After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 517

Chapter 517: Rongo Mercenary Base
At some point though, the guards paused, looking at each other through the sparse lighting around the territory. Their feet halted, eyes showing a bit of greed.

“If she gets into the Rongo area… would we really get a taste?” someone asked the question that had been in all the men’s minds. The mercenary team had scores of people in their territory. Juni was so beautiful. Everyone would want to have a taste, and she’d definitely keep them happy for a while.

Juni’s eyes narrowed at this and looked around, before she pulled out a needle from her space, inconspicuously poking him with it.

“Ouch!” the man yelled, his eyes twitching and cursing in wonder if there was a mosquito that entered.

He couldn’t utter a word though because a moment later he lost consciousness, falling down, and shaking as if he had epilepsy.

For a territory like Fargo where the leading class relished in violence, adding rules and regulations against it was incredibly impractical and costly. Altera was determined to use it against them.

“Ouch!” Juni yelled as they fell down. She moved just enough for the man not to fall on her, but she did still fall down. The other guards put the torch near the other to see closer, and were shocked to see him bubbling on the mouth.

“OI! What’s going on with you?”

“He must’ve eaten something weird outside damn.”

No one suspected her at all. After all, she had ‘sworn an oath’. Besides, what could a vase like her do?

Instead, she just sniffed, “Take me to my room please,” she said, “I’m afraid the team would be angry if we take too long.”

The guard flinched at this and shook in fear, obviously remembering whatever heinous thing the mercenary did. How dare they want to get a taste at this time?

So in the end, one of the guards just dragged the man to the clinic, while the rest took her to the Rongo Hall. They were in a rush so no one carried her anymore, just letting her run with them.

The Rongo Mercenary Team base was a relatively large complex in the inner circle. It was surrounded by level 30 walls and composed of dozens of custom houses.

It also had a lot more torches than most places and Juni took this time to map out her surroundings. She took particular note of the areas that seemed to be guarded the most, adding it to her mental lists of things to remember.

She didn’t even take heed of the various men who looked at her hungrily until a few blocked their way.

“That’s the woman right? Is she finally ours?” One asked, looking at Juni up and down while licking his lips. Obviously, he was very satisfied with the ‘merchandise’.

The guard looked at him guardedly. “Yes, but isn’t your boss Belize the priority?”

“Eh, he’s a bit busy now. You know? One of the lord’s old women—the dark skinned one—seemed to be serving him well.”

The guard looked at them to see whether they were telling the truth. He shrugged in the end and handed Juni over, not really caring anymore.

Juni looked at the men who looked at her hungrily, but she avoided their hold—surprising them a bit. She kept her head up high and looked at them. It irked them a bit.

“Didn’t you see how I was escorted here?” She asked. The men paused and looked at her.

She was escorted on foot and at a good pace, not dragged, and she looked proper.

“I was sent here by the lord to reward your boss Belize. Not you.”

The man’s eyes met her defiant ones and twitched. He spat to the side as a bubble of annoyance filled his stomach. “A slut dares to talk back at me?” he asked, raising his hand, intent on teaching her a lesson.

His hand was fast and intent to hurt her.

Slap!

Juni moved her head just enough to avoid the bulk of the force, but enough for the man to feel the hit. She willingly fell down on the floor and didn’t move, but internally took note of the man.

The men felt pity for the beauty—who, in their minds, would become their woman sooner or later—and stepped forward before she got more damaged.

“Tako, stop it. She’s so beautiful. What if you destroy her face?”

The man named Tako sneered and walked away, while the remaining man dragged her up. She didn’t speak and appeared weak from pain.

The man chuckled, seeing her like this. “You should learn to behave well,” he said, dragging her to one of the corner villas there.

She was taken into the room with the other women. She was pushed inside and the door closed and locked behind her, but her face didn’t change as she studied her new ‘room’.

It was just a large dormitory hall that housed dozens of small beds each. These beds were small. It was just enough for a small woman to lie in, but a tall woman would have to bend her body to fit.

The arrangements were also incredibly dense and there was no private space for each woman. At her entry, some stared at her, but most didn’t even flinch.

Some of them were just lying down and staring above them, waiting to be called. Some were scared and shaking, refusing to meet anyone’s eyes.

Most of them had blank looks on their faces and some were tied to their beds.

Juni also noted that there was a young girl who was hugging her knees on the corner. She seemed very thin and small, and she looked very pitiful.

If Jake was here, he’d recognize this girl as his suitor, Yiyi.

Juni’s fist clenched but she kept her head low as she approached a free bed. It was unsightly, just a wooden frame bed with a board. Thankfully, she had a blanket in her space so she could sleep in comfort.

Some of the girls looked at her in envy, and she knew that if any of these women still had a fight in them, perhaps they’d have tried to bully their way into getting the blanket.

Juni would’ve preferred it like that to be honest, but at least she didn’t have to think of how to deal with them.

She laid down like a behaved woman and waited for everyone to go to bed. They didn’t have much to do anyway and their senses had nulled, so Juni didn’t encounter much tension in what she was about to do.

She looked around and hid under her blanket, taking out a thicker one to cover the dim lighting the aether letter gave off.

She pressed the inkless pen on the paper, writing. /They have begun to move./ she said.

And the message appeared on the five other sheets, signaling the next phase of their plans.