After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2116

Chapter 2116: Battle at the Cliff

Garan had no choice but to maintain an ice shield around them as they moved, sending spikes outward here and there, but the monsters were almost level 20 and there were many of them, so Garan was pushed on the defensive.

Althea was too, she was trying to use her vibration ability on the granite, but it was very difficult, though it wasn’t that surprising.

The land was very dense and her ’sight’ was limited to a few meters now compared to if she was just scanning a normal land. In those cases, her words would be like a blessing.

There was also the occasional avian. This one they had to kill as soon as possible, lest it attracted more of its kind, consuming another lot of their strength.

There was also a vague unease that they were being watched. At their level, intuition—no matter how minor—was something they always had to take seriously.

The visible end of the rope was not the actual end. Rather, it led to a large ledge area, and then it disappeared, seemingly into the rock face.

Althea used her earth skills. As time went on, her [Earth Vibration] skill had increased its scope in granite, little by little. Though the difference wasn’t much from how it was at first, he could still see several meters from where she stood.

There was a pocket behind the rocks—a hidden room. Althea said this to her husband, who then summoned an earth spike in an attempt to pry the rock off.

It was a bit careless, but monsters—and an unknown threat—were approaching them, so they had to hurry with this lead.

There were probably dozens within a few hundred meters of them, and the only reason they hadn’t gone to them yet was because of the wind, carrying their scent all over the place and thus delaying their approach.

However, just as Garan put force against the rock, something seemed to have activated.

Ringringring!

"A magic tool!" Althea gasped, realizing she had missed something.

It was too late to do anything about it, because something like a bell rang like an alarm, and it was followed by a lot of roars.

And these roars were getting louder by the second.

The monsters were approaching them!

It seemed like they had inexplicably activated a magic tool that attracted monsters instead.

The two had no choice but to focus on defending themselves. Garan wanted to clear the way enough for Althea to figure out the mechanisms, but unfortunately, too many monsters were approaching them at the same time, all with terrain advantage.

The two of them were limited to the ledge, but the monsters could crawl at the near-vertical surface with ease. Whenever the two of them took down a monster, another might appear at their blind spot, forcing them to either use too much mana to defend themselves, or sacrifice equipment durability.

The two of them had also been battling for a while, so they were already tired as well.

BANG!

SLAM!

Garan iced the area around them, making the surface slippery. Though it didn’t stop all of them—especially the avians and the lizards with suctions—it certainly caused many to fall down.

It took them an hour and most of their remaining mana to finally end the current mob. Unfortunately, it was still not over.

Just before the two of them could take a breather—

CAWWWWW!!

A massive avian appeared. It was akin to a deformed eagle with its beak divided into several parts, like a morbid man-eating flower.

And its size indicated that it was at least a level 35 monster.

And it directly swooped in and grabbed Althea, immediately shooting up before either of them could react!

"Husband!!"

Garan had actually already summoned his element to throw an attack by instinct. However, it not only managed to avoid it, but there was a gust of wind that weakened the attack.

He was unable to throw another as the bird shot up, way beyond his reach. Even Garan couldn’t throw an ice pick this far. Garan didn’t think anymore and followed after it.

But how far could he really go?

Unknowingly, Garan entered the berserk stage. Each area he passed through became a small ice age, killing dozens of monsters instantly. There was a high cost for such an outburst, but Garan never minded it.

Massive ice spikes seemed to grow along the mountain face, and Garan jumped over them—each one at least ten meters apart—with ease.

The bird, seeming to sense his approach, suddenly flew away from the mountain, but further upwards, forcing Garan to jump off the tall mountain.

CAWWWWW!!

But that would be different once it went on the other side. Granted, it was the goal in the first place, but she wouldn’t want to do it alone. First of all, she just didn’t want to be separated from her husband. The days when he went on missions were already hard enough, but she was with him this time.

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