After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1148

Juni and Fable smiled at the crowd, waiting patiently for the applause to die down—which took a good few minutes to happen.

"It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since we landed in this new place—" Fable began. "At the time, I would never have imagined I’d be in a spot where I’d happily call it home."

Juni nodded. "While so many of us struggled to call it such—despite its dangers, I know this land had grown into your hearts."

"We gather now to celebrate this change, as well as the new doors that had just opened to us."

The two stared at the crowd, in-sync. "We will celebrate us—our victories, our growth, and everything that is yet to come."

Applause burst again, but this time the hosts raised their hands to cut it short. "Before we start anything though, let’s start tonight with our new Hymn!"

The two smiled at each other as curious murmurs echoed across the crowd. "This new Hymn was composed by our very own Crump and Mirka!" Juni said, and then turned to Fable who was already walking to the front of the stage. "And sang by our very own Fable."

Juni clapped as she slowly left the stage, amidst the applause that resounded along with hers.

The crowd was very interested in the new Hymn, but they didn’t expect anything too profound. Some assumed it would be a fun party song Fable would dance to.

However, as more and more people entered the stage—with instruments— the crowd realized they might be underestimating this performance.

It seemed like they already had a full orchestra?!

The orchestra was led by a man in his early 30s. He had a proud stance and was wearing a relatively formal suit, his hair combed to the back of his head, adding classiness around him.

He was not conventionally handsome, but at this time he looked very charming.

Crump was one of the refugees who appeared during the heatwave. He was one of the earth users who arrived with Tot, and had found his place under Ansel’s wing shortly after.

Next to him was a young man with pale skin, Mirka, who was lucky and got to Alterra early on. He even had the honor of performing in Althea and Garan’s renewal of vows back then.

While he was mainly a harp player, he was also a gifted composer. This hymn was primarily credited to him.

The conductor—Crump—headed up a podium in the front-center of the stage, right next to Fable. He faced the crowd for now, standing coolly while the orchestra behind him headed to their positions.

The crowd realized that they had a complete ensemble now, slowly formed through the months—with the instruments being perfected bit by bit. This was news to many Terrans as they hadn’t seen many of these instruments yet.

It seemed like Elder Ansel and his team decided to unveil these new instruments today, which was quite fitting.

The first orchestra performance…

Considering how many people thought orchestras were boring back in Terran, they sure were extremely excited now!

Crump took a deep breath and looked at the crowd that extended far into the two avenues. He then looked at the people watching from balconies, and even from the roofs.

This was the biggest event Alterra had done so far, and he was standing in front of thousands of people waiting for him to entertain.

His heart beat loudly, feeling the pressure. Although the Elders never emphasized how important this was for momentum, it didn’t mean Crump didn’t feel it.

However, they practiced weeks for this, knowing full well such a celebration would be held eventually.

With renewed determination, Crump took a deep breath as he turned to face his orchestra, who were all similarly tense.

Before, the players would just perform in pairs or trios in smaller events or even solo in restaurants. This was their first public performance as a group.

They were understandably a bit nervous in their debut.

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