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

Aseem was right next to them and reddened. He was extremely offended. ”YOU!!

”YOU DARE TREAT US THIS WAY?!”

Everyone ignored him. And when he still started yelling at them, someone put a cloth into his mouth to shut him up.

Althea, who hadn’t looked in Aseem’s direction at all, stared at Cassas in interest. ”Well, it’s fine if that is what you want.

”You’ll have to carry the costs of it,” she said, eyes sparkling in intrigue. ”Can you try to dissociate a satellite?”

She also wanted to see how much it cost for it to be so rarely done. After all, when the time comes, she might have to do this as well. She only had 1 more slot left after all, and their lives were long and the world so big, she couldn’t guarantee that she wouldn’t find a good satellite after filling up her slots.

Cassas blinked and nodded, though they had to wait until the token integrated with him before they could do anything.

The war soon officially finished, and the token it up, slowly merging into him. As soon as it did, he immediately willed his mind to dissociate his Calming village as a satellite to this damned place.

[You do not meet the requirements to complete this change.]

”...” That’s all? No list of requirements or anything?

He sighed, looking at Althea, and told him what he got. She was disappointed but shrugged in the end, not needing the information yet anyway.

And so, it was settled like this. Cassas would have the option of settling in the satellite later on but, for now, he’d have to fix things here.

They naturally didn’t leave him alone, of course. Since Alterra became a town, it had maximized the hiring function of the Center. Although most of them were not assigned to Alterra but rather to the satellites, they were also hired by associate villages for an additional price (with middlemen fees for Alterra).

This case would be no different. However, to save time, Althea just assigned all of the level 14s and 15s hired via the center to remain there for a bit.

They all looked unwilling, unsurprisingly, but orders were orders.

They would be there for free for 1 month, and Cassas would have to pay their hiring fee and Alterra’s middleman fees beyond this. Of course, Althea promised to give them contribution point bonuses if they did well, which made them feel better.

As for the slaves, they could only cry and sob at the rescue, many of them encountering acquaintances, especially from Calming Village itself.

They couldn’t believe it. They thought their lives were over!

”Lord Cassas! It’s really you!”

”Minko! You guys!”

”I was ready to die... wuuuu...”

Some embraced them in relief, while others just cried, admittedly a bit uncomfortable with their states.

As for these slaves, they would be staying there for now to recover. They’d be heading to Calming Village with the Lord once the things here were settled down. They could not use the array this time and would be going on foot, because the array was connected to Iron Mountains, which were beyond the Terran region and would be impractical to use unless they were settling there.

Cassas was also determined to formulate a lot of changes in order to stabilize the place. He doubted any Terran would be willing to stay here, and he would not force any of them either. However, he had to make sure the aborigines who would live here would abide by the rules they made.

”Here’s a list of the people you can look at to become a steward,” she said, handing him a document.

The powerplay in villages was relatively straightforward compared to Towns and above, but it didn’t mean that the Lord had everyone’s hearts.

There was still plenty of opposition, though they were silent, but the intelligence team was really not to be underestimated. Before attacking a place, they naturally did their research and planted spies. How could they not know who’d be great candidates for stewardship?

”Thank you, Miss Althea,” Cassas said, heart full. He promised to pay his due earlier than 10 years and add interest! Other than this, to pay for their kindness, he was determined to create strong territories that would be able and worthy to assist a place like Alterra!

In the end, the rest of the slaves were simply ordered to live their lives as proper citizens, gather resources, help clear mobs, and overall just help with the territory’s growth. If they could earn 5 gold by themselves, then good—the territory would be willing to free them.

Because these people were Iron Mountain’s slaves, even if the village got defeated by someone else, they wouldn’t magically become someone else’s slaves. They’d still be Iron Mountain’s and, by extension, Alterra’s.

Aseem, as the former Lord, naturally did not become a slave. So, for everyone’s safety, he and most of his cronies would be taken by Althea and the rest to work as Prisoners of War instead.

Althea was the one who led the subsidiary oath, and then they left

Gocki Village was quite close to Voumi Town and had been one of its subsidiaries. Another reason they chose this place was that their contract with Voumi was ending within a few months. This way, they could dissociate with Voumi when they wanted to.

With this, they had secured one territory right next to the threatening town.

They were naturally going to take advantage of this position.

One of the people who became a slave was Ihee, and he was left in Gocki, unlike the Lord and the others. They would use him to blind Voumi, at least for a while.

When an ally or subsidiary fell, the master territory would naturally be notified. For Alterra, it happened when Fargo took over Bright Village, and when Vismont Village fell to Shrao. The master territory would even know which territory defeated it.

Fortunately, although Wazan and the others probably determined that Iron Mountains had shifted ownership, it wasn’t public knowledge. Information traveled slowly, and it was a bit embarrassing to spread.

Not to mention, there was no reason to spread it, especially since Voumi and Valov weren’t close, especially recently. To most, admitting the loss of an ally or a subsidiary was a show of weakness and would make them vulnerable to enemies.

That said...they were somewhat making sure that Voumi would have little energy to deal with a little village like this.

And they were right.

Slowly, quietly, Alterrra increased its forces this way.