After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 244

Vismont.

In a good mood, the Alteran party exited Vismont and headed back home with great fanfare.

Someone even waved back to the watching crowd. "We shall returnnn!!!" Prepare your funds well~" He said, already calculating how much to invest on the next trip.

Silvia and the others laughed. "What an idiot," a man said, but he was grinning widely as he said so. He, too, was already making plans for the next caravan.

Other than the Alterans, hundreds of people followed Rowan and his team outside.

While many were joining for the ’exchange program’, a good part of the crowd were visitors who simply aimed to see the source of goods, hoping to create some money in reselling.

Of course, there were also some who simply wanted to go and see this new territory because of curiosity and some other purpose. Matthew and Melissa were included in this group, with Matthew hoping to learn more about the management and Melissa to see the sources of medicine.

Although it was established that she didn’t need medicine, she still wanted to see what was available to them.

Matthew looked back to his level 2 walls now that he was on the other side, feeling melancholic. This was the first time he would leave the territory for so long and despite all the chaos, he had really grown to love it.

Of course, before going out, he left the territory to capable hands.

Although a lot of the guards were under Higson, Matthew had made sure some of them were on his side. These guards had been low-key during Higson’s reign, and now they could finally do their jobs.

He could still believe them and leave the territory for a day or two with ease.

"Are you sure you want to come?" Matthew asked his sister for the nth time that hour, worried. After all, he had already asked his trusted guards to help his sister level up in some spots near the territory walls. His sister knew of this arrangement.

However, his sister looked at him with a determined expression on her face.

"Getting stronger is literally my only way to survive, little brother. Stop coddling me."

"..."

Anyway, seeing that there was no changing his sister’s mind, he just vowed to be by her side and help her level up as soon as they could.

They moved forward with a large group comprising of hundreds of people, which naturally attracted hordes of mobs.

The groups came in scores at the least and hundreds at most, and during the latter many people from Vismont couldn’t help but notice they weren’t being protected.

A man’s eyes widened as a large set of teeth was about to maul him, barely dealt with by a group from Vismont. A number of them sustained a bit of injury in the process.

They frowned, looking at the Alteran guards dealing with monsters far away from them. "Hey! I was almost bitten!"

The guards turned to look at him but didn’t leave their posts, as ordered.

"You!!" The Vismont visitors yelled, indignant at this ’service’. Obviously, they were guests, right?

No, they were very wrong. Soon after their exclamation the tall redhead aborigine faced them and they all shut their mouths.

"Don’t expect us to go out of our way to protect you," Rowan told several people from Vismont still shaking under his stare. "Your own life still depends on you."

"You—" a person said, turning to their Lord for justice, only to see him fighting alongside the Alterans. They were a little annoyed at first (especially with the scandal and all) but then they saw their lord skilfully kill a monster, and then guide his sister to kill another one he had weakened, they couldn’t find enough shamelessness to ask him for help.

Then they couldn’t help but notice that every Alteran was fighting valiantly, no matter who it was. They even had bright, excited, expressions on their faces.

It was in stark contrast to theirs, which was filled only with fear and apprehension.

Was that why everyone was so strong?

The man pursed his lips and took out his weapon, finally joining the fight.

Fortunately, the few people from Altera—guards or not—were strong enough to deal with low-level mobs, not to mention so many of them from Vismont.

Along the way, Matthew continued to help Melissa in her fights, aiming to get her to level 2 before reaching Altera.