Little did anyone know, in a certain forest south of the grassland, a new force was slowly sprouting…
Two iron golems, one half-kneeling on the ground, its body trembling up and down, one keeping a defensive posture the whole time, looking at the thin villager in front of them whose height hadn't even reached their knees and whose arms were as thick as theirs, with an expression full of disbelief.
Both iron golems were already covered in rust spots, which was a sign of serious damage.
"Weren't all the villagers already under our control?! Why is there a villager participating in the trial?! And he even has the strength to knock us down bare-handed?!"
"Looking at him, he doesn't look like that villager who was released abroad by the Villager Kingdom before. Who exactly is he…"
These two iron golems had originally been lying in ambush here, prepared to launch attacks on passing players.
But unexpectedly, they encountered a villager, and one who was especially good at fighting.
With just a few moves, he flipped them to the ground.
Though the abilities of these two iron golems had also been reset, they were still much stronger than ordinary iron golems.
Besides, iron golems had thick skin and strong strength.
Just this basic advantage already surpassed villagers by a lot.
The two iron golems absolutely hadn't expected that the two of them would actually be subdued by a villager.
Even stranger, the Villager Kingdom had already been controlled by the Void.
There should be no way other villages could have villagers capable of participating in the trial.
The only possibility was that mustard who had been driven out of the Villager Kingdom by the Villager King.
But this batch of iron golems participating in the trial had been dispatched by the Villager Kingdom, they all knew mustard.
Obviously, the villager in front of them was not mustard.
While the two iron golems were puzzled, they saw that villager, looking thoughtful, gazing at the two iron golems and slowly walking this way.
Seeing the villager gradually approaching, the two iron golems couldn't help but feel a little flustered.
They were not afraid of dying, anyway, dying in the Trial Grounds would not be real death.
They were mainly afraid of "not meeting performance targets."
After all, their mission in entering the Trial Grounds was to cause chaos. If they hadn't even managed to kill a single person and ended up being sent out of the Trial Grounds by a villager, there was no way to explain it.
Just as the two iron golems thought they were about to be eliminated, the villager in front suddenly spoke.
"You still have other companions, right?"
Hearing the villager's words, the two iron golems couldn't help but look a bit surprised.
From this sentence out of the villager's mouth, they could judge that he should know absolutely nothing about the matters between the villagers and the Void.
Otherwise, he could never have asked such a question.
After all, whether in the Villager Kingdom or the villager villages, basically any conscious villager knew of the existence of Void Iron Golems, and also knew they were numerous.
The two iron golems exchanged glances and both nodded.
Seeing the two iron golems nod, the villager thought for a moment and continued to ask.
"Do you know their locations?"
Hearing the villager's words, the two iron golems again exchanged glances but didn't speak.
Though they could be sure that this villager seemed not to be here to take revenge on them, they didn't know what purpose this villager had in asking these questions.
The two iron golems had already experienced this villager's strength firsthand. They knew very well that they were no match for this villager.
Even though they roughly knew the activity areas of the other iron golems, they certainly couldn't easily reveal them just to save their own lives.
They had to first figure out this villager's identity and purpose.
Seeing that the two iron golems didn't speak, the villager smiled and said:
"Perhaps I should change the way I ask."
As he spoke, he thought for a moment, then continued.
"I should ask it like this."
"Do you want to win this trial?"
As the villager spoke, there was an intriguing smile on his face…
This villager who easily knocked down two iron golems was, of course, HIM from Annoying Village.
After obtaining the identity of villager, although HIM at first wasn't very satisfied, he also wasn't particularly dissatisfied.
But gradually, HIM also discovered that the strengths and weaknesses of this identity were extremely polarized.
The advantages naturally didn't need much explanation. As long as there were enough emeralds, his villager identity could bring him unlimited supplies.
But as a villager, the disadvantages of being in the Trial Grounds were also very obvious.
Isolated and without support.
HIM naturally understood that if he wanted to achieve "peace," he first had to unify everything. And if he wanted to unify, relying only on himself was definitely impossible.
He definitely needed to first develop his own force. And the difficulty lay right here.
If there were other villagers participating in the Trial Grounds, HIM could have made good use of them.
But for now, the only "same kind" HIM knew of was Mustard alone. And HIM couldn't be sure whether Mustard would stand on the same side as himself.
