After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 628

Next to deal with was the Golds, who seemed to be enjoying their snacks while watching a few deals form in front of them. They allowed them to watch such a sensitive topic because one, the aborigines wouldn’t feel comfortable kicking them out, and second, it would save Althea a lot of time in the discussions.

She missed her children very much.

Anyway, although the Golds had been here a while, Althea had been so busy with the war, her various experiments, and training that she just couldn’t find the time to mind them at all.

She looked at the group of beautiful blondes, looking at the information available in the Lord Panel at the same time.

Jonathan was already pretty strong for a town citizen at level 35. According to rumors, he was already in his late 40s though he looked to be a decade younger.

The Golds’ level, on the other hand, was amazing. Obi—who was only in his 30s—was already level 43. Olga was at level 39, which was amazing for a woman, even if she was a city-dweller. And then there was Otto, who was already at level 50.

She couldn’t help but look at Oslo and his level. His siblings were so far ahead of him in terms of levels; It was no wonder people said he slacked off a lot…

The Golds didn’t notice Althea’s judgy stare and continued on with the topic. "My brother advised me on the things you lack," Otto said. "I’m sure he told you that our family had in-house magic tool makers."

Immediately, the Alteran’s backs—and even the other guests—perked up at the mention of magic tools. The Golds smirked, fairly confident in their offers.

Of course, the values were not the same, but they should be able to buy a lot of local materials with a few magic tools.

Althea leaned forward a bit, extremely interested. "Tell us more about the tools you can trade us with," she said, and Otto gladly entertained her.

"We can give you our tools for a much lower price than the market cost. We have an in-house toolmaker you see, and his specialties are aether letters and aether boards."

Aether boards were like aether letters, but were much larger, and had a larger network, but they had a one-way use. There would be one or two ’main’ boards where the contents would be written, and all the other boards in a large area would present it.

The use of this was limited due to the system’s announcement function, but it could be used for areas outside the territory and, because it was only one-way, the tool could handle arrays that could make it work for far longer distances.

For instance, they could not only place them outside the gates for people to read before entering, but they could even put them in the camping area dozens of kilometers away. It was understandably not a very popular tool, but Alterans would find a place for it somewhere.

And, of course, a larger supply of aether letters would be most welcome.

"Do you perhaps have more access to other types of tools? We are willing to pay, of course."

The aborigines had mentioned that magic tool makers were limited to tools with similar functionality, so she wasn’t surprised the in-house toolmaker could only make the two tools. However, she would like it if they had a bit more variety.

"We indeed have various channels for other tools," Otto said with a confident smile. "We can exchange these things for you for the exclusive rights to distribute in our city and the surrounding territories," he said and naturally the Alterans agreed.

"Will we be dealing with you, Miss Althea?"

To their surprise, she shook her head. "Not me, per se. The territory is about to open a Contribution Store selling special items. If you want, you can propose a deal at the Village Center to become a steady source of magic tools for the territory.

"Give a fair price to Altera and you have the exclusivity you want for my Gaea products’."

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The group finalized the deal, with Ansel tilting the advantages more to their side with a couple of words (this was something difficult to Althea who always preferred things straight to the point).

For instance, increasing the prices, manipulating the terms, the interests, et cetera. This was Ansel’s specialty and Althea was glad to give the helm to him.

By the time the discussion ended, the Golds’ eyes on Ansel had an elevated light of respect. They had indeed been acquaintances before thanks to Oslo, but seeing this side of him made them think more of him.

To summarize, Altera first and foremost increased the purchase limits for all the parties involved. Of course, she was only speaking for her own products and shops, though she told them other companies would likely follow her model.