18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 160

What the hell? It was tough enough to survive, now they gotta deal with these punks on their own turf?

On foreign soil, you'd keep your head down and try to scrape by, but here they were, brazen as ever.

In a dim corner, several men were relentlessly kicking three people lying on the ground, spouting insults in a harsh, foreign language.

There were those with swords, guns, and baseball bats.

Murder was as easy as turning your head, but they continued to beat them, becoming more and more excited, revealing their ugly and twisted human nature. The pleading screams only served to further stimulate them, their blows becoming heavier and heavier.

One of them lifted his blade, his face twisted in a savage grin as he brought it down.

"Shick."

Their bloodlust had blinded them to the danger lurking in the shadows.

His blade hadn't even fallen before the man was skewered like a s'more on a stick. Stella didn't hesitate, pulling her blade free and lunging for the second one.

Jasper was even quicker, swiftly disarming a punk and snapping his neck, before kicking another one aside.

The two of them dispatched the five punks with efficiency, not even giving them a chance to whimper for mercy.

A flashlight illuminated the beaten figures on the ground. They were a sorry sight, their faces smeared with blood, all but unrecognizable.

Out of a sense of humanity, Stella asked, "Are you guys okay?"

The harsh light of the flashlight was blinding, and one of them instinctively raised a hand to shield his eyes, his lips trembling. "It's you?"

His voice was groggy, but Stella recognized it-Monkey. Wait, why the hell was he here too?

surveyed the area with her flashlight, spotting a water tanker parked not far away. They

off his face as he exclaimed, "Wow, you really

the man next to him up. The man was tall, probably around

told you about. She's really tough. If she hadn't stepped in tonight,

his eyes held a worldly cunning that suggested he wasn't a simple man. Of course,

off his face and gave Stella and Jasper a weak smile. "Thank you for

"It was nothing."

about Cooper and Rosie back home, didn't linger

man called out to them. "I'm Austin. I don't even know the names of

a post-apocalyptic world, it wasn't

lot of

aback, but quickly replied, "Of course, we need to repay

to Monkey. "We did

to him. "Boss, she doesn't need

"How about I send a truckload of fresh water to your

water was around 20 tons, enough to last for months and valuable

at his sleeve. "Boss, she doesn't look like

what you want. As long as it's within my power,

who's interested in antiques, paintings, and precious metals. Could you help

expecting a big demand, but all she wanted were these? Sure, antiques and paintings were valuable, but only in prosperous

paintings, and gold, hoping to make a

odd. Whatever she stocked up on seemed to skyrocket

of antiques,

requests. "Anything will do, as long as it's old and

wasn't easy. Stella didn't give her address, simply gesturing to Monkey. "He knows where to

into the darkness, and taking the

over the guns to Stella, who tossed them

robbed, which meant the outside world was dangerous. Stella decided to hold off on selling water for now and see if Austin could find what she wanted. Her main goal was to expand Arcadia; everything else