When they were traveling to go to the north base a few months ago, they also saw some settlements, and they only visited a few of them, but they didn't bother staying there because the conditions there weren't that good.
They only exchanged some information with them, but it was obvious from people they met that those settlements weren't any good.
They might not be as bad as treating people as slaves, but they were certainly exploiting other people.
There are fewer good settlements and bases around, so people had to be extremely lucky to meet only good settlements around.
While he was thinking something, the villagers continued discussing about rescuing their remaining companions in that settlement.
They were heatedly discussing who would go, as it seemed that all of them were volunteering to go.
Even after Nathan finished treating all injured people and patched them up, the villagers still weren't finished discussing things.