After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1304

"While the battles outside were reaching the climax, there were still some teams aiming for the 'big prize' — which was Alterra itself."

These people included Vara and his large team, a few other elementalist-led teams, and the spies who had been biding their time inside the houses.

The tensions were high and they were all itching to make a move, just waiting for the signal. Because they were all in hiding — and because most of their sources of information from the outside had been taken care of — they were relatively blind about the situation outside.

However, regardless of the uncertainties, they were sure of one thing: They really wanted to win this war. Not just to avoid becoming slaves, but because of the promises given to them!

The Basset Town Lord, Bentro, promised stewardship and profit-sharing to whoever managed to get the Lord Token from the enemy! The plan was for Basset to merge Alterra into it and this meant someone would have to act as leader in place of the Lord.

Alterra was the biggest prize that not even thousands of gold could compare to. Even if they hadn't stayed for a long time, they could see the amount of transactions, how expensive the properties were, as well as the great things it offered.

This was especially so for the spies who had seen most of Alterra compared to the others. Even while they were lounging around as spies, they would enjoy the food and the amenities.

At the same time, they'd feel regret when things were sold so… affordably. In their minds, if it was they who sold these treasures, then they'd be selling them for what they're worth — which was much higher than what these idiots were doing!

Not to mention the material things, the other stuff in the libraries and the Research Center would sell for even more. After all, knowledge in Xeno was invaluable — so much so that it was gatekept so tightly for generations.

When they take charge, they wouldn't do 'useless' things like sharing anymore! They would keep all the knowledge — and therefore the power — to themselves!

Anyway, as time passed, the more impatient they grew.

They were all just waiting for the others to cause chaos so they could move, which sadly had yet to happen to the degree they wanted.

Aborigines tended to work for their own gains — especially for the powerhouses who had their own pride and arrogance — so, rather than team up, a lot of them had been investigating, planning to hunt on their own rather than cooperate.

Anyway, there was only one token, and therefore only one winner!

The fortunate part was that Alterra was open to foreigners, but the challenge was when they had to register if they wanted to clear their names.

Those who did not were — and this was something they realized too late — monitored extremely closely. As a result, most of the spies were captured even before the war started.

Fortunately, there were still at least a handful of them that survived, because most of them had registered as citizens in other territories, like Ferrol, to go under the radar.

This was Fargo's recommendation. It was just that most people were too arrogant to follow his suggestions.

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