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

Vismont Village

At this time, one of the more relaxed territories happened to be Vismont Village. When everyone had experienced their first—with some even on their second—wars, Vismont hadn’t even received a threat.

They actually had a few aborigine guests from the West. They were extremely arrogant when they came, but they had barely entered when Matthew made the fact that they were subsidiaries slip.

When they found out they were subsidiaries of another village, they lost interest.

The advantage of being a subsidiary was that it was really not attractive to attack because it was likely poorer than others.

They also had somewhat of a guaranteed assistance from the ’master’ territory (should they request for it), which meant attacking it was usually not worth it.

There was also the fact that if a territory won theirs, they’d have to serve the master territory as well during the duration of the agreement. They had just entered the contract with Alterra for a month. This meant there were still 11 more months to go and the attacker—if they won—would just serve in their stead.

Further, their visitors were also unaware of the only advantage in taking them, which were basically just Alterran products.

At the time, Alterra had just been in a war so their exports had been limited the past week or so. So the stocks for Alterran goods in VIsmont were only available in a few homes and a few establishments.

Matthew made sure to keep information amongst themselves—which also saved Alterra from a visit from a possibly hostile territory.

It was a bit rushed, but when the people were told that being too attractive could send a war in their direction, everyone cooperated.

Anyway, except for the custom houses being a bit special, there was nothing worth taking at all, the aborigine scouts went North. They did beat up a few people to get ’shortcuts’ to the gates, but fortunately no one died.

Matthew and the others took advantage of the peace to regain their strength after the successive tragedies. Matthew also implemented his own contribution system, giving everyone who stayed in his territory an ample amount.

This was the reason why the couple Okuri and Ronny stayed longer than they anticipated and hadn’t moved to Alterra yet as planned.

They wanted to spend the contribution points—which would be nulled if they changed their citizenships—first before moving.

At this time, the couple was shopping in the territory-owned grocery shop selling Alterra products, buying their supplies for the next couple of weeks. It had just been restocked after a few hours, and the queue spanned streets.

They were just planning on filling up their space, ready for their travel to Alterra when the Alterran guard team and caravan arrived, though they weren’t clear when exactly that’d be.

Okuri was dictating what she wanted to the clerk, spending their remaining contribution points. Her boyfriend tapped her shoulder, making signs to tell her what to get more of.

”Do we need more flour?” She asked and he nodded, signing that it could be made into many things.

Okuri nodded in understanding, ordering the items. He would also hand signal or write down other things and Okuri followed his wishes. They made sure to buy as much as they could, even if they had to carry some outside the space.

This way, they’d have a good starting point even after they left to move to Alterra.

They left the shop, excited to get to the next stage of their lives.

When they went out, they happened to encounter the lord making rounds.

”Milord,” The couple greeted and he nodded, leaving with old man Yao following closely behind him. They seemed to be talking, so they didn’t do small talk (a characteristic of the socialite Matthew).

The two pairs separated and into their own conversations.

”What did the people who just got back from Alterra say?” Matthew asked the old man.

He was referring to the few people who brought stocks from Alterra (for a large markup) and had just gone ahead without staying for an hour. He was hunting outside when they arrived and he just missed them.

”Alterra seems to be preparing for another war.”

He flinched, feet stopping. ”What? Another?” Didn’t they just end one a week ago?

Yao nodded. ”Well, it is a very good territory. It’s not surprising it’s so targeted.”

Matthew frowned and, although he knew the territory was strong, he couldn’t help but worry because his sister was there. He headed towards the Village Center to send a message to Alterra.

However, before he could go far, a ding sounded in his head.

[Alterra Village (Lv 3) has been attacked by Guia Village (Lv3)]

”We must send help,” Matthew said, and Yao nodded albeit internally he was wondering if their arrival would change anything.

But he also understood the sentiment. Not including Miss Melissa’s issue, Vismont wasn’t able to do anything during Alterra’s first war. If they didn’t prove their worth early, what would stop Alterra from not renewing the subsidiary contract after a couple of months?

With the rate Alterra was going, the tribute they’d be giving would soon be chump change…

Matthew proceeded to send announcements to his guards—which had tripled since they had gotten rid of Higson. He told them that Alterra was going through a war soon, and they should send help.

Anyone who participated would receive ample contribution points, especially those who truly contributed to the war.

It was just that, a few moments later, Matthew also received an announcement of his own.

[Shrao Village (Lv3) has declared war on your village, Vismont Villlage (Lv3). War will commence in 13:59:59]

It felt like a cold bucket of water was doused on him. Old man Yao turned to look at him, confused by the sudden change of aura. ”Is there anything wrong, milord?”

Matthew’s shoulders slumped, a little pale, but didn’t show anything else. He was unwilling to show any more weakness at this point.

”Nevermind,” he said, voice slightly coarse. ”It seems like we’ll have our hands full as well.”