After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 206

Chapter 206: NPCs
Meanwhile, as the siblings were making sense of the world, the aborigines were heading back to their respective abodes with warm hearts and large smiles on their faces.

Clutch went back to his home with a full stomach, entering his home’s threshold with a smile on his face.

“Something good happened today, I see.” A voice sounded and he looked up to see his neighbors, new guards Joe and Lee standing by the stairs to their unit, observing him with curious smiles.

Clutch grinned, “Well, the l—the territory sent us rewards and bonuses. So I am quite happy.”

“Oh? Tell us!” The two said, arriving next to him, like the gossipy men that they were.

The three chatted for several minutes before he was finally released to get back to his precious unit.

His unit was located among the first communities to be built. It was something that the lord called ’employee benefit’ and each of them was allowed to use a full floor to themselves.

The Lord said, if they contributed well for a year, their respective units would be theirs, even if they didn’t become permanent residents.

This was a very very attractive offer to anyone, especially for him.

He had never lived amply. His whole life, he had hovered over the line of barely getting through to outright poverty.

But after years of hard work, things finally got better for him. This was because when he was in his late 40s, he finally triggered the life occupation.

Of course, because he was late to exhibit, it meant that his talent was barely passable. Towns were more likely to pass him over in favor of younger talent with greater potential.

He didn’t even try to apply to towns. He chose to apply to villages directly.

However, professional or not, working in a village would never have gotten him rich. He didn’t think he’d own such a house in his lifetime.

And it was such a good house, too.

To be honest, even when he was serving those nobles back when he was a servant boy, he had never seen such a nice house.

Sure, the houses of nobles were large and magnificent, but did they have comfortable bathrooms? Could they cook without wood?

Anyway, Clutch went to bed very comfortably, using the new pillow he bought from the supermarket.

‘Ah, so nice’, he mused, easily lulled to sleep by the comfort, soon to have very good dreams.

…

Oslo was lying on his bed, now adorned with the so-called cotton materials, looking at the ceiling.

In his hand was still the gold he received from the lord.

This was technically the first gold he had ever earned.

Oslo was born with a golden spoon and was sent far from the family to hone him.

After all, he was already in his late 30s (still a young lad, in his opinion, with his lifespan and all) but he had yet to reach level 30.

Moreover, his professional level was stuck at D for a decade. By the standards of his family, this was extremely inferior.

Who told him to be so fun-loving? There were so many interesting things and people in the world, how could he have the time to study?

So…he was sent to the Chancery of Appointments to find him a harsh job for training.

They also set his option to villages only. The problem was, most villages couldn’t afford the rate of D-level Elemental employees.

So it took him a while to get hired. He dated three girlfriends while he was waiting.

Eventually, to his chagrin, he did get hired. He didn’t have any good expectations about a little village and thought he’d just charm his way from doing anything that was a hassle.

Who’d have known he’d be so surprised?

He thought he would never help beyond his job description, but their marvel ideas and lovable personalities reached his heart.

He felt that the amount of ‘overtime’ he had done the past week was more than the total time he spent working before coming here.

It was tiring, but he’d do it all over again if he had to.

More importantly, he had learned more in a few weeks than he could after years in other places. It was amazing.

He learned that certain materials could be combined, he learned that certain rooms could have multiple functions, he learned that simple could also mean beautiful, and so much more.

And the lord here—Oslo paused as her smiling face flashed inside his head—was incredibly lovely.

He really liked it here.

…

Rowan was practicing his sword in the backyard. Under the light of the two moons, he diligently honed the slashes, parries, and techniques he learned as a professional.

He then recalled the new moves he learned during his stay, combining them with what he learned, and even combining them with the innovations on his elements.

If there were others watching him, they would’ve enjoyed the view.

As a level D swordsman in his late twenties, he was still considered a talent in his town and was quite popular back then.

It was also because of this that someone had purged all his means to bind him in an application exclusive to villages.

But he had been training with Drake and the others the past few weeks. Although his level naturally remained stagnant as he couldn’t gain experiences from such weak monsters, he had felt a great improvement in his knowledge nevertheless.

Even his elements showed improvements due to their suggestions.

This was amazing because no one in the village had awakened their own elements yet.

He didn’t know certain types of oil could increase his power so much. He didn’t know that certain types of “fuels” could prolong it. There were even some techniques and combinations of chemicals that turned his red fire into a stronger blue one.

How did they know so much when they obviously didn’t know about the elements?

In any case, he knew it wouldn’t take long for him to upgrade to C. Those people must not have expected it!

He smirked, looking forward to the day he would see the look on their faces when they saw his growth.