Gilbart stood silently in the guild hall, his eyes closed. At three meters tall, even other NPCs could not compare to his stature. Like a guardian deity, he allowed no enemy within an inch of the guild banner.
"So this is the hero the Guild Leader mentioned?" Water Rose looked at Gilbart, slightly astonished. "What an overwhelming presence!"
The Tier 3 NPCs she had seen before had also been terrifyingly powerful, but none of them had given her this suffocating sense of oppression.
Gilbart before her did not seem like an NPC at all. He was more like an ancient beast.
"Damn it! Why does Zero Wing still have a Tier 3 NPC guarding the place?"
Qi Yitao watched Gilbart in the guild hall through the evil demons' vision, his expression indescribably cold.
To keep those Tier 3 NPC adventurers from coming to assist with the defense, he had used every surviving High Lord evil beast to desperately hold them back, while several Grand Lord Grade evil demons waited nearby for an opportunity.
Only then had the thirty Tier 3 NPC adventurers been stopped halfway.
Yet even now, Zero Wing had concealed another trump card, allowing Stone Forest Town a brief moment to catch its breath.
Even melee-oriented Tier 2 NPCs could not stop Lord-ranked evil demons, let alone the current players. Perhaps only top experts who activated explosive skills could contend with them, but stopping Lord-ranked evil demons from attacking the guild banner was simply impossible.
Only Tier 3 melee NPCs could completely suppress Lord-ranked evil demons.
One strike!
Just one strike was all it would take.
The guild banner would be completely destroyed, and Stone Forest Town would become Monster Town.
"Struggling at death's door! If thirty Tier 3 NPCs were defending together, it might actually take some