After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1262

Alterra Town

[The war between Alterra Town (Lv1) and Basset Town (Lv1) has now begun. Remaining Time: 27:59:59]

As the war started, the bell rang 14 times. Everyone fighting head-on in the war headed out, fully equipped, while there were also those who were set to fight from the safety of their homes.

That said, there would also be guards assigned to guard above roofs, just in case there were spies that couldn't be shot by interior sentries.

There were also guards in every zone on the ground to watch out for those enemies who were inside. They put special attention to the people tagged as 'suspicious individuals' but had not actually done anything that'd warrant their arrests yet.

For these spies, the Alterrans subtly gave them some false information. Some were even allowed to head back to Bassett and report.

The information included some fake data about key people, their force values (around a half of what was accurate), their allies in the vicinity (which was 'none'), and the like.

However, they weren't naive enough to think that no one was left behind to cause chaos. The level limit was so much higher now, and the breadth of people who could attack from within had increased by folds.

It was inevitable, such was the way of the world here. What they could do was to discourage and minimize the damage.

One of the methods Althea used was to add a couple more sentries in certain areas. She did her best to modify it so they still looked pretty, of course.

Call her vain and shallow, but she didn't want her mood affected by random towers popping up and blocking the beautiful view.

They also improved the reporting functions. Though the aether letters were finite and couldn't be given to more guards, Garan and the others at least developed a system wherein smaller flares could get activated to alert the others depending on the level of urgency, suspiciousness, and the like.

Nearby 'floating' guards would see the flare and asses, judging the urgency of the situation with a look without compromising the safety of the zones they were assigned in.

Garan even had SOPs in the event that the enemy figured their signalling methods and used it to distract or redirect the forces instead.

In such cases, the flare would let out an extra color, indicating it had been compromised.

Garan and his people went over various cases, scenarios, and situations. Although the new hires had a lot to learn, the rest should be able to react well.

The focus now was the huge number of enemies coming in from the other side.

Wars in Towns were rare, supposedly. They were far apart, simply because there was too much to lose.

For one, the population of Towns was much larger, and the overall strength stronger by folds. A lot of these people had taken resources from various territories to develop such a level.

Towns could have hundreds of thousands of people. A young town like Basset Town might only have a hundred thousand or two, but that was still at least three times their own population.

This could be seen with the large amount of people they could see from the walls. From where they were, they could already see tens of thousands of enemies in a single sector, and there was no doubt they were spread out, aiming to find openings in their defense.

The Alterrans had known the numbers, but after seeing the large mob firsthand, they felt like there was a heavy air above them.

"Focus!" Garan's voice resounded across the territory, powered by their voice amplification systems. "We have always been outnumbered, but Alterra always came out as victors each time.

"Just remember: What are you fighting for!?"

This shook most of the fear out of their systems, replaced by their hearts growing stern. Indeed. They were fighting for Alterra and the lives they had in it!

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