After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 37

Chapter 37: New Skills
The trio stood back-to-back, defensive, eyes looking guardedly at the new creatures that appeared.

It wasn’t a single group this time. One group was composed of about 7 animals, they were as huge as a bear but with the head of a long-nosed lion.

The other group was even larger in number, about 15 or so, and they looked like green giant rats with short tails.

“I didn’t know your cooking would be so popular with the monsters.” Althea mumbled and Sheila gulped in nervousness.

“I… I really didn’t mean to…”

In fact, they’d gladly share the food if it meant they didn’t have to fight.

Sheila would even feel a little like a princess who befriended animals, momentarily dreaming of taming animals with her food.

It was just that the monsters here seemed to be bloodthirsty by nature and even if they were attracted by the soup, their eyes filled with aggressiveness and hunger were directed at them.

Also, her soup really wasn’t anything special.

Althea took out her gun and, as before, didn’t give Sheila one.

After all, the resource was finite and she didn’t want to waste a bullet. Besides, when the bullets were gone and could not be reproduced, learning this skill would be useless.

She took out her katana, placing it parallel to her gun. After the first near-death experience, she wasn’t naive enough to think no monster would be able to get close to her even if she was holding the gun.

In any case, the moment an aggressive monster took a step forward, she would aim and shoot.

Without further ado, several monsters sprinted towards them at the same time and Althea no longer hesitated to defend herself.

Bang!

Bang!

In the few seconds that followed, she took down three. They were very quick, even with her improved aim, she still wasted twice the number of bullets.

[Killed Gnomos (Lv2): +50 copper, +50 experience]

[Killed Gnomos (Lv1):+30 copper, +30 experience]

[Killed Stormdoer (Lv1):+30 copper, +30 experience]

Especially that level two, which took 3 shots straight in the eyes before finally dying.

Using the katana already out, she quickly defended herself to monsters she missed, slashing with relative skill.

Althea charged forward a few steps and she quickly parried the sword to an apparent weak spot of its large mouth.

[Killed Gnomos (Lv1):+30 copper, +30 experience]

“Kya!” She turned to see Sheila barely avoiding an attack, and she quickly shot its leg.

At this point, Sheila was already full of wounds, and so was Fufi.

Going through the motions, she also assisted Fufi by hitting a few legs by the way.

From her peripheral vision, she could see Fufi darting skilfully between the trees, using its smaller size to his advantage.

She signaled for the two to move to a denser area. They turned to avoid another attack, using the tree to guard their backs.

Her sharp eyes caught an opening and aimed her gun for another shot.

[Killed Stormdoer (Lv1):+30 copper, +30 experience]

She didn’t get a chance for a breather as another monster, much quicker than most, lunged at her.

She managed to avoid its killing move, but it nicked her arm. Her eyes twitched but she didn’t let it hinder her movements.

She slashed her katana at the monster with precise swings, aiming at its vulnerable spots. But it was strong, its movements were wild and unpredictable.

The katana managed to nick it, and it let out a growl. The wounded monster retaliated, slashing at Althea with its razor-sharp claws.

This was obviously level 3 monster, but still a bit faster than the ones they first encountered.

Coupled with the quantity of monsters around and their swiftly draining spirits, she had a lot more trouble with this one.

Fortunately, she eventually got used to its attack and pacing, managing to injure it more and more with precise cuts.

The moment it slowed down she took out her gun, aimed, and shot.

Bang!

It let out a guttural cry, before finally dropping dead.

[Killed Stormdoer (Lv3): +70 copper, +70 experience]

[Congratulations for upgrading to Level 4]

[STATS:

Name: Althea Witt

Age: 25

Level: 4 (30/10000)

Life: 590/700

Spirit: 610/700 (-5%)

Physical: 105 (-5%)

Agility: 107 (-20%)

Defense: 74

Mana: 500

Physical Potential: B

Mental potential: SS+

Skills:

Active: Elementary Appraisal (D)

Passive: None

Elemental Affinity: Wood, Water, Earth

Titles: None

Overall rank: S

Current Status: Gestating: two life forms, weakened state ]

Similarly, the other two also leveled up at some point so their Life and Spirit have all been increased.

