After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 1037

Chapter 1037: Town Special Buildings

As a Level 1 Town, the special buildings available were the Chancery of Appointments, the Post Office, the Timekeeper Tower, and the Pharmacy.

The Chancery was the building where a person would be paying a lump sum amount on top of a small daily residency fee to get hired into a good territory. Of course, the higher the tier of the territory, the higher the payment was.

The advantage of getting hired in the Chancery was that the hiree was protected by the system and could not be abused by whoever hired them. The disadvantage was that they could be hired from anywhere—so they could be taken away from their home and family for years because it was just so far away.

The Post Office was already discussed prior. Not including the real-time transfer of letters, it was the capabilities of the level 3 Post Office that interested her the most.

Ferrol itself didn’t have a Level 3 Post Office because it was only available in Cities, and understandably so. At Level 3, one could actually send some light items via post! This was teleporting small items to the other side of the world in real-time! How convenient was that?!

The Timekeeper Tower was pretty much a Clock Tower. They developed something similar to a sundial. Its special effect was that it could create a vibration sound at certain times, which was arbitrary according to the lord.

Finally, there was the pharmacy, which they had already been to before.

For Level 2 Towns, the special buildings were the Warrior’s Arenas, Auction House, the Mercenary Hall, the Windmill of Fortune, and Healing Sanctuary. And the duplicable building of interest was the Hotel.

The Warrior’s Arena was much like their sparring rings. The special qualities of this was that the arena healed itself, no matter how much damage it received. It could also clean up the corpses and the like, just making it a convenient place to fight.

This building profited from entry fees. When entering, people would be asked to pay a certain amount, much like how it was when entering a territory.

The lord would get the majority of the share from this, though an amount would be deducted automatically and sent elsewhere.

The Windmill of Fortune was basically just a large windmill that provided wind to a large area. This would be good in places with low winds, and in the Heat Wave it’d have been useful as well. If there were disasters like excessive fog, poisonous fog, and the like, this would’ve had a much more massive and lasting effect than a group of wind users.

The Healing Sanctuary was like their hospital, though the effect seemed much faster on the surface. However, from what she gathered, it only helped with wounds and other injuries. Complex Illnesses and the like might not be handled well.

Another catch was that it cost huge amounts of gold to use, especially when the injury was beyond simple wounds. Many people who had no choice but to use it ended up becoming broke.

Jonathan’s father did not choose this because of that. He had a good friend from another town who used it and knew—after paying some costs, of course—the disadvantages of getting one.

Althea and the others already knew that a share of the profit these buildings obtained would go elsewhere—to whoever developed it—and for the Healing Sanctuary, apparently the lord’s portion would be less than half.

Taking citizens’ money until they were poor and the money not circulating within the economy was not the wisest decision, so Ferrol Town passed on this building.

For Level 3 Towns, the special buildings added were the Trade Hub, an Observatory, the Spring of Life, and the Enchanters’ Guild.

The Trade Hub was another magical building. Every territory that had it would be able to own a ‘stall’ inside this place. It was like an online market, but more virtual. They could also access the ‘stall’ of any territory listed there.

With this, one could buy goods from territories far away and immediately receive it via an in-built teleportation array.

Just the thought of it was amazing.

“My father said he was also very tempted to buy this, but an Extreme Heat happened and he was forced to buy the Spring instead,” Jonathan said with practiced ease.

Obviously, he had heard and was told of this story a lot. “It’s what inspired him to make Ferrol into a hub for merchants in this region. As you can see, it worked quite well even if it did have its challenges.”

“Another thing worth mentioning is that the majority of the unique buildings would appear at Town-level, based on the building types that were known to appear in cities.” Towns also had three levels, while Cities would have only 1 tier and therefore only one chance to gain building slots.

It was also why the Aether Blueprints were generally only used in cities. This was not only because they were really the only ones who could afford it without killing themselves, but it was also because—after a certain point—it was the only way to gain new special buildings.

“That’s all I know,” Jonathan said, finally eating the last piece of cookie. Althea chuckled. She learned a lot.

At this, a box came out of her space and she handed it over to Jonathan. He gaped and curiously opened it up, seeing a can-full of differently-shaped cookies!

“They’re actually mana cookies prepared for me by our chef,” she said. “But they taste just as good as the typical dessert.”

“This…” Jonathan suddenly felt shy.

“I want you to have it,” she said, insisting. “I still have plenty, don’t worry.”

Harold was a bit over compulsive and she had about a dozen more cans of this.

Jonathan thanked her a lot and did some more small talk before he finally excused himself. He had a little bounce in his steps though and it was obvious he’d be opening this can as soon as he got home.

And that, he did.

While he was lounging about in his private salon, choosing which cookie to munch on, he couldn’t help but recall his interactions with the couple.

Their levels were low, but they really had a special aura about them that made him—someone twice or thrice their levels—look at them in awe.

“That said, I wonder what kind of elements she controls…” he said, finally choosing one (a circular-shaped cookie with bunny ears), and munching on it. “A woman who can tame Garan shouldn’t be too weak…”

Curious, Jonathan checked on the panel to take a look at their status. He already knew Garan was a dual elementalist and had quite a bit of money for his level.

He had hundreds of thousands of population so it was not easy at all. It took him a while to find her, but he couldn’t help but pause when he saw she was a green-tagged name. He… had only heard of it from his father’s notes.

Green-tagged names—the people considered to be the paragons of their field.

Then again, it was not a surprise considering what she had shown so far. Hey, he felt honored to be close to one.

Then he looked at the elements and his chewing paused. Earth, Water, Wood…

Triple element…

When he saw the row with her ‘Wealth’, his jaw dropped and some of his chewed cookie goo fell down.

He had no time to be disgusted with himself though. His eyes quickly shifted to the titles and he almost—almost—dropped the can of cookies he was holding.

Lord of Alterra Village.

“!!!!!”