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

Everyone, even the Elites, wanted to run to the walls and forcefully enter there instead. However, it was easier said than done simply because they were completely surrounded.

Even if they pushed other people to the mouths of monsters, chances were: There’d be a few more waiting for them up front. Then, even if they neared the walls, Alterran archers would shoot them down!

”AH!” Temp yelled when his leg was scratched. Even if the monsters around him were less than level 15 for the most part, monster physiques and strength were far superior to humans and their attacks could still damage them if they weren’t prepared enough.

He could only focus on defending himself, not caring for the war anymore. He was, however, slowly stepping back, pulling in a fellowman if he managed to get them.

Like this, he and a few of his team members slowly got closer to the wall, hoping to reach it before their energy was exhausted.

Even if entering at their level during a war had heavy penalties, it was better than staying outside like this!

However, after half an hour of pushing back, all allies next to him had either ran away or were used as meat shields, leaving him alone. In this time frame, he had already consumed a portion of his healing potions.

In other areas, the dozens of level 20s had the same problem, though they were lucky to be close to each other and could fight together.

They were clearing out the monsters at a good pace, which was not just good for them, but also for the Alterrans watching nearby.

Anyway, it was an all-out war between man and monster, with Alterrans watching securely on the battlements—kicking down the enemy ’vanguards’ back to the monsters in the process.

”AHH! NOO!” Another Resso Villager yelled as he was kicked down by an Alterran to join in the fight against monsters.

The man fell down and crawled back, barely avoiding a monster attack. He was lucky because a sentry targeted the monster, killing it, but there were too many beasts around.

In his panic, while avoiding one, he idiotically ended up heading to the mouth of another instead.

Standing on the battlement, the aborigines in the guard team looked in awe. To be honest, they had never seen so many enemies at once before so seeing the dark wave of volatile enemies did make them nervous.

Among them was Mauru and his team, who were watching with complicated expressions. Every guard had their own scopes now and they could clearly see what was happening.

They were so ready for a big fight, would the mobs take care of everything? Of course, the easier the fight the better, but they lived for war and the contribution points that it brought.

They also wanted to test things out!

A few of their younger members who had reached level 10 in the past few months actually activated the physical type of powers! One person got super strength while another got superspeed!

It was unbelievable!

As for how it was triggered, it was still up to study, but everyone was positive this wouldn’t have happened if they weren’t in Alterra!

After all, everyone had been living together for years, yet no one had awakened such skills at all!

They also wanted to add more contribution points, because that meant their lifestyles would improve even more!

”Well, the enemy is a lot. They might just take care of the mobs for us.”

”Well, I can test out my super strength later on.”

Their stances were a little relaxed but still tense enough to be able to react, should a battle suddenly get to them.

Unexpectedly, they saw something interesting amongst the attacking crowd.

”Hey, look!” Essan yelled as he looked over his scope.

”What is it?”

”Look for yourself,” he said, handing over the scope to his companions. They didn’t know what to expect peeking through it, but the person who did gasped.

This made Mauru and the others very curious. ”What is it?” he said, taking the scope to see for himself anyway.

His jaw clenched. ”It’s Hemeppo!”

”What?”

Hemeppo was one of the bastards who destroyed their old home and killed their kind-hearted Lord!! So he was part of this alliance?

Mauru and the others watched as the enemy lord tried to fight off the monsters, calling his own forces to fight with him.

Most of them were too busy securing their own lives though, so except for the unlucky guards who happened to be next to him, Hemeppo was pretty much on his own.

Hemeppo was indeed in a pinch.

He wasn’t planning on joining the fight at all! He was just here to watch the show and throw in a few slaves to contribute, and receive very good ones as rewards. Sure, the ones he sent were practically useless, but who was counting?

Anyway, his plan was to watch from safety near the arrays, and maybe find a way to get more favor from Basset Town along the way. But who’d have expected such a large mob coming from behind?!

It was too late for them to get back through the array and they had no choice but to run deeper into the war zone.

”HELP!!” the citizens yelled, but Hemeppo was busy hiding behind others, slowly getting near the walls.

Hiding behind people’s corpses and bodies, he eventually reached the scope of the sentries.

The person who activated a superspeed ability was a teenager named Mashan. He narrowed his eyes at Hemeppo. He was one of the witnesses of their lord’s death.

His uncle was the only family he had left. If Mauru and the others didn’t pull him with them, he’d definitely have lunged towards the enemy to get his revenge even at the cost of his own life!

Staying in Alterra had calmed down his bitterness bit by bit, but seeing this bastard still alive definitely ignited his flame.

Without thinking, Mashan entered the fray, using his newfound skills to arrive next to him. ”What—” Hemeppo (and Mauin and the others from the walls, for that matter) yelled at his sudden appearance there.

”For my uncle!” he yelled, jumping up to kick Hemeppo right in the head, causing him to fall smack on the ground, losing all balance.

Mashan did not stay anymore—as much as he wanted to—immediately using much of his mana to get back to the safety of the walls. He managed to get back in time to see Hemeppo’s fate.

Hemeppo was still down on the ground and tried to lift himself up, but was stepped on by other people without noticing. Even if they did, no one really cared.

The Lord coughed and struggled to lift his head, rolling out of the way of another stampede. However, when he managed to do so, he only saw a smaller monster with red eyes and razor-sharp teeth looking at him.

”GAHHH!” he screamed, trying to crawl away from the monster. It jumped towards him, opening its mouth wide and bit Hemeppo’s upper body, thrusting up to pull off meat for consumption.

Hemeppo’s shoulder was bitten off and he could see part of his body separating from him.

His eyes were wide, mind whirling and unable to absorb the fact that that was really part of his body taken away from him.

This pause was enough for a few more monsters to notice him there, taking him apart one by one for their own feasts.

And so was the anticlimactic end of an ambitious man.