Not maxed, but it was enough for them not to be so weak that the others had to drag them.

The fighting seemed to have gotten wilder and wilder the moment she leveled up and, as the person who gathered most aggro, she was surrounded.

She skillfully waved her katana as she shot those who happened to be in the path of the bullet. More than a few times she also had to take extra shots to save the lives of her companions.

This went on for half an hour until she heard a familiar ding in her brain.

[Successfully gained a skill: Perfect Aim]

[Perfect Aim (D) Level 1: 100% hit rate for targets less than 10 meters, lasts 10 minutes. Consumption: 10 mana]

[Successfully gained a skill: Quick Shot]

[Quick Shot (D) Level 1: Increase the frequency of shots by two times for 1 minute. Consumption: 5 Mana]

It seemed that other than skill grades, there were also levels. It would be great if someone were to explain, sadly the system didn’t come with an FAQ program.

In any case, she found that the number was no longer increasing. She continued to give assistance to the other two, who were already full of wounds. She had no choice but to ignore the pregnancy symptoms that were starting to surface.

After about an hour, the monsters finally stopped coming, and Althea immediately found a rock to rest. She watched as the other two dealt with the remaining level one monsters, just wanting to increase her spirit to stop the pain.

“I got a skill!!” Sheila squealed as she hit the last monster. As she said this, she jumped in glee, but her legs were unexpectedly weak and she fell down with a flop.

Althea, whose spirit only rose a few points, flinched at the sound.

She quickly aimed the gun at the monsters nearby and killed them, finally leaving the two the time to rest.

“H-Hey!” She quickly checked her wounds and although they were not shallow they weren’t enough to kill a level 2.

“Spirit… only 9 left…” The nurse said, whispering, her face draining color even faster when she was getting attacked by monsters.

She quickly took out chocolate bars to feed Sheila. She didn’t know if it worked but seeing the girl kept chewing she knew it wasn’t useless.

Althea’s heart dropped when she saw it only slowed down the loss of blood.

Brain running at lightspeed, Althea then took out Tori and 2 herbs she found: Guigorgon and Yu Berry to create a mix that had a hemostatic and energizing effect.

She added a bit of sour fruit to stimulate the reactions, hopefully, to increase efficacy.

She paused with a thought and added a familiar herb known as Googleberry from Terran, which was known for its binding effects, since she couldn’t find a local plant that would fit the role.

[Created New Concoction! Please name]

“Bandade”

[Bandade, confirmed]

[Congratulations for contributing to World Knowledge. +Gift Pack (C)]

Althea was a bit surprised, but she put this aside for now, staring at Sheila. She made her eat the concoction and also applied it externally.

This was something that would heal the Life status, but spirit also had to do with Life. How could you feel energetic when you’re bleeding to death?

So while she had yet to figure out how to quickly restore Spirit, healing through Life felt like a decent alternative for now.

It took about half an hour before Sheila opened her eyes. The first person she saw was Althea and tears couldn’t help but fall as she hugged the other woman.

“Woo…woo…. I thought I-I was gonna dieeee..”

Althea held back her smile as she patted the nurse’s shaking back. “You know what they say, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Look at your strength now, could the ‘you’ two days ago imagine it?”

Sheila sniffed and shook her head. She really couldn’t.

Seeing that the girl had stopped sobbing, Althea smiled. “So tell me about your new skill.”

Sheila smiled proudly at this.

[Slash (E): Adds 1% power to an attack. Cost: 3 Mana]

“This is a good skill.” Althea said, and the other girl nodded in agreement.

“Eventually I will be able to fight beside you without you having to look back.” Sheila said, determined not to hold Althea back.

Althea smiled, and her dimples showed. It was so beautiful Sheila couldn’t help but stare in admiration.

Althea shook her head at the state of her companion, simply patting the girl’s shoulder before struggling to get up on her own.

“Well, I look forward to it.”