Among the other factions, there remained only players, animals, monsters, and Pillagers.
Players were not easy to control, and basically had already formed their own groups.
As an outsider, HIM wanting to find a breakthrough in the player faction was obviously unrealistic.
The monster faction and the Pillager faction didn't even need to be mentioned, these two factions had deep entanglements with villagers.
Suddenly a villager of unknown identity showing goodwill and wanting to form an alliance with them, they definitely wouldn't believe it.
Moreover, HIM, who had always stood high above, how could he ever play the game of showing goodwill?
Don't even mention goodwill, probably even negotiation was something HIM wasn't very good at.
Just looking at the way he dealt with the two iron golems showed he basically always prioritized using force to suppress.
In this way, it was even more impossible to form cooperation with the monster and Pillager factions.
So for HIM, the only faction he could possibly ally with and use at present seemed to be the animal faction.
Actually, HIM had originally planned, while searching for Mustard, to also attempt to form an alliance with the animal faction along the way.
But he hadn't encountered any animal faction contestants yet. Unfortunately, he first ran into these two iron golems.
And so, a new scheme emerged.
HIM was the last of the three HIMs to descend into the Overworld.
Not long after arriving in the Overworld, he was "lured" by Entity 303 into the Grey Space.
Then he entered the Trial Grounds. So he had no understanding whatsoever of this world.
Naturally, he didn't know about those beings from the Void. That was why he had the idea of trying to win over these iron golems.
In HIM's view, iron golems were neutral creatures. They were enemies of monsters, good helpers of villagers.
So he felt iron golems were a more suitable species to become allies.
Moreover, compared to forming an alliance with the animal faction, HIM preferred to ally with the iron golems.
In this Trial Grounds, all special abilities were gone, everyone started on the same line.
At such a time, the advantage of one's physical constitution was very apparent.
For example, if you had to pick people for war, when everyone was a rookie, you would definitely first pick big guys with great strength.
The iron golems' physique, strength, and combat abilities, these basic stats were surely far higher than those of animals.
And after iron golems were injured, they could be repaired with iron blocks. This was their natural advantage.
With enough emeralds, HIM would essentially have an undying suicide squad.
With such a team, plus HIM's villager identity and the resource storage trait, didn't that mean unifying the Trial Grounds would be as easy as flipping a hand?
That was why HIM asked such a question.
Hearing HIM's question, the two iron golems were both a bit stunned.
The identity of this villager before them was becoming more and more mysterious.
The two iron golems were not fools, they naturally heard that HIM's words were trying to recruit them.
Although they had seen HIM's strength with their own eyes, the mission they had received this time was to cause chaos.
They couldn't decide by themselves whether or not to follow HIM.
But there was one thing they could be sure of, if they didn't agree, the chance that HIM would immediately kick them out was very high.
The two iron golems really wanted to have a good discussion, but at this moment, it seemed there was no time for them to discuss.
One of the iron golems thought for a moment, then finally spoke.
"You can lead us to win the trial?"
Hearing the iron golem's words, HIM nodded without any hesitation.
Seeing this, the iron golem thought for a moment, then said, "We've also witnessed your ability… and we believe in your strength."
"But we can't decide…"
"Our companions are scattered in other places. We need…"
The iron golem knew very well that he couldn't make the decision, but he also didn't want to let go of this opportunity.
After all, they had seen HIM's strength, and HIM's goal was to win the trial.
Although these iron golems were minor figures, they still knew a bit of information about the Trial Grounds.
They also knew that HIM was in this trial. Now they could confirm that this powerful villager was not HIM. After all, this villager in front of them seemed to know nothing about them.
If he really was HIM, they'd probably have been killed out of the game already.
This meant that if this mysterious villager really could win the trial, then HIM would undoubtedly be the losing side.
If HIM lost, then the Void's fear of HIM might be reduced a little.
And this villager did seem to have the strength and ability to stir up waves in the Trial Grounds.
Obviously, if they could successfully help this mysterious villager achieve his goal, it would no doubt be something beneficial to the Void.
But this was only the analysis of these two iron golems.
Just as he said, the two of them could not decide.
This matter related to the entire overall plan and the change of all the iron golems' tasks.
Without instructions from above, the words of one or two individuals counted for nothing.
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