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

[Welcome to Alterra Town (Lv1)!]

The group arrived at Alterra Town after 3 days. Well, at least the two beast carts did. Most of Veronica's guards and Obi's friends were on foot, so they eventually had to just follow behind. They were going to make a stop in Basset Town first, so they'd arrive a few days later than them.

They were led by Ignus, a level 40, and were given a map by the Golds, so they had nothing to worry about.

The group looked out of the window, checking the outside after receiving the alert. Unexpectedly, all they saw were forests. "I thought they'd have expanded by now," Obi said, looking curiously at the place.

"Didn't they upgrade?" He was pretty sure he saw Town instead of Village in the welcome message.

"No." It was actually Hoffen who spoke. "There was an abrupt disappearance of poisonous plants," he said. "It's likely they expanded, but did not wall."

"Why, though?" Obi asked. Otto looked outside in thought.

"Knowing them, they're waiting for level 7."

This made the others flinch and look at him. Thinking about Alterra and their trends, this was indeed possible.

Obi whistled. "Wow."

That said, it would just be a matter of time before they upgraded again, right?

Soon, the wall was finally in sight, and they saw the long line of people waiting to enter.

There was a separate line for Beast Cars too, which they naturally took. However, the beast car in front of them was blocked and was politely pointed at another place.

They weren't sure what happened, but they heard the owner mutter annoyed words. "Full? Who cares if their inn inside is full? How could they ask us to park outside?"

The guard looked at them, and the beast carts after them. "We can no longer take new Beast Cars inside! Please head to the Temporary Inn at my right and register so we can transfer you once an opening is made~"

Gregor and the others were not used to this move. Beast Cars, which were owned by well-off individuals, were generally never stopped. It wasn't that they were being narcissistic, but that was how it always went.

Anyway, they stepped forward while the people in front of the line headed in the direction the guard pointed at.

"What do you mean?" Gregor asked, his high level intimidating the guards even without him meaning to.

"I'm s-sorry sir, but only a c-certain number of Beast Carts are allowed inside, and they can only stay in the Beast Inn—which is now full," he said. "P-Please understand."

Even if their legs were shaking, they remained steadfast in implementing the rules, which somewhat impressed the man instead of angering him.

"What's going on?" The Golds asked, asking from inside. They parted the window curtain and peered out, making the guards brighten at the sight of them.

Before they could utter anything, however, Oslo emerged from the other cart and went to the guards.

He casually grabbed a few soldiers by the shoulders and whispered some stuff.

The guards stiffened and nodded, making a little salute. They also explained a few things before Oslo went back to the carriage.

Hoffen's carriage led the way as they headed to the aforementioned temporary holding area. A few gallops later and they arrived at a relatively large clearing with a few stand-alone sentries placed at optimal distances.

There seemed to be a construction project going on on the other side of the clearing. They knew this because there were a lot of workers cutting nearby trees, eventually creating this clearing.

There were also minor roads heading in that direction too, which was why they knew there'd be a bit more development happening in this area. As for whether Alterra would wall this place before their official expansion, they didn't quite know.

Anyway, when the carriages stopped moving, their attention quickly shifted to their destination.

There were two structures near the walls. One was a two-story structure, while the other was a large shed without walls. Both were made of familiar demountable construction that could easily be reconstructed and dismantled as needed.

This was a model which Otto had actually taken interest in. The design was in his hand supposedly for sale, but then everything changed, and he just forgot about it.

Anyway, they headed to the temporary building with the large 'Temporary Beast Car Parking' at the top.

Before anyone could go down though, Oslo appeared and knocked on their doors. "Don't get out yet," he said, and they all looked at him.

"What did you talk with the guards about?" Otto asked. "Was this a recent change?" After all, Oslo would've been aware of it if it wasn't.

"Yes," Oslo said, shrugging. "I was aware of the idea when I left though—I just didn't think it'd be filled up already."

"Well, let me explain first: The carts cannot go in because there were too many Beast Carts inside already.

"We had a lot of visitors after upgrading—a lot of whom were well-off people from Ferrol and other places. Alterra was unwilling to expand the Beast Inn inside, so we came up with this compromise."

He then looked at the structures behind. "This is a temporary resting space and the guards will go here to inform the drivers once an opening is available."

"Got it," Otto said, before taking another look at his brother. "That's all you said?"

Obi looked at him. "Why you stopping us from going down, then?" He really wanted to stretch his limbs, damn it!

"This means that there will be quite a few people with some position roaming around," Oslo said, looking exasperated at his stupid brother. Obi felt this, and his eyes twitched, wanting to go down and spar with him.

"While information in Xeno is relatively slow, a lot of people have heard of us in this region," he added. "Do you want that bastard to know where we are so easily?"