After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1987

Chapter 1987: Arrival of the Princess (Part 1)

Meanwhile, back in Alterra, the scientists, researchers, and the like had all shifted their attention to helping the babies. No one complained that it was using public funds.

First of all, Althea was funding it. Most of all, everyone adored the babies!

Even if Lady Althea didn’t ask for it, it was estimated that most of them would’ve tried to find their own way about it.

As such, even after they won such a big war, no one could celebrate. And this was not just because of the children; everyone had experienced losses, some more than others.

At this time, Gwen still hadn’t woken up.

Whether she knew what she had lost, instinctively or not, they were not sure, but it was certain that she had lost a lot of her luster, as if a part of her had given up on something.

Those close to her could feel this, and their hearts broke.

Ryan had taken leave from his job so he could be next to his wife, hoping to be there when she woke up. It was just that she had yet to do so.

He held her hand in both his hands, burying his forehead against it as if in prayer.

"Please, my love, I need you..."

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There were more than two hundred confirmed deaths in the war, and several hundred more were still in critical condition. It was feared that the death toll would double in the next few days, so every medical facility, pharmacist, and those in related fields had not slept a wink in an attempt to lower this number.

A lot of the deaths during the war could not be avoided, but now that it was over, how could they still lose people?

Most of the people who died early were during the initial burst and wall breakage, wherein hundreds of enemy forces and powerhouses forced their way in.

The trebuchets themselves also caused a number of deaths, as the Alterran powerhouses couldn’t weaken or redirect all of them. Even if they were weakened, those enhanced projectiles could ignore any defense equipment, so those with lower levels or injuries died after they got hit.

Mathilda led the ceremony, and they all watched as their dead were burned in a solemn ceremony. It was also the attitude of hoping there would be no more deaths among the injured, so they held the ceremony now.

Joe and Lee, some of Alterra’s first guards, were among those who perished. Their team had blocked a small group of powerhouses who had managed to escape the initial blockages.

They protected the evacuation center behind them with their lives.

They were Clutch’s neighbors and drinking buddies. They had been with Alterra since it was a village and had made quite a life for themselves.

If there was any source of comfort, it was that the two had managed to find some members of their families before they died.

They were found thanks to Alterra’s reunification of places, with Joe finding his family in a village west, while Lee found his in a village North.

It was just that Alterra was only moving forward—and fast—and their enemies were getting stronger as well. They had no choice but to catch up; they would only lose more people next time.

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