Chapter 62 -62-Attempting to Enter the Main City, Only to Be Besieged by NPCs
Inside Storm City,
the small number of surviving players had fled back.
The moment they entered Storm City,
they all let out sighs of relief.
"Don’t worry. Once we’re inside the main city, we’re safe."
"An out-of-zone player like John, who’s been slaughtering people all across Zone 4, will definitely be blacklisted by our main city."
"That’s right. So we’re safe now."
They stared at the vast cloud of smoke outside the city, feeling both relieved and uneasy.
Because they did not know whether their guess was correct.
What if John really dared to chase them into the main city and kill them?
And as fate would have it, exactly what they feared happened.
Before the group could fully relax, they saw a figure rapidly approaching from the distance.
John was actually planning to pursue them into the main city?
The players were instantly both shocked and enraged.
"This lunatic—does he really think the NPCs in the main city are just for decoration?"
"He’s only level 50. At most, he can throw his weight around among players.
The NPCs in the main city include powerhouses as high as level 300!"
"Exactly. And the NPCs in the main city can revive instantly.
They’re not like us players, who have to deal with revival cooldowns!"
"Everyone, stay calm. If he really dares to enter the main city and kill people, the NPCs will naturally come out and punish him!"
That was what the surviving Zone 4 players thought.
Their hearts gradually calmed, and some of them even began to grow cocky again.
In the eyes of Zone 4’s players, no matter how strong John was, there was no way he could be a match for the NPCs.
And just as expected,
the moment John appeared outside Storm City,
a large number of cavalry suddenly gathered at the city gates.
Without exception, every one of these mounted soldiers was an NPC.
All of them were level 60.
Their armor glinted with a cold, chilling light under the sun.
At the front, the captain of the knights stared coldly at John and raised his spear.
"Outsider John, you have committed mass slaughter in our zone.
You have violated Article 912 of the Storm Regulations.
You are now officially under arrest.
Surrender immediately. If you resist, you will be executed on the spot!"
After hearing that, John showed absolutely no intention of surrendering.
He let out a cold laugh.
"You want to arrest me? With just you lot?"
As he spoke, he casually threw a Detection Spell onto the NPC knight captain before him.
[Knight Captain Luka]
[Level]: 60
[Class]: Knight
[HP]: 300,000/300,000
[Attack]: 6,897
[Defense]: 5,000
[Skills]: Heavy Slash, Cross Shield Bash, Knight’s Charge, Holy Judgment...
[Description]: The captain of Storm City’s patrol unit, responsible for maintaining order in Storm City.
If a player attacks him, Wanted List points +10,000.
If a player kills him, Wanted List points +100,000, and they will be permanently hunted by all other NPCs in Storm City!
...
Terrifying stats—
for other players, anyway.
In John’s eyes, this knight captain was no different from something made of paper.
He raised his dagger and walked step by step toward Storm City.
Seeing that John actually intended to attack them,
the knight captain immediately flew into a rage.
"All knights, prepare to charge!"
The knights instantly lowered their stances.
"Seize this criminal!" the knight captain roared.
At once, all the knights launched their charge.
Hundreds of NPC knights moved at the same time.
The ground at the city gate began to shake violently.
Their terrifying military momentum seemed to form the phantom image of a gigantic spear in the air.
When this scene fell into the eyes of the surviving Zone 4 players,
they felt instantly reassured.
"It’s settled, it’s settled! John’s done for now!"
"Hahahaha! How stupid do you have to be to think you can go against our NPCs?"
"Kill him, Lord NPC!"
Faced with the charge of hundreds of knights,
John treated it as though it were nothing.
Even when the horse hooves and spearheads were already right in his face,
he still neither dodged nor retreated.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
[-1] (Forced Damage)
[-1] (Forced Damage)
[-1] (Forced Damage)
...
The spears stabbed into John’s body, yet all they produced was the crisp sound of metal clashing against metal.
These NPCs’ attacks had only dealt 1 point of forced damage.
That meant their attack power had not even broken through John’s defense!
The knights were instantly dumbfounded.
"How can this be?"
"Our spears can’t even pierce his body!"
"Where did this player come from? How is his defense this monstrous?!"
Seeing this, the Zone 4 players felt their hearts go cold.
Are you kidding me?
As players, it was one thing that they themselves could not break John’s defense.
But now even level 60 NPCs had come out—and still couldn’t break his defense.
John had to be using some kind of invincibility cheat!
But in the very next moment,
something even more terrifying appeared before their eyes.
They saw John casually flick his dagger.
The dagger instantly pierced through the chest of the knight captain at the front.
In the blink of an eye,
the exact same damage number appeared above the heads of all the hundreds of knights at once.
[-100000!]
The knights instantly tumbled from their mounts one after another.
John moved like a phantom, continuing his attack in an instant.
[-100000!]
[-100000!]
[-...]
Everything happened in a split second.
By the time the Zone 4 players came back to their senses,
those knights were already lying on the ground, turning into white light and disappearing.
From the moment they launched their charge to the moment they died, not even a minute had passed!
In other words, those NPCs had not even lasted one minute against John.
[You killed Storm City’s NPC Knight Captain. EXP +100,000, Zone 4 Fame -10,000!]
[Wanted List points +100,000!]
[You plundered 10,000 gold coins!]
[You killed...]
The notification sounds in John’s mind rang out nonstop.
His Wanted List score once again began to surge by huge amounts.
But John did not care at all.
Right now, he only wanted to rush into the main city and kill the players who had dared to ambush him!
Seeing that white-robed figure walking toward them step by step, dagger in hand,
the players completely lost their minds.
"It’s over, it’s over! Even the NPCs can’t stop this monster!"
"What are we supposed to do?"
"This guy is a demon!"
"Doesn’t the main city have a barrier? Can he even get in?"
Under the terrified gazes of the players,
just as John was about to step into the city,
an invisible barrier suddenly rose up.
John’s advancing footsteps were instantly halted.
[Because you killed NPCs, you have been permanently banned from entering Storm City!]
[Your act of killing NPCs has enraged the Lord of Storm City. Additional NPC guards have been deployed to strengthen the city defenses!]
Two glaring notifications appeared in John’s vision.
At the same time, all kinds of NPC figures began appearing atop Storm City.
There were mages, archers, and even large numbers of soldiers.
They stood on full alert, refusing to let John step even half a foot into the main city.
John let out a cold laugh.
"You think you can stop me?"
His gaze fell upon that invisible barrier.
[Storm City Barrier]
[Rank]: SSS
[Shield Durability]: 200 billion / 200 billion
[Note: As long as Shield Durability has not been completely depleted, this barrier will never disappear.
It also regenerates 1,000 Shield Durability per second!]