739. As the Demon Tide Rose

At dusk, Old Eggplant did not play the game.

Normally, at this hour, he should have been working, harvesting, or training his swordsmanship in the Night Country, or playing cards with the other players.

But today was different.

He looked at the title of the post with the most replies on the forum.

The Demon Tide Is Coming—the Night Country Is About to Face Its Greatest Crisis!

The post was filled with discussions about the Demon Tide. The Court Mage had sent word a few days ago that the Demon Tide would arrive in the Night Country within a few days. When that happened, the Blood Moon would rise, the earth would fall into eternal night, and countless monsters would surge forth, destroying everything.

The players had also begun mobilizing one after another.

As several groups of test players gradually entered the Night Country, the player forces in Sunset Town now numbered more than two thousand. Though that did not look like many people, they were all well trained and knew how to use supernatural items. They were more than capable of fighting the Night Country's regular army, even if it outnumbered them ten to one.

More than two thousand people was also Lu Ban's limit. Bringing people from this world into another realm still required a certain amount of power to sustain, and given the current situation, Lu Ban could only support this many. If there were any more, the later players might not even have human forms, possessing only appearances like slimes.

Besides, numbers were not the core factor determining victory or defeat.

Lu Ban's task was to help build the magic net and resist this Demon Tide. As long as the magic net could be established, they should be able to withstand this Demon Tide.

He held