After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 75
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Chapter 75: Rescue
Altera.
Althea and the others watched as the small fireworks lit up the sky with mixed emotions.
It really wasn’t much, as she didn’t have much waste guns and gunpowder, but it was enough to alert the survivors.
“It was really short though, I hope a lot of people saw it.” Sheila mumbled, looking at the now dark sky with worry.
“There should be.” Eugene said, “Considering that other than the moon, there are no other sources of light at this time. The contrast would be enough for at least a few groups to see.”
“There will also be monsters, however,” Eugene added, looking at Althea with apprehension.
She looked at them, nonchalant about this issue.
As for the monsters that it would attract, the expensive sentry towers should be able to deal with them.
“Let’s trust my very expensive defense system.” Was all she said, very vaguely.
“I also want to see the sentry towers at work…” Sheila mumbled, looking very curious. Althea blinked, looking at them.
“Then why don’t you take advantage of them and train?”
The trio simultaneously turned to look at her, suddenly enlightened.
As such, everyone (along with Maya and Fufi) actually decided to go out and train a bit.
Maybe they could even rescue a few people on the way.
As for Althea, pregnancy lethargy already attacked so she was already in bed (in a bedroom this time, because it was weird to sleep alone in the living room).
As she laid down her duvet, she began chatting leisurely with her babies, just before drifting to sleep.
…
500 meters from the Walls
“Are you sure this is the right way?!” Baron asked, panting, his flabby belly bouncing as he darted forward with all his might.
He pressed his chest and his kidney, to ease the discomfort. They were getting painful from all the excess running.
“Didn’t I tell you? I was awarded the—” Bianca breathed in, lacking air. “—Best Girlscout for three years straight!”
Bianca said so with a lot of pride, even as she was gasping for breath, offended that she was being questioned.
Baron rolled his eyes. Yes, of course, he remembered, her mother never stopped bragging about it to his mother.
But he couldn’t even make a snide response because he was too tired and his legs were heavy as lead.
He couldn’t help but look behind as he ran, and his heart dropped at how close the small mob was!
They even increased in number!
Damnit!
Their small group went beyond their limits to escape, hoping to finally reach a safe place.
But they were humans and no matter what, their bodies would reach their absolute maximum limit in the end.
Baron could feel he was nearing his.
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But someone yelled words that made him go even farther.
“I see it! There’s a wall!”
“A wall?!”
The group sprinted in the direction, no longer caring if they lost their legs in the process.
However, a monster suddenly sprinted and extended its arms. His cousin was nicked by a claw directly at her back. “Ah!”
“Bianca!!”
“I’m fine! Just run!” Bianca gritted her teeth and pushed on. It was as if she wasn’t bleeding heavily at all.
However, there was an undergrowth that Baron was unable to avoid, and he lost his balance, precisely 120 meters from the wall.
He felt like he lost all remaining blood in despair.
Nonononono
He tried to crawl, no longer able to feel his legs. His companions had sprinted forward with their entire beings, not noticing someone was left behind.
He could hear the monster closing in, its mouth, its breath, and Baron thought it was his end.
But a moment later he heard a swish sound and a figure running to him.
It was dark and wasn’t clear but he knew it was approaching him at super speed and it had sharp teeth, saliva illuminated by the moonlight.
It was definitely a monster! And they were coming at him from both directions!
Baron cried and sobbed, snot dripping nonstop, hopeless.
He was so close—
“I don’t want to die…” He sobbed, expecting to be mauled a moment later.
But the new ‘beast’ suddenly leaped past him, jumping over his plump body and using it as a springboard—”Oof!!” he uttered out—and he quickly heard a scuffle behind him.
Then there was the swish sound of metal and more noise.
“Hey! Stand up!” Someone yelled and he blinked, tilting his head to see an old man waving an axe around with a dog right next to him. It was only now did he realized that the new figure was no monster—but a furry friend.
“A dog?!”
“Are you just going to lie there or not?!”
Another voice, a woman’s, sounded. She was a bit far from them, and she was holding a bow and arrow.
He saw an angel right there.
And the angel glared at him in annoyance, making him flinch.
“A-ah, yes!”
But there was no way, his legs didn’t have strength and he just fell down again.
He heard an exasperated sigh next to him and the next thing he knew he was being carried.
From his side, he could see the woman shooting arrows as they ran.
She wasn’t very good, but he thought it was the most beautiful thing.
He looked back to see the dog grappling with another monster, finally killing it by biting its neck.
It then lost its scary face and returned to a normal-looking dog (if you ignore the blood dripping from his mouth; and is that a piece of flesh), following closely behind them.
He could only gape as he was carried nearer the wall, where his companions were.
They were worried but safe, and they obviously wanted to get back to him.
They were being stopped by someone—a man with stick legs obviously sticking out of his pants? And a little girl?— from going to him and they stood over an invisible demarcating line.
“Cousin!”
“Hurry!”
He saw the stick-leg man was also holding a bow and arrow, but was markedly more skilled than the girl.
Two people had bows and arrows, hitting monsters that were getting too close to them.
And when they went past some sort of threshold, a few sharp wheezes passed by over their heads, and the next thing they knew all the monsters following them dropped dead.
He then felt weightless and he hit the ground soon after.
Harold huffed. “You’re very heavy.” He said after dropping him, and walking to the little girl, and patting her head.
Of course, Baron was not insulted. Instead, he dragged himself to face the rescuers.
“Thank you, thank you!” He said, bowing to them. If he could feel his legs, he’d kowtow to them.
His companions also bowed, sobbing, barely standing themselves.
The girl, now looking calmer than before, smiled at them. “It wasn’t so much. It was the sentries that did most work.”
They looked at the dignified-looking wall and sentry towers. Their hearts filled with relief and joy.
“But still, thank you.” This time, it was Bianca. To his surprise, she was no longer bleeding. “We owe you our lives.”
“It’s really nothing. Just continue walking this way,” she said, pointing at the eleven o’clock direction. “You will be able to find the gate.”
Seeing that the woman really didn’t want to deal with them anymore, they only bowed once more and finally headed to the direction.
“Thank you so much!” They yelled, sincerely, with all their hearts.
Sheila and the others were embarrassed, and only smiled.
They would end up rescuing a dozen people before going to bed, very proud of themselves.
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