After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 331

Chapter 331: Intellectual Monster
A few monsters followed it and they stood menacingly in the safety outside the walls. There was a total of seven monsters there, six level 8 and the one level 9 intellectual one.

However, that was quite a smart move, in contrast to the mindless blood thirst of weaker monsters.

“Are they supposed to be smart?” She asked Rowan, who had found his way next to her.

“No, Ms. Althea.” He said, “But there are indeed very, very, few cases where some leading monsters gained a bit of intellect.”

Althea looked at him curiously, waiting for more information.

“There have been sightings, especially in cities. I didn’t think I’d see one in a village.”

“What are the implications?” She asked, emerald eyes staring at the distant monsters.

“Highly troublesome. If 5 was usually needed to take a monster of the same level, such type may need more—sometimes twice of that.”

Althea paused, looking at the thing. “Has anyone tried… to tame them?”

Oslo blinked, surprised. However, he nodded in the end. “Yes, there were people, especially beast tamers, who tried. After all, intellectual monsters ought to be easier to take and more useful to keep, however…”

“Without exemption they all failed. Almost each attempt caused the deaths of the beast masters.”

Althea nodded and turned back to the monsters standing still not too far from the walls. “What caused this?”

Oslo thought for a while. “The current observation was that other than strength and talent, these monsters also consumed massive amounts of aether.”

Althea’s eyes sharpened, continuing his words. “It means they killed much more than the others.”

Well, whatever these monsters were, there was no way she’d let one roaming around the territory. Wouldn’t that just trap people inside?

Her emerald eyes looked at the monster and then turned to the other two next to him.

“Rowan, Oslo.” She said, “Can you weaken them enough for the others?”

Anyway, they couldn’t gain any experience from them, might as well carry the guards to level up like rockets.

The two men looked at each other in understanding, while Drake felt complicated. He also wanted to fight, but he could only be carried. As a former soldier, could it be comfortable?

But… getting stronger was still the priority.

The two aborigines quickly jumped down the nearly six-meter-tall wall, without fear and very gracefully.

Rowan softened his fall by using a strong flamethrower blazing out both hands, like a human rocket. Oslo, on the other hand, built platforms halfway through, albeit stemming from the ground.

Apparently, the wall could not grow any soil, metal, or any other solids made by Elementalists.

This was a little inconvenient now, but this was generally actually a good thing for those inside.

After all, who’d want Earth users to build access above the walls during wars?

This was apparently a quality of system buildings—or more accurately, Aether Buildings—in general. This was why Oslo could only ever help with manual construction and never with buildings made by the ‘system’, like the custom houses.

Anyway, moving back to the battle, the two aborigines sprinted towards the monsters who immediately lunged at them as soon as they went beyond the sentry range.

Oslo immediately made metallic spikes while Rowan made a flame wall.

However, when the level 9 noticed this, it moved farther. It didn’t run, but just waited at a distance, far enough from the men so much stronger than he was.

Seeing most of the monsters being dealt with, Drake called all the guards level 6 to join the fight. All level 6 personnel in the territory except Ansel were all guards, so all 12 people went down to join the fight.

There were four level 8 monsters to be dealt with, excluding the level 9 that was looming nearby. When Drake and the rest got closer, the two aborigines hit the monsters’ knees to discount their movements. They then stood between them and the level 9, lest it decided to attack in unexpected times.

The guards fought against the weakened monsters, with Rowan and Oslo stepping in only when the attack was judged life-threatening and could not be avoided.

Each of the four weakened level 8 had three level 6s Alterans to fight them. In all accounts, this still was extremely dangerous, even when the monsters were greatly weakened.

However, the Alterans still fought well, strategizing, and maximizing each others’ strengths. They had grouped themselves in a way that could maximize their chances: I.e. with one main attacker, one long-ranged attacker (archer or spearman), and one with the best defense (ideally a sheildsman).

In one team, there was no shieldsman, so Hugo extended his spear to stop a monster, defending his teammates, with Helios was dealing with the same monster as the main attacker.

The other three monsters were handled similarly, though for a while it was mostly just them avoiding deadly attacks from the strong beasts.

Nearby, Drake took out his shield to protect a team member. “Sheild Reinforcement,” he chanted, and for that moment his barely-a-Level D shield improved its performance, easily taking in two attacks from the monster, allowing his teammate—Amos—to attack it from the side while it was distracted.

Amos poked his spear repeatedly at the monster, trying to damage it the best he could. Thanks to Drake’s distraction, his blade was fortunately able to stab to a narrow gill-like thing on the monster’s rib area—likely his ears.

Splurch!

“ROAR!!” It yelled, flailing wildly.

Amos barely managed to avoid it by jumping back, but its pained movements were quick and sudden and not everyone was able to avoid its body.

It happened that its hit connected with Drake—whose shield had returned to normal—and he was pushed several meters away, deeper into the forests.

It was at this moment that the level 9 intellectual monster decided to lunge forward.

The two aborigines cursed and were about to go to his rescue when—

“I’ll take it!”

Swoosh!

An arrow flew, redirecting the monster’s attack, saving Drake’s life.

Althea rushed past the aborigines and into the monster’s attacking range.

They didn’t expect Ms. Althea to jump down to attack the level 9 monster on her own!