Chapter 44. Move "Everybody pack up! We're moving!" Garry announced loud enough so that everybody could hear. People slowly came out, but not everybody agreed with our decision. "Do we have to go and live in a forest? Isn't the city a better choice?" "Yea, should we go there, deep into the forest? I don't want to." "Me neither, I prefer to live here instead of living in forests." Slowly a lot of people were starting to raise their voices and starting to show dissatisfaction. Still, the majority were listening and only the minority kept on shouting, but everybody shut up the next moment. Arthur, Lucy, and Luke came out of the building and they all carried the little luggage they had. Weapons and some extra clothes that we distributed after scavenging the area. "Lucy, Luke, and Arthur! You too?! Do you also agree that we should move? Or are you just being forced by that..." The man didn't finish his sentence but everybody knew who he was talking about. Me. My three students were the only ones that could defeat the monsters alone and together if there was a big one. I was not there to clear out the monsters for the last few days. I knew that the monsters were slowly increasing in the city. And like I had expected, these three were the ones people most relied on when no one was there to protect them. They now had a voice in making decisions. "Look around," Arthur spoke up. "See how many people live in that one building. And we still have people seeking shelter and coming to us. Everyday. We are already running out of space to house everyone. We have food and water but what about shelter? The more people roam freely, the more chances of a monster finding us. Do you want to live being surrounded by them?" "But we could wait until someone comes to help us. Someone more 'Humane'." The man who said the said previous statement about being forced spoke up again. "Two weeks have passed, and we only have more people coming to seek help. None of them was here to help. And there is a chance that someone like Henry might appear again. Someone so strong that even this 'Inhumane' person will not be able to save you, are we fine with that?" At first, Arthur was replying just to that man, but now his last sentence was directed at everyone. "In this situation, we are the beggars, and beggars can't be choosers." No one spoke after Arthur laid out his thoughts, even the ones who were protesting went back in and brought out their stuff. But people still didn't understand that democracy or public opinion wasn't going to be the rule now, not unless there were millions of them standing on the same side. "Those who want to stay can stay, no one will stop you," I said with a loud voice. "But you would be on your own after that, banished from this city forever. Because I won't help you nor will anyone else to the person who left when 'unity' was one of the most crucial things required for survival." My image as a cruel tyrant was being established more and more, but it was fine. It would all work out in the future. The journey back to the hill was, tough. We had to stop every few miles because the people were not used to walking such large distances. It was a long way to the hill if it was before the Merge, but now everybody was more 'fit' in a way. You had stats to distribute and only needed endurance and vitality to be more durable. Still, I didn't know their thinking of adding more to Int, Wis, Str, Agi when you don't even know what did what. Everyone capable of fighting also had to stay alert of possible monster attacks, and that too slowed our speed. It almost ate up our entire day escorting everyone and we couldn't progress much in the city. We did bring everyone out of the city, now we needed to tell the 'leader' that he was the leader. And build an army. I couldn't do much on the construction part, that had to be left to the crafters. A few days passed and we were slowly the city was slowly but surely taking its form. The base for all five buildings was done and from tomorrow they would focus on one building at a time. Tomorrow was also the day when the classes resumed. I wasn't going to lie but I was nervous thinking about whether they would come or not. But it was fine if they did not, I did make them go through all that. *Cruel.* ^Coward.^ Looks like we find that out tomorrow. I was giving instructions to the 'cleaners', the people who were going to clear out the surroundings daily. There were now fifteen people who wanted to kill the monsters, including the previous six. These were the people who were going to lead the army, they had the courage for it. I just didn't know if they had the brain for it. I finished giving them their jobs and areas to work, and rested in the tent. That was when I remembered that the kids had no place to gather. I didn't give them a specific location. But it wasn't needed. "Teacher?" It was Lucy that I heard from outside. "Can we?" "Come in." "We didn't know where to find you and the people outside said that were here." It was Luke who said that now. "We finished maxing out our skills the day before yesterday, but wanted to ask you before doing anything." Arthur was also present. "Good that you asked me, or you would lose out on a free benefit." I was happy that they came.