After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1654

Chapter 1654: Trauma Response??

...so what just happened?

Before anyone could absorb what happened, they were quickly tethered back to the present by the roars and growls that surrounded them.

Fortunately, the guards’ instincts were good so they prevented any major accidents despite everyone’s distraction and confusion.

The mercenaries and the others cleaned up the beasts, while Ryan immediately appeared next to Gwen, pulling her into his embrace. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Are you alright?!" he asked, and Gwen gently pushed him away so she could get a better look at him, and he at her.

Gwen touched his face and massaged the wrinkles on his brow. "I am, thanks to the little one," she said as she petted the cat on her shoulder.

The cat might not be able to do anything to enemy powerhouses, but their instincts were unmatched. The moment someone targeted her, the cat immediately alerted her to move out.

"Were they targeting you?"

"I think so, for some reason," she said, turning to another direction with another couple. "They targeted Bianca too."

Ryan looked at Bianca who was now being comforted by her husband.

To be honest, they knew that those bastards would attack. However, they didn’t know they had specific targets in mind.

Gus sniffled. "Me, too," he mumbled, looking down at his wet pants.

Ah, shit.

He sighed and took out a blanket (he used it during camping), went to a corner of the nearby forest, and asked a friend to hold it for him while he got changed.

Anyway, many people were befuddled. It was really odd. And those men from before were totally attacking them, right?"

"What was that?"

"I have no idea..."

"Weren’t those men from Valov? Why would they attack us?" another voice from the crowd asked. Wazan and the others weren’t exactly quiet, and they had paid a few people to push the trip forward, though to be fair, they just thought they didn’t want to delay things.

"Valov, you say?"

Anyway, things just got more and more weird the more people thought about them. "If so...who would take them?"

"Well, I guess that rumor that they had some connection with us is true?" someone from Ferrol asked, making some people flinch. People didn’t know that Guia Village was under Valov and Ferrol in name, but many did know that there were some conflicts between the two towns decades prior.

After all, the Lord’s lover was literally killed, and his head was placed on the Lord’s front porch. That wasn’t something that could be swept under the rug, and the servants’ non-disclosure oaths could only cover so much and could only last so long.

Still, there was no news of major hostilities after that, so people just forgot about it.

"Judging by how they were now, they seemed... hostile to us?"

"Not sure. It’s better to avoid assumptions."

After all, this could involve the entire territory. Of course, the Ferrol townsfolk really didn’t put much weight to Valov, which was just a level 2 Town. Rather, they were offended that they dared attack.

At this, some Alterrans met eyes and made subtle nods that only they understood.

A moment later, several people shivered in fear. "Oh shi... wasn’t that?" one said, eyes teary.

Another nodded, rubbing his shoulders as if experiencing the worst fears. "No, right?"

They were very dramatic, seeming to truly be terrified of their lives. It took many people aback and some were even terrified and looked around guardedly as if there were monsters out to get them, too.

"What’s going on?" one of the Ferrol guests said.

"I’m so confused," another guest agreed.

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