After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1084

"Speaking of babies. Your brother is recovering well," Sienna said with a smile, making Sahara giggle in response.

Her brother, Sinnan, was a big man nearing his 50s. However, he had been her parents’ only child for almost two decades and her mother had treated him as her only baby until she was born.

They didn’t expect her to come to the world at all. They called her the ’surprise blessing’. Anyway, this was why her mother always called him baby when at home—to his chagrin, of course.

Even after he had created his own family, they would still call him baby. As a little kid, she used to laugh at it a lot. She remembered him ruffling her hair to punish her, and she would glare at him to stop, which ended up making the entire family laugh.

Sinnan was also quite strong—a rare metal elementalist—and had carried the defense of the territory for as long as she could remember. Despite her laughing at him, she really thought he was the strongest in the world.

With him on the front line, the town managed to defend against beasts, humans, and the undead. They still had a lot of losses, but everyone knew—she overheard adults talking—that it’d be much, much, more difficult if he wasn’t there.

Her father was also a fighter, but he could not compare to Sinnan in terms of talent. She remembered her father always smiling, saying he could rest assured.

However, ten years ago, tragedy struck.

At first, she didn’t know the details because she was too young and was hidden in the bunker, but what kid wouldn’t be curious about events that completely turned her family over?

Her mother told her the story once after she was old enough—after asking repeatedly—and she remembered crying for three days straight.

At that time, their Town was attacked by a horde of Undead people—numbering hundreds.

It was the biggest they had encountered since those monsters were pushed back to their own region, and it was an attack that almost cost them the territory.

They lost a lot of people that day, including her sister-in-law. The monsters entered deep into the territory and managed to bite many people, making them fall into the ground and suffer painful deaths.

They almost lost her one-year-old nephew too, but sister-in-law hid him in one of the wooden chests there, fighting off the damned things with all her might.

She succumbed to them in the end.

Stepping over her corpse, those critters started hunting for the remaining life there. The monsters had a strong instinct of where life was and they surrounded the chest, pounding on it, all while the baby cried.

They were not weak, either, and they eventually made dents on the wooden box’s surface.

Sinna arrived after securing the gates, finding out too late that his own neighborhood had already been decimated.

Sinnan did not have the time to mourn for his wife who lay unmoving on the ground, rushing to where he heard the cries of his son.

Unfortunately, while desperately trying to protect the child, Sinnan was bitten by an undead. He was quick to act and cut off his arm immediately, saving his life.

Even with bleeding arms, he valiantly took care of the remaining Undead—going well beyond his limit.

They later found out that a portion of the tall mountains had slightly eroded due to weathering and an earthquake, allowing more Undead to pass through.

Dune Town was not the only place that got attacked, and there were at least 2 villages that fell because of it.

This news sent an alarm to the region and all territories sent forces on missions to reseal it. Earth users, some of their own while most were hired via the Mercenary Hall, were deployed to hasten the rebuilding.

That mission took a lot of lives, reducing their forces even more.

Worse, Sinnan grew ill since then. He had grown incredibly pale, his skin blistering a bit, and had lost a lot of strength. A lot of people feared he’d become an undead at some point.