Of course, Fargo also had their archers. But even the sniper Sen failed to kill them, let alone these guys? Before they could make a good shot, they died!
Even if many of the Fargo archers were former marksmen, the Alterans were trained with medieval weapons and many were also provided with crossbows!
Not only that, but there were also Alteran archers above the roofs, so the Fargo guards who had thought the same—would most likely get shot down even before they could settle on a high surface.
One of these archers was Althea herself, among a few others.
They had used Althea’s now-destroyed plateaus to get so high up. In contrast to those on the houses’ second floors, they were busy clearing those coming from the battlement. They didn’t have a good angle of the streets, and their main attacks were those above it.
Most also had some clear shots of the second-floor windows, so that was another reason why Fargo archers got taken down fairly early on.
As for the Alteran archers who had occupied the second floor of the nearby houses, they had far better vantage points of the battle in the streets. Thus their main task was to assist in the close-range combats happening below.
As for what happened to the people who owned the room… well, it varied depending on their reactions. Some Alterans tied down the occupants, while other occupants just let them be. They just left when they realized who they were, even sending goodlucks and other words of encouragement to them.
Overall, other than the teams efficiently killing Fargo guards on the ground level, their archers above eye level provided a safety net and a double-insurance to make sure the enemies that reached this area would really be taken down.
It got to the point that the Fargo people saw that they had 100% chance of getting injured if they got close. Even if they had a chance to take down an enemy, they didn’t want to get any more hurt than this!
That said, many of the people who arrived left with the excuse of finding more intruders. Anyway, this area was ’taken care of’ by Master Sen and the others!
Similarly, some of the guards already fighting also saw that they had no chance and ran away. Sen saw some of them and if he wasn’t so preoccupied, he’d have shot them down.
Traitors! Cowards!
In fact, if they had the slightest of loyalty, they wouldn’t flee so early, but alas. Fargo’s side promoted those who were evil and selfish. How could they expect undying loyalty from them?
"COME BACK HERE!" Sen yelled, and the Maumi Village duo took advantage of his distraction to finally landed good hits on him. He managed to avoid the lethal shots, but he was still hit in the end.
He gasped as he felt his stomach stabbed and his leg slashed.
He just glared at Mauin and his partner, yelling.
"I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
…
While most of them fought off fellow Terrans, there were a few who had to go against aborigines.
The weakest among the stationed mercenaries were level 13. Cassie happened to be facing him.
Cassie gasped as she barely avoided his swift stab. She used her own iron sword to block him, but the man also had a Class D weapon he got from a town.
"Eh, how heroic," the man said, licking his lips as he pushed her. She spread her legs to maintain her balance.
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