After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 840

The citizens knew there was no use in overtly worrying about the upcoming disaster. They could just do their parts to prepare their own households while trusting in Alterra as well.

This was especially true for the Terrans who had yet to experience anything regarding the extreme weather. It wasn’t like there weren’t heatwaves in Terran, after all, though those only lasted a few moments.

One of the people going around the territory was Beany and his son. It was Beany’s day off from the newspaper and he had picked up Theo from school so they could bond before the world decided to torture them even more.

So now, they were doing father-son bonding at the market. Carrying the toddler in his arm, the duo ambled about with little umbrellas stuck on their heads.

These were small umbrellas that could be attached to the head, freeing their hands to do other things. It looked a bit silly, but with the duo, it looked adorable, like wearing matching outfits.

Beanie had been away for a long time because he couldn’t face not only Althea but also Theo, to some degree. Now, in this heat, he was determined to make up for it.

He bought his son all the cold sweets he wanted, though the kid only bought what he needed saying it wasn’t good for the teeth. The little boy also proceeded to reprimand his father as well, thinking he was the one who wanted a lot of sweets.

"Not gwood, not gwood!" he yelled, little eyebrows furrowed, and his cheeks puffed up.

Beany’s eyes twitched. "Yes, yes."

At least they confirmed that Theo was learning something at school.

While they walked, they saw a group of guards making rounds. Little Theo’s rounded eyes followed them, reflecting their greatness.

"Am I gowing to be stwong like gawd ankles?"

This made Beany laugh. "Sure, as long as you study very hard and don’t miss your homework."

The boy nodded very seriously and Beany couldn’t help but kiss his chubby cheek.

If Beany knew little Theo was thinking to grow up strong so he could protect him, he’d probably sob his heart out.

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Anyway, while the territory was still preparing, the huntings and training—whether it was in the Training Hall or outside—had not halted.

It was a lot more challenging under this heat of course, but the territory had emphasized the usual training requirements were still required. In response, those going outside had their spaces filled with cool drinks, water, cooling medicine, and the like.

There were, at this time, at least two groups of around 20 people clearing the area around the territory. One person had to be at least level 20 in a group and the ones leading the two groups were Plaridel and Turbo, respectively.

Plaridel’s group took care of the Eastern part of the territory. They had been fighting for more than an hour already and they were finally about to finish this session, which made everyone thank the skies.

"How exhausting!" one said, wiping his sweat with his shirt. "It feels like I’m doing twice the work with how tired I am."

"Well, I wouldn’t need a sauna now," one said, the others rolled their eyes.

"It’s not like you can afford it anyway."

"How rude."

Anyway, the group turned to finally head back to the territory. It was estimated that their 2-hour session would end by the time they were in sight of the walls.

Their small group would encounter a few monsters here and there, with the strongman only guarding and keeping them alive.

At some point though, it really got too hot from the mix of the temperature and their own body heat.

"Darn, I can’t take it anymore! GAH! So hot!" The handsome Hubert gasped, feeling suffocated.