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

Anyway, Juno guided them all the way to Alterra, along with a caravan (because why not), and the party arrived about an hour after sunlight.

They were now standing just outside the impressive walls and imposing sentries.

Bright’s merchants were not surprised as they had often been here, but the newcomers were certainly shocked.

”A village. This is really a village that was built the same time as everyone else?” Mart asked, surprised, and especially so when they entered the village.

Mart was a soldier who arrived with the other Terrans. Speaking of him, he had also reached level 10 and awakened the earth element after traveling for so long. With Orz’s guidance over the past few days, he was now a bona fide earth bender.

”To be honest, even Towns we’ve been to may not be as good…” Ryan said, staring at the lively wide streets filled with activity and smiling people everywhere.

The entry fee was also very good! Although it had been increased (according to Juno), it was still low if one considered this was basically a Town already.

Orz, who was chewing a meat jerky he bought from Bright, whistled, very impressed. ”True, the weaker towns look poor next to this,” he said, remembering a few examples.

The first months they were in this world, they had gone through a couple of territories before settling in Twinwave Town, so they knew what they were talking about.

This… was really impressive. How long has it been? It hasn’t even been 6 months since they arrived, right?

Sean looked around with bright eyes, and then he turned to his sister and the in-laws. Salia met his eyes and they let out identical smiles.

Her husband, Philip, was holding her shoulder with a similar smile, while his mother—as always—was already thinking of where in this good place would they be settling.

To be honest, Sean didn’t like that woman. She had grown up and lived in a rural area with very strict views on women. She always ordered his sister around, acting like an undefiable matriarch.

According to the people in Calma Village, she would always order Salia to gather resources to sell while she herself barely carried her own weight.

On the other hand, Philip was a mama’s boy who would request her to soften up but never quite put his foot down. He’d only try to lessen his wife’s load by working more, which just made the mother-in-law dislike Salia more.

However, they found out that Salia was a couple of weeks pregnant and the issue finally calmed… to some degree.

Sean had heard her mumble ’Been married for 10 years, decided to get pregnant in this hell hole’ under her breath many times.

He hadn’t hung around them for so long, but he already wanted to strangle her. He couldn’t imagine how it was for his soft-hearted sister.

Before, he couldn’t mind her too much because they were in constant danger from the outside world. How could a few earfuls be more of an issue than the threat of actual death?

However, if they had finally found a peaceful place here in Alterra, then it’d definitely be an issue if the old woman didn’t improve herself.

Sean wasn’t a particularly confrontive person though. He wondered if he should send Orz to do it for him.

Orz: ”...”

Speaking of Orz, his brother and his students had long run to the ’moving stalls’ and were now buying everything. These three had never stopped eating since landing in Bright, and their foodie tendencies completely exploded after landing here.

Ben, who had been admiring the place, laughed when he saw the stupid look of the trio. However, he pulled his wife Katarina’s hand over to another stall to buy some stuff themselves. He leaned down to carry his son—a cute blonde boy named Kenny—on the way there.

The boy flushed red in embarrassment. ”Daddy, daddy! I’m nine years old now! Not a baby! Put me down!”

”Yes, yes…” he smiled, though not putting him down at all.

As a soldier, he missed his son’s growth a lot. The times he could carry him around like this weren’t a lot, and he was determined to make up for it now!

It would cause his son to glare at him a lot for embarrassing him, though!

As they approached the stalls, people couldn’t help but look at the family. Ben had dark hair and skin, which contrasted with the opposite color palette of his almost-albino wife and son.

There was no doubt Kenny was Ben’s son though. They had the exact same hair and facial features, making them amusing to look at when their faces were side by side.

Minko smiled as he looked at the happy families, shaking his head at his own situation. Hopefully, the wife he left behind with the lord there was living well.

When he left, he found out she was a few weeks pregnant. Other than the fact that things could never be the same between them, how could he take her away from the father of her child?

Some memories of the good times with that woman passed by his head and he did feel a little tinge in his heart.

Reuben, who was standing next to him, patted his shoulder. He had an idea of what’s going on in his head.

”Don’t be so sad. Things are finally looking up for everyone,” he said. ”Who knows… maybe we can build new families here.”

Reuben’s sister, Rina, was still not found, but with the resources the Captain had, he had a feeling he’d find her soon.

Ryan and Ricky, on the other hand, were just glad Sunny seemed to be living well. ”It’s good, it’s good.” Now all that was left was finally reuniting with her.

Ryan looked at his girlfriend, who was holding his hand. She, too, had an excited expression on her face.

”I’ll see you later,” she said, absolutely giddy and couldn’t wait to run where her brother and mother are!

Ricky smiled and patted the cats’ heads. Even if one of them was his battle pet, those two felines didn’t want to be apart for a second.

Well, let them stay with their mother.

Meow

They agreed.

He smiled, grasping Gwen’s hands a little tighter before letting go. ”It’s time to find our families.”

The group headed to the Village Center then, with Juno leading them. Although they could go to the Barracks first, making announcements was still the most efficient way to get the attention of anyone pertinent.

And, as expected, about half an hour later, several successive announcements shook many people’s days.