From A Stronghold NPC To The Final BOSS - Chapter 41

“Could someone have come a step earlier than us and killed off all the Mountain Thieves at Mount Mingai?”

Chen Wu could hardly believe it.

After he said these words, everyone else had a slight change in expression.

They thought about how they hadn’t met a single Mountain Thief on the way here and realized that it didn’t seem normal at all.

After hearing what Chen Wu said, they started to have a bad feeling about this.

Liu Qinghong’s expression was grim as he shook his head and said, “That’s not quite possible. There shouldn’t be any team within the Starter Village that’s this powerful.”

The team he was in right now was already certainly one of the top ten teams within Starter Village #23012.

Liu Qinghong himself was at Martial Entry-Level Four, and he was considered one of the best players within the village.

Even though he didn’t think that he was the only one who received this mission.

But to completely annihilate a group of Mountain Thieves, Liu Qinghong would never believe that was possible.

“Something must have happened to the Mountain Thieves in Mount Mingai. Let’s move forward and take a further look.”

After looking around at his surroundings more carefully, Liu Qinghong continued walking.

When Zhang Quan and the rest saw him take a step forward, they followed behind him.

As for someone else in the same team, Chen Wu walked along too, but he couldn’t stop himself from glancing at that broken tree.

That tree looked like it had been broken by an act of violence, and it made him feel like he was in some sort of danger.

But Liu Qinghong was determined to move forward.

Nobody else in the team said anything either.

So it wasn’t appropriate for him to raise too many objections, otherwise the rest of the team might become unhappy with him.

As they continued moving deeper into Mount Mingai, the look on everyone’s faces became grimmer and grimmer.

If what happened earlier was just a coincidence, then this certainly wasn’t. They had seen too many obvious signs of a fight along the way.

Besides the fact that there were no dead bodies on the ground, all the other buildings and trees they passed by had been severely damaged.

As for why there were no dead bodies, that was because dead bodies would be revived elsewhere.

“Qinghong, do you think other players really managed to kill off all the Mountain Thieves in Mount Mingai before we arrived here?” Zhang Quan couldn’t help but start to think this way as well.

Otherwise, it was really too difficult to explain what they were seeing right now.

Liu Qinghong had a grim expression, and he just kept walking, “Let’s just keep going,” he said.

After spending such a long time to get to Mount Mingai, he wasn’t going to allow himself to just return without gaining anything.

For a player in the beginning stages of a game, every minute and every second was important.

He had now wasted about half a day’s worth of time, so that was no small loss.

On top of that, to be able to deal with the Mountain Thieves of Mount Mingai, he had paid quite a high price.

Zhang Quan and the rest exchanged glances and didn’t dare to say anymore.

Even Liu Qingqing remained silent.

She was scared of Liu Qinghong when he was angry.

As they continued walking, Liu Qinghong’s expression only got grimmer. At the same time, he started to have many questions in his mind.

“Who on earth could have the ability to actually get through all of Mount Mingai?”

“Is it Fu Moyan? Or Wen Feng?”

A few names appeared consecutively in his mind.

These people were the top ten players of Starter Village #23012. None of them were lower than Martial Entry-Level Four, and a few of them had even reached Martial Entry-Level Five.

But it still didn’t make sense.

After all, if you really wanted to sweep through the entire area of Mount Mingai, you would need a lot of players to come along.

And if you got a lot of players to come along, it was impossible that absolutely nobody else found out about it.

He continued to make guesses as Liu Qinghong and the rest of his team kept walking.

The dense and obstructed view suddenly widened up.

“Qinghong, take a look over there! They’re Mountain Thieves!” exclaimed Zhang Quan excitedly as he pointed in front.

He couldn’t be bothered to drop his voice to a whisper.

They had already walked through more than half of Mount Mingai, and Zhang Quan thought that all the Mountain Thieves had already been slaughtered.

Now that he suddenly spotted Mountain Thieves in the distance, he was extremely excited.

It wasn’t just Zhang Quan.

Even Liu Qinghong and the rest of the team were stunned for a moment by this.

After that, they followed the same direction in which Zhang Quan’s finger was pointing, and they couldn’t stop the smiles from spreading across their faces.

But, before they could fully extend their smiles, their faces suddenly stiffened.

Those people in front of them were Mountain Thieves alright.

But there were a bit too many of them here.

Liu Qinghong and his team gave a rough count and concluded that there were at least 40 or 50 Mountain Thieves gathered.

Two of them looked like they were their leader, and they gave off a tremendous amount of pressure.

After Zhang Quan looked more carefully at the situation before him, the smile on his face gradually stiffened as well.

“Are these…players?”

Qin Shujian looked up at Liu Qinghong and his team, and he looked a little stunned too.

He never thought this would happen.

He had just told Niu Feng to round up all the Mountain Bandits in Mount Mingai to get ready to attack Chuanyun Stronghold. He didn’t expect a group of players to suddenly appear in front of him.

Qin Shujian looked at Liu Qinghong and his team.

Liu Qinghong and his team were also looking at his side.

The entire place suddenly became quiet.

“Outlanders!” A furious voice was suddenly heard.

Qin Shujian turned his head slightly to see Niu Feng’s furious expression.

After sensing that Qin Shujian was looking at him, Niu Feng tried his best to suppress his anger and said in a low voice, “Chieftain, these outlanders often harass Mount Mingai, and they’ve also killed off many of our brothers.”

“Since they’re already here, then we must not let them off easily.”

At this sight, Qin Shujian started to understand some things.

Messy Stone Forest wasn’t like Liangshan Stronghold. The players had not gotten the chance to really show off their capabilities before Qin Shujian completely destroyed this place.

And now, the Messy Stone Forest players were moving up in level steadily, and this was no small threat to NPCs who were already part of the game like Niu Feng.

Otherwise, Mount Mingai, Chuanyun Stronghold, and Messy Gold Mountain already had the idea of forming an alliance.

But that was in the past.

Right now, Mount Mingai was already part of Liangshan Stronghold, so they didn’t need to join hands with the other two places.

“Qinghong, what do we do now?” asked Chen Wu in a low voice as he walked over to Liu Qinghong’s side.

If the Mountain Thieves were a little smaller in number, they still stood a chance.

But there were 40 or 50 Mountain Thieves, and two of them looked like they were Bosses.

That way, the difficulty level rose significantly.

Liu Qinghong quietly took a deep breath and his expression didn’t change as he said, “Prepare to retreat!”

There was no other way besides retreating.

There were so many Mountain Thieves here. If he was not careful enough, he could lose everyone in the team.

If the entire team dropped by one stage, nobody would be able to bear that sort of responsibility.

Just when Liu Qinghong and his team were looking for a way to retreat, they could hear a flurry of footsteps behind them.

When they heard the noise, Liu Qinghong and his team immediately turned around.

“Fu Moyan?” Liu Qinghong looked at the fairly handsome young man in front of him with a long sword hanging on his belt and the grim look on his face softened a little.

After that, he looked at the 20 odd players who had come with Fu Moyan.

If this happened in the past, Liu Qinghong would never have treated Fu Moyan so kindly.

But given the current situation, the arrival of Fu Moyan and his team made Liu Qinghong think of a different option.

He had discovered Fu Moyan and the team, so of course, Fu Moyan had discovered Liu Qinghong and the team, as well.

Fu Moyan smiled and clasped his hands together politely as he said, “What a coincidence. I didn’t expect to meet you here, Liu Qinghong.”

He glanced out at the large group of Mount Mingai Mountain Thieves, and there was a grim look in his eyes.

“So judging from this scenario, I assume are you here for these Mountain Thieves, too.”