After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 659

The Inko Villagers soon reached the gates, with thousands of unwilling followers right behind them.

Gurnam was walking alongside these people as he looked around, taking in as much information as he could.

He made a rough calculation that this was more or less 2000 people, which was easily half the Juno population—including those who could only afford visitor’s pass.

The new ’slaves’ shivered as they went past the threshold of the territory, stepping into the dense forests outside.

With every step they took, it felt like they were leaving a piece of themselves behind. This felt even more exacerbated as they realized they had gone farther and farther from the walls and sentries.

The sentries may have been sparse, but being able to see them—even from a distance— still brought a sense of peace. Losing sight of it naturally made people feel imbalanced.

Gurnam’s breath hitched when he realized they were completely away from their walls.

He was feeling like this, what about the others who had no control of their bodies?

His lips pursed as he slightly turned his head to a young lad next to him. He was very young, probably around 10 years old. The lad was sobbing, mumbling helplessly. "Sister… sister…"

He recognized this kid. He was one of the refugees who came a few days ago from the North. Scores, if not hundreds of refugees came to Juno every day after the protection period ended. He could remember him because he was brave. While many of the adults ran away, he tried to help the guards get rid of the monsters.

When Gurnam asked why he was so brave, the kid had told him that he needed to be brave and strong to find his sister.

Seeing him sob like this now… his hope must’ve broken.

He must’ve realized that he had truly become a slave without freedom, so how could he find his sister?

"QUIET!" The guard yelled and they all flinched, and the child could only pitifully shut his mouth.

Gurnam frowned, gazing blankly in front of him in thought. How did slavery work? Would every one of the enemies be able to control them wantonly?

Before he could ponder deeply about it however, one of the fearsome sounds echoed in the area, sending shivers down their spines.

ROARRR!!

The slaves flinched and soon the ground vibrated, soon revealing a small mob of monsters. Because the slaves were asked to shut up, they couldn’t even scream. You could just see their faces reddening in terror.

ROARR!!

Soon a group of about a hundred level 6-7 monsters arrived. They had thousands of people there and it naturally attracted a relatively large mob.

This also showed how uselessly aggressive and bloodthirsty these beasts were. Any beast with some cognitive ability would’ve avoided a group many times larger than they were, but these monsters just looked at them hungrily.

By any standards, with their numbers, this mob should’ve been no problem, particularly to the Inko Villagers who were at least level 9 and above. But the enemies decided to have a bit of fun.

"Hey! Slaves!" One said, "Stand. Still."

Gurnam’s eyes widened as he whipped his head towards the bastards. They were all laughing so they didn’t notice any oddities in him, and if glares could kill, they’d have died under Gurnam’s right now.

Soon a few monsters reached their group and a few were immediately taken into the monster’s mouths!

CRUNCH!

CRUNCH! _{fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓}

Gurnam immediately gestured to move—it didn’t matter if he was discovered! It didn’t matter if he wasn’t strong enough to defeat the monsters at all! He needed to save who he could!!

However, before he could jump at the monster, an order from the front of the line resounded.