After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 1000

Chapter 1000: Hiring Mercenary Teams

Sahara…

What a beautiful name. It really fit the smooth, sand-colored, hair he once ran with his fingers through.

His eyes glazed at the memory and it was only when his informants asked for more information about Alterran products—after calling for him many times—did he broke out of it.

After a bit more small talk, he realized they told him everything they knew and he finally excused himself from the conversation.

He didn’t commit to anything, but he still gave them hope of a good deal. They weren’t particularly satisfied, but they didn’t show it. Anyway, they got a free bottle of expensive alcohol from this visit.

Of course, how could Helios pass the chance to punish them a bit?

He may or may not have added a few things in their drinks to give them some stomach problems.

It was a mild laxative, actually, one of the basic medicines in the ‘medicine kits’ all guards had in their space. Of course, rather than for things like this, it was used by guards to help them when they had to hold back a lot after missions and the like.

He added a few extra doses just to make it more… effective. It would only show after a few days of incubation though, so it was unlikely they’d trace it back to the drink he gave them.

Ideally, it’d happen during their travel home, to make things extra inconvenient for them. Best if there were Beast Mobs going after them.

This was actually a possible scenario. Although he didn’t add Beast Attracting potions in their items (he knew they’d stay in the Town for a bit longer and it’d just be wasted and dissipate if he did so) if they took dump after dump in forests, it was bound to attract a few beasts.

Anyway, after a while more of searching, Helios traced her current location.

And it was to none other than Bleulle City itself.

As for how he found out about it, it took him a few more days of research and investigation.

According to the informants, before the Ferrol Market event had ended, the Dune Town party rushed to get out of the territory, which was unusual because normally people would complete the fair to maximize their trip.

He had an idea why they rushed though, and it might have had something to do with what happened between him and the lady.

He took note of the direction they apparently headed towards and—with the map he bought in Alterra—he narrowed down the next places she could’ve gone towards.

There was no Town in the region that could exceed Ferrol in terms of ‘deals’ she’d be looking for, so it could only be in more powerful territories.

She exited from the Southeast Gate of Ferrol, with their angle biased towards the South.

From this, he determined that Sahara was likely going to Bleulle. This was the most practical place to go to even if he wasn’t certain. At the very least, in Bleuelle, the Golds were there and he could ask for favors.

With their help, if she was not there, then he’d find out quickly so he wouldn’t waste any more time there. He could move on and go to another place.

He borrowed a carriage from Jonathan for some favor and also asked him what to look out for in Bleulle. Basically, he just said if he could connect with the Golds as soon as possible, then he should be fine.

Jonathan didn’t let him borrow so easily, however. “I will only let you go if you hire a mercenary team, at least.”

“What?”

Jonathan looked at him weirdly. “You realize that even going to Towns, you had to be in big groups, right?” he said. “You managed to get here safely because of the Beast Repelling Potion from Alterra, but that’s not going to work on stronger monsters.”

Unlike Villages and Towns, there was no tiers in Cities. The average monsters there could range from level 20 to level 50, depending on how powerful it was.

Level 20 monsters were already past 2 meters in height. How big were those in level 40s?

Cringe.

Helios scratched his neck, embarrassed. He really didn’t think too much and was a bit rash, especially with the added emotions of seeing the woman.

It was always his uncle who did the planning, and he was used to just taking action.

There was also the fact that things ran quite smoothly for him and he hadn’t encountered any major setbacks before—causing him to be arrogant.

Other than being abandoned in bed after a one night stand, of course.

He was lucky to have been warned like this, otherwise who knew which monster stomach he’d find himself in.

After getting a few tips about hiring, Helios went straight to the Mercenary Hall. The Mercenary Hall was a three-story homogenous building that was very much in-your-face. There was an endless stream of people going in and out, too, indicating how much activity it saw daily.

He remembered wanting to build a mercenary team with his uncle to go adventuring before, but the territory really grew on them. It still tickled the adventurer in him, seeing this.

Speaking of this, because he and his uncles were interested in this, they had naturally asked around. He also knew a bit from Jonathan as well.

He knew that the ground floor was the mission center where various missions were posted for mercenaries to take.

The upper floors were apparently where the Teleportation arrays were located. The second floor was the hiring arrays for Level E and D Mercenary Teams, while the uppermost was where Class C Mercenary Teams would come from.

“HEY! GET OUT OF THE WAY!” a yell came from behind him, and he stepped away by instinct. He saw a group of Level 30s walk past him, heading straight to the hall.

Helios shook his head and stepped forward, finally entering.

He ended up gaping at the barrage of information being thrown at his face. Whether it was missions or lists of mercenary teams or the chatters of everyone around him. It was a little… overwhelming.

So… how to choose?