After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 291

Chapter 291: Gearing Up (Part 2)
Anyway, the group leaned closer to Eugene, interested in what he got. Eugene then opened the gift boxes—one blue and one indigo—releasing two very good items with special shimmer around them.

One was a large, but thin, shield the size of a table. It had a slight golden and copper glimmer to it. The other was a thick blue coat with a bit of sparkle. It was a little feminine, to be honest, but conservatively considered unisex.

“Ohhh~” Harold said, looking at the items with sparkling eyes. “Tell us what they do.”

Eugene nodded and excitedly checked the item’s stats.

One must know that even if he forgot about the boxes, now that the equipment was on hand, his old gamer habits tingled. He was also quite giddy about this.

[Shield of Honor (D): +20 Defense, 50% chance of 10% reflection]

[Coat of Hew (C): +40 Defense, decreased presence by 10%]

“Oh!”

“Very nice!”

“Just as you need!”

Eugene was a veteran and his attack wasn’t bad but, due to his disability, his agility was near zero. These defensive items would be perfect for him.

After all, he still needed to fight in some form. Although he was a Creator, leveling up was still essential for survival. Not to mention, certain occupations would be blocked by level as well.

No matter how hard he created, he would encounter a bottleneck sooner or later if his level didn’t follow.

This was why even healers like Betty still aimed to reach level 20, at least.

Of course, if he was to get good long-range weapons, that would’ve been even better.

Harold looked at the equipment in admiration. “I heard from Gru that Troy also received Level E equipment for the mini crossbow. He had bragged about it for days.”

Sheila nodded, she had heard of it too. Then she remembered another rumor that Troy was openly regretful about, “The conventional crossbow didn’t receive one though, probably because it already existed.”

“Pity, indeed. I wonder which territory made it first.”

“They just got names of 2 blokes by the names of Brandon and Jake.”

“Oh? That sounds Terran, right?”

“Well, Altera can’t be the only one with weapons experts, right?”

“Hmn, you’re right.”

Anyway, Althea was just glad that the spirit of innovation was high on her turf.

She looked at Harold. “Since you’re a chef now if you could create a unique recipe with unique effects, you may also receive gifts.”

The man blinked, but he nodded after a pause. “I’ll do my best.”

He looked at the nice equipment of his teammates and he imagined the spirit of innovation running through his veins.

He wanted one, as well!

…

With the announcements as the catalyst, the whole territory was injected with a stimulant. Every aspect of the ‘gear’ worked harder than ever to prepare for the upcoming fights.

The guards increased their training, each one aiming to be as strong as they could be within a short time. Of course, it was still to a reasonable degree so as to not tire them out too much.

As for the production aspects of the territory, the industry with the most movement was iron production. Not only were there scores and scores of people going out to gather iron, but a lot of labor was hired to process them.

Overtime making of iron weapons was required to meet their needs. It got to the point where the Weapons store got an upgrade without her noticing…

Not only this, but the logistics took a step up.

While the development of self-manned vehicles was once again deferred, the wheeled carts and others were well into mass production to assist in the logistics of the iron bogs.

For the existing production lines, they would be working a few hours longer. There was fair overtime pay and there was even night differential pay, which was something that shocked the NPCs very much.

Althea also announced the temporary doubling of the purchase limits in both the supermarket and the grocery store, so the businesses would be able to prepare enough.

To further encourage the mass production of usable products, a 10% discount was even added.

This led to the mass hiring of temporary workers even for private enterprises, so even the newcomers all had jobs—greatly increasing her tax as well as the lifestyle of all inside her territory.

There were also others who worked hard to gather stone and wood resources, instead, also increasing her resources.

She would soon reach the limit of the territory space and would have to store some in the warehouse again.

No, in fact, it didn’t necessarily have to be stored at all.

She decided to set aside a piece of land near the village center—since it had plenty of open space around for future expansion and parks—and just place them over there.

And finally, there were also many others who chose to go outside and train more than the rest. This was especially useful to those below Level 3, as fighting outside for one more day could mean a level upgrade.

One level difference could mean life and death.

Whichever preparation a citizen chose, it was all the same to her as they would all strengthen the territory’s preparation in its own way.

After a beat, she opened her Lord tab to see how the village was going overall.

[TERRITORY STATS

Status: Level 2 Village

Area: 3,142,000 square meters

Residents: 1315 (321 permanent, 994 temporary)

Total Population: 3224

Base Resources:

Wood: 9990/10000

Stone: 7989/8000

Money: 20611 Gold, 143269 Silver, 778199 Copper

Reputation: 150

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

Bonus Building: Custom Building

Building Slots: 7/7 (+1)]

Looking at her ample and increasing wealth, money, and resources, she was finally able to sigh a breath of relief.

There was still a lot of work to do, but they were definitely on the right track, and they deserve a pat on the back for that.