After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1271

Meanwhile, the other escapees ran away as fast as they could without looking back. They made sure to use the narrow inner streets between houses, hoping to lose track of the locals' eyes somehow.

The group of a dozen would be separated into three, heading to different places according to the Map. Some of them would be camping outside the Center, some would be camping near the villa areas, and some were heading straight to the bunkers.

Eventually, after many twists and turns, the arrows stopped and the human alarms stopped screeching.

However, before they could separate—

GRRRR—

A large, ominous creature blocked the streets.

The inner streets were only so large, and this critter was blocking a good portion of it!

"What—"

GRRRR—

The low growl echoed in the area. It wasn't loud, but it was deep and made people unsettled. Its coat was golden and matted, but one could see the muscles beneath the skin. Its eyes glinted amidst the bright skies, and locked on to them.

"It's one of those battle pets!" Angit told them, gripping his weapon tightly. However, as intimidating as it was, he kept his cool. "The lowest among us is level 24, the damned battle pet shouldn't even be level 15! GO!"

The dozen of them immediately went to attack the beige creature, but it immediately disappeared in front of them. The next thing they knew, it was already above Angit and biting his arm.

"AH!" He yelled as he saw the sharp teeth bury into his arms. His equipment was already brittle before this and his eyes widened when he saw it crack.

GRRR—

His teammates raised their weapons above him, aiming to attack the dog while it was busy with their ally.

Even if these beasts had far higher defense than humans their level, they were still no match against direct attacks of people 10 levels stronger than they were—especially if they had Class D weapons!

However, before the weapon could slash and stab at the dog, a large furry ball of black and white rolled over so quickly they weren't able to avoid it anymore.

Clang!

Any Terrans there would have the deja vu of a bowling ball hitting pins.

"STRIKE!" Another guard—a horizontally blessed one—yelled as he arrived, looking satisfied with himself.

Without further ado, Mao took advantage of the enemies' imbalance and summoned several boulders, throwing them straight at their faces.

This further separated the dozen people and the people behind Mao immediately rushed to attack. They were all around level 15 though, so they had to pair up (or quad up) to deal with an enemy.

Similarly, the commotion alerted the few people hiding in their houses nearby, and now that the guards arrived, they had no qualms about attacking anymore.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

They rained down arrows on several people at a time. Because they were imbalanced, those few seconds made them easy targets.

Of course, the average low-level Alterran could not afford a strong weapon nor would they be able to maximize it, so the attacks were mostly to annoy and distract the enemies. At most, it would create shallow wounds or bruises which—if they came in succession—really annoying.

Overall, Mao's team—combined with the two pets and the people shooting from the balconies—was still inferior to the enemies in terms of overall strength. These people averaged at the late level 20s, after all, and some people—like Angit—were even level 30.

That didn't matter, of course, because Mao could make sure they could hold up for long enough, hopefully with few injuries.

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