After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 546

Chapter 546: Versus Belize (Part 1)
Belize looked at the beautiful woman who was continuously shooting arrows in their direction, with someone from their side falling each time. Even if it wasn’t from direct damage, they’d be down due to some sort of poison or paralysis.

She must not be more than level 10, yet she was causing his side so much damage. Normally, he’d be offended that a woman would be holding such a good weapon but oddly it just fit in her hand.

She was so beautiful and fascinating. There was something in the way she held herself that stood out, and it was difficult even for enemies to look away.

He could tell there was no other woman like her.

That, and combined with the charm of Class B weapons and armor, he found himself nodding at the lord’s offer

Class B weapons were very effective for beasts level 40 and below. Because the human physique was much weaker, it could provide massive damage to humans until level 50 or even more. Class B equipment also had extremely high durabilities versus Class C weapons, with the lowest of the same kind being 10x more durable.

Not to mention, that weapon was especially colorful. It seemed like it was of the superior sort.

While Class B weapons and armors wasn’t extremely rare in cities, they were still very expensive that even nobles might not own one. This was because the gap between Class C and B was not small—most weapons and equipment makers would peak at the former.

The difference between Class C and B weaponsmakers were farther than the moon and the ground, not to mention the material requirements which increased with rarity and cost. As architects tended to stagnate as Class D Architects, majority of equipment makers would peak at Class C, even after decades of practice.

This was why many level 40s or stronger might settle for Class C weapons, which had diminishing effects against monsters above level 30. Class B equipment also had extra effects and damage that Class C weapons would not have. For example, the full armor effect of this woman’s defense or the special penetration effect of her bow and arrow.

At his level and proficiencies, such a weapon was extremely useful, especially when dealing with fellow Elementalists.

After a certain point, a lot of Elementalists could start doing away with weapons and still cause major damage to beasts and humans equipped with aether gears. Similarly, the effects of non-elementalist attacks on them were also reduced by a bit, unless it was a class B weapon and above.

Belize’s proficiency hadn’t reached that level yet, so such a weapon—he happened to also prefer bows and arrows—would be extremely useful to him!

A little excited, Belize didn’t attack immediately and looked at his own stats.

He only had about half of the mana remaining and still hadn’t recovered much after all this time. He frowned but decided it didn’t matter much. He simply had to end it fast!

He lunged forward, jumping up the plateaus the lord made, reaching her area within a few blinks.

He immediately summoned winds in an attempt to imbalance her. She frowned as she was blown away, taking out a sword and stabbing the roof with it. Unfortunately for her, system buildings were quite durable and the low-level Sword wasn’t able to embed enough to stop her momentum.

Belize’s eyes sharpened and he jumped to her, intending to take her down while she was imbalanced.

Unsurprisingly, the massive half-orc arrived in front of her, swiftly kicking him and holding her arm. Belize turned and maneuvered, landing on the neighboring roof a few meters away.

He watched as the half-orc lifted her back up to stability and a moment later they were ready to fight together with him.

Belize narrowed his eyes. He didn’t want to use aggressive techniques from the get-go in case he could deal with them without having to receive the penalties—which would definitely not be small—but it seemed like it would be unavoidable.

He raised his hands and soon, wind began to congregate around him.

He wasn’t able to develop his close-range fighting as a talent limitation. He would have trouble engaging in a hand-to-hand combat with a half-orc half his level. Using his bow and arrow would also be useless against the half-orc’s speed and the woman’s defenses, so he could only use his elements.

He frowned, looking at his mana again, before quickly summoning wind blades. Unfortunately, the half-orc carried the woman and managed to avoid the slashes.

Belize didn’t follow up, opting to strategize and maximize his remaining mana.

Seeing him have such reservations about using his skills, Althea smiled.

Hey, she mused, the experimental Mana Reducer seemed to have worked this time.

Of course, she only managed to make one so she asked Juni to choose the target well. While risky due to the man’s high level, it seemed that this one paid off.

The man was in his level 30s and still saw some effects. In her estimate, if it was given to weaker jerks, they might not even be able to use their skills at all for days.

Too bad the ingredients were difficult to obtain—most of which were dried plants from the Ferrol Fair—and it took too long to make, otherwise she’d have given hundreds to distribute to the guards here.

Of course, she didn’t feel complacent despite this.

Belize was still a level 30 elementalist—thrice her level and twice that of Gochi—so it was in no way an easy fight. Further, a level 30’s slowly recovering mana might still be bigger than what she had.

In the end, Belize opted to be more conservative—it was unsightly to give so much against a woman so much weaker than he was—and only used his ability for support.

Belize might not have such great skills in close-ranged combat, but his level made up for it a bit and he would sprint in her direction—using his ability to add speed—with a knife, aiming to hurt her.

He raised his feet and aimed to kick away the beast. Unsurprisingly, the beast was fast and was about to take his leg when he used wind to turn himself at an awkward angle, aiming straight for her body.

CLANK!

His eyes twitched. He had hoped his Class D knife could have an effect but it didn’t do a thing. He was hoping the Terran gun was just useless, but it seemed the woman really had very good defense equipment.

He leaned back as he avoided a sudden attack—unexpected because it wasn’t coming from the angle of the half-orc—and stepped back to avoid another. The third one was faster and bigger and it hit him straight at the stomach.

“OOF!” he coughed, surprised. The damage wasn’t too large, but it was a nuisance and he had no choice but to move roofs again.

Looking back, he saw several rocks floating around the woman, and he belatedly realized she was controlling it.

His eyes widened a bit as he gaped at her.

An elementalist!

And—looking at how stable they were orbiting around her—it made him wonder if level 10s were supposed to be able to control elements so proficiently?

Not only did she have high-level equipment, she was also a proficient elementalist even at such low level.

Who was she?!

He shook his head, knowing this was not the time to be in a daze. He heaved a deep breath as he looked sharply at the woman.

The half-orc stood next to Althea, as if awaiting for her instructions.

Gochi didn’t defend her from the bows and arrows that would occasionally target them anymore. This was because he realized her defense equipment was far superior to what he had ever seen.

He still stuck to her, of course, knowing full well the enemy this time wasn’t weak.

He turned to look at the thin man guardedly, as if he wasn’t a few heads shorter than he was.

“Should I attack him, Miss Althea?” he asked, extremely respectful. The woman then looked at Belize, emerald eyes peering analytically at him.

Belize, to be honest, found it a bit unsettling.

“We’ll attack him together,” she said. “He’ll lose fuel soon.”

Belize’s eyes widened a bit at her words, turning red in anger at the realization. “So it was you!” So it was her who messed with his mana!

Althea smiled a bit, looking at him inquisitively. If the timing was okay, she looked like she would bring out her notebook to record his answers.

“Can you tell me more about its effect? How slow are you recovering? If you use a skill now, when will mana start to recover??”

His eyes twitched, completely insulted and angry—feeling as if he was being played with.

How dare she!

He no longer cared about his limitations. Anyway, if he damaged her fast enough, he wouldn’t need so much mana!

Suddenly, sharp wind blades surrounded him. And this time? They were aiming to maim.