After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World

Behind him, the other members also assisted with the guards. After all, it was best to finish this trouble as soon as possible and then just rush over when the coast was clear.

At the very least, they had to weaken the enemies enough so everyone could cross.

This team of guards was mostly below the level cap, including that archer. Santos helped block several attacks until he saw one of the remaining Level 20 mercenaries leave and rush over the stairs.

Due to the level restriction, he couldn’t do anything to hurt the Alterans, but he could throw them away as if they were trash. The man raised his fist to destroy the stairs.

Santos spent much of his mana there, how could he allow that to happen?

He immediately ran to him with his sword, stopping him.

Clank!

The man blocked using his own weapon, and he pushed forward, pushing Santos a few steps.

Santos was only level 18, two levels lower than his enemy. However, he still believed in his training and his skill and he did not hesitate to lunge forward to meet the man’s attack.

Fighting between people beyond the level cap was, technically, allowed if they were already within the territory. The caveat was that if a bystander was hurt, then that counted as attacking below the level cap, and the punishments would be implemented.

This made sense because system regulations always got triggered by specific conditions.

This was how people beyond the level cap wouldn’t be allowed inside during war, yet those already inside wouldn’t be affected. This was how people could still get attacked outside the wars, but at the same time, a war would be triggered after a certain threshold was met.

Anyway, the two of them exchanged blows, slowly getting farther from the ’weaker’ ones to avoid heavy punishments on themselves.

While a high-level fight was ongoing above the roofs, the people on the street level were in no less tension.

More and more enemies flowed in and Reno used his ability to block a few pathways. This created choke points so it was easier for the Alterans to take them down with less effort and injury to themselves.

He also had to block his side of the easement around the wall to keep people from blocking their way up. After all, the few meters around the wall were clear and it was the fastest way for the enemies to become their obstacle.

Fortunately, despite all these troubles, the situation was somewhat manageable.

This was until Eso, one of Fargo’s right-hand men, arrived with about a dozen others. Reno wanted to handle him himself, but his ability was needed to stop the flow of another hundred or so enemy guards from mobbing them.

Eso, like his companions, was a tough nut to crack and even a few Alterans together couldn’t take him down. He also had Class D weapons bought off from the mercenaries, adding up to his already impressive repertoire of physical attacks.

”Ahhh!” An Alteran yelled as his hair was burned by the man’s fire. The Alterans beside him immediately took out water from the space to douse him.

While this was ongoing, Eso had already grabbed another one.

”Gah!” another yelled as he was thrown down. Eso held up his sword and was ready to stab when a weapon and a shield headed in his direction and he had no choice but to pull back.

This was Dog and Sunny, and together they waved their weapons at him to the best of their abilities. They knew this person as one of the worst people in this territory, and they could not afford to hold back at all!

Clack! Clack!

They never did land a hit in the end and instead received the damage. Fortunately, they didn’t receive lethal injuries, though this was only because of their equipment.

Clack! Clack!

BANG!

At some point, Eso managed to catch Sunny’s shield and pulled her abruptly towards him. He grabbed her waist and hugged her flush, making her pale.

”Sunny!!” Dog yelled as he lunged forward, waving his sword but the man suddenly turned so he would hit Sunny and he had to stop abruptly.

Eso smirked and kicked Dog in the face. It was so quick he wasn’t able to avoid it.

Their helmets and armors were only class D and didn’t have full body armor effect. That face kick was a direct hit, and Dog felt his nose, at least, was probably crushed.

”Dog!!!” Sunny yelled as she struggled. She was dragged to the groaning Dog and he raised his hand to stab him, intent on showing the girl how her friend died.

”DOGG!!!”

Before the sword landed though—

Whoosh!

Clank!

Eso sneered and looked in the direction where the arrow came from, seeing the dark-haired young lad who was staring blankly at him.

Crow once again raised his bow and arrow. This had been improved by Brenda and Houser—and looked at the bastards.

”Hey!”

The special ability of this bow and arrow using Houser’s skill? It would make the target stare at it! If the level of the enemy was low, they could even be sitting ducks!

However, this time the enemy wasn’t weak, so it only distracted him for half a second. But it was enough. What’s more, he was using a crossbow and even if he missed a few shots, there were still a few that hit where it mattered.

”Ah!”

Eso felt the arrow partially buried in his neck. He managed to instinctively catch its shaft before it went deep, but it still hurt very much and his eyes turned red.

He threw down the girl to lunge at the bastard, but before he could get to him he was surrounded by Alterans again.

He narrowed his eyes as he looked around. The fact that there were so many blocking him now meant a lot of the others had been dealt with. They didn’t hesitate to mob him, hitting him willy-nilly and he had to get into a defensive stance.

He roared as he waved his sword wildly, hitting as many as he could, though unfortunately not able to kill anyone because of that damned equipment of theirs!

Clank! Clank! Clank!

The Alterans soon saw that more guards arrived and increased their attacks, hoping to get rid of Eso before having to deal with the others.

He was pushed back by the group of attackers, stepping back bit by bit, not noticing a shield weakly thrown at an angle behind him, and landing at where he was stepping back.

His feet slid and he fell back, imbalanced. ”GYAH!” He yelled, but his instincts gestured for him to turn to catch himself.

But how could the others let him do this?

Crow’s eyes immediately sharpened, using his distraction to finally shower him with lethal shots.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Except for one that missed, another hit Eso’s neck—this time going through the throat—and another one around his eyes.

At that exact moment, Santos would also take down his own enemy, and they would clear out most of the immediate threats.

However, the delay was enough to gather more and more people around them, specifically going along the wall perimeter. Reno could only block so many and soon there were a lot more people between them and the wall.

The Alterans cursed as the new enemies arrived, blocking their victory.

Darn it! They gritted their teeth, eyes looking longingly at the 3-meter-tall threshold.

The wall was so close!