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

Sad for them, they were too dense and too many that they were temporarily unaware of the impending doom approaching them from the rear.

At this time, everyone was just focused on getting to the various access points and entering that damned territory!

Monsters tended to target the gates—the weak spots. However, humans had brains so they naturally didn’t focus their attention on the gates, which were usually the best-equipped sections of the walls.

Rather, they would focus on random spots where—ideally—there were the least amount of guards. This was easier to find in other territories because most territories couldn’t afford this many sentries.

Still, they could make up for it by their sheer numbers! This number alone was a lot more than the total population of Alterra.

Not even including the slaves they idiotically let inside, Alterrans were already severely outnumbered!

The Resso Villagers and their allies didn’t believe they could be pushed back at all!

That place and all its goodness would be in their palms soon!

Of course, while most were passionate and excited about their loot, there were others who were just going with the flow. They were brought here because of desperation or they were simply forced to.

One such case was a man named Jest. He was a level 15 citizen from Basset Town. He was drafted and joined the war at the request—no, the pressure—of his parents.

The reward for citizens during wars was not bad, after all, and he was fairly strong for his age, and it so happened that his father lost everything in gambling… again.

Basically, if he didn’t join this war, then the gambling house owner swore to cut off his father’s arms! What choice did he have?

Jest abhorred being in wars—it felt like it went against his very being—but what could he do? Not to mention his father’s hands. Life in a town was so expensive; even fighting outside all day could only feed them for a bit.

Of course, Jest was still in the minority. For the most part, the people with him were just greedy for this place.

He was among the vanguards this time and he avoided some sentries, and swiped away arrows.

Jest looked up to see that Alterra also set up strong bows. They were several times larger than their normal crossbows and were thus not handheld. Rather, they seemed installed right at the battlements!

Their force? Could impale a level 10 easily!!

Whoosh!

He screamed when an arrow grazed his arm. There was a rain of arrows and Jest leaned down to avoid them, flushing himself against the wall.

Time seemed to slow, and his breath was heavy. He stared at the Resso villagers and allies mobbing the walls, as they were hit by arrows here and there, but they went on as ordered—especially the slaves.

Then he felt it—the vibrations. He had been in various wars… and—although he had never been part of a force this large—he still felt that this vibration was too much.

He had a foreboding feeling enter his gut. He unconsciously tried to flush himself more against the wall as if he wanted to combine with it.

He could not die! His little brother—

It was around this time that they finally heard chaos happening at the back of the line.

”AHHH!”

”GAH!!”

ROAAARR!!

”There are monsters!!”

Tout, who was holding a Class D shield in front of him, frowned. ”What?”

Everyone knew such a massive gathering of people would attract mobs, but considering their levels and their sheer numbers, they didn’t think that normal village mobs were threats at all.

So what were they on about now?

He was about to call them idiots when he realized the screams and roars were coming in various directions—and with an intensity that was not associated with a small village mob.

”GYAHHHH!”

”WHAT!”

ROOOOARRR!!

It happened too fast. For those who were at the rear, they could only scream as a massive mob of monsters suddenly appeared behind them!

It was like a sudden tsunami of water appeared out of nowhere except they wanted to bite their heads off!!

ROAAR!!

”GAHH!”

”NOOOOO!!!”

”HELP MEEEE!!!”

Most didn’t realize the scale of the mob coming from behind them. Most just went forward—thinking those near the monsters would deal with them instead.

They had no idea they would be surrounded a few seconds later.

One man pushed an ally behind him, though his tracks stopped a moment later.

”What in the—” He gasped as a large monster appeared in front of him. He stepped back by instinct, not realizing he’d end up in the mouth of another monster right behind him.

Crunch!

With a bite, this monster took half of his body.

This happened everywhere in their group, and people’s hearts clenched as they felt the yells and roars come louder and louder, as if signaling their impending doom.

The momentum to attack Alterra was doused with fear as more and more people realized that the mob behind them was way bigger than they could’ve imagined!

What’s more, the beast tide for Towns was naturally not comparable to Villages. On average, the beast tides coming for towns were monsters around levels 9 to 12.

However, Alterra had stronger aether than others, and the monsters coming from them were even stronger.

Here... they saw a couple of Level 15s!!

”AHHHH!”

”NOO!!”

This mob averaged at level 12, the strongest of which was level 15. A level 15 human was no match against a level 15 monster, let alone the weaker ones.

What the heck is this!?

”AHHH!”

”STOP IT!”

”GYAAA!”

Many people in front realized that the way to escape death was to rush to the access! Now, they were dashing towards the walls for a different reason altogether.

This was especially true for those already in the stairs and their height gave them a better vantage view of what was happening in the rears.

And it was a terrifying sight. It was like their tens of thousands were being drowned from the outside, and it made people’s souls leave their bodies.

Using a slave as a shield, many desperately tried to head up. However, just as they reached the top, feet appeared and kicked them down.

”AHH!” They yelled, whipping their head up to glare at the person who kicked him.

He saw a flabby guy looking down at him. ”Go, clear the monsters first.”

”YOU!!”

”We just upgraded, you see...” he said. ”Thank you for lightening up our load.”

This made everyone below the walls curse in both anger and terror.

DAMN YOU ALTERRA!