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

At this time, there were only two battlement guards left and Luis just threw fireballs at them. He knew he couldn’t take them down with just one hit, but he angled it in a way that would be efficient for him.

”Ahhh!” the guard yelled, instinctively grabbing the nearest surface—which happened to be his teammate.

”Ahhhh!”

Bang!

Luis nodded when he saw the two battlement guards had fallen and immediately jumped down, raising his sword and emblazing it with fire, killing them while they were down.

However, dozens of new enemies had arrived, and they immediately rained them with arrows (well, as many arrows as a dozen archers-or-not could shoot), with the swordsmen and spearmen ready to attack as soon as the arrow rain, er, drizzle, was over.

Of course, although this was nothing compared to what Alterans could do with their crossbows, a drizzle of arrows was still a drizzle of arrows. Many of the team couldn’t help but look back at him in worry.

Luis even saw a few team members gaping and gesturing to help. He immediately shook his head when he saw this. ”Just continue doing what you’re doing,” he said, ”I’ll handle this!”

The group of enemies that came wasn’t very big, it was better to get the team inside the wall!

Swish!

He threw a fireball, blocking an arrow.

Swish!

Another one, blocking anothe with his sword.

Swish!

And he blocked a few with a fire wave.

The attackers soon saw their already limited arrows were just getting blocked and some smartass decided to target those climbing up the wall.

While the others were busy, they sneaked at the back and changed positions, targeting the people who had their backs on them. Because they weren’t particularly skilled—they were civilians before the Transfer—they went a bit closer to ensure their targets got hit.

”We got you now,” one of the archers said with a grin, shooting his arrow, closely followed by his companion.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

One missed—they weren’t archers by profession—while another one was about to hit someone, though purely by luck. The man grinned, already seeing the body falling at a height.

However, just as the arrow was a meter away from the target, a thin spark hit it, making it lose its momentum.

”What?!” they yelled, but they couldn’t react in time when sparkling palms found their way on their faces, electrocuting them.

BUZZ!!

”AHHH!” The men yelled as their bodies shook, falling to the ground, unconscious.

”Don’t forget about me,” Drake said with a small smile, and Luis grinned. Together, the two warriors guarded the rest of the team, ensuring their safe passage.

Drake was still a little weaker though so he was set to be the secondary line of defense while Luis took bulk of the attacks. He would take care of the few leaks, and their hearts lightened up the more people entered the other side.

One person inside was a step closer to the war ending!

Adrenaline pumped into their veins, wanting to get this war over with. Fortunately, Luis had Class D equipment—including the Class D Gauntlet he bought in Ferrol—and so did Drake, and they maximized their equipment and skills to just get this over with.

Luis waved around his fiery sword as the close-ranged fighters finally lunged forward, and they came in droves.

Soon, the two found their hands full. It was nothing dangerous because the strongest person among the enemies was level 9, but there were more and more of them coming and it was getting challenging to keep them from the ladder.

It got to the point where there were only a handful of people from his side left, but more guards arrived to mob on him.

The few Alterans still climbing up turned back in worry and—seeing their captain getting mobbed—they gestured to turn back.

”Luis! Drake!”

”I’ll be fine! Go!” Although they would still need a few more from the other teams to get through, getting his entire team in the interior was a great achievement.

Besides—

”I can’t focus if I have to watch over you, too!” he yelled and the others could only reluctantly follow his orders. They looked at Drake who also shooed them away, though he fortunately had to deal with a lot less than Luis so they didn’t worry too much about him.

In any case, the cowardly Fargo guards naturally preferred to attack the person mobbed by more people to minimize the risk of injuries, so Luis was surrounded by a wave of enemy much faster than Drake was.

”Haaaa!” Luis yelled as he was mobbed, some attacks getting past his defense and just blocked by his equipment. He swung his sword and hit more though and the cowardly guards stepped back, not wanting to be the vanguard against him.

Still, he underestimated their shamelessness because, at some point, they just carried those he had already taken down and used their bodies as shield!

His eyes twitched as they pummeled at him from different sides. He gritted his teeth as he defended himself, feeling the heat of his own fire.

”GRRR!!”

Unexpectedly, he felt a force released from his body and a circular hoop of fire whipped around him, hitting everyone around, burning those with no equipment at all.

”GAHHH!”

”AHH!”

”BURNS!”

The enemies directly around him yelled as they rolled around, while those behind immediately stepped back, afraid he’d repeat the skill.

Luis’ eyebrows rose as he looked at the new notification that floated in front of him. [Learned! Fire Hoop (D) Level 1, creates a whip of fire around the user, 150% damage of normal elemental attack. Cost: 30 mana]

His lips twitched. He thought it was super cool but pushed down the need to admire himself to focus on dealing with the rest. The Fargo guards’ momentum had dropped and even if they outnumbered the two of them, they turned tails to run away, making it easier to target their backs.

Drake had also cleared up his own battles, joining him in dealing with the remaining forces.

The two of them immediately stabbed their legs and tied up the stronger ones. The order was to not kill if it wasn’t necessary—these men deserved harsher deaths, and too many people needed closure.

They secured the bastards before climbing up the ladder, taking it back to his space as soon as the two of them got past the wall. They jumped down with a smile on their faces.

The two were immediately surrounded by the team and handed over several potions in case they needed it, making them chuckle.

Luis looked around, seeing that all of them entered safe and sound. No new guards arrived either and they knew they were all called to where Miss Althea was.

Anyway, they all landed and this meant the other teams only had to get a small portion of their members inside—and Altera would win!

Luis punched the air in happiness, while the others tried to hold back their cheers, making their faces red. In the end, some of them couldn’t hold back and cheered. Anyway, they doubted the potential newcomers would be a threat! Come if they wanted to come!

Anyway, they also headed towards where the main inner battle was, hoping to help out.

Almost there, Altera!