Chapter 108: The Army of Beasts (Please Recommend and Bookmark!)

The player castle rose nearly twenty meters high, spanning seven stories, with length and width each exceeding a thousand meters. It was divided into many layers and stood about 200 meters from the small town.

From the southern edge of town to the northern gate of the player town, a massive swarm of level one to three animals surged forward, threatening to flood the entire area in no time.

Huang Yunshuo wielded the Champion’s Aria in hand. In a non-combat state, his movement speed was off the charts—11% plus 30%, with an agility stat of 75. Like a whirlwind, he charged into a cluster of little chicks, firing his gun with precision.

Bang!

-180!

One shot, and a beautiful, small, adorable, and utterly harmless chick was instantly killed, dropping a copper coin.

Huang Yunshuo’s gunfire was like a dragon’s strike, wildly slashing and cutting. The rapid popping sounds of corpses hitting the ground rained down continuously. One chick after another was swiftly eliminated, and in a blink, a clear patch formed around him.

“Damn it! You little bastards are killing me instantly in the newbie village!” Huang Yunshuo grumbled. After killing for a half-day, he disregarded the materials and coins on the ground, strutting away proudly.

Brotherhood Channel:

“Member [Dimwit] killed chick x1, gained 0 experience.”

“Member [Dimwit] killed chick x1, gained 0 experience.”

“Member [Dimwit] killed chick x1, gained 0 experience.”

...

Everyone twitched at the corners of their mouths.

Fox Xiaoruan, the weakest among them, wouldn’t be boring enough to bully level one chicks, right? What had gotten into him?

He had just been killed by chicks once; who hadn’t? Such childish temper.

“Maybe... Dahuang is lacking a bit of motherly love. Piaoxue, you know what I mean, haha,” Chen Juanfeng smirked, and everyone shot knowing glances at Ye Piaoxue.

“Go to hell,” Ye Piaoxue’s cheeks flushed as she pushed Chen Juanfeng hard, nearly shoving the rogue off the city wall. With her fully invested knight’s strength growth, she was way stronger than Chen Juanfeng.

Entering the player castle, Huang Yunshuo immediately got lost. The place was just too enormous, and the number of players was overwhelming.

Even coordinates were useless—Huang Yunshuo couldn’t make sense of the labyrinthine twists and turns inside.

Finally, Chu Jun came to guide him all the way, and they successfully reached the top floor where everyone else was gathered.

“I’m curious... These little animals are all so tiny. How on earth do they manage to breach such a tall player castle? They don’t have ladders or wings,” Huang Yunshuo asked, glancing toward the south outside the city.

The sight was breathtaking. Vast training grounds outside the southern city were already teeming with countless animals. Level one chicks, level two little stone turtles, level three little rabbits, followed by level four little yellow wasps.

Level five white rabbits, level six sloths, level seven little white geese, then level eight little pigs, and level nine macaques.

Level ten monsters—Huang Yunshuo guessed right—were little roosters, and there were many of them.

As expected, he spotted a few humanoid monsters in the distance. Too far to see details, but probably similar in stats to Stuttering Liu, these were likely level ten elite monsters.

“My scalp’s tingling,” Huang Yunshuo swallowed hard. The animal army below the city looked cute and harmless, but no one could forget the terror of once being dominated by them.

“They might pile up like a human ladder and storm in,” Yu Shiyin speculated.

The player castle was tall, but its first floor was only about three or four meters from the ground—actually quite low.

Outside the southern gate, tens of thousands of players gathered in groups, killing the continuously surging level one chicks. Looking down, it was quite a spectacle.

Chicks had 20 attack power, stats beyond what most players could handle, but with 50 health points, players had an advantage. A few players teaming up to surround a chick could kill it quickly without losing much health.

The chicks’ strength lay in their numbers. Small in size, they crowded the front lines of the human-animal battle everywhere. Ideally, players wanted to gang up on one chick at a time, but the chicks launched group attacks.

All the new players had at least ten defense points, plus high health, so instant kills were impossible. Still, with so many chicks attacking simultaneously, dozens of players would fall every second, their white flashes of death lighting up frequently. Huang Yunshuo shook his head.

Too weak. Losing so many players just fighting chicks? When the upgraded level ten roosters charge in groups, just thinking about it made his skin crawl.

“When are we going down?” Jin Xiong paced anxiously atop the city wall. Although killing chicks yielded no experience, the materials and copper coins were worth something. Plus, honor points could be earned and exchanged after the siege. They couldn’t waste time here.

“What’s the rush? Let the ordinary players fight it out. When the real battle comes, you’ll have to fight desperately,” Huang Yunshuo rolled his eyes. Despite their cuteness, these little creatures would be deadly in a tough fight. He braced himself to die many times.

“By the way, do we have any priests among us?” he suddenly remembered a critical question, quickly scanning the group. His face darkened.

Among the eleven, Chen Lu Qingshuang and Yu Shiyin were archers; Song Na and Jin Xiong were warriors; Ye Piaoxue was a knight; Li Nan and Fox Xiaoruan were mages; the rest—Chu Jun, Chen Juanfeng, and Zhao Shengsheng—were all assassins.

Not a single priest. How were they supposed to survive?

Without anyone to heal, Huang Yunshuo dared not go out recklessly.

Even with 38 defense points, a single bite from a level ten rooster still dealt 62 damage—painfully high.

“Yeah, no priest is a serious problem,” everyone agreed. In player PK and team battles, having a priest often meant victory. Having health restored raised the enemy’s psychological pressure greatly.

“Should we recruit some?” Yu Shiyin asked.

Li Nan said, “Might as well recruit a lot. Temporarily fill the brotherhood to 500 people. That way, our health increases by 25%, making things much easier.”

Huang Yunshuo’s 275 health would jump to over 340 with that bonus—a significant boost.

“We can add people temporarily, but then the shared warehouse won’t be available,” Huang Yunshuo hesitated.

“We can make that clear beforehand—no using the shared warehouse. Anyone who agrees can join. If someone disobeys, just kick them out and they’ll lose their items anyway. The warehouse usage logs keep track,” Ye Piaoxue said lightly.

“Kick them out so easily? Damn,” Huang Yunshuo looked at her with mild disapproval. How would a woman so violent ever find a husband?

“Alright, it’s settled. While the animal army is still low-level, let’s recruit some people here and there,” they decided.

After the discussion, everyone dispersed to start spreading the word.