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

Thot believed that they were fully prepared. After such a long preparation time, he refused to believe they missed out on something!

For example, after a lot of investigation (and sacrificed spies), they found out how Guia and Yasof were intimidated before they even got far from the arrays.

Mobs! Damned mobs.

At first, they didn’t know yet how Alterra could be so quick to figure out where the arrays were. But Fargo explained to them that Alterra likely had large scopes that could see far distances.

Rather than be intimidated, this information just added to Alterra’s attractiveness. Fargo went on to say the technology they knew was only a small portion, and he had gained a decent place in the territory for his knowledge.

A lot of people still sneered at him though. He was so knowledgeable, why couldn’t he mimic what Alterra had done?

In any case, as a response to the potential mobs, several forces—some of whom were even beyond the level cap, courtesy of Basset—were sent to camp around Alterra.

They were ready to assist if those mobs appeared again. Even better, if they could catch the bastards who were luring the monsters before they succeeded, then it was already a success!

There were a lot of elites sent there, several were mercenaries, and they were armed and had pretty good equipment.

They had heard that Alterra also had a hidden weapon—a strong projectile that could go through a mid-leveled person. It would also create explosions that would damage dozens at a time, if not more.

This type of damage could be done from the safety of hundreds of meters! Imagine trying to run that distance only to be shot down by that thing?

This was something that the Lord Bentro and Vara (the head of the Rongo Mercenary Team) asked Fargo to make, though without success so far.

Heck, the attempts even killed a precious Class D Weapon maker!

Speaking of that guy, he wasn’t even allowed to go in here. He had apparently signed an oath not to harm Alterra—directly or indirectly, so naturally he wasn’t allowed to enter the array of war.

As for how Fargo bypassed the latter oath, he had no idea.

Even if he did create a weapon that’d be used to harm Alterra, they were unsure whether it would be against the oath. At the very least, they had yet to hear of someone who developed weapons and was punished when it was used against a territory he had had an oath with.

Anyway, no one really knew because few people with strength would be willing to make extremely strict oaths. No one would publicize mistakes, losses, and the like either.

They just knew one thing: Vague oaths had vague consequences. It could be bypassed if done well enough, but failure to do so could also have more serious consequences than other transgressions.

Not that it was any of his business, of course.

Anyway, even if Fargo hadn’t signed such an oath, he was still indisposed considering he was being punished for the death of a weapon maker.

He was ’personally’ punished by Vara and, considering the preferences of the Rongo Mercenary Team leader—heh, Fargo must be suffering.

In any case, that guy did mention a strategy, and it involved avoiding the formation of large clusters, ideally under the cover of the forests. This way, Alterra would be wasting a few projectiles since they couldn’t see them well under the canopies of the trees!

Besides, so many of them were heading there—tens of thousands—targetting all parts of the territory!

It was doubtful they’d have enough of those weapons to deal with all of them. It was also doubtful they’d be able to guard every inch of the territory since they walled off everything!

Speaking of Alterra, when they got news via aether letter that even after a few hours of the declaration, the territory was still partying, they were all very confused.

However, after a supposed beautiful light work—a celebration, apparently—the announcement was made.

Their attack was announced only a few hours before the actual war! Did the elders think announcing too early would douse the celebratory mood?!

They were very offended when they found out about it. Did they not think they were a threat at all!?

Tout and the others gritted their teeth at the thought. ”We’ll show them!”

”ATTACK!!!” He yelled, and the thousands of forces went through the array, ready for blood!

…

Garan, Luis, and the others were lined up along the battlements. The entire perimeter had a person every meter or so, making sure there was someone who could see all angles of the territory.

Their backs were ramrod straight, and their hands rested on the sheaths or handles of their weapons—ready for battle.

It was silent for a few minutes after the set time, and all they could hear was the rustles of the dense forest outside their walls.

Eventually though, a low rumbling was felt, followed by the echoing cheers for battle. The forest shook with the sheer number of enemies walking underneath it, and the people in the battlement couldn’t help but gulp.

They were surrounded, and the number was even bigger than they thought. Their stomachs dropped a bit.

They then looked at the aether letters with live feed coming from the observatory. Although most of the enemies were covered by the forest canopies, the total amount of enemies was in tens of thousands!!

Mao squeaked a bit. ”Did the village send out their entire population?”

”No, we got intelligence of an alliance,” Chris said. ”We also captured a few people lurking outside a few hours ago. They were under oath, but we could ask whether or not they were from Resso. They were not.”

”An alliance eh?”

”There will always be people who take advantage of loopholes,” Sammy said with a sigh before looking at them. He had to admit, the way the forest shook, combined with the loud battle cries from tens of thousands of violent men was a little intimidating.

”KILL! KILL! KILL!”

”ALTERRA WILL BE OURS!”

”KILL! KILL! KILL!”

Mao’s eyes twitched. ”Hey, so many territories are going against us. We should be proud.”

”...”

To say they were not nervous would be a lie. However, they kept cool and trusted in the plans.

”Though… don’t you think they should be arriving by now? It’s been hours...” Mao asked, getting a little worried.

Sammy shook his head. ”Our Math team’s calculations had a large range,” he said. ”We don’t have enough data to make it completely accurate.”

They only knew so much and gathered data from what they knew as well as from allied territories. Jonathan’s father’s notebook also included some information about it, which comprised most of their data.

However, they knew that there were variables and things did change from territory to territory.

At the very least, they knew from past upgrades that Alterra definitely did not follow the standard expectations.

”It’s best to assume ’they’ would be a little late,” Sammy said, clicking his neck to get rid of the stiffness.

Garan, who was silent this whole time, took a deep breath and took out his weapon, his deep azure eyes looking at the vast forests that covered thousands of their enemies.

”Get ready,” he said. ”This is going to be a long battle.”