After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 671

Alterra Village

"Shit… booze… so happy…" Benny mumbled as he shakily sipped his drink.

They arrived last night but they could only appreciate the lovely streets and maybe buy some food from stores they passed through.

They were also a bit tired from traveling and saw the neat and comfortable facilities of the Mercenary Team living areas, so they hadn’t really gone out yet.

When they did, damn, they were so surprised!!

"This place… is unbelievable," Benny said in what was probably the tenth time since they arrived the previous night.

He remembered the first time he said it: It was when they went to the Terran Mercenary Team dormitory. Even if it was a dorm, it felt cozier than the ’superior’ houses back in Fargo, er, Limestone Valley.

The facilities, the bath, and the lovely toilet seat felt like heaven. These were ’luxuries’ they didn’t think they’d experience in a long while! Anyway, they all took warm baths and they fell asleep after.

The next morning, Garan and the others allowed them free time that entire morning before they started at their posts. They were planning on enjoying this time as much as they could! They deserved it!!

Thus, the booze, but in moderate amounts. Just sips. Quite a few ones, but still.

Benny bought the mildest ones, but it was still heavenly. "Ah… Booze…" he whispered, absorbing the savory taste of the drink, letting it warm him up as if he had been trapped in an ice age.

Henry chuckled and sipped his drink as well. He was parachuted to a captain’s position and was assigned to lead the training of the guards later that day.

When they arrived seeing the massive walls, dense sentries, and the liveliness and advancements of the territory, they were in utter disbelief for a while.

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Especially Vanessa who looked bitterly. How much less would she have suffered if she had gone with Garan early on?

And… that woman was an esteemed woman even in this place?

The seeds of jealousy inside her festered even more. Why does that woman always have everything working for her?

"Vanessa? Why aren’t you eating? Is there anything else you wanna eat?" Her father’s voice shook her back to the present, and she smiled innocently.

"No, daddy," she said, taking a few bites of her salad. "I just missed having these food."

At her words, Benny nodded passionately. "Right? For the longest time—my tongue felt like it got numb from the tastelessness of food from the restaurant in Fargo—I feel like I’m in delicacy heaven right now!"

Although Garan was kind enough to give a bottle of their sauce, how far could it go with the group of them? They ran out quickly and went back to restaurant food.

Speaking of System Restaurant, Alterra didn’t have one—ever. Rather, they didn’t bother with building such a ’waste of space’.

Looking at the tall walls and dense sentries at a distance, how reassured and safe everyone inside must feel.

These protective charms were enough to make everyone feel stable—and this was the starting point for a person to strive for the best.

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While chaos ensued outside, life went on in Alterra, with every part of the ’cog’ doing their jobs.

The people who hunted hunted, the people who guarded did the same, every one trained, and every tradesman did their own parts as well.

For a whole day, Althea locked herself in her lab again. However, rather than chemistry, she focused on creating more of the protective charms.

She did have a couple of rejects, but she just became more and more proficient as time passed by. After all, the arrays, arrangement, and details were the same. The more she did, the more amazing she was at it.

If other tool makers were here though, they would cry. Although it was true that the principles were the same, it was still extremely hard each time for most because it needed intense concentration.

One of the uniqueness of the array was that the energy was always moving in that path. Drawing an array with the exact same energy signature each time and keeping each millimeter of movement stable every attempt was near-impossible!

Althea was not at this level yet, but she was certainly on the way there.

More importantly, Althea was growing obsessed! And it was only a matter of time and a little guidance before she achieved much more.