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

Alterra.

Another day or so passed, and it was time for a large group to go back to Ferrol.

For one, the first batch of aborigines from the Mercenary Team like Pipa, Yoyo, and the others had already graduated and were set to go back to their base.

They felt very reluctant, but they also knew their jobs and the reasons why they were sent to Alterra in the first place. As much as they loved being there, they were trained so they could make things better for the branches—and that was what they shall do!

However, they did promise to come back during their off weeks (they were entitled to 30 days every year) to visit, but—hopefully—with their families.

Starting with these aborigines as well as others who had been to Alterra, it would become a vacation spot they would visit at least once a year.

Other than them, a new batch of guards were also going to train. Particularly, there were a few level 9s and 10s who needed to handle stronger monsters to expedite their growth.

Hugo was helping this group get ready. He had temporarily returned from Iron Mountains when he heard that his nephew had sent a letter that he was coming back.

A few days ago, Helios sent via Post Office to Ferrol. Jonathan’s people then passed the letter to the Terran Mercenary Team Ferrol branch, who sent him word via messenger bird back when he was stationed in Iron Mountains.

The younger man was apparently heading back with the woman of his dreams (the letter was half wishy-washy). Of course, even when Hugo was temporarily out of his designated station, he was still assigned to certain jobs for guards while he was temporarily in Alterra.

Hugo’s current task was to organize their Ferrol-bound teams to maximize their effectiveness. After all, the monsters in towns were strong, and they would definitely be working as teams, so the composition was pretty key for everyone’s growth and survival.

Further, unlike most territories whose fighters were focused on a few archetypes that had higher survivability on their own (like swordsmen), Alterra allowed the chance for other professions to flourish because they could afford to create trustworthy teams.

For instance, Sheildsman was an occupation that was on the verge of becoming obsolete outside of the Alterran region. However, they would always have a team in Alterra.

That occupation might not have a lot of attacking power, but their defensive skills were really top-notch. In a sense, they could serve as protective amulets on their own, provided the monsters’ levels and quantities weren’t too overwhelming.

Other than them, a lot of soldiers were also coming. They couldn’t just use the Training Hall because real fights had a lot more variables than that.

They created a Team C for this, which comprised of the newly arrived members from the West like Ryan and Orz. They had been left behind by their peers in terms of levels—which was sad considering they had only been apart for a few months—so they were the ones to be sent to Ferrol this time.

Other than them, various caravans were also coming with huge amounts of stock that they had been preparing since the trip was announced a few days back.

Although the territory already had a deal with Ferrol, the demand was high and the market was enough for everyone! All they had to do was to match Ferrol’s pricing— or at least not to go too low.

Anyway, knowing Jonathan and his cronies, matching the prices meant they could get a large markup!

The caravans were already setting up and filling up their carts. The carts were not too big but they were designed practically and simplistically. They also had suspension systems on so the people inside would have relatively smooth rides.

They were setting up in the small plaza near the gates so it was easy to see how many people were coming to Ferrol.

It was a lot. Although the Economics team did have a registration process going on to plan well, it still felt amazing when they saw it in person.

Another reason they had to do registrations was because Alterrans didn’t have Beasts. Their carts were pulled by the newly trained Broats which—at least for now—was fully ’government-controlled’.

This would not change until new tamers like Chucky or Reddit awakened and decided to create businesses on their own, instead of getting hired by the territory.

Broats were actually quite fast, at least compared to other low-level monsters. While they weren’t built for fighting or slaughtering others, they were at least stronger than oxes, so it was no problem to make them pull a filled-up cart.

They had evolved this way to avoid becoming extinct. However, inside territory lines, they barely moved at all and they just grazed lazily. Outside the territory lines, they were quite active and difficult to catch.

In the case of the broats they bought, they belatedly found out that there was a plant fed to them to keep them calm, so the fact that they acted differently remained unnoticed during the first purchase of Broats back then.

A team found out by accident when they encountered a herd of them while clearing the place. They were quite happy to see them, not noticing they’d disappear the moment they approached.

However, they were also very slow-witted creatures. They were easy to slaughter, dead before they could realize they died. This was taken advantage of by Alterrans and aborigines. Although they were fast, they simply had to set up traps and the like, and they were sure to get captured.

At the same time, this slow-wittedness also meant that whenever monsters appeared, they were unlikely to panic. They just had to pull on them and they’d run. Although Broats weren’t faster than humans with high levels, they were fast enough to escape middle-level mobs as long as they were pulled in the right direction.

To pull, they simply had to put up the food bait in front of them, much like putting carrots in front of Terran horse’s faces.

Anyway, the caravans were set to leave in another hour when two beast cars approached the gates.

”We’re here!” Helios said, looking out the windows of the carriage.

Every aborigine were curious and also looked to see tall walls and dense sentries that a village shouldn’t be able to afford. There were extra and unfamiliar weapons in between the sentries.

Not to mention, this village actually had a queue of people coming in!

Even the mercenaries were blinking.

This was their last stop of this job, and they were initially not planning on staying so long.

The mission lasted far longer than they thought already. They were indeed interested in Alterra before and were planning on exploring for a day or so as they rested, but that was before they ended up staying in Bleuelle for far longer than necessary due to Helios’ injuries.

But seeing this place now… they might just stay a while, after all.

Even from outside, they could already tell Alterra was far more interesting than they thought—and they had a feeling extending their stay would be quite worth it.