After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 371

Chapter 371: Gill’s Messy Lovelife? (Part 1)
The unknown name made every customer look at them, very intrigued. “Wow, Altera sounds like an interesting place! Is it a new city?”

Another one nodded, thinking of towns that could’ve upgraded, “Although I’ve never heard of a town before, I assume it’s just somewhere a bit far…”

The soldiers couldn’t help but look at each other before correcting their customers. “It’s still a village. A very good one!” Luis answered the woman, who gaped in response.

“Really?”

“Yes~”

She turned to her husband. “How curious…”

While they were dubious as to how ‘good’ a village could be, they were intrigued enough by the materials they offered.

The man nodded, “Maybe I’ll visit it someday.”

Luis looked at the couple curiously. Only him? Not even thinking of bringing his wife? And the woman only seemed a bit disappointed, but otherwise accepting.

Then they left and he noticed the woman was always a step behind, like about 90% of other couples around. Because they were so preoccupied before, he admitted that he had never taken notice of such an obvious thing.

In contrast, there was also another couple nearby, who seemed to be shopping for stuffed toys for their child back home. They were very giggly and unusually sweet in Xeno local standards.

The couple left lovingly holding hands. Luis and Mao couldn’t help but look dreamily, “How nice… didn’t know there were still such couples among aborigines.”

Mao nodded, chewing on something, “Well, even when culture is a problem, some ways to show love is the same.”

Gill, who was standing nearby, couldn’t help but go deep in thought about various memories.

One of which was in the outskirts of Ferrol Town, over a week prior—

Two lumbering creatures with sharp scales and claws stared at him with ravenous malice. Gill tightened the hold of his spear, watching for any sudden movements.

There are only a few days until the Protection Period is over, he must get stronger!

The silence snapped as one of the monsters lunged forward, taking down a couple of trees in his trail.

Gill jumped to avoid an attack, but it suddenly shifted its attack and opened its mouth. Gill immediately raised his spear to block it, the strong momentum pushing him back a bit.

He manipulated the earth below him to keep him stable, and he couldn’t help but look at his sole ‘audience’ a couple meters away.

“What are you doing here?” Gill asked, tone a bit annoyed, as he dealt laboriously with the level 15 monsters three levels below him.

Damned monsters and their hard skins.

In his momentary distraction, he was almost bitten by the monster’s partner that suddenly attacked from the side. He used his spear to stop each of them.

He sent a glare in a direction. He was not in the mood for her right now.

Cassandra ignored him and waved her sword, gesturing to assist him and taking on the other monster. It was just that Gill stopped her, telling her she was a burden.

She looked absolutely offended by this. “Don’t forget: My level is higher than yours~”

“Tsk. Not for long,” Gill snapped back. He never really took these levels as seriously as aborigines. What was level if one didn’t have the combat ability? This place had way too many fighting balloons.

He placed his attention back to the fight. In a swift motion, Gill jumped back and pulled his spear from the two monsters. He immediately thrust his spear into the ground, sending a shockwave through the earth, and then pulled it diagonally, sending earth spikes in the direction of the monsters.

One monster was successfully put off balance for a few seconds while the other lunged at him, blocked by his poor spear.

He struggled to push the damned thing, stopping its big mouth from eating half of him. He had to endure seeing its disgusting mouth, saliva, and breath that reeked of sulfur.

Cassandra saw that she was being ignored (again), and decided to take matters into her own hands—that was, join him in the fight.

“I’ll show you techniques passed down in my family~” She said confidently, strutting to the monster. “Don’t be too mesmerized.”

Gill sneered at her, acerbic as always, and just focused on the monster on hand.

As he dealt with the monster, barely avoiding its bite, his peripheral couldn’t help but notice the girl gracefully swinging the sword.

The monster was around her height even on all-fours, but she didn’t show much fear. He watched as she evaded the attacks, lunging at the creature with fluid motions, trying to hit the weak spots as best she could.

But he frowned and focused on the task at hand—which he was almost got distracted from—and his hit was even stronger due to venting.

He swung the spear with expert movements and various angles, the soil below keeping him balanced as needed. It even lifted him up instantaneously, allowing him to avoid an attack and at the same time allowing him to get a better angle of his enemy’s weak spot: Its eyes.

Now!

[Used Burning Spear (C). -50 Mana]

He yelled internally as he raised his spear and surrounded it with fire, stabbing the weapon at the monster’s vulnerability.

He let fire surround his spear to form a fiery weapon of doom. Immediately, he let his magma flow in and melt its brain, finally taking its life.

[Killed Orgroi (Lv15), +420 experience, +420 copper]

Heaving a sigh, he turned his head to look at the other, still ongoing fight. He was planning to kill the thing but his feet paused as his eyes fixed on the movements.

She was very graceful and… valiant?

To be honest, his impression of her was just an entitled lady. Very pretty, but nothing special.

But now, he couldn’t help but watch her closely. It was like she was dancing, her violet hair flowing with her movements, her curvaceous body unbelievably flexible.

That instant, he wondered what it’d be like to trace his hands over them.

The moment he realized a scowling expression appeared on his face. At this moment, weaker mobs of about level 10 appeared and he was actually glad for the destruction.

Slash!

Bang!

Pack!

As he massacred the mob though, his eyes more often than not ended up in her direction. It got to the point he was almost—almost—beaten and he just burned them all in his lava to get it over with.

He heaved a sigh as he made sure there were no more mobs, his attention once again fixed on the ongoing fight beside him.

Cassandra was fighting valiantly as before, even when she now had plenty of small wounds, her body now filled with sweat and grime.

She struggled a lot and fell down a lot, with a lot of almost misses that made his heart skip a beat. But she stood up every time, with her movements improving as time went on.

It was, indeed, better than expected. Of course, his expectations weren’t very high at all, but her technique was impressive compared to what he had seen locals perform before.

Even the local men at her level had slower and less effective moves, it was embarrassing.

She was able to avoid the monster’s attacks using her flexibility, hitting it at difficult places. If he didn’t know she wasn’t an Elementalist, he’d have thought she had a wind affinity.

His dark eyes looked at her deeply. He knew the status of women here. It must not have been easy for a woman to learn such a technique so deeply.

When she finally gave the monster a lethal blow, it fell down on the ground with a flop. She was filled with sweat and grime, her hair was all tangled up from the fight, but she whipped her head proudly to his direction, violet eyes incredibly bright.

Gill couldn’t help but stare in a daze.

“How was it? Was I very good??” She grinned, approaching him with her usual grace, trying not to show her shaky legs.

She also had dirt on her face and her hair was like a Gugu bird nest.

Gill’s lips twitched. If she knew what she looked like now he wondered if she’d cry and run away?

However, as his eyes followed her approach, he saw the monster behind her twitch.

“Watch out!’ He yelled, instinctively pulling her to him. He immobilized it by softening the earth around its feet, and he raised his weapon to give it a finishing blow.

[Used Burning Spear (C). -50 Mana]

[Killed Orgroi (Lv14), +420 experience, +420 copper]

He heaved a sigh and then turned to the woman in his arms, belatedly feeling her softness.

She was very soft and felt good to touch.

Her body against his felt… right, and at the back of his mind he thought it would be good to stay like this for a while.

His jaw tensed and pushed back the thought. He was about to push her away by instinct, but then his eyes met her large purple orbs—filled with love and admiration.

His hard heart beat erratically then.