After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 656

While Alterra was settling the aftermath of their first war, several other territories were still experiencing theirs.

Juno Village.

BANG!!

"NOOOO! HELP ME!" a middle-aged woman yelled, trying to shield herself from a blade with nothing but her arms. The woman sobbed as she saw her life ending before her, but—

SLASH!

A long sword appeared in front of her. It nicked her pointy nose, but feeling her head still attached to her neck, she definitely didn’t mind.

The blade that would’ve been on her skin was now guarding against another blade. The woman gaped as the familiar guard pushed away the aborigine enemy with all his might.

He was the captain of the guard in their territory—someone greatly respected, perhaps even more so than the lord himself.

Especially now that said Lord was missing, hiding somewhere.

"Gurnam!" the woman yelled, and he took a moment to look at her, though he was focused on his fight.

"Get away from here, auntie!" he yelled and the woman frantically crawled back to find the nearest cover.

Gurnam’s appearance added momentum to the various fights nearby. It wasn’t much—and definitely not enough to turn the tides—but it was enough to give more ’fight’ to several teammates in the area, saving a few more lives in the process.

Gurnam was not particularly handsome but he was well-built. Most of all, the citizens knew him as their protector. All this time, he had been one of the many valiantly guarding the gate to minimize the enemies coming in.

It was impossible to win, but he didn’t run, hoping to save as many lives as possible.

He was a soldier from the country of Abu before the apocalypse hit. After so long, he alone survived among the people he had transferred with. Now, he was contributing to mankind by being a guard.

Gurnam used his entire weight to push the aborigine back, finally stabbing down at the man. He didn’t have the time to check if the enemy was dead and he immediately rushed to the fight he left to save auntie.

"Come here!" A teammate yelled, struggling to defend himself. Unfortunately, the level difference was too high and he wasn’t able to do much in the end.

Slash!

"GYAH!" he yelled, though he was able to avoid a lethal hit. Gurnam arrived just in time to shield him.

The duo slashed and waved to the best of their abilities, trying to avoid lethal shots though the number of injuries on them inevitably worsened still.

These aborigines were too strong! Each one of them had a much higher level than them! The highest levelled person in their territory was Gurnam at level 9, but this a level considered below-average among the enemies!

It was depressing. They had just won against a major beast tide. There, they had lost so many brethren—with Gurnam losing the remaining soldiers he transferred with. Half of the wall had also been destroyed, along with several establishments.

They had barely managed to hold on to their territory, but they did, and for a few days they were relieved. They also strived to rebuild, even if it did use much of the remaining funds.

As they watched the reassuring wall get repaired, they felt hope and they told themselves they would recover soon—like the wall did.