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

The 28 hours were not over yet, but the system was aware of their total population. It could therefore calculate whether it was impossible for the enemies to win by virtue of their remaining population.

The citizens who died here were already deducted from the ’total population’ of Resso Village. That said, because the ones on this side of the array were now less than half of their total population, then there must be a few thousand ’slaves’ on the other side of the array.

She wondered if it was worth it to get them in the first place.

First of all, her orders could not work unless she—or any of the residents—was there, so she would have to send a few people to the enemy Village to pick up the new slaves. Considering there would still be thousands of freemen on the other side, then sending her people there could get them attacked instead.

She thought about it and decided to ignore them for now. The upper-level wall she wanted—level 7—was only available at Town Level 2. She wasn’t planning on doing a full expansion upon her upgrade, so she didn’t want her population to explode just yet.

Rather, she preferred they didn’t become too dense—which was why she was encouraging the growth of the entire region, instead. She wanted Alterra to comfortably be at the center—bustling with activity, but not to the point of being cramped and overwhelming.

Anyway, her main source of income was not the entrance fees or the taxes (which were already quite high), but the scale of the trades going around.

Anyway, she sent the announcement of the war victory to the guards (earning Luis his 10 Gold winning), though she told them not to celebrate too early because they still had the upgrade mob to deal with.

She looked down at the thousands of people struggling for their lives and thought what she’d do with them.

She considered letting them in and just letting them stay along the avenues like the fainted slaves. However, the 28 hours of war was still ongoing. Even if they had already won, the rules were still null and they could still be attacked.

Knowing that she couldn’t think for too long (because many people would die while she was thinking about it), she made a quick decision which she immediately forwarded to the guards via the system’s [Announcement] function.

After a couple of instructions and preparations, several voice amplifiers sounded in different parts of the territory (she should set up an electrical PA system for purposes like these someday).

At the Eastern gates, the person who made the announcement was Mao. This was an announcement to their own side as well as the enemies’.

”The war is over! We will not be killing any more humans! Thanks for your hard work, everyone!”

This made most of the people below look at them in shock. They didn’t really believe it though. After all, these people had been toying with them for what was the worst few hours of their lives.

”Any non-Alterran human outside the gate who wishes to survive, kindly bury yourself in the ground. Anyone who could be seen as a threat will be killed immediately. Stay above ground at your own risk.”

This was repeated in every section of the wall and the people had no choice but to do so—at least for the slaves who had to follow instructions either way. Besides, some were hoping the monsters would also ignore them if they only had their faces exposed.

And so there was an odd sight. While the Alterrans were fighting against the mobs, several people were desperately digging, particularly in the areas near the walls. Mao and other earth users were also kind enough to help them out.

Of course, a lot of these people were not residents of Resso Village and were therefore not enslaved. They were focused on dealing with the beasts—like normal people would.

”OI! Are they being serious?” one asked. He was already at the end of the rope. He could barely hold his sword stably. These random announcements were making it harder for him to keep his already-dwindling momentum!

”Who cares! I won’t stand still for the monsters to kill me! Let’s look for an opening to escape!”

The others were busy defending against the beasts, also filled with blood. Anyway, they had no time to be distracted now. They couldn’t wrap their heads around the enemy’s logic, so they just assumed they were playing with them.

It was around this time that a monster appeared right behind one of them. ”Oi! Behind you!” The others who saw gasped, but they were too busy with their own fights to even consider helping out.

In their minds, they were already saying ’rest in peace’.

Unexpectedly, another person appeared in front, waving his sword around with exceptional skill and accuracy, precisely hitting the weakened monster’s weak spots.

It was an Alterran guard—and that was obvious with their dashing uniform.

”Last warning! Those who did not dig and bury themselves might get shot like the monsters,” the man—Chris—yelled, slashing again to finish off another.

Another came rushing to him, as if he was more attractive. He went around earlier with Beast-Attracting potion on his cloak. While that cloak was snug back in his space, a lot of the scent remained stuck to his clothing.

Like this, a lot of people were given breathing time and went towards the walls to bury themselves in a corner with everyone else.

Of course, not everyone were thankful. This wasn’t surprising. After all, they were trying to kill them just moments prior.

However, survival first, so no one was stupid enough to annoy the new masters.

These people could only be shocked as they watched the Alterrans jump back down to the wall—all fearless, and some were even lower leveled than they were—to fight the mobs head on!

There were plenty of civilians too, and they watched each other’s backs—dealing with the stronger monsters in front of them.

The more they saw… the less anger they felt. Now that Alterra was making a move with its own power instead of making use of the damned beasts, it was clear that their information was way off mark!

They… had no chance at all!