After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 939

Chapter 939: The Cannibals of Xeno

Trigger Warning: Mild Gore. It’s mild, I swear! I almost made it graphic, but I didn’t. You’re welcome. 😉

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The citizens had begun to eat people, eat their meat, and drink their blood. They were disgusted at first, but as the hunger, thirst, and desperation hit, the taste changed and they started to prefer it.

Fona only survived because Fossu and the others passed through the village and were targeted to become the next meal.

It wasn’t the first time they did so, and Fona felt so disgusted whenever it happened. The only positive was that, because many people started preferring humans, the other resources had become less scarce. She survived the heat wave with that.

However, while her body was surviving, her heart was not.

It was worse when refugees arrived to their place. What was supposed to be a hopeful event became the start of a tragedy.

At first, she would see the relief on their faces when they finally found a territory. The next moment, she would see the looks of despair on their faces as they found out the place was even more dangerous than the outside!!

She wanted to warn them so badly, but she was so afraid of becoming the next meal that she ended up being crippled.

What was worse? Fona was a decent cook, and that was something she was proud of before.

But at the time… it became a curse. After all, she had to cook fellow humans!

The number of times she gagged while she cooked could not be counted. If something was in her stomach, she’d definitely puke them out. But what could she vomit at the time? Her own organs?

In any case, she knew she couldn’t live like that. So when Fossu and the others arrived, she was intent to warn them.

She also felt they were stronger than others, so she decided to make a gamble.

They arrived just before dusk, completely red from the heat, but surviving thanks to whatever covers or dried leaves they found to cover their heads.

She ran to them, surprising everyone. “Run away!” she told them, going straight to the point. “People here will eat you!”

“FONAA!”

The citizens screamed, and they all went out of their abodes to surround the newcomers. They didn’t care about the boiling heat at this time, but they didn’t want to lose this amount of meat delivering themselves at their doors!

It had to be said: the heat and the delusions had gotten into the minds of the villagers. Did they think these hundred people would just stand still as they tried to slaughter them?

Anyway, the villagers didn’t expect the party to be so strong, even having an elementalist.

Fona’s fellow villagers naturally got defeated—harshly—and she thickened her face and begged, offering everything just so they take her away from the place.

They did take her away, though the leader didn’t seem interested in taking her as his woman.

However, a few other men asked if they could have her instead.

She didn’t react too strongly—she did say she was willing to give everything—she still felt scared and sad. While she knew what she offered, she had at least thought it would be Fossu— someone who she deemed was righteous and genuinely kind.

Fossu turned to look at her and then at the men looking lecherously at her. “It’s up to her,” was all he said, and she could only look at him in shock.

She was technically at their bidding, did she still have a choice?

At the time, she was just sad, thinking Fossu simply did not want to deal with her issue. However, time did show that… she really did have a choice.

She was soon treated like the other women. They were weak and expected to look after the basics and cook for the men.

The ones with lovers were also expected to pleasure their men, but with Fossu there, no one was forced to do anything they didn’t want to.

His parents and little brother were also lovely people, and she didn’t remember ever meeting people quite like them.

In any case, for the next couple of days after they met, Fossu continued to lead them forward. He would handle the most dangerous enemies while at the same time helping others with their battles, inspiring them to fight for themselves.

In time, Fona began to have genuine feelings for the man. She didn’t know why but when she confessed, he accepted her feelings, eventually becoming lovers.

She wished her sister Ferra was with her.1 Unfortunately, she was traded to another village as early as the beginning of the heat wave.

They were twins who always seemed to have similar luck. She was fortunate to have met Fossu. Hopefully, she also met her own love and protector.

In any case, since she went through so much, she was really worried that her life—which had slowly begun stabilizing thanks to these people—would get compromised.

Even if they didn’t have a home and got attacked by mobs every few hours, Fona oddly thought it was much more stable than it was back in her home village. She was naturally scared that things would change once more.

What if they were surrounded by that kind of people again? What if they were stronger? People who could make signs like this would be superior to her own weak village!

If a fight explodes, how many people would they lose?

Fossu saw her worries and patted her shoulder. “With these weak monsters, it should only be a village. Don’t worry, we won’t enter head-on anymore. We’ll study the place thoroughly before doing anything.”

Fona nodded, albeit not entirely reassured, and the party continued to follow the signs. They soon encountered a path—which was amazing in its own way—which they followed, eventually ending up in an area with a low makeshift fence surrounding it.

Fossu looked at the side and saw another signage.

“Camping Grounds,” he read out loud, not knowing what it meant.

What… is this place?