After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2009

Chapter 2009: Finally Leaving Acero

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They were allowed to rest in the Lord’s villa for the night, and the Lord himself ordered servants to prepare some supplies for Althea and Garan before they left the next day.

Every step in the execution would be handled by Wilem, so there was no need for them to stay any longer. They were also not willing to.

A relationship with this region was nice, but ultimately, they didn’t have to handle it right now, when they were searching for things to save the children’s lives.

They went out to check the town’s nightlife before leaving, encountering a few acquaintances along the way.

Rather, it was more accurate to say they were waiting for them. The ’encounter’ happened as soon as they left the inn that night.

Interestingly, the mercenary teams from before, like the Loop Mercenary Team, were still in Acero. However, they were also preparing to head home the next day along with them.

"You can hire us, you know," Lipin shamelessly offered as if he didn’t have a bandage wrapped around his head.

"We’re heading Southwest. Aren’t you heading opposite from us?"

"Well, as long as you head to a Level 2 Town with a Mercenary Hall, it’s not much of a loss to us."

Even if they were heading in opposite directions, if they could find a teleportation array, that ’lost’ distance could be easily narrowed.

Acero Town was only a Level 1 Town and naturally did not have its own Mercenary Hall. In these cases, the mercenaries would either go on break and not take missions while traveling, while others choose to maximize their time and take on new missions manually, if they could find clients.

Finding clients outside the Mission Hall had various risks. On the client’s side, there was no automatic limitation to mercenaries. This could be remedied by making several oaths, though the effectiveness varied depending on the detail of the oath as well as the mercenary’s level.

On the mercenary’s side, the usual risk laid on the payment. One, the Hall ensured fair payment for missions, with the employer choosing within a range of payment amounts after posting a mission.

If it were a manual hire, then the employer could be a bit more arbitrary. It would depend on their negotiating skills. If the mercenary team was weak, then they might even be pressured to take on certain missions for a low price.

There might even be cases wherein they wouldn’t be paid for their work. The Mercenary Hall, at least, takes the payment and automatically sends the balance to the mercenary leader if the job was completed successfully.

If the client were strong, they would have no choice but to swallow the bitterness.

The Mercenaries who escorted Anna and Wilem did not think they’d have to swallow bitterness from Althea and Garan. On the contrary, they might even swallow delicious food!

Ahem.

Althea looked at the three teams that accompanied them before. She generally wasn’t fond of losing her gold, though, especially when she knew she and her husband could go to their next destination on their own.

Even if they encountered a troublesome monster, if they couldn’t beat it, they had plenty of ways to run away.

"Our hometown, Metteo Town, happens to be a Level 2 Town and is in the Southwest," Maika, the leader of team #3 Kanlun Mercenary Team, spoke up.

Maika was a rare female powerhouse at level 30. She was only 50 years old this year, which was considered young for this level, too. The unfortunate part was that she had a scar on her face extending down her neck, though she didn’t seem to mind it.

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