After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1646

Chapter 1646: The Branch Receives a Visitor

"It’s from Jonathan," he said, voice hoarse. "And it seems like there will be trouble."

"What did he say?" Gwen’s eyebrows furrowed as she peeked over the letter, and her frown deepened even more.

Before they could discuss the letter, one of their guards arrived, saying they had visitors. He looked tense, which automatically caused the others to be guarded.

And rightfully so, because three people way above level 30 went to visit them.

There was a ’No Trespassing’ rule outside of wars, so they naturally did not enter the areas beyond the public areas, which was the lounge as well as the stores.

This was fine until the damned bastards started using their aura and intimidating their customers away!

Ryan and Kleid decided to just let them into the meeting room to see what this was about. If there were a conflict, it was better for outsiders not to know.

Gwen—who knew aborigines would not take kindly to a woman at the same table— went to ask the cooks to bring some snacks and tea, while Ryan and Kleid talked to the newcomers.

They were Wazan, a high-level fire elementalist, with mostly dark red hair with streaks of white (due to his age), which was now combed to the back of his head.

Next to him was Erggo, a bulky man with short hair. He was a Level 32 Swordsman, with a perennially arrogant expression on his face. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Finally, there was Loin, a tall brunette with his thin hair tied to the back. He was a Level 31 spearman.

All of them were far superior to them in level, and they were not in Alterra, so they were naturally careful.

"How can we help you?" Ryan asked. He was a bit of an introvert, so he couldn’t be gregarious at all, but he at least knew how to be a professional.

"We are from Valov Town," Wazan said—nothing else—as they stared at them, no doubt looking for reactions.

Kleid was genuinely unaware of the tensions with that town—there had been no direct contact and what they knew was on a need-to-know basis—so his expression was neutral.

Ryan seemed to naturally lack dynamic facial muscles, so he didn’t have any outward reactions, either.

"I see, welcome to our place," was all he said. "I... if you wish to form deals, we usually have representatives from each team going with a caravan. You should find them in the frontage shops."

He pretended not to have any idea what this was about. In cases like these, it was better to pretend the situation was peaceful unless the other side explicitly ruined it.

That said, the reason he forwarded them towards the merchants was that there would be less need for violence.

Just a bit of money would do, and perhaps a commercial deal would calm things down. They were from Valov Town, a town with a lower level than Ferrol, so they would be unlikely to use their strength to force deals, especially when other local entities were paying for a certain price already.

It so happened that the teams this time had pretty decent guards, so they could at least protect themselves. With Ferrol’s new rule, if the Valov men attacked, they’d go to prison anyway.

In this batch, Bianca was leading the Woodworker’s Team. She got her beau, Eloi, a Twinwave Town mercenary, to accompany them this time. They rented out a stall for their shop, and its performance, as always, was stellar.

There were also various representatives from various other businesses, and they were open to making deals with whoever caught their eyes.

They also had quite good standards too, and not just anyone with money was accepted. Their standards of choosing had to do with some moral code of sorts, and the entity should be easy to talk to.

In their words, why get stressed for a bit of gold when there was someone out there who’d fit better?

With this, it was unlikely for the Valov men to seal a long-term deal, but they could probably get a one-time deal just to calm things down. Ryan took note to facilitate the deals later, should they decide to go along with him.

While they were not afraid of territories their level attacking them, trouble should still be avoided while it could.

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