After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 521

Chapter 521: The Mines (Part 2)
Limestone Caves, 50 Minutes before the Declaration

The two women had been here since the mine started its operations. One could imagine the suffering they had to endure during this time at the hands of these men.

One of these women was a young artist named Penny. She had short reddish-brown hair with streaks of gold. She wasn’t a beauty, but she was pleasing to look at… at least before the disaster happened.

She managed to survive the first few weeks in one territory doing the basic jobs like cleaning up the meat and cooking something palatable. The village still fell though—like countless others—and she became one of the poor refugees along with thousands of people.

They got separated due to various mobs, insects, and the like, and her group of hundreds—after being reduced to at least half—eventually found their next territory.

When she and a few survivors arrived at Bright, they thought they had finally found a home. She was so happy to find a decent home with a proper toilet—to finally have a decent meal after so many weeks.

But then the war started a few days later, and she was also ‘lucky’ to have become a slave as soon as it ended.

As another man approached her, she couldn’t help but feel melancholic.

To think she was just hanging around with her roommate when the disaster happened. Had it only been a few months? It literally felt like a lifetime ago.

What a pity. She and her roommate, Samantha, had joined an art contest and were set to win awards. Too bad they wouldn’t ever know who won!

She had such a bright future. Now she was put aside to become a toy like this in exchange for some food, drinks, and less manual labor, but to be honest she’d rather hit her head on the limestone rocks than endure these men!

It wasn’t that she hadn’t tried either, but she was a slave and a mere order would change her tune.

“Hello, love,” the man said, grinning and showing off his disgusting teeth. “Ready for some fun?”

She whimpered and looked away, not wanting to look at him at all.

Beside her, the other woman crawled backward, even if just to delay the inevitable.

Aditi was a beautiful woman with mocha skin and dark-brown hair. Her situation was very different from Penny. She wasn’t a slave in the system sense, but she was treated no differently.

It was her stupidity that got her here. She was naive, growing up overprotected by her parents and her two brothers, and she ended up signing an employment deal that had a lot of loopholes she missed.

She thought she signed an employment to be a writer—her job back in Terran. They claimed they had a lot of paper and they needed someone to write the History of the village.

She was so tired of hunger, thirst, and running for her life that she jumped at the chance of a ‘safe’ employment opportunity.

She ended up signing something she belatedly realized was very near slavery. It was disgusting and there were too many times she wanted to end her own life, but what if her family was still alive?

How sad would they be to find out she died like this? They were so good to her, she couldn’t do that to them!

Someday she’d figure out a way out of here. Someday she’d stab those men in the heart and cut off their dicks!

But still, physically, both women couldn’t do anything but fantasize at this time, trying to numb themselves as the men forcefully opened their legs and hovered above them.

But before the men could do anything, they heard screams outside. It was a bit muted because they were so far, but their hearing still managed to catch a bit of it.

They were screams of horror but, to the women’s ears, it was the most beautiful sound.

“AHHH!”

“No! Don’t—”

“GYAHHH!”

“What’s going on?” Penko—who had much better hearing than the two women—asked, cursed, and begrudgingly put his pants up. Inuk sighed and also let go to check.

“It must be a couple of beasts getting in,” he said with a shrug, “Hopefully not too many slaves are lost this time.”

But as they went out, going back to the main tunnels with their weapons out, they realized that there was the lack of growls and scratches they were used to. Further, after the initial screams, there was nothing else.

When they emerged, they immediately saw the guards on the ground, bleeding and flinching, while the slaves were gaping from the side. They were all holding some pieces of hard bread and passing around a bottle of something to drink.

There were even three familiar slaves among them! People who were supposed to be dead!

In the middle of them all were a few men with various features, and the common thing was that they were strong and were being friendly to the slaves.

How could they not understand they were being attacked?!

Penko immediately lunged and opened his mouth to yell orders to the slaves.

“Attack th—” but before he could yell out orders, he was held back by an arm and thrown to the wall. He then heard cracking sounds and the belated shock of pain made him realize it was his own bones!

He gasped at the suddenness of it all, but only muffled sounds came out of his mouth as it was covered with smelly cloth that immediately made him want to vomit.

“Whwattt!” he yelled but felt like vomiting as more of the foul smell—and taste—reached his tongue.

“Enjoy the smell of soiled clothes, trash.”

Inuk also went to attack the nearest one, but before he could react, he was immediately kicked on the spinal cord. “GAH!”

His knees immediately buckled as his joints were stabbed from behind, and he fell down head first.

“Ooof!”

Like Penko, Inuk also found fabric stuffed into his mouth. It had a different acerbic taste and no less disgusting.

They looked down and realized it was a soiled cloth of slaves who pissed and shit on themselves!

They were promptly beaten to a pulp by one or two soldiers, and rendered completely useless after a few minutes of play.

They could only passively accept the onslaught of attacks, the pain numbing their brains, making them unable to counter at all!

Penko and Inuk were already around level 16, but they were no match against these newcomers!!

What in the orcshit is going on?!