After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 590

Ply and the others were handled by Hubert and the rest of them. They adopted their usual formation with the thick-skinned warriors up front, and the archers and the like protected well behind them.

There would also be a few elemental attacks getting thrown at them. Partnered with superior equipment, they soon entered the pace where the Fargo side was slowly getting plucked down while the Alterans were going as strong as ever.

The two men at a standstill with Leon saw their side was losing, they frowned and looked at each other. They had been dealing with these people for a while now, and they had seen them with back-up equipment in their space.

Normally, they wouldn’t care much—making them work for a mere village was degrading enough—but they had unfortunately signed contracts with Fargo.

They weren’t entirely certain what Belize—now he was dead, for shame—was thinking but they were expected to do their best as was expected of hired people from the chancery. Now, they had to do some work unless they wanted to lose a lot of money, as per the agreement with Fargo.

To be honest, they still found it difficult to believe that Belize and so many others had perished inside the walls! They assumed the Alterans just did some shady things and cheated, because there was no other way!

Neither of them mourned though, because with Belize and several others dying, it meant a lot of higher positions in their group were vacant!

However, if they lost this battle as well, not only would it be humiliating, but their position in the group would also be affected!

At this thought, Fero and Gron immediately made a move. Gron lunged to the enemy side, taking on the attacks of the Alterans which had little effect on him, and allowing the guards behind him to increase their attacks against the enemies.

The Alterans fought bravely and swung their weapons, however, many of their attacks were blocked by the darned aborigine. Their good pace of taking down enemies had slowed down, and more and more guards had arrived. If this lasted anymore, they’d be exhausted and who knew when they could cross that damned wall!

Similarly, Fero immediately lunged towards Leon—knowing a battle was inevitable.

They stepped back and distanced themselves from the main fight to avoid collateral damage—whether they cared for the people or not, failure to do so would ultimately cause them to get punished.

Leon waved his sword to block the enemy’s attack, his ability stabilizing his hold, helping him angle it, increasing control and power, even if only by a bit.

This was a skill he learned back when they were in Twinwave Town: Wood Assist.

Basically, it was to use the wood ability as a weaker arm. On its own, it didn’t have much power, but when used by someone with skill and timing, it could really increase power.

Clank!

Clank!

Fero’s eyes narrowed as he swung. The more hits they exchanged, the more tired and wounded he was. But he soon realized that the enemy was barely sweating. The pace was completely the other man’s!

At this point, he was just keeping him company! Their levels weren’t even far apart!

Leon immediately saw the minuscule opening and used his ability to pull his feet and imbalance him.

BANG!

Leon immediately raised his sword to stab—not to kill, but to debilitate.

"AHHH!" He yelled as he saw the sword buried right in his knee!

His eyes widened even more as he saw the man raise his sword again, targeting his other one. "AHHH!!! STOPP!" he yelled, but he couldn’t struggle. One, he was weakened by the deep injury and, second, he was being held down by vines!

Splack!!

He could only watch helplessly as he was amputated by the enemy, watching his blood flow out, the pain numbing his senses.

His mind went to memories of him doing the same thing to countless others. He remembered them begging for mercy, and someone even had the audacity to curse him the same fate.

Was this it, then?

To his surprise though, the man stopped and wrapped dirty fabric around his cut leg and arms. "AH!" he yelled as the man tightened, stopping the bleeding.