After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1188

A/N: Did you guys see the latest character images? Added Gochi, Baku, and Maomao~! I'm still trying to get better images, but those will do for now xD.

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One could imagine the excitement and greed triggered by this information!

The only reason they probably hadn't been attacked yet was because they couldn't yet.

Limestone Valley was, after all, integrated with two other territories. Since Alterra just got attacked, this meant they had some leeway.

However, that was nearly a week ago. This meant that—in a couple of days—they would be vulnerable again.

Worse, what if several of those subsidiary villages allied to deal with them, like what happened to Alterra back then? Unlike Alterra, they didn't have the strength of a town as a village!

"What do we do next, boss?" Benny asked as he looked worriedly at the data. Henry and Victor looked particularly conflicted.

"I'll send a message to Alterra to report. Hopefully, they will send us a few forces to help us out."

In the past few months, after training the local guards, Alterra had slowly removed their forces in Limestone Valley. The goal was to make them self-sustaining, leaving only a few people here and there to assist them occasionally.

Other than their local guards, the mysterious lord also somehow hired aborigines for them. These people would either walk down from the no-access floor or literally come knocking at the door.

Although they were still village level, every addition to their manpower—especially those automatically bound by oath to the territory— was appreciated.

In total, they had hundreds of guards so far, and many of them had awakened their elements.

This was already great under normal circumstances—their guards were very well-trained—but when it came to wars against several villages, they'd need more to minimize the damage and losses.

"Continue with training, but start the pre-war protocol," Henry said. His captains nodded, most of them heading out to implement it.

The prewar protocol was the rule that prohibited people under a certain level from leaving the premises. It was also the rule requiring everyone outside to cluster in big groups and at least try to defend each other.

It was similar to what Alterra had, except they couldn't afford to have so many Aether Letters to give to every captain, so their groups were even bigger.

Anyway, with the stronger monsters lurking around—it'd be too dangerous to get out in small groups regardless.

"I should stay a few more days in case a war happens," Victor said with a sigh. He was scheduled to return to Alterra the next day. Supposedly, he would be escorting his family back so they could all live here for good.

Henry looked at him, patting his shoulder. "I'm sorry about this. My grandson needs his father."

Victor's eyes softened, heart filled with gratitude. At the same time, he felt embarrassed. Obviously, he was the assigned steward for Limestone Valley, yet much of the responsibility still fell on his father.

Vanessa, who was sitting at the side, frowned at this. She didn't think her brother's trip would get canceled.

"I… I can go to Alterra and escort them in your stead," she said.

The father and son looked at her. She might want to appear like she wanted to help out, but she obviously just wanted an excuse to go to Alterra.

After so many instances, the two were finally disillusioned about their precious princess. Even they did not know how to handle her effectively, how to keep her in line somehow.

However, considering the impending wars, their patience was thin. Victor—who had not forgiven her for what she did to Juni—ended up being a bit too frank.

"Have you forgotten that you were banished?" he asked. "Do you want to keep humiliating yourself?"

A few months ago, Vanessa did something that got her kicked out of Alterra.

Somehow, she managed to buy something from traveling merchants from Towns. She used a good portion of her savings to buy a bottle, in fact.

It was a 'love potion', one available in Towns. In Xeno, this was basically just an aphrodisiac.

Still—regardless of whether or not that was the case—how could Garan tolerate such disrespect? _{freёwebnovel.com}

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