After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1634

Chapter 1634: Large Entourages

Several days later, on the way back, Ryo’s Team finally convinced the Abundance Village Lord and his guards (as well as a few other Lords) to undergo the alliance ceremony.

It naturally wasn’t easy to do this, and all the Lords actually brought scores of people each, mostly guards. After each territory they passed by as they headed back to Alterra, scores of people would be added to the party, letting it grow bigger and bigger.

When they saw the large entourage, the Alterrans’ eyes could only twitch, but they also understood.

Although they made oaths, oaths could have loopholes, so the citizens were naturally very guarded of their Lord. After all, if the Lord died, the entire territory would be destroyed!

Not to mention, what if it was a ploy and the enemy attacked while the Lord was gone? What would they do then!?

Heck, in the villages after Guardian and Abundance villages—to villages nearer the borders— the Alterrans were almost assaulted and kicked out, with the villagers calling them scammers as soon as they explained the requirements for the alliance.

Sure, the villagers were impressed with the few instant noodles and sauces they shared (though some did ask if it was poison), but that wouldn’t be enough for them to willingly let the Lord out of the territory and risk his life outside.

So how did they convince this batch in the end?

They showed their working mobile phones! Someone even played tunes.

/You think you owuun whatever land you land owuun~/

Ryo’s eyes twitched at the song choice, but fortunately, the people were gaping at the phone. It must’ve been an alien artifact to them now!

"It’s been a year! All of us still have working phones! Come with us if you want to charge your phones!"

This was Bento, one of the hot-headed materials engineers of Alterra, who volunteered on this mission in case he found some interesting things.¹

For the diplomacy teams, although the majority of the members were guards, it wasn’t strictly limited to them. A good portion of those were part of Mathilda’s team, and a few civilians who volunteered and had a decent level.

When the party slots were quietly brought up among citizens (the whole thing was pretty low-key), Bento was in a very good mood.

Why? Because he found out that that bastard Eppot was finally behind bars. Without him this time!

They had gotten into quite a few skirmishes in the past, primarily because the bastard was disgustingly misogynistic and harassed a few women, causing both to be transported to prison.

It was fairly unnecessary, too, because there were anti-harassment rules that would’ve taken care of Eppot had he done a bit more. But what could Bento do? His eyes turned red whenever he saw such injustice!

Of course, Bento would then be released after a short investigation and some witness accounts. He would also be let go without negative points recorded under his name, but it was still annoying.

The last time though, he had been warned that he might get fined if he interfered again when the (very expensive) rules could’ve handled it on its own. It was simply to put a hold on vigilantism when things could be done in a more orderly manner, and especially not when they were at a time of peace and not a war.

/That the earttthh is just a dead thing you can clayumm~/

"The sounds are really coming from the phones!"

"It’s fully charged, too!"

"How?"

Anyway, although the phones didn’t completely convince them to take a leap of faith, it certainly made them more receptive to them. Instead of dismissing whatever they would say, they began to listen.

Of course, after this, if they still refused, then they could just opt out of the alliance entirely. Alterra would not be at a loss, and the instruction was just to do their best to offer decent territories within their capacity.

Otherwise, just ignore them.

The final straw that made the Lords ultimately agree was quite interestingly quite different.

The Lord of Mason Village—an old man named Menarco—was a half-Edenian and half-Yutan man. Although the two countries weren’t at war during their lifetimes, the discrimination was still very real.

(Other) Terrans had, apparently, somehow grown to the point of becoming a Town in a year—something impossible according to his aborigine hires.

Which... was really not reassuring. What if a territory did attack them?

/Every rock and tree and creatuureee...has a layufff, has a spiriiiit, has a neighhhehemmm/

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