After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 145

A few kilometers away from Altera another group of refugees had formed, heading towards its direction.

It was a group of about a hundred or so people, all covered in blood and grime, with their clothes mostly torn, making them look extremely pitiful.

As they dragged their legs forward, their backs were slumped, movement lethargic. After going through such long struggle, their overall disposition had become depressing.

Some of these people’s eyes were already dead, just walking along with the crowd. Some could still fight the mobs that they encountered, while most would just stand by as the monsters came.

If it weren’t for a new group of ’guards’ guiding them to a new territory, half of them would’ve already perished ages ago.

So now they were following these guards, but with very low expectations.

Jun and his family were one of these people.

The were amongst the few that had just escaped the disaster of their territory. While they were thankful for being saved, they were a little unimpressed by the newcomers—even if they were indeed guarding their safeties.

Don’t get them wrong—they were incredibly thankful for them saving their group, but they couldn’t help but think these guards were just guiding them to their territory in order to milk them for their remaining money.

After all, it wasn’t the first time it had happened.

The previous territory did so, and when they got to the territory they charged exorbitant amounts for ’guarding fees’.

But that territory had been destroyed by the beast tide and he witnessed hundreds of deaths in a single night.

However, he was also one of the rare few who had kept their entire family of three and, for that alone, he was thankful enough.

After all, they had gone through two territories already—and both gave him a lasting negative impression of these supposed ’safe havens’.

But what could they do? They were only small humans—their existences were so small; they could only make do with what they could find.

The first one was breached the day they arrived, a few hours after they bought the residency.

It was like the beast tide just waited for them to arrive.

In retrospect, perhaps it did. From supposition, it seemed upgrading a territory had to do with population growth.

Similarly, an upgrade could also mean an attack to the territory.

He learned this the hard way, because he witnessed the fall of two territories, each time losing bulks of their already small wealth.

In the first territory, they lost nearly all their money. In that village, the monthly payment and food for housing alone was 1 gold per person, to be paid upfront.

At the time, 3 gold and a few silver was all they had. However, thinking that it was for the survival of their family of three, they naturally paid for it.

However, that same night, it was attacked by hordes of monsters. It failed to defend and fell relatively quickly.

Their money, gone in a few hours.

However, they had their lives and all their limbs, which was still infinitely better than others. So they gritted their teeth and did their best to escape.

They saw how many people died, but they pushed through with their wits and luck, eventually finding another territory soon after.

He could still remember the feeling of relief when they found a new territory after the tragedy of their first one.

But it was not without sadness and despair, because the entire family was broke.