Speaking of population, me and my brother, William, estimate we will currently have over eight hundred individuals at the main compound, depending on how many family members are brought, about fix hundred of them have some form of combat experience, the rest are children and wives of soldiers. That doesn't really include the people being sent to the other properties though. I managed to recruit about three hundred people over the months, it didn't really take much convincing when they were healed, I felt kind of bad, the way some people looked at me, it was almost a form of worship, I kinda had to get them to tone it down as it kinda freaked me out a bit, being looked at like the second coming. But then it did make it easier to recruit so that's a plus. The closer it got to Z Day, the easier it was to recruit. Most people were just looking for some kind of security as the world around them slowly turned to shit, as by the 23rd of August people were refusing to go to work as attacks were happening in the streets, people called them riots, but intelligent people knew better, rioters don't eat people in the streets after all!
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Hershey pov
Until a question popped into Naruto's mind, "Wait, what witch?"
Once on top of the wall the soldiers started scattering, most of them were sellswords, once they saw their troops trapped there was no reason to continue fighting, it doesn't matter how much money they offer if you can't expend it, most of them, at least of those who could retreat did it, but there were still a lot of them fighting.
Hey now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play
'Boring.' Invisibility had lost its charm after encountering so many them, either they use it the smart way to complement it with another skill or they were so arrogant they believe they are undefeatable because no one can see them.
All that glitters is gold
Hey now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
You'll never shine if you don't glow
You'll never know if you don't go