While the enemy team here was preoccupied with either hunting for Loki or trying to run away from his shots, his other teammates were going around and finishing off the weakened enemies.
For instance, when someone was crawling to safety, hurt by poisonous arrows, an Alterran would jump above and behead him. It can be a bit brutal, though due to the level differences, so the cut was rarely clean.
Like, the Alterran might have to slice to and fro to cut through. It was a torturous death for the enemies, so to speak.
There were also plenty of foes who would sneak into the buildings to hide. For those people, they'd rarely bother with them and focus more on the direct threats.
However, as soon as they threatened the lives of their brethren, the civilians in the area would definitely come out in droves.
Although people in evacuation houses weren't expected to fight so openly, they did gain a lot of courage through mob mentality. freeweɓnøvel.com
It was said that people in groups believed they were stronger than they actually were—though, fortunately, in the Alterran's case, they actually were.
Although they were all weak, perhaps half the level of their enemies, they could fight if they were together.
When a particularly strong, troublesome enemy noticed their movements, they'd run where the sentry had a clear view and then they'd use it to defend themselves.
A strong guard would usually be nearby anyway, and most of the time, because the enemy was outnumbered, they would focus on finding a temporary place to hide, timing their strike, rather than openly attempting to go on a massacre for revenge.
Among those in the Alterran mobs were a lot of goblins—which were the paragon of what it meant to be a 'synergistic mob'.
The aborigines had honestly never seen the 'rats' used like this!
Speaking of the goblins, they had long wanted to contribute to Alterra during the wars! While they helped a lot by setting up traps and creating good hiding places, they also wanted to be on the front lines!
Their specialties were in digging and in hiding—but when they got to Alterra, they knew they could be even more than that, and they wanted to show it to others!
More importantly, they wanted to do more for their home!
However, they were just not strong enough, even after training along with the other Alterrans for the past few months. Considering the 'leaks' —especially those who had gotten past the easement guards—were mostly elites, it was too risky for them to be fighting directly.
Now that they could join the mobs, they were so happy to join in.
"ATTACK!" the little ones yelled as a group mobbed a person. The others did the same, and soon the enemies in the vicinity would be ganged up on by several people.
"Gahhhh!"
"Kill! Kill!"
"Let me join in please! I'll stab their feet for you guys!"
"I'll make sure to destroy their shoes!"
"I'll pull their toenails!"
It seemed like the little green creatures let their wild side out today.
Anyway, because of the large level gap, there were about a dozen people handling a single elite. Even an average fighter of level 15 from Basset had to be dealt with by a handful of Alterrans.
Of course, they still held on to their shields, with each mob having one or two professional shieldsmen and the rest having good physical potential to hold on to their shields despite the force that they'd inevitably take on.
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