After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2085

Chapter 2085: Within the Orc Village

Althea had excellent knowledge of things like molecules and chemical compounds. A lot of scents were based on carbon and vegetation, allowing her to control the particles to some degree.

It wasn’t easy nor was it intuitive. When she was learning this technique, it was very much like trying to hold bubbles with your bare hands.

One of the ways she found to make things easier for her was to just have the pre-prepared ’fragrances’ on hand. She could spread it out like mist, and use her wood skills to integrate it more to her own body, making it seem like it was naturally emanating from it.

In her space, there was a small shelf filled with these ’fragrances’ though some of them were actually ’stenches’.

As for the overall effect, it was similar to the camouflage skill, but in terms of the olfactory sense. Combined with the visual camouflage, this would allow her to be one with forests.

Hence, even if an orc passed by her, they would be fooled to think she was just some sort of vegetation.

As for the herbivores who get attracted by vegetation, she would activate a scent that they hated (she got a few according to Maomao, anyway, after she tested on her). If they tried to sniff or study her, they would step back in distaste.

She knew she was heading to the orc area, she was naturally prepared.

An orc village was originally just a human one. They just took over an existing human village and lived there from then on.

And because orcs had a harder time leveling up, they could stay in village-level wars for longer, giving even more fundamental strength advantages.

Since the village was taken over early, a lot of its subsequent development was very influenced by the orcs. Similarly, not much improvements could be made during this period of time.

Their large size could show inconvenience when entering older buildings. So many orcs developed hunched backs because the doors, and maybe even the ceiling, were all small.

As she had seen upon entry, they had wider roads but were less maintained, their houses were some of the most common wooden houses, and their amenities were basic.

They also had hierarchies, which wasn’t a surprise, and this showed in their living arrangements.

For instance, the predators were closer to the center, while the small herbivores were at the fringes. There were some exemptions, like strong herbivores, but this was generally what was observed.

Speaking of which, the whole carnivore, omnivore, and herbivore designations among the orcs and half-orcs were similar to Terran’s, but there were also differences.

For one, orcs were one race, regardless of their outward form. Their appetite—whether they preferred meat or not—was just akin to human taste. I.e. much like how a human liked sweets, while another preferred sour, et cetera.

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