After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 806

The group continued to mention things to note, as well as what he was sending the elders for improvement in the future. "I would hope to get a few more Alterran captains in here," he said, "And, perhaps, a mass migration is possible."

Silvia nodded. "Policies could be made to encourage this," she said. "This will be especially attractive to those who couldn’t afford a residency in Alterra yet."

There were a lot of policies to be done, actually, and some might be added in consideration to the majority aborigine population.

Thinking of the challenges, Silvia couldn’t help but think about the two women from before. "Would those two women be able to cope?" she asked.

While she could support them, she had too much to do to be able to monitor their progress.

She was afraid their progress would be stifled by being in this place. Sure, it would change, and it could even be inspirational, but that would take a long time. Further, too many things could happen in between that would ruin everything.

She was afraid that if mobs or wars happened, they’d get thrown towards the mobs. They could even be taken advantage of outside while they were hunting as a group.

After all, even without wars, the rules were null outside the territory lines and anything could happen.

It was harsh, but she wouldn’t put it past the men here. Although most of the ’bad apples’ had been kicked out or left, it didn’t mean there wasn’t rotten fruit left here. Perhaps they simply weren’t strong enough before and were therefore more humble. But place them in a position of power—for example, next to weaker women—they might just show off their true colors.

She expressed her fears to the others, and immediately came with a proposal.

"What do you guys think… of sending them to Alterra, instead?"

…

When it was all over, the group separated to do their own jobs. Silvia was about to go to the Village center when she saw Rowan standing still, looking out the street in a daze. "Guia Village, eh?" he said, mouthing it quietly.

"Rowan?" She called as she walked next to him. The redhead’s eyes softened a bit when he turned to her.

"Silvia."

"You seem to have entered a daze. Is there anything wrong?" She asked, wondering if there was anything about this palace that worried him.

Rowan shook his head. "I just know that this is near my hometown," he said. "At least, I have heard that Guia village was only a few days’ travel from there."

From what he could estimate, his old home, Voumi Town, was nearer here than Ferrol Town was to Alterra.

"Oh?"

"Hmn. It’s nothing much." He paused. "At least not compared to Alterra. I don’t have family there either." Rowan said as he looked at her. "But… I’ll take you there someday."

Silvia smiled, a small blush creeping up her face. "Hmn, I’d love that."

…

Other than these two potential love birds, there was also part of the team who was walking around and exploring their new assignment. This was none other than the uncle-nephew duo, Hugo and Helios.

"So this is Iron Mountains…" Helios said, casually resting the back of his neck on his palms as they perused the place.

The streets were relatively narrow but the population wasn’t as high as other peak villages, so while there were a few people roaming around, it wasn’t as lively as the other territories.

This was because its focus was on mining. A good portion was the few thousand slaves in the mines, most of whom were goblins, and then the rest of the village was mostly those assigned to process or guard the place.

Also, they took out quite a bit of their forces during the war, so…

They had also heard from Luis and the others that the entry and hotel fee here was extremely expensive. So the environment was less populated than they feared.

Not to mention, the Alterran Rules had applied here so there was a lot less littering and stuff. As of now, no change has been done in the infrastructure, but it was relatively cleaner than they expected.

However, it didn’t mean there wasn’t any trash around.