After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 300

[Alert! For every 1% decrease in the health of the walls, 10 copper will automatically be deducted from the accounts of everyone inside it.

[Let us defend our home together!]

That was to say, the guards and fighters didn’t have to pay.

Anyway, the first citizens did not complain even with the increase in the penalty costs. They weren’t blind; they knew the walls and sentries must have been insanely expensive.

The newcomers, on the other hand, mumbled but did not dare speak out when seeing the established members not complaining at all. Who wanted to be an outcast?

The teams then went to their respective positions with Althea, Ansel, Hugo, and Helios—along with a score of guards—heading to the eastern gate.

The remaining guards and all the fighting citizens guarded the southwest gate.

Althea paused before she went up the battlement, looking at the other people sideways. "I will focus only on the level 4s and 5s alone, which will consume too much of my mana. The rest is up to you.

"Be careful. I will definitely not be able to watch your back the whole time in this situation."

"Yes!"

Hugo watched Althea’s lithe back as she climbed the stairs to the top of the wall, with deep eyes.

"Uncle." His nephew called him, pulling him back to the present. "Let’s get in position." Hugo flinched a little and nodded, following him.

Ansel, who had been watching the whole thing, sneered. However, when he turned to face his sister, the sneer had become a gentle smile.

"You! Don’t go overexerting yourself!" He said, but saw that the mob was closing in so he could only follow the others to the main battle area.

The ground shook wildly and some people almost lost their balance as they ran. The magnitude got stronger and stronger until the monsters became visible even on the Eastern gate.

They opened the gates on the exterior wall set to allow inside some monsters that got past the sentries.

They stood in what they now called the gap—the fifty-meter area between the level 3 and level 5 walls around the gates, ready to handle these enemies.

The guards took out their new iron swords and shields. They were all level E, as Brenda and the others were still learning, but they were superior level E weapons, breaking into the quality of level D’s.

However, even if it didn’t, the new weapons—weapons that the territory prepared for them—gave them added courage to deal with the imminent danger rushing in their direction.

The vanguard monsters were generally level 3s and an occasional level 4. The guards were quick to take these on, using skills as needed.

Because of the spikes installed outside the fence, there were plenty of monsters distracted, making them a bit easier to handle.

Hugo and the others stabbed the monsters on the other side of the fence. Hugo even jumped up on top to get more access to the monsters. While risky, this could get him more kills as well as reduce the damage on the fence.

From the corner of his eyes, he could see several arrows occasionally flying and Hugo couldn’t help but steal glances at the woman above the wall.

Swish! A beautiful hit.

Swish! A one-shot kill.

But then, suddenly, she pointed the arrow at him… and shot.

His heart dropped until he saw a level 5 monster falling beside him.

"Focus."

"Thanks."

Althea didn’t really blame him too much. He had just risen to level 6, and level 5 monsters still easily could’ve taken him in a moment of carelessness.