After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1048

They were at a standstill for a while. Their pride was hurt and they really wanted to hit people. At the same time, if they all went to prison, what would be their next step?

In the end, they had to back down.

"This is shit," Ashol tutted, gesturing for everyone to step away. They hated to do so, but they had to make a report as soon as possible. "We’ll be back," they just said, gesturing to leave.

Afraid of their auras, the crowd gave way to let them leave.

Unexpectedly, a certain woman appeared in their path. Rowan’s heart dropped, while the hostile aborigines either frowned (because she, a woman, blocked their way) or leered at her (because she was a beauty).

"I’m afraid we can’t do that," Silvia said. "May we head to the office? Perhaps we can come up with a good deal."

This surprised Rowan and the others, but Silvia’s face didn’t show anything other than a professional smile.

Seeing that she was ’offering’, the aborigines’ minds immediately went in another direction. The woman was beautiful and had a good shape, too, so she must be good at what she does!

Their line of thought was obvious with their perverted expressions. It made Rowan want to burn them.

He stepped forward and stood in between them, making the aborigines frown. However, since there was a civil reception about to happen, their anger subsided a bit.

"Sure," they said, and Silvia guided them to the Village Center for an official-looking meeting.

They led them to the meeting room. Before they entered, Rowan pulled Silvia into a corner, looking at her with concern. "Why are we even talking to them?"

"We don’t know everyone buying the iron nor do we have formal partnerships with most of them," she said, calmly explaining to him. "It won’t look good to just imprison people randomly, and we might raise some other unnecessary issue by showing force at this juncture."

These people were obviously sent by Guia’s master territory. Whether it was that Valov Town or someplace else, they needed more information.

Further, they didn’t know if they had allies in the vicinity, or what the information would mean for the others. They had to thread carefully.

There was also the off-chance that it wasn’t like that at all. Perhaps… these people were just self-absorbed and entitled. If they openly took these people down, wouldn’t that alert the wrong people they were imprisoning people?

"And most importantly," she paused, giving him a teasing glance that calmed down most of Rowan’s anxieties. "Don’t you think this is the perfect time to find out more?"

Until now, the ’master territory’ felt a bit like a sword hanging above them, and they had no idea whether it would fall or when. Now that they found a thread of connection, they must do what they could to grasp it.

After a moment, Rowan nodded in understanding.

Heaving deep breaths, the two of them entered the room.

"A town needs so much?"

"It’s not our town that needs it," he said, and Silvia made sure to note that down in her mind.

"It must be a powerful territory to order a town like Valov so much."

Ashol nodded. "Of course," he said. "Valov wouldn’t even exist without it."

Silvia tried to pry more information and as the minutes ticked by, the information became more and more useless. Combined with their leering stares and increasingly suggestive comments, Silvia decided to stop the meeting before Rowan was unable to stop himself from attacking.

"We will talk with the others who had reserved," she said with finality. "Please come with me so that we can convince them better—after all, we are just a weak village," she said. "We cannot compare to the influence of a Town."

The group headed back to the queue and Silvia went in front to speak to the crowd. Ashol and the others held their heads up high, as if returning in triumph.

However… instead of Silvia demanding them to return the iron—as they had expected any one with common sense to do—she told them that they, Valov Town, would be willing to buy the iron for a higher price than what they’ve bought.

"This way, your costs of travel and lining up can at least be covered," she said. "It’s a win-win situation, don’t you think so?"

Ashol’s eyes sharpened as he looked at her. This bitch!