After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1044

As time passed by, Alterra’s name began to spread to more and more territories in the region.

The territories close by had begun to send caravans to the four allied territories in an attempt to buy the goods for their own use. Some people even started planning their immigration there.

There were also those from farther away, connected via Ferrol. They were planning to purchase various products not just for their own use, but also to make money out of them.

A lot of these territories were inspired by Alterra’s new partners who had made deals to various parties when they stayed in Alterra. Even during the Heat Wave, deals were being finalized, which was amazing in its own way.

Through them, the products and Alterra’s name flowed from person to person, slowly increasing its influence even when it was barely doing anything.

In this region, this was primarily attributed to the teams from Ferrol Town.

Pieto’s team from Twinwave also made a lot of good deals, but their location was relatively far and—for now—they had a monopoly of Alterra’s products in their area.

Anyway, everyone who had arrived with Jonathan back then had already made a killing, and—while all of them tried to keep Alterra’s name a secret (to maintain their market advantage)—it was inevitable that some leaks occurred within their ranks.

Money spoke, after all—and it spoke loudly.

While a few territories were just intrigued—who wouldn’t—most of them were either greedy for or livid at Alterra. Maybe both.

For instance, in Basset Town, the Lord was having a meeting with the Lords of its subsidiary villages.

They came as a group, beseeching his help.

"Many citizens had already begun to liquidate their assets!" Unggoy, Lord of Ugoy Village, angrily raged. "My information indicates they’re planning to move to this… Alterra!!"

"It’s too close to us!" another person said. "I heard it’s becoming a town within the next few months, so people were rushing to move in before it happened."

This made some look at him. "A Town already? That can’t be true—wasn’t it built just a few months ago?"

A lot of the others were also cynical. "Perhaps it is a rumor they spread out to intimidate people."

"Yes, that is true."

However, there were also some who had actually been there—or at least their trusted confidantes had, and therefore had clearer minds.

"I have heard nothing but good things," Yassop, the Lord of Yasof village, said. "I agree that some things might have been exaggerated, but I’m certain they had a lot of basis."

He, too, had been greatly affected, especially with his proximity to the Alterra Circle. In the past couple of weeks, he had lost about a hundred citizens. When he asked his people to follow them, it was then that they found out they were heading to Alterra.

Well, to be accurate, they ended up in one of the associated villages. Apparently, Alterra itself had started limiting visitors without prior appointments. This was something that was incomprehensible to them until now.

Anyway, one thing was for certain: People were lining up in spite of this—desperate to enter.

However, according to his men, even those associate villages were very good. They had great facilities and amazing food. They were already better than any of the villages they had been to.

Yassop reckoned that if his men weren’t bound to him by oath, they’d have stayed there along with those people.

At the same time, they were said to be far inferior to Alterra itself, which heightened the curiosity of Alterra even more.