As more and more intelligence comes back from the frontline positions, a shadow can't help but flash across everyone's heart!

"The Skull Crusher"...this name is well-known in the world of Fostel!

As a powerful bandit group with unknown origins, they have been well known from the first day they appeared!

What is especially unbelievable is that...the main "bully target" of this large bandit group is actually a veteran with a much stronger national power than Solna and is stronger than Garswood!

Various videos of burning, killing and looting in Garswood once made the name "Skull Crusher" a notorious presence in the game!

Especially as more and more players gather on the border, some players even claim to have been captured by these guys~

It's a pity that there is no conclusion yet, and even so, the Skull Crusher is one of the few in the Fostel Basin that is so cruel that it can even cause lung tissue~

I really don’t know how these gangsters who smashed, smashed, and looted got in touch with the Bone Guild from Garswood this time.

Could it be that...

Are players colluding with NPCs?

This seems to be a rather rare scene~

Strictly speaking, since players enter the game world, they have been constantly interacting with NPC forces. This "interaction" is actually a kind of "collusion" in a certain respect.

NPC superiors or rich and capable guys issue tasks and instructions. In short, they let players run various errands and then give them certain rewards.

But this kind of interaction has an obvious superior-subordinate relationship~

And this superior-subordinate relationship has continued to this day, and even to this day. Players have not been able to truly become the masters in the game world.

There is no cooperation between players and NPCs under equal circumstances, but the examples are much rarer than the previous use of superiors and subordinates~

After all, players are always a vulnerable group. They generally lack strength and financial resources, and it is difficult to attract NPCs with sufficient strength to commit themselves to cooperation [Those who are not strong enough, that is, those below the spiritual level, generally do not have similar intelligent behaviors].

However, the "collusion" that the Desolate Bone Society is currently demonstrating with actual actions has taught all players who understand this scene a vivid lesson!

This game can actually be played like this...

Exactly how the people of the Bone Society got involved with the Skullbreakers, a bandit group, is unknown~

From the perspective of the assassin players who were responsible for tracking and monitoring on the periphery, the two groups apparently met smoothly, and then...

Instead of continuing their journey, they settled down and started logging wood on a large scale!

“Mining wood???

Fuck~

These guys...are they trying to build siege machinery? Like catapults or something?"

I don’t know who it was in the command channel, but he muttered something in a low voice, but everyone’s hearts jumped in shock!

If that's the case...then this battle seems to be in trouble~

The reason why everyone dared to be so confident in the first place was because of the solid defense of the third-level city wall and the fact that the other party was helpless against the rock-hard city wall?

If the opponent can really rush out a batch of catapults, the situation will be reversed in an instant... At least the absolute advantage of Dark City will be suppressed to a certain extent...

"Let the people following you see clearly who are those who are chopping wood."

While everyone was discussing uneasily, a cold and clear female voice suddenly sounded in the command channel, and everyone subconsciously looked at the name displayed on the chat bulletin board...

Bloody waves!

Is Xuelan finally online?

"Everyone, please calm down.

Does it make any difference to us who the enemy is and who he colludes with?

When one enemy comes, we kill, and when a hundred enemies come, we kill. The only difference is that the latter allows us to kill more happily~

The Plague Alliance has not experienced an actual flag-sacrifice battle since its establishment. Today, everyone should be more energetic and take advantage of the dark moon and high winds to give our Plague Alliance a resounding name that is invincible to outsiders!

I am now sorting out the last batch of support materials here in Plague City. The situation in the City of All Things is almost the same and will be over soon~

Before that, I will contact you through the friend channel, and the action instructions will also be issued one by one through the friend channel~

As soon as she finished speaking, Xue Lan exited the command channel. When everyone subconsciously searched for her personal information, they found that Xue Lan had run back to the Plague City again. The speed was so fast that everyone felt speechless.

~

"This...boss. What should we do now?"

Mabuse was also a little confused and had no choice but to ask about the Dark Justice.

"Nonsense, didn't you understand Miss Xuelan's order? Immediately ask someone to confirm and see who those people are collecting wood."

The Dark Duke rolled his eyes speechlessly and repeated Xue Lan's orders to his subordinates.

After receiving the confirmation from the boss, the younger brother at the bottom immediately took action, and countless assassins who were sneaking began to rush towards the enemy's wood resource mining direction bit by bit...

In the land of ghosts, stones are always easier to find than wood~

Generally speaking, the territory's wood resources come from the underground world or from finding dead forests and harvesting them.

