After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2136

Chapter 2136: Escaped, for Now

Things weren’t as peaceful as they hoped. Althea couldn’t hold [Woodland Camouflage] forever. She put it down when she thought it was alright. They were outside the scope of the Hollow Forest and were already far from where they separated from the vine, so she hoped it was fine.

Unexpectedly, within five minutes of this, a long, thick branch appeared from the side, trying to grab them!

!!!!

Fortunately, everyone was agile, and they managed to roll to the side at the same time, barely avoiding another branch whip from hitting them.

They instinctively rushed farther away but—

ROOOARRR!

A monster mob appeared. Because of the thick plants in the ancient forest, the wind was dissipated in the areas nearby. This meant that in the zones immediately next to the hollow forest, any ’targetable’ being would be mobbed, regardless of the time.

It was another reason why orcs actively avoided the Hollow Forest when they could. It was troublesome even before you entered.

Imagine getting out of the Hollow Forest, possibly risking life and limb, only to get out and be attacked the moment you exit? It was depressing no matter what.

For orcs, anyway.

For Althea, it could be an opportunity. Didn’t they just do it with the vine before?

At this, Althea looked at the two orcs. "Do you remember what happened to the monster from before?" she asked, referring to the monster the vine killed. "Can we do the same with these?"

The orcs blinked at her while they avoided the attacks around them. They obviously didn’t understand at first, and Althea remembered to be more direct. "Use the plant to weaken the monsters, and vice versa."

"Ohhh~" the orcs exclaimed, the deer just barely avoiding teeth burying into his leg.

The two nodded, and the three of them rushed back to the plant, but were wary of the branch’s movements. Althea was smaller and was still carried at the back of the deer. Althea didn’t mind as it helped her focus more energy on attacking or defending.

Before, the monster was already injured, so the vine seemed to have finished it off easily. However, the monsters they were now facing were three monsters of that level, and they were not weakened!

"It’s better than nothing," she said. It wasn’t like they were going to wait for the fight to conclude, right? It didn’t matter if the plant or the orcs won.

And so, they actively lured the beasts near the attacking branches. They went not too close, but just within their reach.

They used the monsters’ bloodlust and speed to build momentum, so when Althea and the orcs abruptly changed directions, they wouldn’t be able to react in time. They’d be tangled with the branches, instead.

They soon realized that the plant was bigger than they thought. What they thought were roots were actually part of its body.

They found this out the hard way, because when they were running away, some of the roots from underground suddenly shot up, hitting them and causing them to fall to the ground.

This moving plant was about a few meters in length and had several ’tentacles’ now slapping them.

Urgh.

This was worse than the vine, right? It was certainly more disgusting.

If this one had any disadvantage over the vine, it was that it seemed to be fixed in place rather than the kind crawling like a snake.

ROOOARRR!!

One monster was stabbed by a branch, another was slapped away, and another was tied up, the branches wrapped around its body. The monsters weren’t weak, so she could see the branches stretch out in tension, their fibers visible, and apparently about to get ripped apart.

But when it did rip, new branches would replace it.

This plant seemed slower to kill than the vine and its thorned body, but it could certainly wear out more monsters at a time.

To be honest, until yesterday, she never would have imagined that there would be a day when she’d ponder brutally killing a plant.

Sadly, the two other orcs were also caught. No matter how much they cut its branch tentacles, it seemed like it would just use others.

"..."

Althea did not jump forward. She watched it closely, but mostly to figure out how to deal with it.

Whether to kill...she would do it if she had to, but she had an affinity with plants, so it went against her instincts to do so.

However, this one smelled of dense blood. Like the vine from before, this tree and its thick, dark trunk felt like it absorbed blood from dozens of people and orcs.

It probably had.

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