After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2156

Chapter 2156: Crossed Over Again

BOOM!

The ground shook and the four of them had to find a crack somewhere to get cover from falling granite rocks. No matter how hardy they were, getting hit by heavy rocks from a high place would definitely hurt.

The wind on this side was strong and soon the smoke cleared out. There was an explosion on the mountain, and it seemed to originate in the cold they used to pass over.

It was now just a bit bigger and deeper. The granite mountain was very, very sturdy, so even such a big explosion could only damage it to a degree.

Of course, a few meters of damage was still large, and they could tell that for a col of the current size to form, this bombing might’ve been going on for years, if not decades, depending on how often this bombing happened.

"It really is an artificial pass."

"Someone’s opening up the mountain," Althea said. It was a statement. Even if the actual opening of a pass would take another decade or so, the fact that someone was purposely doing this was a cause for concern.

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With the two monster plants running alongside them, the monsters that approached them became much more manageable. The density of the mobs forced everyone to fight, but at least they were not too afraid of facing them head-on.

Slash!

Slam!

Pak!

This was a number that would’ve overwhelmed a large team of hunting orcs, but for them, thanks to the orcs and the wild roots, they were mere troublesome obstacles.

Buggy the dog orc was level 18, which was equivalent to about level 23 or level 24 human beings. He and the other orcs covered one side well, making sure that their journey to the wall was continuous.

Bable was great at throwing things. From his stats bar, Althea knew that his skill was something called [Weakness Spotter]. She had to check this because he wasn’t the most eloquent orc and couldn’t really describe his skills.

Basically, as long as this was activated, he could see the current weak spots of an enemy, and he could target that. It was a lot like her [Precision] skill, but much more targeted.

He targeted the weak monsters because he was a young orc only at level 14, so going against monsters near his level was far more efficient.

His passive was that his accuracy was higher than others, so after using the skill once or twice, he didn’t have to anymore. He just needed to target the predetermined weakness.

The Wild Roots (except for Lily) were also working overtime.

Ratatattatata!

Sol was using his sunflower seeds to barrage the mobs. They were quite penetrative and definitely went through the monsters’ hardy skin. However, some would’ve just buried in muscles and bones and might not necessarily kill them.

"Don’t use too much," she ordered Sol, who had gotten used to shooting indiscriminately. Well, to be more accurate, it only knew to shoot indiscriminately. If this was used during a war, there was no doubt allies would get shot, too.

Sol’s ’bullets’ regenerated significantly every day, though she reckoned that since they were outside the Hollow Forest now, this would slow down.

Anyway, indiscriminate shooting was not worth it.

Truffles, on the other hand, made traps everywhere when they were still on soil. It created pits right behind them, trapping or at least imbalancing the monsters going after them. This really decreased the number of beasts that they had to handle.

However, this would no longer work when they reached the granite mountains. Truffles bumping its body against that repeatedly would only injure it instead.

They eventually reached the wall itself. The wind was a bit more chaotic here, and even Althea’s hair—which she had tied into a bun beforehand—still got unruly after a short time.

The advantage was that the strong winds reduced the new monsters attracted to them, though they naturally still had to handle those they had attracted beforehand.

The col was still a hundred meters above ground at this time, lowered slightly by the earliest bomb. Althea summoned her vines to create ropes. Sol seemed like he had a vine, but that was his stalk. He needed it to move up before it could help carry others first.

To save energy, Althea only pulled herself up with the vine. She carried Sol with her, and Sol would pull the others up. Everyone had prepared tools for mountain climbing too, including some spikes and knives, so they could at least attach themselves to the rocks and not fall off carelessly.

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