But no matter what the situation is, for the ghost tribe, even if wood is not their main resource, it will become quite difficult once there is a shortage~

The amount of wood used in city defense and construction is actually not large. As long as the territory breaks through the restrictions of the village and town levels, the main material used in city defense construction will change from wood to stone~

However, in terms of war machinery and other aspects, generally speaking, except for emergency tents, they are mainly made of wood, and things such as hand crossbows, crossbow arrows, etc. are more practical to be made of wood. Once there is a shortage of wood due to certain circumstances, for

It is actually a very troublesome thing for the lord.

As a general resource, wood can be collected by mercenaries or slowly collected by territorial labor. If a craftsman technician with professional "logging" skills is in charge, the mining efficiency is even faster than that of players~

And as the invisible scouts of the Dark Duke approached the dead woods of all sizes...

Damn it!

Judging from the movement speed of the NPCs who are logging... these guys are actually NPC craftsmen with professional skills!

There are no less than hundreds of NPC craftsmen!!!

"So many??? Are you sure you read it correctly?"

Hearing the reply from the Dark Duke, Xue Lan, who was far away in the Plague City, couldn't help but be stunned~

She originally just wanted to habitually confirm how many players the other party would send to collect wood, and she wanted to use this to evaluate the level of war the other party might prepare or the number of catapults they planned to build. However, she did not expect that the first information sent back was

Exceeded her expectations~

It's not the players who are logging, but... it's the NPCs?

"Yes, Miss Xuelan, I'm sure the information is correct, because the amount of information sent back from each collection point is about the same. The harvesters are all skeletons. Compared with ordinary skeletons, the individuals are larger, but they are not wearing equipment.

..... Even if the player's appearance can change after changing his race, there is no reason why the system would allow streaking, right?

These guys should definitely be craftsmen~"

"If you are a craftsman...

Can you try a sneak attack?

If they are all craftsmen, their value will still be quite high, and the lumberjacks can also make arrows and repair wooden instruments. If they can be killed in advance, it should be of great help to our subsequent battles~"

"I tried it... Six people died without even touching each other's fingers~

The opponent has deployed considerable manpower around each resource point to defend against our sneak attacks.

Every time our people appear, they will be completely killed by them immediately. It is good to be able to hold on for five seconds. If you want to sneak attack and kill the opponent's craftsmen... unless you spend all your money to kill them forcefully

, otherwise it would probably be too much."

"Then... let's send out the flying lion group to try.

Don't fight too hard, test the enemy's reaction, and follow up with the wizard troops. If the enemy takes obvious warning actions, withdraw your troops immediately and don't make unnecessary sacrifices."

"Yes. Got it~"

Soon, dozens of flying lion cavalry fluttered into the sky in the dark city that was under full martial law~

There are not many players who are qualified to own "War Cavalry", and most of them are warriors. As long as possible, the various lords in the Plague Alliance will try their best to absorb such precious resources locally~

As long as these people have passed the probation period and are confirmed to stay in the territory to serve, the lizard people on Liu Yifei's side will help catch a six-legged flying lion to use as a combat rider.

There are only a small number of such players in the entire Plague Alliance. Except for Liu Yifei, a pervert who has the conditions and financial resources to expand his reputation, the other lords only have a squadron to a brigade.

Such a powerful player must be subsidized every day. Otherwise, with his strong strength, he will go to other territories to hang out, even if it is to hang out with a high-level NPC lord.

It's not a big problem to do things, so why are you wandering around in the Dark City?

However, such players are definitely the elites in the hands of various lords in the Plague Alliance!

Although Liu Yifei transferred the "local guards" that everyone had on hand before, Liu Yifei still did not touch the elite among these elites. After all, when it comes to flying lion knights, he himself also has more powerful lizard man archers and dwarves on hand.

It is more practical to leave these players' flying lion cavalry to the bosses to protect them just in case~

But this time, the Flying Lion Brigade has become an excellent way to test the enemy's attitude...

The flying lions here soared into the sky, roaring like yellow rolling thunder and rushing towards the place where the opponent gathered. Just when they saw the enemy's stronghold in the distance, an amazing scene happened!

Almost at the same time when they noticed the approach of the Flying Lion Group, a large number of undead souls in the team of the Desolate Bone Society actually took off together. Then, in cooperation with the "Skull Crusher" bandit group, several spirit-level heroes actually headed toward the Flying Lion Group.

The troops rushed over!
To be continued...