After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 926

Chapter 926: Hunt for Love (Part 2)

Gill did not need the updates about the team, he needed updates on Cassandra. Anyway, the team here sent regular updates to Alterra via the messenger birds. Even during the heat wave, they were still updated at least once a week, because the birds could travel during the night.

The bird was assigned to Esau, who was their leading hospitality servant. He was very tall and had very curly hair. He was also the only literate one. Speaking of this, a lot of the staff in Alterra had taken Xeno literacy classes. Soon, most of their staff would be able to read the basics, at least.

The line of thought caused Gill to remember the contents of the letter Cassandra sent to him, and his heart clenched in both sadness and anger, his steps gaining speed along the way.

He arrived at Jonathan’s large mansion after a few minutes of brisk walking.

He was stopped by the guards and his jaw clenched. “Let me see your lord,” he said. “Tell him Gill from the Terran Mercenary Team is here.”

…

Back in the base, Helios asked the others to investigate the woman, who she was, and where she was now. He tried to describe her the best he could. Appearance was easy…

“She is a very beautiful woman,” he said, his tanned face slowly morphing to a dreamy expression. “Her hair has the color of sand… soft and muted, but glitters with the sun, framing her delicate face with quiet simplicity and grace.

“Her eyes were light blue. They held a certain brightness, you know? It is like the sky after dawn, a clear blue that seemed to have an intensity of its own…

“Her body… it’s also beautiful and soft—”

Kleid and the others: “…”

He cleared his throat. In fact, he almost spilled that she had pretty moles on her left thigh and under her right breast but fortunately, he regained his tact before he blurted it out.

The staff members could only take note of the physical descriptions, heading to work as asked.

Helios watched them go, heaving a deep breath, allowing himself to take a few seconds of rest. They had been moving intensely for more than a day and his level was not as high as Gill, so he was really exhausted.

After a couple of moments, he turned to look at the remaining person there, Esau.

While Kleid was leading the defense team and ensuring people were not stagnant (they adapted Alterra’s minimum battle requirements for everyone), Esau was in-charge of handling guests and taking care of the branch’s business aspect.

Before going back to Alterra, Jake bought him from the slave market, promising freedom after 3 years of service. In this case, any member of the Mercenary Team could order him around, which was already better than the entire town’s citizen population being able to do so.

However, while he was still a slave, he still got a salary, so it didn’t feel like so. He was even assigned tasks that were definitely not at the bottom of the ladder, and the salary was high enough considering they were deducting the ‘salary deduction’ fee they took as ‘advanced payment’ for his eventual freedom!

He was asked to oversee the commercial aspect of the entire branch, which was a massive honor. His family used to own a shop before his territory town lost a war, and he was one of the unlucky ones who became a slave. He suffered for a few years as a slave, primarily working as a cleaner of Beast feces.

He was sold recently because his leg was stepped on by one of the beast carts, and people thought he would be useless with such a bad limp. After all, he moved very slowly and there was a lot of feces to be cleaned up.

In the end, he was sold off for a small amount, and frankly he didn’t have much expectations about his new master. However, him being bought by this team ended up being the greatest twist in his life after that war.

He was even allowed to have 2 weeks vacation every year, so he would be able to visit his family! This alone was enough to warrant his loyalty.

“How did Ferrol Fair during the Heat Wave?” he asked and Esau dutifully answered. Unlike Gill, Helios was not a member of the Terran Mercenary Team, so he was not privy to what was happening here.

“The team did quite well, thank you for asking.”

As Alterra’s base here, the team naturally had plenty of insulation and supplies brought in. They obtained their items via Iron Mountains, with some people heading there to get their stocks before the Heat Wave hit.

They didn’t publicize their preparation until Lord Jonathan himself noticed their oddities. It happened that they were frugal and used a cellar for all of them, so they didn’t actually have to use a lot of the insulating materials they brought over.

Jonathan bought all of these at a very high price.

“And the territory itself?”

“It is fine. There were plenty of deaths, a little more than usual, but as a big town it was handled fairly well.”

The difference between a village—even high level ones—and a town was not only power, prestige, and money. There were also some building types present in towns that villages didn’t have.

For example, there was the Pharmacy, which sold medicine and other things very important to a person’s survival. There was also the Mercenary Hall, which a town could tap into if they ever encountered a strong mob, and so on…

Helios nodded and thanked him, before heaving a deep breath and standing up.

He couldn’t sit still in the end, he had to investigate this himself.

…

Lord Villa

Inside Jonathan’s study room, the lord himself guided the newcomer to the information he needed.

Jonathan handed a map, showing rough location and distance to Jacoba Town, Cassandra’s hometown.

Cassandra’s hometown was located in the flat lands almost 2000 kilometers Southeast of Ferrol, just past Mount Rushless.

Traveling by Beast cart would need two to three days without stopovers.

“The Southlands are a good place. It is cheaper to develop and has plenty of resources compared to others. There is also a river through there, and the area had the most towns than in any other part of the Human Territory.

Generally, Towns were three to five hundred kilometers away from each other at best, some even farther than that. In this area, the average was around 200 kilometers, the closest of which was even 100-kilometer distance from each other.

That was just a little more than the distance between Alterra and Limestone Valley.

“I’m sure there’s a catch,” Gill said and Jonathan nodded.

“The monsters there… are much stronger than what you’re used to.” After all, the humans there were so many. Naturally, the monsters attracted were dense.

The rare level 50+ monsters were also seen in these parts.

“I understand,” he said, looking at the lord with serious eyes. “Can I borrow a Beast Cart?”

“Of course,” he said. “But please try not to involve Ferrol into any of this.”

“Yes, I will be careful,” Gill reassured him, raising his arm for a handshake. “I owe you.”

Jonathan smiled, taking his hand. “Just give me good prices in the deals and we’ll all be fine.”

Gill nodded and didn’t take another moment before heading back out—not even bothering to rest before he went on to another adventure.

Cassandra, I’m coming for you!