This small town was not in Terror Forest, but in neighboring Hundred Bamboo. The news had been released by a player.
This player had originally been lost for several days when he was drawn by a tremendous bang. Following the sound, he discovered the small town. That boom had been the sound of the town upgrading.
Afterward, the player returned to the system main city and sold the town's location at a high price.
The locations of wilderness villages were extremely valuable now. Many factions would pay heavily for them, because conquering a village meant gaining population, resources, and coinage—profits of enormous scale.
However, that person had already sold the news to several major factions, so Zhao Fu had to gather soldiers as quickly as possible. If several major factions joined forces, they could easily breach the small town.
This small town had only just upgraded. Whether in terms of population or defenses, it was far weaker than an ordinary small town. A major faction generally had tens of thousands of people; if they joined forces, they could field sixty or seventy thousand soldiers to attack it. The town would have no way to withstand them.
The town's population numbered only a little over twenty thousand, with no more than four thousand soldiers among them. Coupled with its unfinished walls, it would be easy to take. What mattered now was speed, and the true threat was those major factions.
"How long has it been?"
Zhao Fu understood the importance of time. As he transformed the One-Life Rod in his hand back into the Royal Wood Sword, he strode swiftly toward the main hall.
Wang Ergou hurried after Zhao Fu and answered, "Your Highness! An hour has passed since we received the news. The other factions likely received it at about