After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 332

At this point, the level 9 monster had only been partially weakened by Oslo before it escaped farther away. Three of its legs were still working, and its health should still be mostly-filled.

Althea was only level 8, and going against it was extremely dangerous.

"Ms. Althea!" They couldn’t help but exclaim. How could they bear watch such a delicate, beautiful woman, who just gave birth, deal with the strongest monster?

Althea had long been chewing on a mana cookie and, after waiting for a while of watching the others fight, her lost mana had recovered by a bit. She had her Bellagio out and hit the monster lunging at Drake, reducing its remaining life by half.

It also drained much of her mana, so she took more cookies while she changed her weapon to the Katana upgrade to D-class by the weaponmaker Brenda.

The weapon was made of Terran steel with no special effects. The system classified it as a weapon with a level D material but gave it an overall rank of upgraded level E.

Of course, to deal any decent damage to monsters, it had to be heavily improved by Brenda, the new C-class weapons maker.

Ironically, this showed how Xeno iron was more effective than Terran Steel in this world despite the latter being a superior material. She had actually studied this and judged the composition of iron to still be weaker than her steel.

She can only attribute it to the fact that Weapon Makers could input the Xeno-exclusive force called aether to the weapons, making them more effective. It was a magical thing and she hoped to study this mysterious force someday.

Anyway, for now, like any other level E weapon, the katana could now be used up to level 10, but its effectiveness heavily depended on the user.

With a bit more confidence, she started to parry her sword while avoiding the monster’s sharp claws.

It was really, really, fast. And it damaged her outer clothing a bit. However, she had Rainbow Silk undergarments so she wasn’t worried about showing anything.

As for the Medina Robe, she didn’t wear it for now, as it could be used to pull her instead. At the moment, it was being worked on and modified by Letty to allow its use during closed-range fights.

She was hyperfocused and got used to the monster’s speed. She naturally didn’t think she could deal with it easily. After all, not only was it a level higher than her but also the fact that it was a beast that could take on ten people of the same level.

However, considering everything, she was doing very well. She hadn’t given damage after the Bellagio shot, but she hadn’t been injured either.

She had not formally trained in using the katana, but she had been depending on it for life for so many days. Partnered with her fencing knowledge, she developed a more innate understanding of it and was able to use it with increasing skill with every battle she fought.

Although struggling, she had managed to defend herself in plenty of dangerous attacks, which was much more than what the guards had been doing.

The people watching were in awe. They just thought Althea was awesome with her super bow, but they never saw her in close combat.

"FOCUS!" Rowan yelled, saving one from being eaten due to the moment’s distraction.

"A-Ah! Sorry!" The man yelled, and most of the others flinched and fully focused on their own fights.

However, Ansel couldn’t help but still be distracted, and the aborigines couldn’t blame him.

Oslo and Rowan’s eyes met and they nodded, with Rowan staying to watch over the others while Oslo would guard Althea’s safety.