After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2046

Chapter 2046: Mission Back

She nudged Garan, who spoke after a pause.

"My condolences," Garan said with that usually baritone voice of his.

"Well, if you’d excuse us, we truly need to leave," she said. "If you distrust us so much, you can come with us to the Mercenary Hall, witness us leave with your own eyes."

She realized that Pallo was tittering between letting them go despite his greed, and bridge-burning was because of their connections with Erol.

"Make an oath first, and you can leave."

"What?"

"Make an oath."

"We come from a Level 2 town as well," she said. "If there is no need to be hostile, there shouldn’t be, right?"

Forcing someone to make an oath just to prove themselves was akin to asking someone to undress to prove they did not have weapons.

Unless it was a true life-and-death requirement—and unless they were unwilling or presented themselves to make oaths—no one would be willing to be forced to it.

"Make an oath that you will return here with your family and serve me."

Althea wanted to laugh, while the air around Garan froze directly.

The guards immediately went into a fighting position.

The greedy Lord had been wondering how he could keep them, or otherwise get an advantage.

He had been fantasizing about getting these two on his side for days. How could he be reconciled with getting nothing?

Should he take them as hostages or something? They could investigate the other place before making an announcement.

But then he felt the room’s temperature go down so much. They were people who were used to the heat, and their tolerance for the cold was lower than others.

"Final Offer: We can make an oath that the two of us would not attack Metteo Town or assist Erol," she said. "We won’t even show up here within the next year or so."

When Althea saw he was still unwilling, she let out her final warning. She had seen the state of this town; even if they went to war, Althea definitely wouldn’t lose.

Of course, she was the Lord who’d like to avoid wars as much as possible. For now, she wanted to leave here without a fight. They had better things to do.

"Don’t underestimate us, Lord Pallo. Even if you outnumber and outlevel us, we won’t go down without taking at least half of you."

...

The tense staredown ended with Pallo letting them go with gritted teeth.

The men around here had all been injured from the fight with Erol’s faction; he could not risk losing more talents. There were survivors from that side, after all. The enemy could take advantage of their weakness.

Althea and Garan left the building without shedding blood. However, Pallo’s people still followed them to their next destinations: the Center and the Mercenary Hall.

There was actually a mission: a.k.a. Finding the missing heir.

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