After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 774

Chapter 774: More Recoveries
“Welcome, Alterrans!”

Other than the woman, a lot of bystanders also said the same. It so happened that Althea, Baron, and many others also came to see the fun.

The newcomers felt a little shy but just smiled and expressed gratitude for the compliments.

Mathilda chuckled as she went to meet Althea, who also had a big smile. “All of them converted,” she said, referring to the slaves.

This meant the territory would be injected by a new force desperate to work hard to buy their own freedom. Adding the migrants from the other territories, it was estimated their population would double compared to before the wars.

Althea was in a very good mood so, looking at the crowd, she said: “To celebrate, the Gaea Stores will have 30% discounts for 3 days!”

“WHOOOA!”

“Ms. Althea is the best!”

Following her lead, the other owners did the same. Baron was the loudest, as always. “All of The Woodworkers’ Stores will have the same!”

“WHOOOOOW!”

Soon, more and more stores announced the same and the crowd soon dispersed, intent on getting the good stuff before they ran out!

Althea and Garan smiled at each other. For now, at least, the dangers are over.

Now…, they just have to figure out what happened to Vismont.

…

In the end, Althea decided to just send a small low-key team to investigate what happened to Vismont. Anyway, the new territory was still their subsidiary and they wouldn’t be able to hurt any resident from her territory, not without some punishment.

Things finally settled down in Alterra. It was actually quite a festive mood all around. Especially since they had just been attacked, they had another 14 days of freedom from worry of another war.

It was high time for recovery plans as well as the resumption of the production.

Betty, who now had her own department (Aether Healers, the locals called them), couldn’t help but sigh as she arranged the bandages in the cabinet. “Alterra is amazing. They won their two wars, and with such… flying colors, too.”

She kept one bandage outside to use for her patient, Brenda, who got a bit injured during the scuffle. She was fortunately healing quite nicely. She asked Troy, her boyfriend, to stay in the factory to handle things while she was gone.

Besides, they were conservatives, and it wasn’t like he could go with her when her bandages were being changed.

“I’ve never heard of a territory taking over all their enemies…” Brenda said, “I remember not too long ago, the lord was so surprised the lord token could be detached, that the territory could be taken from her.”

She remembered her arrival here like it was yesterday. The lord barely knew anything about this place, but look at her now—taking over her part of the world one step at a time.

“Yes, it’s incredible,” Betty said.

Betty came from the city and was the healer of some low-level nobles, so she had heard of a few things. A bit of what comprised Althea’s rule database had actually come from her.

It had to do with her being a woman and perceived as non-threat and wouldn’t dare to say anything outside. Female escorts in taverns were common in Xeno because of this.

Normally, villages of the same level weren’t too far from each other in strength. Even if they won before the 28 hours were over, they would usually go back to the arrays and receive their rewards, rather than stay and risk losses.

Most lords wouldn’t bother hunting for the other lords either. Not only was it risky as the people around the lord were usually the strongest, but loser villages tended to not be worth keeping.

Lords could only have 3 satellites at the same time. They had to maintain this, and they had to manage those territories as well. Except for some power and perhaps some image, keeping weak territories didn’t have advantages at all. It could even be embarrassing for the lord.

But Alterra took two out of two wars, and they were such good villages too. One village had resources they needed to create various things, though most of which they didn’t understand at the moment, and the other one had black metal!

Black Metal!

Not too long ago, they were telling how rare this material was, and how villages and even towns paid a lot of money to get them.

Now… they had their own mine!!

“It’s hard to believe sometimes, how far they had gone.” Two months ago… this was unimaginable, more so with a female lord.

But Miss Althea accomplished all of this within a few months, and this was far ahead of those male lords who were so full of themselves.

The two women looked at each other and smiled.

…

Some floors above, a certain blonde was force-feeding a patient.

The redhead turned his head away with a face of distaste. “Ehh, you know I don’t like bell peppers and carrots!”

Damn it, she’s serving a mix of both!

“I feel you’re purposely feeding me things you know I hate!”

“You need to eat! Althea said you need the collagen production! And the beta-carotine of the carrots is helpful for you!”

“Even I know there are alternatives to that!”

“I’m not the pharmacist!”

“My sister must not want me healed to send you here!” he said, “Do you want me to starve to death?”

“GRRR—”

“GRRR—”

“Fine!” she snapped, suddenly standing up and put the bowl on the side table. “Go call one of the googley-eyed nurses then! I know you want to!”

“What—”

BANG!

Ansel looked confused as he watched her stand up and get out the door, shutting it loudly.

Then he turned to look at the other people in the room—the neighborhood old women—all looking at him with disappointed faces.

Lola looked at Yana, speaking as if he couldn’t hear them. “Didn’t they say he was a smooth playboy?”

“I don’t know where that rumor came from. Must be a lie.”

Ansel: “…”