After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 934

Chapter 934: Esias and Cecil

Now that the Heat Wave was finally over, things began to restart in various parts of the world.

Of course, while some territories slowly revitalized themselves, there were more that had fallen, especially Terran villages who were completely ill-equipped for such a disaster.

This was not only in terms of territory capability or preparedness but also physique.

Although Terrans improved their physiques as they upgraded, in terms of adaptation to the local climate, they were still inferior.

There were plenty of people who fell due to illnesses, heat strokes, and the like. There were more who fell under the beast mobs. And there were also plenty who fell due to the aborigines’ persistent attacks.

It was not surprising that soon after the temperature normalized, the surviving territories received hundreds of new refugees.

This was most pronounced about a week after the heatwave.

In Bright Territory and Limestone Villages, they received plenty of refugees from the territories West, including survivors from the likes of Juno and Diana Villages.

Since they lost in their wars, their resources and strength had taken major dives. How could they handle something like the heat wave?

There were also new Juno refugees who ran away while they were being attacked by Suka. Some followed Atlas’s technique, while some outright just ran away.

The Eastern neighbour Belluga, on the other hand, received refugees from east and northeast territories.

This was led by a group of soldiers, most were actually from Eden.

One of these was Esias, an aging man with a good build and intimidating aura. Walking beside him was Cecil, a middle-aged woman with dark skin, who was also his partner.

If the Witts were here, they’d recognize the officers as the two people who visited their house after their parents’ deaths, informing them about their passing.

This time, they were leading a group of hundreds of people—their former citizens.

When the Migration happened, they were transferred with dozens of other officers along with about a hundred civilians.

Among the civilians, there was a person who received the lord token. The person was quite the braggart, announcing what he received and what was needed to have it.

However, before he could do anything, a monster mob appeared. Their group was big and had relatively high potential, so this meant that the monster mob near them was proportionally troublesome.

They came by too fast and too strongly. The poor braggart wasn’t fast enough to activate the token, and they weren’t able to save him before his head entered the mouths of beasts.

Fortunately, Esias, Cecil, and the rest had guns. With these weapons, they managed to save the majority of the people around them.

Still, there were too many monsters and they were far stronger than the zombies they had dealt with. Even upgraded zombies could not compare. They knew that their energies, and bullets, would be drained if they didn’t do anything about it.

They made a split decision to take the token. The man said that it was supposed to create a safe haven of sorts, and a safe haven was what they desperately needed at the time.

The officers covered for Esias as he approached the man’s corpse. He was waving around the token when he died, so Esias didn’t have a hard time finding it.

He activated it as soon as he could, and the 1 kilometer area was surrounded by a heavy aura after a blink. The monsters roared, as if in pain, and immediately scurried away from them.

Cecil blinked when a plant near her also disappeared.

It was quite mysterious.

It was only a momentary peace of course.

The thing was, money that died with a person stayed with the person. That was to say, no one had a thousand or more gold in them. This alone posed a great challenge to them.

What could they do with a territory when they didn’t have enough money to build much?

However, with Esias leadership—and the cooperation of his fellow officers—they managed to solicit enough funds to build a wall with some sentries, as well as some houses.

They had to swear oaths in the center of course, and people became shareholders in the territory. While this arrangement was risky, Esias was wise and was able to avoid most mishaps, with the citizens not acting up too much even with their positions.

With Esias’ leadership and strength, this heavily disadvantaged territory managed to survive through to the end of the protection period somehow.

Another factor was that they were located rather deep into the Protection Area. Because of this, they were given more time to prepare against stronger mobs as well as aborigine attacks compared to others.

Unfortunately, while they did very well, two successive wars ultimately forced them out their territory.

The first war was just before the heat wave. They managed to defeat the enemy—barely—because they kept their guns when they realized the effect was limited against beasts.

It proved to be the wisest decision because the guns were still effective against humans below level 10, saving many lives and ultimately winning that war.

Esias and Cecil both awakened their elements during this war, with Esias awakening the earth element while Cecil with water.

The second war was a lot more unfortunate, which happened during the Heat Wave. They had no more guns and they were extremely weak because of the heat and hunger.

The aborigines were much more adjusted and they had slaves to weaken them even before the main party entered.

They were crushed.

The lord himself was there, apparently also desperate for resources. This was a village with similar dryness as Juno’s, so apparently their territory— despite its poorness—was still a good option to attack for them.

The lord found him and wanted his token. Esias threatened to destroy the token with his remaining gun, and he managed to strike a deal instead.

To save everyone’s lives, he had to give up the token. While not everyone came with him—most didn’t—there were still a few hundreds who did.

And they had lived like nomads ever since.