After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 98

Chapter 98: UPGRADED!
The team had been lounging in their new living room after that sumptuous meal when a ding sounded in Althea’s ears.

[1000 gold transactions confirmed!]

Althea was not surprised. After all, the farms had been rented now, a lot of stone and wood resources had been exchanged, and including the order she made under her name, there were plenty of transactions that happened in one day.

[✓] 1000 successful transactions

[✓] 1000 gold transactions (1003/1000)]

[Detected! Conditions for upgrading Village Center had been met.]

[Would you like to upgrade for 500 wood, 300 stone, and 800 gold?]

“…”

Good lord, this upgrade was thrice as expensive than building one from scratch?

Looking painfully at her rapidly disappearing resources, she pressed YES.

She decided that luxury purchases like custom houses would require not only gold, but also wood and stone resources. Milk the rich people well!

She opened the window and except for the 2 more purchase slots and a new Rules and Regulations tab, there seemed to have no change.

One must know that they could make some simple prohibitions even at level one, for a price. For example, no fight, no theft, etc.

If it occured, an alert her or whoever she assigned to implement the rules (like Derek), and they would handle it from there.

So what was the difference with the new tab?

A bit disappointed, she decided to see the building for herself, making the others stare at follow her movements.

“Where are you going, boss?”

“Village Center is updated.” She just said, but it was enough for everyone to stand up and leave whatever they had been doing.

They arrived at the updated building a few minutes later, and they could hear the charter around. “I saw a building grow on its own!”

“It was like magic.”

“Can buildings just get taller by themselves??”

“Maybe! Like those infrastructure games I used to play.”

Walking past the crowd, they finally got closer. It was now twice as large, and twice as imposing.

Inside, the area was enlarged with more platforms and surfaces. There was also an additional marble counter in the other end, with no platforms on the way from the door towards it.

There was also a staircase on both sides of this empty concierge.

They saw a few people climbing up excitedly to see what was inside. Unfortunately, they seemed to be stopped by an invisible wall.

“It’s forbidden.” Someone mumbled in disappointment, swiping around like a mime. “Nope. If there’s an opening, I can’t find it.”

Another one stepped in next to him, doing different movements, looking no less idiotic.

Disappointed, the man’s shoulder slumped, “Me neither.”

Another sigh. “Let’s just go.”

Althea, who had been watching their exchange, frowned. If she wanted to hide her identity, did it mean she had to watch out for people before going to the second floor every time?

“Is anything the matter?” Sheila asked and she shook her head.

“I’ll tell you later.” She whispered and the team went back to their base with a lot of questions.

Althea though, was distracted the whole way.

‘If only I could teleport…’ she mused. For a while, the issue dampened her mood.

But then she remembered: She could indeed ‘teleport’. Albeit it was teleport to the warehouse.

Well, good enough.

….

Later that night, Althea excitedly went to the warehouse.

There had been a lot of changes since the last time, there were now rows and rows of cabinets from Baron. The warehouse now looked similar to the supermarkets back in Terran.

She walked past these and went to the end where the warehouse connected to the village center.

She opened her Lord window and went to the Building Tabs. Paying a couple of gold, she added a mezzanine and a staircase. This way, she also not only gets access, but she also maximized the space.

Building a door on the connecting wall, she turned the knob with a bit of anticipation in her heart.

What could be on the other side of the door that only the Lord could get in?

But, on the second floor there was… nothing.

“…”

Her lips pursed and she entered, looking around more carefully. Then she looked down on her feet and her peripheral view saw a pattern nearby.

She studied the floor and saw a faint, but pretty, circular pattern in the center of the room. It was made of a complex symbol that exuded some sort of power.

There were concentric circles and curves, with these complex curves creating an intricate pattern connecting these circles.

Her pretty eyebrows furrowed as she slowly walked over the aforementioned pattern, walking above it.

Ding!

[Would you like to spend a one-time fee of 100 gold to open the portal for specially hired work?

Note: 1. Monthly salaries are paid separately.

2. At Level 2 Village Rank, a maximum of one person a day can be hired.

3. The summoned person reserves the right to agree to the hiring process.

4. Three attempts are allowed daily.

5. Hired individuals are duty-bound to complete the scope of their tasks, according to their job descriptions.

6. Hired Individuals are not slaves and will not endanger their lives for the territory. They are only required to do what is within their ability and are allowed to flee as needed.

7. Territories cannot force a Hired Individual to commit acts they are not willing to do.

8. Hired Individuals may also choose to apply extension of their tenure.

9. Lords can terminate a hiring deal, but the initial hiring payment for that month would not be refunded.

Note: Hired Individuals are contract-locked to never be able to do any harm to the territory.

Even upon the end of their tenure, Hired Individuals will not be able to disclose anything related to the territory.]

She blinked. Hired Individuals?

Do they appear above the circle? Like a game of sort?

Then she paused at a realization, eyes bright in curiosity.

Could this be the legendary NPC?