After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 40

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Inside a damp cave, a beautiful woman stirred from her slumber, her tousled hair cascaded to the stone floor.

Althea woke up from a satisfying sleep, stretching her whole body to shake away the lethargy.

She habitually placed her hand on her stomach. "Good morning, babies." She said with a gentle smile. She felt light bumps on her palm, as if the children were greeting her in response.

She laughed beautifully, her eyes were warm as she tenderly patted her stomach. Too bad no one could see the beautiful view.

She looked at the area around her and saw that everyone else had already gotten up.

Seeing that she was alone, Althea decided to chat with her children, like she always did before all hell broke lose. She talked about the plans she had for the day, as if they could contribute to her excursions. "My babies, yesterday was a bit haggard right?"

"You must have been shaken a lot, right? Thank you for not trying to get out of mommy’s tummy…"

She could hear the slight echo of her voice within the cave.

"Mommy is determined to build you a good home, so next mommy will definitely find a good place to set up camp, so you must wait until then, okay?"

Her adoptive mother told her that it was good for the development of children for a parent to chat with them as early as the gestation period.

More than making them more receptive of the language after being born, she was aiming for the supposed sense of comfort the act could give the babies.

The world they would be born in was a strange and dangerous place; she wanted them to feel some sort of familiarity beforehand.

Too bad they still couldn’t hear their father’s voice. He had a velvety deep voice the children would’ve loved.

Sigh.

Anyway, she continued to chat with her children for a couple more minutes, looking at her surroundings.

Now that it was daylight without monsters running after them, Althea couldn’t help but appreciate the stone walls that temporarily shielded them.

The cave was cleaner than what she’d expect, probably because there were no bats. There were only some stalactites, molding walls, and a small puddle of water somewhere.

Because of this, the cave was a little humid, but the temperature was not bad, so it wasn’t too uncomfortable.

Eventually, she stood up and walked near the mouth of the cave where everyone was at.

At this time, the sky had already risen and the light seeped through their makeshift vine curtain.

Sheila was preparing food and Fufi dutifully drooling after every movement, tail doing a twirling motion to show his excitement.

She shook her head in amusement and, after checking up on the two, leisurely walked out of the cave.

She was greeted by the beautiful and quaint view of the forest. When there were no monsters, the forest seemed to be very different.

There was a hushed tranquility in the combination of the earthy scent of the soil and sight of the shafts of golden sunlight filtering through the lush foliage.

Very relaxing.

It reminded her of why she often camped out back in Terran.

Of course, it wouldn’t be the same here. After all, here, there were monsters everywhere.

As she appreciated her surroundings, and wondered if she could maintain this peace, and what she had to do. No matter which direction of thought, she knew a territory was the best bet for this.

She reminded herself to prioritize this task. The plants weren’t going anywhere, but her Lord Token had an expiration date.

Before going anywhere, she took the time to study her status.

[STATS:

Name: Althea Witt

Age: 25

Level: 4 (730/10000)

Life: 350/700

Spirit: 320/700 (-5%)

Physical: 105 (-5%)

Agility: 107 (-20%)

Defense: 74 _{freewebnσvel.cѳm}

Mana: 500

Physical Potential: B

Mental potential: SS+

Skills:

Active: Elementary Appraisal (D), Perfect Aim (D), Quick Shot (D)

Passive: None

Elemental Affinity: Wood, Water, Earth

Titles: None

Overall rank: S