After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 1077

Chapter 1077: Several Months Later

[1 Year After the Migration]

[TERRITORY STATS

Status: Level 3 Village

Area: 12,566,400 square meters

Residents: 14585 (4913 permanent, 9672 temporary)

Total Population: 18524

Base Resources:

Wood: 19300/20000

Stone: 14220/15000

Money: 119731 Gold, 289199 Silver, 4198699 copper

Prestige: 1982

Buildings: Village Center (Lv3) , Weaponry Shop (Lv3), Defensive Wall (Lv5), Warehouse (Lv3), Farm (Lv2), Training Hall (Lv2), BathHouse (Lv2), Prison (Lv1)

Bonus Building: Custom Buildingx3, Armory (Lv3), Restaurant (Lv3), Special Torch (Lv1), Well (Lv3), Barracks (Lv3)

Custom Aether Buildings: Library (Lv1), Lighthouse Watchtower (Lv1), Hospital (Lv1)

Building Slots: 8/9 (+11)]

Months passed by and Alterra only grew and grew—whether it was in reputation, economy, population, and in strength.

The most obvious change was Alterra’s appearance. It had been developed to the maximum number of buildings except for the dedicated 30% forest area and open spaces.

There were new streets and new buildings, though a lot of the residential buildings were kept unoccupied for now.

The Well and the Barracks were also upgraded during this time. The other building types did not, however, apparently already at the maximum level they could be at the Village level.

The upgraded Wells simply provided more water and refreshed faster while the Barracks simply expanded and could take on more trainees at a time. The tests also seemed a bit more difficult, which was quite useful.

Her husband was now level 29 and lowest-level soldier Luis reached level 22 after a couple of months. This was very impressive, especially since it was much more difficult to level up after Level 20.

There were about a hundred or so guards who had also passed the level limit and a few dozen had even reached levels 17 and 18, which was a bit past Althea herself, who had too much in her plate and was unable to dedicate all her time training her strength.

Reaching these levels as a Village took up a lot of work—more than just going out to train.

Basically, she had to put away a few rooms in the Training Hall specifically for the guards’ use only. However, because its level was limited, its effectiveness also stopped after a guard reached a certain level.

The building was still at level 2 after so long. Since she didn’t receive upgrade requirements, it could only be assumed that it could only upgrade upon reaching Town Level.

This was why her husband, the soldiers, and some stronger guards had no choice but to do more in order to keep themselves from getting stagnant.

As such, he had to form a team to Ferrol and they camped there for two months, just hunting monsters.

It was torturous for both of them, but they knew it was necessary. They would just tell themselves it was just like in Terran when he had to go on missions for a month or more.

As for the general population, the average level in Alterra was now level 12, way above average for village levels. The average levels of normal adult citizens in low-level Towns was also not too far from this level.

Of course, fighter types in Towns were still of a far superior level, so the Research Center had been working non-stop to balance the power discrepancies using tools and weapons as well.

Not to mention, all level 10 Terrans really did awaken their elements, adding explosive force to the overall might of the territory.

Althea herself had now reached the peak of level 17 after training a lot, though with limitations because of the lower level of the mobs she could face.

Combined with her various other ventures in the Research Lab and her own experiments, quite a few people—including Ansel, Reno, and the like—had already passed her in level.

Anyway, many people including her were now unable to participate in wars. There were also more and more people who were trying to hold their levels at level 15—which must’ve been incredibly painful for them—so there were fewer and fewer reasons to remain a village.

Speaking of which, Alterra could’ve been upgraded to Town a month or so after the Yasof War. They managed to delay for so long by making new regulations.

While the Residencies would remain the same as long as they didn’t shift, they could at least control the Population—that was to say, the number of people inside the territory walls.

For a while, this presented quite a challenge.

Alterra was a territory admired throughout the region, and they did receive a lot of visitors every day.

At some point, these visitors had to wait in the allied territories, because they had to block the entry to Alterra lest they upgraded prematurely.

The slaves were not counted as entities during wars, but they were at least counted in the population. This was how lords could still see their stats, and which was why they sent the new slaves from the latest wars elsewhere.

Anyway, the solution the Elders came up with was to rearrange thousands of people at a time.

First off, the visitors were controlled, with many of them redirected to any of the associated villages. If they passed by them, smaller communities were built outside the territory in which these visitors would camp.

Thousands of Alterrans were also offered to settle in other territories for at least a month. At this time, at least 3000 of the previous population were outside, spread across various other territories. This was a mix of visitors and temporary residents who did not have many assets under their name.

As a reward, they would be given contribution points they could use to improve their lives.

While the points varied depending on their strengths and position, the smallest amount of points was enough for a person to live well with good food and a roof over their heads for the duration of their stay.

Even if they didn’t live in the best place (Alterra), their daily lives were practically subsidized by the territory for these months. If they took on jobs on top of that, this meant the contribution points would go straight to their savings!

After a few months, maybe they would have enough to buy permanent residencies!

Everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before Alterra turned into a Town. How much would the prices for the residencies spike after that?

People didn’t know the answer to that, but they were determined not to die of regret because they didn’t make it on time!