After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 878

Chapter 878: Fall of Another Territory
He stayed for a bit longer in the end. However, he did yell for the others to help and fight, otherwise the territory would fall.

Soon, more and more people were pulled down by the monsters. They would either try to climb and grab someone, or bump onto the wall repeatedly until someone loses balance.

BOOM!

A section of the wall shook and Shinho wanted to cry as another companion fell down, mobbed by beasts and divided among monsters.

People in the battlement tried to stab the monsters outside, some were pulled down easily without much of a fight.

More and more fell, and the walls—that had long been weakened—were finally starting to give way.

BANG! BANG! CRASHH!

They stabbed and stabbed until it was too difficult to find balance. Everyone jumped down to the interior of the walls, lest they joined the feast as food instead.

They could hear their walls crumbling and a part fell down, taking several people on the battlement with them.

Their hearts fell along with it, and their bodies cold as the first monster finally breached through, followed by dozens more.

Was it finally their time?

The remaining slaves—most had died from starvation the past couple of days— were summoned as meat shields to buy time for the others. It was a gruesome sight but most people just focused on their own lives.

The slaves though had no energy and just stood there. The monsters took a couple of seconds to munch and eat the humans, and soon many monsters started looking for other targets.

More and more beasts came and they hunted the citizens, even if they were inside their homes. Desperate screams echoed in the territory.

Some tried to run, and some to fight, but what could weakened people do against such mobs? How far could they run before getting pummeled?

Bang! Bang!

BANG!

More and more sections of the wall fell, and it was getting too close to where his family was settled.

“The… the territory can’t handle this!” Shinho yelled, going to the lord who found him for protection. “Find a way to repair the walls, milord!”

“We don’t have resources anymore!” He yelled, gasping when monsters headed in their direction. “AHHH! KILL IT! KILL IT!”

Shinho shook his head and bolted in another direction. At this point, he could only focus on family. The Lord, at least, could pull many others to protect him. His family had no such advantage.

He had already done his best for this place.

“NO! YOU! Continue guarding me!! SHINHOOO!” The lord yelled, but was ignored in the end.

Shinho heard his yell grow distant, and also how he yelled for the others to protect them. There were not many slaves left after this, but he got them to cover them for a bit, hopefully enough so they could find a safe house.

More and more beasts got inside and it became clear that they couldn’t protect the territory anymore. Shinho made the decision to evacuate everyone they could instead, all while he ran towards his family.

“RUN!”

Anyway, as long as the lord was alive, the territory would stand. They could run and hide somewhere, and—assuming they would survive the other mobs and the extreme heat—they could return the next morning in hopes that the beasts weren’t there anymore.

But when he turned to check on the lord just one more time, he saw him ditching his family—throwing a wife to a monster’s mouth—and bolting in a direction. This direction, according to memory, was towards the warehouse.

While extremely cold, it was indeed the option that made more sense.

However, a second later, a monster appeared from the side, biting his head and taking his body somewhere for consumption.

“…”

Shinho didn’t have the time to react to this as he had to raise his weapon to shield himself from another beast. It was a few levels lower than he was, but his arms were heavy as lead as it hit.

After taking it down after much effort and almost losing a limb, he went to his family, also kicking or slashing at monsters on his way, saving other people in the way.

One of these people was that brave kid who always helped out during the night battles. He just let him and others be when they followed him, using the path he cleared for their own safety.

When he saw monsters coming from the direction of his home, he realized there was another breach in this direction, too. He hurried up and the others struggled to follow him.

His heart stopped when he saw his father’s head hanging around a monster’s teeth.

His eyes turned red and he raised his arms, attacking the damned monster with all his might.

But he didn’t have much time to mourn if he wanted to survive.

This was how it was in this world—they were too busy surviving, how could they have the time to mourn?

Further—he still had other family he needed to find.

Blood splattered all over his body, he went past the monster and headed to the house. He arrived at his old home and opened the door, yelling: “Ferra! Shishi!”

He felt like a mountain dropped down his shoulder when he saw them both alive and intact. They were both injured from the previous battles, but otherwise alive.

They immediately ran to him, sobbing.

“Father went outside to check—I couldn’t leave Shishi—” Ferra sobbed, tears on her dark-colored face.

He felt his throat closing in on itself, but he pushed it down. “Father… is gone now. We gotta survive for him, okay?”

The woman shook and paled, but she wasn’t given time to think too much.

“Let’s go,” he said, pulling his lover and Shishi, his little sister, out the door.

“W-Where are we going?”

“The lord is dead,” he said. “It’s only a matter of time before everything disappears!”

It was too late now, this place—their home—was going to disappear soon, and they could only flee.

As for where they could go—especially during the Extreme Heat—who knew? At this time, they could only focus on how not to get eaten.