a battle between kingdoms, and it was normal to fight for several days.

However, it wasn't as if there wasn't a way to achieve a quick victory.

That was to kill the other side's commander. This was difficult for other guilds to do. Just getting close was despairing, not to mention killing him, but it wasn't difficult for him.

Then, Shi Feng opened the Space Gate of the Ring of Space, and the teleportation target was the rearmost base camp of the Orc army.