After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 580

Micheal and his team comprising of people from Bright were particularly passionate about the torture of Fargo’s men they could get to. They didn’t bother taking hostages though, as they knew Fargo wouldn’t care.

Gochi and Fufi were also causing major damage. They took advantage of the loss of momentum caused by Belize’s death, closely followed by several others like Sen and Uzon.

Fargo’s eyes turned red as he was left with a few higher-level aborigines, but otherwise surrounded by Alterans. He sent earth spikes around him stabbing several people, but his attack had been weakened after so long and those hit were only a bit injured.

Most of his men had fallen and never would Fargo imagine this war would go in this direction—ever!

Except for a handful of mercenaries that found their way there, the only strong ones remaining were men by the names of Aka and Okra, level 17 and a level 20 mercenary, respectively.

They had been doing the bare minimum all this time—simply defending and blocking serious attacks from Fargo. While they enjoyed pushing Alterans and were indeed itching to hurt them, they knew the penalty for doing so would be too heavy and they didn’t bother to risk it.

Alterans knew they wouldn’t attack (for now) either so they focused their energies on the more direct threats, which slowly but surely trimmed the forces around him until they were surrounded.

Worse, that woman was also targeting them! Fortunately, she didn’t have any mana anymore and her attacks were basically normal, allowing the men around him to still defend him against the attacks.

But what would happen when she recovered? Even if it wouldn’t reach him, it could reach his guards. If this kept up, their remaining part of agreement would be null and he had no doubt they would abandon him at a moment’s notice!

Damnit!

Fargo saw they were useless, gritted his teeth, and opened up the panel, and a few moments later, an announcement echoed across the territory [Anyone who gives the lord a head of the enemy would receive 10 gold each!]

Then, he added with a dark glint in his eyes. [Anyone who kills enemies can free a slave of their choice!]

This was far higher than the previous offer and, unlike the chaos outside, the ones in the interior walls were less likely to go against Fargo as well.

The people flinched and some reluctantly emerged from their houses. However, most didn’t want to join death and remained hidden.

There were still hundreds of people who emerged though. All houses had several people living inside, and it would only take a few to inspire the others to go as a group—after all, it was less terrifying with other people.

They looked terrified and held on to their weapons shakily, but their overall number was not small. Group by group they emerged from the houses, giving the Alterans a closer look at the people they’d be dealing with.

They looked much worse than the leading party with their thinness and tattered clothes, but they were still doing a bit better than those outside where most people lived in shanties.

Among these people, there were those who jumped at the chance because it meant saving their family!

After they left the threshold of their houses, they immediately went to attack the closest Alterans, shaking the formation by virtue of their numbers.

Althea looked at the ’battlefield’ below her. The battlefield, except for a small plaza area, was basically a network of streets and avenues. Those people who went out could basically enter their formation, some of whom coming from the back.

Of course, these people were weak and scared and didn’t stand a chance against hers, but it was still a distraction Fargo and the remaining enemies used.

The number of people Fargo’s men stabbed while Alterans were distracted was not small.