After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 876

It was a long and hard fight throughout the night, and it finally stopped when dawn arrived and the temperature shot up again.

By this time, dozens of the people had already perished—mostly slaves—pulled out by the monsters and divided amongst themselves.

As tragic as it was, it was nothing new to them—a daily occurrence during the heat wave, even—so people moved on, and they focused on the food in front of them.

After a long night, they got 10 beast carcasses, complete with meat and blood.

People surrounded the goods, even those who only hid inside their homes while the walls were attacked.

Of course, those who had fought immediately surrounded the food. How could they allow other people to share?

There were thousands of people in the territory—the ten beasts would not be enough! Perhaps they wouldn’t even have a sip of blood!

The guards looked as more and more people came out of their homes despite the increasing temperature, all to surround them. Things got even more uncomfortable because of the crowding. The atmosphere was already hot enough, and adding so many people made it even more insufferable.

However, the guards didn’t move, surrounding the beasts, regardless of any discomfort. They were tired and hungry, but even if they had been weakened from the night-long fights, they certainly had the energy to defend their food!

At the same time, the people had finally seen the ’light’ in the form of the beast carcasses. How could they let it go easily?

With people delirious from tiredness and hunger—and now with the temperature going up again—tensions rose until people got physical.

BANG!

Two men were thrown back to the wall as they tried to approach the carcasses. They were kicked by two guards who were covered with blood and grime. They were exhausted and heaving deep breaths, but their willpower remained, determined to guard what they had fought hard for.

Some citizens even had the audacity to look at them as if they were betrayed. The wife of one man cried and kneeled in front of her husband—who was a bit injured but fine—and wailed as if he died.

She glared at the guards, as if they were evil men. "We were just hungry! How could you do this!?"

"YES!"

"You were supposed to guard us!" another said. "We pay entrance fees every day to feed you!"

"Yes! We pay you to get food for us!"

"We also have the right to eat these things!"

The guards naturally could not believe their ears, their hearts burning in annoyance and indignance.

First of all, they paid for the fees as well! Their jobs was just to protect the territory—not to feed anyway!

Hero, the relatively vocal one, stepped forward with a face red in anger and in heat. "We killed it! We worked for it!" he said. "It is ours!"

Rin nodded. He was calmer, but his gaze was sharp. "If you wanted food, you should’ve fought with us."