After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 230

Althea looked at the monster in the eye, staring it down.

Don’t look at it being a level lower than her, monsters’ physique was something fragile humans could not compare with.

Not to mention, for physiques, level 5 was a threshold for monsters.

Unlike before where every level up would have a bit of an increase in stats, every five levels would have a somewhat higher increase. Since this applied more to monsters, it spelled more trouble for them.

Without warning, the creature lunged forward at incredible speed, its claw clashing through the air. She shifted her weight and avoided it and the creature emitted a low growl, dissatisfied with its miss.

She took out a normal Level E bow and arrow, ready to strike. She did not want to be dependent on overpowered weapons to fight, especially since she couldn’t maximize it with her low level.

Personal skill was still the best bet.

Not to mention, even if she wanted to use her overpowered weapons, she wouldn’t be able to, This was because there was also a limitation of allowed weapons inside. For level 1 Training Halls, up to D-class weapons were permitted.

She immediately activated her skills to increase her chances.

[Perfect aim! -10 Mana!]

[Quick Shot! -5 Mana]

The monster quickly turned and lunged towards her, showing great flexibility.

She deftly maneuvered behind the creature, sending a flurry of quick strikes at its weak spots. She jumped back as it lunged forward, kiting it, and she used her skills many times to cause heavy damage.

She couldn’t help but recall her first days with her gun. A level E bow and arrow was on par with it in terms of damage, and she could only marvel at the magic of this world.

At the same time, she wondered, if their Weapons Makers could somehow produce guns… how powerful would they be?

Anyway, she wasn’t able to dwell on this as the monster roared from the bottom of its stomach, and she felt a little vibration in the room.

Enraged, the monster thrashed around, very quick and very strong.

Althea barely avoided its strong jaws, but she didn’t avoid its paws and she was thrown meters away.

The giant rat jumped to maul her, and she rolled over to avoid it. She did manage to, thankfully, avoid a bulk of its attack, but its tail suddenly turned and struck her, causing her to lose her balance just as she regained it.

The monster naturally went to take advantage of her imbalance but she was quick to get in an attacking position even while lying down.

Down on the ground, she quickly shot several arrows in a row, hitting its mouth and even its uvula.

Rooarrrr!!!

Its body shook in pain, trying to take out the few arrows that got stuck in its mouth.

Taking advantage of its distraction, Althea quickly jumped on her feet, avoiding its heavy paws wildly flailing about, and began continuously shooting again.

She jumped sideways to avoid the monster’s massive teeth, somersaulting to regain her balance and using her legs to zoom back to the monster.

At this time, she took out her improved katana—courtesy of Eugene and Brenda, now capable of damaging a level 5—for a change of pace, mostly for her own more balanced training.

The two fought for several rounds, most of which were close calls.

There was one time that she almost got ’bitten’ but she used her legs to hit the side of its face, redirecting its bite.

Such a strong and fast opponent was intrinsically superior in close combat. She naturally sustained some damage. She looked at her stats and saw that her life and spirit were reduced by a third.

"Tsk." Sure enough, the level wasn’t everything

In the training hall, one’s life and spirit were duplicated, even if you lost either, you would not die.