After clearing out the human enemies, more and more people started jumping down within the scope of the sentries to deal with the remaining monster mob.
At this time, at least a third of the mob was still around… and it was still growing bit by bit—attracting the nearby mobs. Fortunately, the monsters attracted by the blood and commotion here were only village level, and therefore much more manageable.
Now that the major threat were the monsters, they would naturally change formations. The new formation was that fewer soldiers were spread out across the perimeters—they’ll be there just in case of emergencies—but most of them would move near the gates to deal with the mobs and rescue as needed.
The rest of the citizens also went out to the battlements now that they didn’t have to deal with potential leaks.
Their new slaves—the ones who fainted—as well as the older slaves and prisoners of wars were also assigned along the perimeters to make sure every area of the walls was accounted for.
In order to maximize the damage, a lot of them would have to go down the walls.
The civilians who went down were those near the level cap or past it, and they were also asked to form tried-and-tested teams to ensure their safety from the beasts (and possible backstabs from their enemies). They must also stay within the sentries scope.
Of course, there weren’t many of them. Majority of those who went down were the soldiers and the guards.
Speaking of that, because they knew the upgrade was coming, every one of the ’original’ soldiers—the people who came in advance—were in Alterra. No one was stationed elsewhere and everyone like those assigned in the Ferrol branch were called back even before the war declaration.
Though the war declaration came as a surprise, they were definitely preparing well for the upgrade mob.
Unlike the civilians, the soldiers—who were already well past the level 20s—could go a bit farther out because they could afford to be surrounded by beasts. They also had stronger guards like Helios, Drake, and so on with them so the EXP points could be maximized.
Drake’s electricity had shown great improvement in the past couple of months. More than the sheer power though, which depended on his level, he trained his accuracy to the peak.
He could control his spark to a more concentrated form accurately attacking monsters’ weaknesses. As long as the monsters were lower-leveled than he was, then a few sparks could kill it.
The aborigine watching gaped. It was a rare element and no one had seen one before (they were villagers who rarely saw elementalists in general), so it was naturally an impressive sight.
He also partnered with water users to maximize the damage and Angelo would finish it off with his sword, using his wind ability to keep himself swift and moving and far away from monsters’ jaws.
He avoided everything using some wind techniques he had learned in the past couple of months. Many other wind users were the same, and it was obvious they were trained a certain way.
There was also Helios and his team, which comprised predominantly of his wife’s and mother-in-law’s guards. During the war, they helped out in the Southwest gate which was also fraught with beasts.
They had been fighting against beasts for hours, though the difference this time was that they didn’t have to worry about the humans except for accidentally digging them out and stepping on them.
For the most part, the enemies didn’t dare make a move. However, it wasn’t the case for all of them. Some still couldn’t help but take advantage of the enemy showing their backs to them.
Sad for them, there were archers monitoring their movements and they were shot straight to the neck, and killed. No one nearby tried to do anything similarly stupid from then on.
Garan had a similar experience. He was already on the ground a hundred meters away from the gates, along with Gill and Orz. They were there to weaken the more troublesome monsters so that they’d be easier to deal with past them.
If they thought the monster was too strong, they might kill it, otherwise, they were treated as EXP points for the rest of the team.
He created ice spears and expertly stabbed monster after monster. Gill would create a delineation of magma that’d burn the monsters’ legs, while Orz would create sharp spikes that had similar effects.
With them there, a lot of the people behind them gained a tremendous amount of experience.
This lasted a couple of moments until Garan felt an attack swiftly approach him. His eyebrows rose, and his ice sword formed a larger surface to block the attack. It was not weak and Garan’s feet slid back a little.
It was the Level 32 Temp, who was now completely filled with blood, absolutely livid and out for blood. "I’ll kill you!"
He already lost an arm at this time and his eyes were red from anger and pain. He obviously didn’t believe he would be spared and was bent on taking revenge for them ruining his life!
However, unlike Temp, they were much more cowardly and preferred to beat up the weaker enemies! ƒreewebɳovel.com
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