After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2129

Chapter 2129: More on Orcs

The plan was to stay here for several days until the wind outside picked up again, hopefully making the mobs outside a bit more manageable. Right now, considering how constantly the ground vibrates, there should be hundreds of beasts above them now.

It was scary to think about. Hopefully, this place could really hold up.

The next few days would be her training herself, absorbing an aether crystal and also the dense wood energy around. She found that her progress was much faster than anywhere else, and it was comparable to the energy she could get when she was on system farms.

In between those times, she rested and spent time with the orcs. Just as sleep was essential to the body, rest and a pause in absorption were also needed to calibrate the body properly.

While humans were still figuring out the most efficient balance, Althea’s instincts were strong, so she knew when she needed to rest, even if she didn’t feel tired.

This was in contrast to the times she spent experimenting. In those times, she’d 100% forget about the time and could go a whole day without resting.

She enjoyed doing experiments, after all. Meditation was super boring, so she looked forward to rest times.

Anyway, she wanted to know more about the orcs, so it counted as hitting two birds with one stone. It was very effective, too. When was the best time to gather information? During casual eating times!

Most of all, she also hoped to gather something about her main mission here, which was finding the Urkfrut. It was such an elusive thing; she wondered when she’d actually find it, considering the only clue they had was that it was on this side of the continent.

While she didn’t get a clue about the Urkfrut, she did learn more about the orcs.

It was quite amusing how several of their habits were parallel to animals they knew from Terran. For example, the dog orc tilted his head a lot, especially when confused. For example, the feline orcs liked to lick their fur clean. And for example, the rabbit had a habit of thumping his feet while thinking.

"What are you writing?" Ohara asked at the side, looking at Althea taking notes while doing rough sketches.

Althea smiled. "Recording experiences," she said. "It helps me remember what I have experienced. I am also recording what I learned about you guys." This was also done by taking a few pictures here and there, but she didn’t reveal the phone too much. The orcs couldn’t quite handle that stimulation too often.

Speaking of stimulation, just her current writing was probably mind-blowing for them.

"So beautiful!" "I don’t understand it, but somehow I like it." "Ohhhhh! Baahh! Amazing!"

Althea nodded, shamelessly accepting the praise.

"What is this leaf made of? It’s so clean!" Ohara asked, with ’leaves’ referring to paper. When Althea shifted the page, Ohara then saw some familiar sketches and immediately exclaimed. "Ohh! That’s me! Why am I there?"

Althea naturally had records of Ohara and her habits. Speaking of which, the drawing was a bit cartoony. It was cute that Ohara was acting as if Althea drew it ultra realistically.

As always, the exclamation gathered attention on Althea. The place wasn’t big, so it was really easy to pull attention. Besides, many admired Althea, so their attention, or at least part of it, was always on her.

Amusingly, a few orcs looked for their likeness in the notebook. It was as if she drew each one of them.

"Did you write anything about me?" the beast-repelling avian orc asked. He was injured from the previous fight, and only a handful of feathers remained.

It was so pitiful, but Althea managed to stop herself from chuckling.

"Yes," she said, showing the page about avian orcs. It included him in his most glorious form. (It was chibi style, but he thought it was cool).

From what she gathered about avians— some through personal experience and some not— the birds had very good wind and weather sensitivity. She could see them adjust to where the wind was coming from, even if many of them were non-flight birds.

Nana, their avian half-orc, also showed this ability well, though she could not compare to the pureblooded orcs.

For example, Nana could passively feel the changes in the winds around a hundred meters away at most. High-level pureblooded orcs could probably feel a kilometer away.

They also had a fixation on shiny objects. In this case, they were attracted by her mirror and her phone.

Their eyes were literally glued to them every time she had them out of her space. It was one of the reasons why whenever she took out her phone to take pictures, the phone would immediately be taken back to space, lest a naughty bird bite it out of nowhere, just because of an intrusive thought.

The boars, on the other hand, had the tendency to snort when irritated, and it was amusing because they were so in sync. There was a group of three brothers in this tribe. They were so similar in how they reacted to everything.

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