After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2099

Chapter 2099: Found Clues

As for Garan’s investigation in the taverns, what he gathered was mostly related to mercenaries, hunts, and so on. This was not surprising, as the people who frequented the taverns were men.

The Taverns were mostly open-air here, since the interior of system taverns could get quite stuffy with the large average body mass of orcs and the heat emanated from their fur.

The open air format made it a bit more difficult to eavesdrop, but easier for Garan to stay close to his unwitting informants.

The most crucial piece of news he received was about the upcoming war. People had, understandably, been very nervous about the Lord’s current state. The people underneath him did not hold back from spreading news about his ’dying’ state.

For the most part, people were naturally panicking. Though this was an orc-led territory, a large portion was still inhabited by humans who depended on the territory to survive. They reacted like any human would if they found out their ’home’ was about to fall.

Half-orcs also preferred to stay in territories. Many of them tended to be more impulsive than humans as well, so they could damage some property whenever they felt anxious that they could get displaced.

Half-orcs find it most difficult to find homes, after all, being the awkward existences that they are. Things only got better when Warrior City showed its influence in this area, but the City was too far and too expensive for them.

In many cases, half-orcs’ best option was indeed this town—It was not too weak that the monsters were useless, and not too strong that they were useless. If they were useless, they would likely be made to suffer by their peers.

As for the orcs, the reaction really varied depending on their level. That said, most of those who weren’t bothered by living outside the territory most likely weren’t there anymore, so the ’indifferent’ citizens were few.

More and more voices begging for the administration to do something emerged in the territory. Combined with various ’horror stories’ of what happened when a territory fell, the thoughts and words of the masses began to twist.

It seemed like a riot had happened just a few days ago, injuring several people and orcs. They were calmed down by the deputy Lord, who actually showed the ability to control the earth!

Although it was just a small earth spike that didn’t even manage to successfully impale a single orc, an element was still an element, and it left the witnesses in awe.

This gave Plai a stronger voice than before, and many people who had been panicking would look up to him for instructions.

Like this, the off-putting idea of going to war to steal the token had become an easily acceptable course of action. Plai was even seen as a hero of sorts.

Combined with Virion’s accounts, they had a clearer view of the war about to happen.

Althea was lucky to have chosen the relatively peaceful human women doing their chores, simply because that group wasn’t privy to a lot of things. They were just expected to do their role domestically.

In this place, maids and cleaners serving orcs were fairly common. Even if nothing sexual developed, the orcs liked to be groomed by others. Rich orcs who had high levels and could kill large monsters for money usually had at least one or two groomers with them.

Some of the tavern people brought some with them, though it was rare to take them out of the house, from what he had observed.

In any case, they had confirmed that the war would indeed happen, and it would happen within the week.

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