After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2004

Chapter 2004: Acero Town (Part 2)

The ore was very close to nickel. They had a bit in Alterra, but they were in small quantities. Judging by the size of the ore here, then she could be sure the mines weren’t small.

Nickel was very useful to add in alloys. It was corrosion-resistant, strong, heat-resistant, and so on. They used it in stainless steel production, batteries, and other things.

Of course, not many people would know how to use this. It just so happened that the region around had a lot of black metal mines, so it was not too difficult to think they developed some improvements into their products. If they didn’t know this had a use, they would not treat the ores with care.

In any case, this metal was indeed a good thing, and Alterra, which equipped each guard with a minimum of Class D equipment, needed more of this.

They added this to their ’things to note of’ while investigating the place. Hand in hand, the couple walked deeper into the territory, looking like a typical couple, when in fact they were already gathering more information that others would only get after days of research.

Acero Town was a relatively new Town that had just upgraded a few years prior. It was still obviously at the transition between village and towns.

In terms of houses, roads, and so on, they were much like an expanded village.

It did, however, start to develop an improved neighborhood in the new area, using house types that were bigger than usual, using wider roads, and so on.

There was also a new exclusive villa area, heavily guarded by sentries, where the Lord’s palace as well as the nobles’ villas were located. The place where they snuck Anna in was in one of these villas.

As a territory, it still had a lot to develop. It did not even have a Post Office yet, just a Level 1 Pharmacy. One also had to note that the system Inn, also available at level 1, consumed a building slot too.

This meant that if this territory wanted a Post Office, they’d probably wait until the next upgrade. This was not very good because even after upgrading to a Town, it was still relatively isolated, which would affect its subsequent growth.

As for why they chose an inn instead of a Post Office, it could be the costs. Special Buildings indeed cost a massive amount of gold compared to the typical system buildings.

Regardless, Althea didn’t judge too much. Each Lord had their own considerations.

Perhaps the Lord felt like he’d never be able to afford the Post Office and thought it was a waste not to use the remaining building slot, so he just bought the next best thing that he could afford.

Considering the fact that they kept being attacked as a new town, losing more often than not, it was not possible to gain that much gold within the next few decades.

In a sense, this was indeed what happened. Another reason for the choice was due to the resource metal as well as their upgrade to a town, they were getting ’stronger’ visitors. Face was very important and they thought having an inn to accommodate guests was a priority.

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