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

As they strolled, Althea also studied the current planning of the village.

While much better than others, it still lacked the greeneries and overall efficiency she would’ve wanted.

It was just that one could not move buildings anymore and if she wanted to improve the planning, she would either have to demolish a lot of things or decentralize to another area when it expanded or upgraded.

Either way was a little costly so nothing too major would happen for now.

She also decided to hold any building and upgrades like sentries until she went back to Altera. After all, she can set other elders to be able to make announcements, but they definitely should not be able to build anything in either territories!

As they walked, they saw a group of acquaintances approach. They came to them with a sense of urgency, very much relieved to see them here.

”Captain! You’re here!” Turbo yelled, almost crying. The other teammates also looked wronged, which was very funny. Victor could only smile awkwardly as he greeted them.

”Garan,” he said, and his sister also stepped forward.

”Captain…” she said, tone gentle as a flow of water. She opened her mouth to say more—not that Garan would care—but she was quickly overcome by Team B and their pleading.

”Captain~!” ”We wanna go homeeee…”

”When will our replacement arrive?”

”I want my soft beedddd…”

”I earned a lot of money… I was going to treat myself to Cook’s restaurant!”

”Captain…”

”Captain…”

Garan sighed, rubbing his forehead. ”They should be here in a few days.”

Turbo and the others sighed. Well, they can wait a few more days.

While the team was asking when they’d be rotated back, many from Victor’s team—who would also be allowed to go to Altera—were also looking forward to it.

During this time, Turbo and the others had naturally bonded with the dozen other soldiers under Victor and had shared how Altera was.

The more they heard, the more excited they were to check it out!

Of course, a lot of them were a bit cynical and thought they were exaggerating but they were quite curious about the territory no matter what.

”Another team should come here to support, but we need fresh blood in the guard team.” After all, the guards from before were mostly either dead or had become prisoners, so the defending of the territory was dependent on the soldiers and the few remaining guards.

As of now, contribution points wasn’t a thing in Limestone Valley, nor were the citizens particularly loyal to the territory, so they couldn’t assume they’d jump in and help when needed.

Garan looked at Victor, the de-facto leader of the base. ”As you have seen, I already sent the hiring announcement earlier this morning. I hope you take charge of finding good hires who would truly help the territory.”

Victor blinked, nodding sternly and respectfully. After all, Garan was technically his superior now.

Garan nodded in satisfaction, looking at the soldiers surrounding them. ”Now… it’s time to settle this place.”

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Vincent’s team moved in to one of the new communities after Fargo’s fall, finally graduating from their poor living conditions beforehand.

They had to buy it according to the previous market price, of course. Even if the former lord was gone, there was still an owner, so people still had to pay as is.

They chose a villa that could easily house them all. Each room was arranged in dormitory-type rooms, but it was overall comfortable. It was definitely much better than where they used to stay.

They also had a big meeting room now, and that was where they’d be talking about the next steps. The Village Center was available and open to them, but the house had a bigger place and they had to involve a lot of people in the discussion.

As they entered the house, they were greeted by a familiar beautiful woman. The stance and tone reminded Althea of a housewife welcoming her husband home.

”Welcome back,” Juni said, looking warmly at the newcomers.

Althea’s eyebrows rose. She didn’t really monitor every member and was a bit surprised to see Juni was still here.

Or rather, she decided to stay on her own accord?

”We’re back,” Victor answered in return, and the others did the same. However, Juni’s expression was particularly soft when looking at Victor and Althea couldn’t help but look at them back and forth.

Oh…?

”Miss Althea,” Juni greeted as soon as she emerged among the big men who blocked her view.

Althea sent the woman a teasing smile. ”I see you have found a home here.”

Juni flinched, blushing a bit. ”Yes, I have decided to stay. Amos did as well, but he was asked by some members to help them train. They should be back within a couple of hours.”

Juni stayed for many reasons. One, she needed space away from Gill. Although her feelings had lessened, there was still lingering pain and it would not heal if she kept seeing him with another woman.

Second, he knew this place still had a lot of growth and would need a lot of trusted individuals in key positions. She wanted to be a bigger part of Altera’s empire—which she believed would be inevitable.

And finally, there was Victor himself. She knew he had been thrown into a heavy responsibility he didn’t want. Inexplicably, she wanted to help him out somehow.

”Good job, Juni,” Althea said, referring to her contribution in the war. ”Congratulations on leveling up as well.”

Juni nodded with a smile. ”A pity I wasn’t able to burn Fargo’s face,” she said with a straight face, ”Maybe next time.”

Althea couldn’t help but laugh good-heartedly. ”I like your attitude.”

”Your contribution point should be sent within the day,” Althea said, ”Not sure when it would be implemented in this new territory, though.”

”It’s fine. I’m living decently,” she told them. ”Victor and the others got me a home.”

Victor scratched his cheek, a bit embarrassed. ”She helped us out a lot. It was the least we could do.”

Althea’s lips twitched and looked at Victor and Juni and saw the very subtle chemistry there. Vanessa also saw but she only rolled her eyes.

Althea sighed. Too bad her maize had only just been harvested. It’d take a few more days at least to finally get her popcorn!