After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 804

Chapter 804: Iron Mountain Preparation
A few days passed after the announcement, and Gill was now standing like the tall person that he was in the iron mines, though this was visually exaggerated since he was surrounded by little Goblins less than half his height.

A while back, there was a team of administrators that had arrived. He and Gio had spent days orienting them on the state of the place.

However, more and more Alterran teams arrived soon after. They were to safely escort the goblins to the other two territories in preparation for the upcoming Heat Wave.

Gill looked at the goblins in curiosity, wondering why none of them had chosen to leave.

By virtue of giving people a choice—because they’d feel more inclined to help Alterra if they stayed of their own volition—the goblins were also given the choice to buy their own freedom as soon as they were able.

Alterra would never take a loss of course, so the little things were asked to do labor equivalent to how much their freedom costs. Gill had expected that the goblins would be working even more crazily so they could ‘escape’ Iron Mountains, but surprisingly there didn’t seem to be much of a change—as if none of them were planning to leave at all.

This was a good thing of course, but it felt a bit out-of-character considering the historical conflicts goblins had with this place.

“Can you tell me why?” He asked tone sharp as always, but he wasn’t afraid to scare them off because he knew they could sense hostility.

Sure enough, their faces didn’t change. Instead, they just bluntly answered his question. “Dangerous outside.”

Gill’s eyebrows rose.

Considering the goblins they first encountered all left them without care, it was obvious that they weren’t talking about monster mobs—which they could avoid via their tunnels.

So… the Heat Wave then?

Goblins could sense special stones and people’s intent, it was not a surprise that they could sense this.

“It’s because of the Extreme Heat isn’t it?” he asked, “I’m actually here to ask for your help regarding this.”

This made them flinch but not in a bad way. Rather, they were shocked to be openly needed and with a human humbly asking for their help.

“Is there anyone willing to move to other territories to do digging jobs there?”

The goblins looked at him in confusion, before looking at each other.

Gill rubbed his nose. Should he have called Silvia in here? She was the better people person.

However, they didn’t send any of the newcomers here in the end. They were still studying the territory workings. How could they have the time to bond with the citizens, let alone the goblins?

That left the only choice as him, the only Terran who had stayed here long enough. The problem was, he didn’t have a very charming way with words.

“You will be hired, as you are here, but with different mountains,” he said after clearing his throat. “You will be digging tunnels, basements, and cisterns there.

“Of course, this is completely optional, and there are indeed some dangers in the travel, but we assure you we will do our best to protect you.”

He smiled kindly (well, in his standard) and the goblins looked up at him with various expressions.

“Well? What do you say?”

…

Waiting inside the newly refurbished lord’s villa—cleaned up very thoroughly by Gill—was the team, including those who would be stationed there.

The leading military men would be Rowan and Reno, so there was an aborigine and a Terran representative in the military.

There were also two civilians there—Kimura and his new assistant Lin—who specialized in metals. They were there naturally for the study of the mine itself, and perhaps to find more resources along the way.

Diplomacy was to be handled by Silvia, one of Mathilda’s right hand men, er, woman.

In fact, Jun was seriously considered for the job but he had a family who were quite attached to Alterra so Silvia, who was single (for now), didn’t have a choice but to agree.

The woman was naturally reluctant to part with the goodness of Alterra. She had heard of the ‘horror stories’ of aborigine territories. She remembered Vismont back when they first visited there, with some teammates accidentally stepping on human feces on the streets. Although she remained calm and collected, she actually almost fainted back then.

That was already a Terran territory—the supposed home of ‘modern’ humans. She heard that aborigine territories were even worse!

Silvia was a clean freak, and she naturally knew this would be difficult for her.

Fortunately, her brother was coming with her to this place.

And… there was also Rowan.

At this thought, she couldn’t help but steal a glance at the man. She flinched when they met each other’s eye, realizing the other was also looking.

They turned away abruptly with slightly flushed faces that made Reno, who had been talking with the other guards, look at them in suspicion.

“Do you think I’m missing something?” he asked the people he had been talking with.

The guards, similarly lacking in the romance department, only shrugged, similarly clueless.

Anyway, the escorting guards continued to plan their routes back to the other two territories—Limestone Valley and Alterra—although they would definitely travel together as a bigger group for as long as they could.

They had to plan well. They would be outside the territories where there would be no rules or regulations to protect them, making it much more dangerous to travel.

Goblins were expensive and they wouldn’t just be dealing with monsters in this trip. They could also be dealing with greedy aborigines.

This was why stronger aborigines like the silver-haired Silva were also with them on this trip. Other than him, there were also a couple of soldiers.

Anyway, this was an important mission. The goblins were integral to the survival of thousands of people from the three territories, and they had to be protected.

From Guia, they would travel less than 100 kilometers to Limestone Valley nee Fargo Village, and then the goblins and soldiers assigned to Alterra would move from there. The level 40 Silva would be leading the Goblins through Limestone Valley and take the rest of them all the way to Alterra.

In any case, the territory equipped them well—they shouldn’t disappoint it by showing losses!