After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1006

Helios woke up just before dawn the next day. The crisp air greeted him, and he could hear the soft rustle of the wind as well as the movements around him.

He stretched his arms to shake away the lethargy and saw that everyone else was already clearing up. The fire was gone, and their items were all in the space.

Raz seemed to have just woken up though, having already been replaced by Puto as the nightwatch.

Because he was the employer, Helios didn’t have to do this. It felt comfortable and refreshing, and he definitely was maximizing all those gold coins that he would have to pay for eventually.

Speaking of that… that was hundreds of golds… he’d have to work a lot to pay that back quickly enough. Although Jonathan didn’t give him a deadline, it wouldn’t do to extend it for more than a year!

Hopefully, Sahara was really in Bleuelle. He wouldn’t have the face to declare that ’he’d take care of her’ if he fell deeper into debt!

Anyway, the group cleaned up and prepared for another journey. As always, Helios took some relatively unfamiliar plants back to his space to sell to the Village Center or to Miss Althea. His plant knowledge was limited though, so he literally just shoved the plants to the corner of his space, hoping they’d survive somehow.

Before heading forward, however, Enok finalized some strict instructions that everyone had to follow.

"First off, my words and instructions are law," he said. "If you died because you didn’t follow, that’s no longer on us."

He said this while looking at Helios. His team was trained to follow him but, by experience, the employers tended to want to do their own thing.

If they were also from the City, then they’d even be arrogant. To those people, Mercenaries were mere guards who’d serve as meatshields if a mob was troublesome.

Of course, he knew Helios was different but it was a force of habit.

"If we encounter a mob after this point, we will run away," he said. "It doesn’t matter if it’s predominantly level 15 or 20. We will not engage in a fight with them."

While there would still be manageable mobs here and there, the chances of encountering troublesome beasts were too high. If they were delayed by a mob—even a weak one—and were injured by them, what would they do when they had to go up against a stronger one?

"A pity though, Boss, weren’t you looking for a good fight to make progress?"

Enok gave him a look. "Not during a mission like this…" he said, looking at Helios. "With a low-leveled employer."

"..."

After level 35, even in cities, it was difficult for people to level up. This was because they would only receive experience from monsters until 5 levels below theirs. How often could they find Level 30 monsters?

It was in these cases that powerful employers definitely would tend to do their own things. They would like to fight and hunt monsters around their level, and the mercenaries were there to weaken the target.

However, in this mission, they could only avoid any fights moving forward. They could not risk the life of their (really) weak employer and the precious Mercenary Points they had been collecting.

Helios felt a bit awkward about this and couldn’t say anything that wouldn’t make him look stupid.

To be honest, he had never been so underestimated (and rightfully so) since he was a kid. He swore to train even harder. The next time he went to a City, he wouldn’t be looked at so oddly!

Their hearts were beating loudly and their palms on their weapons were sweaty as heck. Their eyes were fixed on the monsters, and they were prepared to fight and run as soon as they had to. _{freēwēbnovel.com}