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

A space stone!

They gaped as she wore it and she waved her hand around, taking out some equipment for all of them!

She then proceeded to hand Class C weapons to each of them. Otto and Orion were given swords, while Obi and Zaol were given spears. Both women also had smaller swords. Hilda was also given a shield.

"Sadly, the Class B weapon I commissioned didn't make it in time."

Both Zaol and Orion's weapons were Class B Weapons. Zaol's was even the superior kind that cost them several hundred golds. Those were all in Bleumrick's hand, of course.

Regardless, they really didn't expect to have weapons at all. Class C weapons were definitely enough to deal with Level 30 monsters, which would be the likely stronger mobs they'd encounter.

(Of course, if they encountered a Level 40 mob in their current state, they were very likely screwed. Fortunately, they were very rare and were actively hunted down by large groups of stronger mercenaries and nobles who needed a bit of EXP boost.)

While the children looked at Gaia with admiration, Zaol looked at her with eyes oozing with love.

"A few months ago," Gaia began, lightly pinching her husband's arm. "There was no proof but my instincts told me to prepare in case of an emergency.

"I had hoped it wouldn't be needed of course."

Zaol laughed. "Our assets outside of Bleulle is safe," he said, recalling their oaths. This meant their their assets in other territories—including Alterra—and things like these were theirs.

Gaia smiled. "Exactly."

"Mother's a genius!"

"You can sing me praises later," the woman said waving her hand. "Let's hurry."

They nodded and headed out (with Zaol's stomach getting poked with a rock again). As they hurried their way back to the main path, they felt reassured by at least having a weapon.

However, they couldn't be happy for too long because unexpectedly, they heard some vibrations approaching them. Their hearts stopped and the Golds immediately took out their weapons.

They gaped when they saw it was a beast cart, and with a few familiar faces. Their shoulders slumped in relief.

"Masters!" a familiar middle-aged man—now with a bushy beard—raised his arms as he waved at them. "Thank goodness we found you!"

There were also people who peeked out of the carriage. The Golds' eyes widened in shock, but also in relief.

Olga stepped forward. "Uncle Liu! Cyna! Koro!"

Of course, they didn't waste another minute chattering and the family just entered the beast carts. Uncle Liu immediately blew the whistle and the Kohla beast lunged forward at its fastest speed.

"Masters! Miladies!" the old woman exclaimed, looking relieved to see them alright. Gaia instantly approached her and she went in for a hug. On the other hand, a man in his late 50s was outright sobbing.

This was Cyna, the head maid and someone who had been serving Gaia even before she got married. The old man was Koro, their head chef. He had dedicated his life to the Golds since he was adopted as a teenager by Zaol. He had no family other than them.

On the other hand, Cyna was a widower and was in a similar situation.

They were not idiots. They knew the dangers. However, the Golds had helped them so much. They could not—in good conscience—abandon them.

In fact, there were many other servants who wished to do the same, but they had homes and families—they simply had too much to lose. Instead, they gave them good amount of their savings in order to help the Golds start anew elsewhere.

While the beast cart moved forward, the Golds couldn't help but look at their servants in a renewed light. "How did you find us?"

"The Lady often went here when we were young," Cyna said. "Whenever we have to train with the young masters of the Wisen Family—we rest here."

Cyna had been Gaia's maid since she was a teenager, still living with her maternal family.

Her heart clenched at the memory of her maternal family, but she really wasn't in the position to check on them at this time.

Rather, being further associated with them now would've just put them in more danger.

Sensing her sadness, Cyna held on to her hand.

"In any case—we can't have you suffer outside on your own."

Gaia couldn't help but cry a bit, and everyone felt warm. "Thank you."

…

The nearest City to Alterra was Bleulle, which was only a couple of days away by Beast Cart and maybe 2 to 3 weeks by sprinting.

Otto tapped on the window to Uncle Liu. "Let's head further North and take Northwest when you encounter the fork past Mount Rushless," he said. "We should get there in a few days."

Uncle Liu smiled, having an idea about where they wanted to go. He was also quite excited!

He nodded. "Yes, Master! Just send me the map and you can rela—"

BANG!

Otto's eyes widened as he saw Uncle Liu disappear in front of him, hit by some force from the side.

The carriage shook and they slid off their seats. Their instincts flared and everyone immediately went out of the carriage, even while it was still running.

Right on cue, two large flamethrowers targeted the car, destroying it from behind, with the flames spreading to the entire thing. The beast roared and escaped its tether.

ROARRR!!

When the beast didn't have the control of a whistle, it'd just return to its usual bloodthirsty nature. It would attack the nearest person—who happened to be Obi.

Obi gritted his teeth and took out his sword, swinging it expertly to block the beast's attack.

While this fight exploded, the women ran to Uncle Liu, who was lying face down on the ground. On the other hand, the men's weapons were out—ready to defend against their attackers.

"Uncle Liu… oh no…" Olga cried when she realized the man was barely moving. He was really like a real blood-related uncle to them.

They didn't have such a family figure in the house—with their blood relatives having killed each other in the previous generation of in-fighting.

Now he was covered with blood. He was alive, but he was gravely injured—from a single shot.

Uncle Liu was well over level 30.

This meant whoever did this to him was much stronger than that.

Meanwhile, Obi finished up the fight with the beast. As a guard, he was very aware of the beasts in the area and he knew most of its weaknesses. His brothers did not help him precisely because of this. It was more likely they'd slow him down.

So, despite not being able to use his element or any of his skills, Obi managed to take it down within a couple of slashes.

He took a deep breath and stepped back, keeping his family behind him as he narrowed his eyes at the dense forests and shrubs that surrounded them.

"COME OUT, YOU BASTARDS!" he yelled, feeling a little overwhelmed by what he was sensing. "Stop hiding like Gugu birds!"

Orion and the others gripped their weapons tighter, trying their best to capture whatever the next attacks would be.

However, they also knew that even in the best of cases—they'd be hurt in this fight.

The number of people they were sensing… was not few.

"Heh, just as expected of the Golds…" a voice sneered, drifting through the air before its owner stepped into view. One by one, more figures followed, emerging from the shadows with smug expressions on their faces.

There were scores of enemies appearing. The lowest level among them was Level 30, and it was led by a few people past Level 45.

At least a dozen were elementalists...

The newcomers grinned, looking at the Golds and their shocked expressions as if they were fools.

"Surely..., you expected us?"