A/N: Bonus Chapter before I get really busy with another story xD Hope to see y’all there as well~! Thank you for all your support, Alterrans! HUGS! KISSES!

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New Story ’Planet vs Aliens: Space Users Saves the World’ up next week (1W April)~!

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The mercenaries on Alterra’s side were also very passionate.

There was a rumor that allied mercenary teams could eventually gain the option of purchasing the land their base was built on!

Of course, the contribution points would likely be unimaginable for normal citizens, maybe even for them, and impossible to obtain the amount in a single war, but mercenaries were still instructed to gain as much as they could every chance they could get.

Bart and the others had been naturally part of this passionate group. The park around the bunker was a bit cluttered now, though, so they decided to ’take base’ on one of the streets around it, dragging enemies into allies like gangsters and dealing them in controlled areas.

They had already ’kidnapped’ a handful of enemies when they saw Baku being beaten up by three people with higher levels than him.

It was already impressive that Baku could fight back at all, mostly because of his instincts and partially because of the various defense equipment Alterra gave him.

ROAAARRR!

BANG!

SLAM!

While the rest of Bart’s team continued with their original plans, Bart himself jumped into Baku’s fight, lightening up his load. Baku would also use his Innate Skill every time he could.

Though it could affect allies as well, because of their configuration (with backs against each other or the buildings), the risk to allies was less. The enemies, who were trying to get to the bunker areas, on the other hand, were much more exposed. They might also be unfamiliar with Baku’s power, unlike the others, catching people off guard.

Interestingly, while they beat people up, they threw them around the streets as well, making it difficult for the enemies to cross without injuring themselves as collateral damage.

Together, they made this street, and the streets right after it, nearly impassable for enemies, lightening up the load for those guarding the bunkers as well.

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"Stop digging, stop digging!"

"Stop attacking!"

In another area of the territory, a few meters underground, a different kind of ’face off’ was happening.

The small group of Alterran Goblins, including the then-Guia slaves Iko, Yut, and Yoku, was currently blocking the way of dozens of goblins under Valov’s command.

The contrast was obvious between the two groups. The Valov goblins, as it was in most territories, looked thin, their features sharp and scary, and their clothing was akin to rags.

The humans might’ve invested in defense equipment, but the equipment the humans wore was already extremely costly. Balthazar didn’t even care for what the goblins wore. Anyway, they breed easily, and his goblin breeding center was quite active.

On the other hand, the Alterran goblins were shiny and plump, softening the sharp bone structures, even making them look a little cute. Even their equipment, like their chainmails and their weapons were obviously customized to their size, neither too big nor too small.

The enemy goblins saw this and didn’t know what to feel. Anyway, they didn’t have the right to feel anything; they just had to follow orders.

Since the beginning of the war, the enemy goblins had been digging small tunnels to sneak hundreds of people past the loose sentries, minimizing the obstacles they had to go through to the walls.

A lot of the current leaks, in fact, went through this path. They just had earth users to immediately create a platform to shoot them all up, catching the Alterrans on the battlements—mostly in sparser areas—off guard.

Even with the flares to tell others there were people here, by the time most reinforcement arrived, dozens had already entered, with more coming in.

While some other similar setups had been blocked already, this one had the most goblins—more than a hundred—and had the largest tunnels.

Further, Goblins could sense when an earth user was using their skills, especially skills like [Earth Vibration], so they were really slippery and could avoid where they sensed an earth user was around.

In contrast, goblins could dig without getting noticed by fellow goblins. What the Alterran goblins did was to set up their own tunnels, creating their own little world outside the walls. They would then lie in wait while feeling the other goblin groups approaching their walls.

If detected, then they would rush over to connect with the other tunnel. If they made it in time, they could block the enemies.

The Alterran Goblins had long made an agreement with the territory that goblins, if captured, could be bought off by the Alterran goblin clans. Naturally, they did not want them dying in the wars, so they tried to control them as best as they could.

They had the most vested interest in the lives of the enemy goblins, so most of the Alterran goblins were outside the territory, exposed and helping out in the war.

SLAM!

BAM!

Slaves could only follow the orders, and the orders to the goblins were to dig sturdy paths as far as they could go.

Another order was for them to attack whatever was blocking their way. And this was what they did.

Regardless of how unwilling they were to attack brethren, their bodies moved on their own, and they lunged to attack, going for the kill, as soon as they saw the opposing goblins.

SLAM!

Inside the wide tunnels, there was a little goblin versus goblin war. Little green ones attacked each other with their bodies, biting, slamming, slapping, rolling around.

While Valov had a real advantage in numbers, with nearly a hundred goblins in this area alone, Alterran goblins had the advantage of equipment and actual strategies. They were also much healthier and had been trained, definitely superior in fighting prowess compared to their goblin peers.

BANG

SLAM

SLASH!

Although they were fewer in numbers and seemingly pushed back, none of the Alterran goblins had been seriously injured even after half an hour of fighting.

Surprisingly, the leading Alterran goblin looked at his companions.

"Run!" Iko yelled, and the Alterran goblins, outnumbered, looked like they were about to be consumed by the enemy numbers and were forced to flee.

Except they didn’t. Rather, the Alterran goblins started stomping their feet in sync, and soon cracks formed underneath the earth the Valov goblins were standing on.

It was only now that they realized that the tunnel they were now standing in was much larger than the hallways they had just passed through.

CRACK!

BAM!

Hundreds of thin green ones fell down a small pit created beforehand, and it was only then that they fired the paralysis smoke bomb, formulated specifically for goblins who had surprisingly higher resistance to poisons!

The smoke was heavy, making sure Alterran goblins were not affected!

They had to do a lot of things to approach without getting detected! One of these was the time-consuming and energy-consuming tasks of creating tunnels early on, so they could have a faster reaction time when new tunnels nearby were being formed.

After all, they could not use skills like [Earth Vibrations] without alerting the enemies, and the enemies were already aware of Alterra’s manual ’detectors’ (the physical traps which would move if there was underground activity happening).

Like this, another group of goblins had been demobilized!