After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 278

Chapter 278: The Third Territory Lord
The most prominent among those fighting was Fable, who was stabbing a monster repeatedly, trying to get it to fall down already. He looked very haggard, very uncharacteristic of him after revealing his presence in Altera.

The group fought monsters together, with the level 3 monster taking on 10 people at a time.

She didn’t take action immediately. She wanted to see how her own people fared against such mobs and she also hoped to gauge the strength of the newcomers.

Soon, Althea judged that even a star like Fable had adjusted well and had lost much of the classic Terran squeamishness, while the approximate level of the newcomers was more or less the same as Bright.

Althea finally decided to help by taking out the Bellagio Bow. She wordlessly killed the level 3 king with a single shot—a shot straight through the eyes—making it easier for the people to kill the rest of the mobs.

Then she killed most of the level 2s as well. There was no way she would let the rare experience-giving mob go at all!

She also killed several monsters that were about to succeed in their attacks, saving a few lives by the way.

[Juju Toad (Lv3), +70 copper +70 experience]

[Juju Toad (Lv2), +50 copper +50 experience]

[Juju Toad (Lv2), +50 copper +50 experience]

As she shot, the people quickly realized that the burden had lightened. They didn’t immediately trace the direction as the arrows flew by too fast, however, they did eventually catch her image.

They looked at the shapely woman wearing comfortable leather pants and jacket. Her hair was tied up in a high ponytail, and she was looking down at them like an immortal.

At the sight of her, the men’s eyes were particularly lit up. Kimmy did not notice how the others reacted because she, too, was gaping.

‘So cool…’ she whispered.

Fable almost cried when he saw her. “Ms. Althea!” He yelled, swinging his sword and wanting to get closer to the heroic woman.

Althea saw this and nodded, killing more monsters on their side regardless of the experience given. She looked at her people with concern. “Is everyone alright?”

The Alterans looked touched at her heart and ended up reassuring her instead. “Yes, Ms. Althea! Thanks to you we only sustained minor injuries!”

“It’s rare to encounter such a big group…”

“It was an accident… we came upon two mobs fighting, and ended up trapped in between…”

Althea smiled and listened patiently to all their stories. It was only when she saw particularly bloodied visitors that she cut off their soliloquy.

“Well, we’re close to the territory. Let’s get you guys treated.” She said, and the others immediately nodded, scuttling after her.

As she turned, another girl appeared right in front of her face. It was a woman with sun-kissed skin and a slightly plump but curvaceous figure.

The woman had a good face, though it was discounted as she stared at Althea fanatically, looking a bit creepy.

Fable saw this and cringed.

He couldn’t… he couldn’t have brought a disaster to Ms. Althea herself, right?! How he had sinned!

Althea, on the other hand, could see not only Kimmy, but some of the men beside her looking at her obsessively.

She sighed and decisively ignored them. She just looked at the woman who, based on how she was being protected, was probably someone of high importance.

“My name is Kimmy. I’m the Lord of Belluga Village! Nice to meet you.”

Althea’s eyebrows rose a little and shook the other’s hand. “My name is Althea. I’m an elder in Altera village.”

“Elder?” Kimmy repeated. There were also elders in her territory (suggested by one of her husbands) but they were either really old or really famous back in Terran.

Althea nodded and smiled at the female Lord (which fascinated them even more), “It so happens that the other elders and I will hold a meeting with two other visiting Lords.” She said, “Would you like to join us?”

“What?”

“Other lords??”

Kimmy and the others were shocked by the fact that other territories were already in contact.

“Yes, two territories came to visit us, hoping to strike deals.”

The Bellugans looked at each other, interested.

Combined with the products Alterans offered, the people of Belluga couldn’t help but feel itchy with curiosity.

In any case, with various emotions, the team continued to travel towards Altera territory.

…

The group wasn’t as big as the others, with Fable’s group being just a little less than 100 people, a third of which were Alterans. However, this number was plenty attractive to nearby mobs.

However, Althea dealt with all monsters above level 2. One was that she needed every bit of experience she could get, and the second was that she had a meeting to rush to.

Anyway, the more the group walked, the more amazing they found Althea was.

This greatly increased the momentum in everyone, especially the proud Alterans.

As they walked back to the territory, Fable sighed and with some effort tried to walk along Althea’s swift and effortless pacing.

Wiping a little sweat, he apologized to the woman. “I’m sorry, Ms. Althea.”

Her eyebrows rose. “What for?”

He sent a furtive look at the woman who was low-key flirting with her man, finally noticing he was a bit injured. However, she never failed to look at their direction, sending a supposed ‘seductive’ wink.

He cringed.

Althea had no idea what he was on about and simply asked what she was curious about. “How was the trip?”

“Ah… well, it’s a commercial success.”

“Oh? What about the other aspect?”

“Well…” he scratched his cheek, embarrassed.

Fable mentioned that these people weren’t even planning on settling down at all, just curious about the products offered.

He then turned to ask Althea. “How did the other teams go?”

Fable could surmise that they went well though, considering two lords were there to strike deals…

“Very well, they each got hundreds of new residents.”

“Whoa!” Fable exclaimed, weakened a bit in shame. Not only did he do so much worse than the others, he might have even brought a plague-named-Kimmy to the territory!

Althea saw his guilt and smiled. “You still brought the Lord didn’t you?” She said, “According to the others, it seemed like bringing in the lords would give much more points.

“Further, bringing business because of partnership with other territories has an even bigger contribution.”

Fable lightened up again, but he remembered what Kimmy was actually in Altera for and he felt guilty. “Actually, this Lord could get a bit… troublesome…”

“Oh?”

Fable was too ashamed to speak which actually just amused Althea.

She then recalled the stories and ‘popular science’ Fable had mentioned when they were making the groupings.

Her eyebrows rose and she turned to the other woman, who was flirting with her injured lover at the moment.

“I’m sure our men can handle her perfectly well.” She told him, “Besides, she would be on our turf, remember? How many regulations do we have implemented?”

“Oh!” The star exclaimed and his eyes brightened. Fable’s guilt was swept away like this and he smiled at Althea beautifully.

Kimmy, who had been watching from afar, felt a little miffed that the two beautiful people hadn’t paid attention to her.

She left her man and increased her pace to walk with them. She walked between the two and beamed at Althea, “How is it your territory?”

“Very good. A lot of business opportunities.”

“Business? I am very interested!”

“Well, our territory is about to close a few deals with two other territories.”

“Those other Lords are distributing the products?”

“Yes.”

In the end, even if Kimmy was a lovebrain, she still came from a business family after all. This meant she knew when an opportunity to make money arose. “I’ll join in!”

“Very well.” Althea nodded, “I’m sure we’d close very advantageous deals for both sides.”

Then she paused, looking at their visitors very sincerely. “Our territory is also very beautiful, we welcome visitors very much.”

“Beautiful?” Kimmy asked, very interested.

Althea smiled. “You must like beauty very much.”

Kimmy flushed. “Yes! Very much.”

“Then… you would definitely love Altera.”

Without further ado, the group rushed to Altera, the newcomers heavily wondering what sights they would see.