After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 620

Chapter 620: New Name
Oh, yes, of course.

This topic made the Elders and aborigines look awkwardly at each other. Some had names in their minds, while others had no idea what to suggest at all.

“I prefer if we could name them straightforwardly.”

“I agree. Maybe we can have something for people to know it’s Altera’s.”

“Do we add ‘Altera’ somewhere?”

“Like, what, Altera Mountain Village?”

“Too long.”

“Does the system even have word count limitations in naming?”

“I think something cooler like Rocky Mountains is better.”

“No, I think…”

And so on…

Anyway, naming something so important—Altera’s first satellite—would inevitably cause a couple of disagreements. Hence, they decided to choose the new name… by draw lots.

Well, kind of.

They decided to pick by drawing lots wherein everyone there could suggest what they wanted.

If it was picked, everyone could vote on whether it was acceptable or not. At the same time, no one would really disagree if the option wasn’t too bad. After all, the people who suggested the name were in the same room.

Basically, unless the answer was a troll answer, then whichever was picked first would likely be the endgame.

Mathilda gathered the papers and picked one, with a few people confident in their naming sense hoping to get picked.

After all, it’d be an honor to name Altera’s first satellite! What kind of bragging rights would they have during drinking sessions?! It was an honor they could brag about for generations!

Mathilda opened the paper and flinched, but voiced out the contents in the end. “Limestone Valley?”

“Could’ve been cooler like my Ascension Valley,” Ansel said, making Eugene roll his eyes.

“Limestone Valley, eh?” some asked, wondering who suggested it.

“A little simplistic, but functional,” Althea said, as if explaining, and they immediately knew whose idea this was.

Althea had a vision of merging territories only if it had major resources, so naming them after their main resource would make things straightforward. Anyway, there was no need to hide what the territory could offer—anyone who could get to the village would know what it could offer.

In any case, seeing as it was Althea’s choice and it wasn’t too bad of a choice, no one strongly disagreed with the new name.

And so: Fargo’s new name was decided just like that.

If Fargo knew how his name was ‘desecrated’ would he have an aneurysm?

Anyway, the discussion continued about the other token that they had. It was Mathilda who opened up the topic. “What about Bright Village?”

“We can only integrate 3 territories at most. Using it on Bright is a waste.”

“Agreed.”

“Agreed.”

If Micheal was here, he’d feel very complicated.

But, it made things easier for him so—even if he knew how he was being discussed—he would be thankful for it.

***

Sometime later, when Micheal was helping some of the slaves from Bright settle down, he was called up to the meeting.

Everyone knew this was an important call and couldn’t help but be nervous, even Micheal.

Of course, nothing showed in his strict upbringing. From the perspective of other people, he looked cool and calm, and this made his former citizens—including Juno—look at him admiringly.

“Well, I will be going, I’ll update everyone on the news,” he said, turning away to head to the center as instructed.

The former Bright citizens looked at his back with complex emotions and varying expectations.

“I wonder what their decision was…”

“Will we get Bright back?”

“Do we have to get it back?”

“…”

“Of course!”

However, internally, they really hoped to stay in Altera!

This line-of-thought was something Micheal was aware of, but tacitly never mentioned. Most people would definitely choose Altera over Bright, and he could not blame them for it.

However, he believed he would also be able to build a good home, so—while unlikely—he still hoped to get his territory back.

Micheal stood in front of the large door, taking a deep breath before entering.

“Ah you’re here,” Mathilda said with a polite smile. “We have something to discuss with you.

“We got your token right here,” Ansel said, direct to the point. Micheal’s eyes widened a bit and he stepped forward, though his feet stopped when Ansel lifted it up again.

“Of course, the token shouldn’t just be given out without any conditions.”

Micheal nodded. “I expected as much.”

In fact, he was half expecting them to decide to sell his token to others for a large price. After all, he really couldn’t afford much as it was now.

So he was a little surprised when Ansel told him of their decision. “We decided to charge you 1500 gold for it, as well as turning you to a subsidiary.”

Subsidiaries would have to pay tribute for at least 1 year, which was automatically deductible in the treasury. If they wished to break the relationship, it’d be after the year ended.

“I am honored, but… I don’t have money.” In fact, counting the losses from the previous war, he was even in debt!

“You can borrow in the bank, use your territory as collateral,” Ansel said, making a few look at him.

‘Wow, so modern’ they’d say, and Ansel felt a bit smug.

“However, if you are unable to pay the amount before the subsidiary contract ended, we reserve the right to sell the token to others.”

According to Oslo, a lot of aborigine territories would be targeting them for the tokens. The worst-case scenario was to strike a deal—in which case, having extra tokens on hand would be advantageous.

With this, two of three of her allied territories—Vismont and now Bright— became her subsidiaries

…

After settling Bright, it was finally time to merge with Fargo—err, Limestone Valley.

Mathilda, as instructed, simply left the Lord Token on the highest floor. The moment they closed the door, an announcement rang inside everyone’s ears.

[Altera Village (Lv3) has officially won against Fargo VIllage (Lv3) and obtained it as a satellite, hereby called Limestone Valley.]

[To celebrate the overwhelming first war, the territory requests 50% off on all items from all stores within the day. Store owners shall receive a partial rebate through contribution points.]

[Congratulations, Alterans! Let us witness the growth of our home, together!]