After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 518

Back in the meeting hall, lit by various torches in the dark night, Fargo’s leading team gathered in a tense atmosphere. Everyone would usually be asleep or in bed at this time, but they had to be called on an emergency meeting—which was truly irksome.

The huge Uzon sat on the side, arms crossed, and he was facing the twins Eli and Eso on the other side of the table. There was also Belize, who was sitting next to the head, an unreadable expression adorning his face.

Finally, on the head of the table was Fargo, whose face was incredibly dark, and they knew saying the wrong thing now could easily get them a bullet in the head.

"Report," Fargo said, his finger tapping on the table in thought.

"We have 129 men unaccounted for sir, 23 of whom are members of the Mercenary Team."

The morbid tapping paused. That was a lot of his guards at the brink of the major upgrade. Not to mention 23 mercenaries were half of the people they stationed in Fargo at the moment.

Let alone Fargo, even Belize also darkened at the value.

After all, he went to a village, while the others went to Towns. It was natural the manpower assigned to him was far less than the others.

"And why is this reported only now?" Fargo asked, pulling up the Lord Panel to look at the names there. As he perused the names, the reporting men continued speaking.

"We apologize, milord. We just thought they got a bit far and ended up camping outside—"

"Most of our people are dead," Amon interrupted him, narrowing his eyes as he looked at the panel. "The members of the Rongo mercenary team, however, are all alive."

"Sir?" Uzon and the others asked, shocked, before turning to Belize—the representative of the Mercenary Team.

They all looked at him guardedly. They were all suspicious people by nature. They hadn’t trusted this guy despite all the oaths, and seeing something like this exacerbated it.

"Explain, Belize. What did you do?" Uzon said, slapping the table in front of him. It shook, but fortunately, it was well-made and kept standing.

Belize looked at him and Uzon met his gaze with a glare. Could this be the start of a rebellion? Could they have missed anything in the non-betrayal oath!?

Belize heaved a deep breath, rubbing his forehead. "We have no reason to do this. Do you doubt me, my lord? My entire team made various oaths…"

The others looked at him guardedly and his jaw clenched. "I swear, milord, I nor any of my team members would go out of their way to harm your people."

Fargo looked at him. "Can you blame us for thinking negatively?"

Belize shook his head. "I was born in a town and had worked in cities," he said, "We have settled comfortably here. We have no reason to ruin things."

Belize was calm outside, but inside he was still thinking about his teammates. To be honest, he had minimal patience for such questioning. It was only because he had been trained well in the city that he hadn’t snapped yet. _{freewёbn૦νeɭ.com}