Second Wave

The time has come.

They prepared everything they needed to prepare.

All of the gates were down, but they were able to construct temporary gates in each direction.

Angelina stands at the top of the wall, looking out to the horizon.

She saw the scouts rush back to the city with their horses.

The scout leader reports on what they witnessed.

"Over 500 monsters are on their way here."

"500!?"

Angelina couldn't believe what she heard that both of the eyebrows started to raise, making her eyes bulge for a second.

Although she is confident that she could take 500 monsters by herself, the process is very slow.

However, with the estimate of 200 adventurers and 500 guards, they might survive the second wave by helping her.

Since the next wave will only be a few minutes away, she calls the majority of the strong adventurers to inform them of her plan.

Angelina is the only {Rank III} in the city.

There is none for {Rank II and I}.

Five individuals are {Rank 10}.

Ten individuals are {Rank 9}.

Nine people are {Rank 8}.

The rest are equal to or weaker than the average strength of the monsters that invaded the city during the initial wave.

The guard leader can be ranked as {Rank 9}, resulting in a total of 11 people with the same rank as him rather than 10.

Anyway, here's her plan: Angelina will stall the monsters while they do their damage.

That is all.

It is very simple, but this is something she can handle on her own, so instead of going through the slow process, she will let the other adventurers take the kill while she tanks the monsters.

However, that plan is only for powerful monsters.

As for the remaining monsters, the lower-rank adventurers did not need to be told that they would be dealing with weaker monsters.

Unfortunately, despite fighting only weaker monsters, they are more numerous, so lower-rank adventurers may lose their lives if they fight recklessly.

After some discussion and argument, everyone returns to their party and forms a new party with another party.

They are weak, but that does not mean they will give up their lives to monsters.

Because the monsters are fighting in groups, they will also do so.

Angelina's group has nothing to say about her plan because they can see that it is currently the most effective and has no complaints.

*Dum dum

If it were not for the view, they would think there was a small earthquake happening right now.

Everyone can see the monsters from their own perspective.

They are only a few kilometers from the city, so everyone is holding their weapons.

*Dum dum

5 km.

4 km.

3 km.

2 km.

1 km.

1 m.

"Raaaahhhh!!!!"

They shouted as the second wave of the monster wave began.

…

Beatrice, who is on the tent, has been running around treating people.

The battle against the monsters has been ongoing for about an hour.

The reason for this is that they underestimated the monsters' strength.

Two of the {Rank 8} died, and one of the {Rank 9} was so severely injured that he resembled a mummy.

They did not expect a Frost Giant to appear.

Frost Giant's strength is comparable to a {Rank I}.

Angelina was unable to rescue them due to being surrounded by a pack of Winter Wolves.

Individually, they have a strength of {Rank 8}, but when they combine, they have a strength of {Rank II}, which is one rank lower than her.

However, their speed and coordination can match her strength.

After healing her current patient, Beatrice moves on to another patient, repeating the process with the assistance of other medics.

When Angelina entered the tent, she could not believe how many people had been injured, and how many people's faces were obscured by white blankets.

This is not the first time May City has experienced a monster wave, but it is the most casual monster wave in the city's history.

She could not forgive the person behind the monster wave, but she had no idea who it was, so she decided not to think about it and instead focus on helping everyone by providing food to resting guards and adventurers and potions to medics who were still healing.

"Guild leader, you do not have to do that. You should get some rest!"

Beatrice immediately spoke up when she saw her like that.

"Don't worry, I can still—"

"No, Guild Leader. You are our backbone on the front lines, and this is our battle, so just rest and prepare for the next wave, okay?"

Angelina wanted to insist, but eventually gave up and left the tent.

However, before leaving, she said "Thank you" to Beatrice.

Beatrice smiled bitterly as she recalled her problem with Alex.

She is not sure why she remembered this right now, but she knows how important her decision will be later.

Anyway, now is not the time for this, so she walks to the next patient.

…

Aqua is now resting in another tent, completely healed.

She did not sustain as many injuries as others because she is a healer, so she is healing herself while in battle, but she lacks the stamina to move, so she allows the medic to heal her.

Looking up at the ceiling, she recalls two idiots who constantly remind her of her hypocrisy when adventuring or tell her she is a waste of other men's time.

The joy they share whenever they are together, as well as the assurances she receives when she believes they are always looking out for her.

Unfortunately, she could not see them anymore because they were dead.

If only they had not gone there, but it is done, so she does not need to dwell on the past.

Her primary concern at the moment is surviving the monster wave.

Although she missed those idiots, she doesn't want to meet them immediately.

Following the incident with the trial chamber, a long-buried desire has suddenly resurfaced in her.

She is not sure why, but she really wants to start a family right now, despite having promised herself when she was younger that she would never fall in love.

She insisted on this, however, because she had recently been thinking about a specific person.

And this made her angry with herself because that person is too young for her.

She has no idea how that person got into her heart, but if it continues, she may do something wrong in the eyes of society.

So she insisted on finding another person, but until now, she had not found anyone who could make her heart race.

There is, but they are monsters.

Fortunately, her heart pounding for them is out of fear and excitement.

She shook her head and decided to stop thinking and get some rest, but then someone entered the tent.