After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 180

As for how so much construction was done in such a short time, a lot of it had to do with manpower.

If Baron and her team hired about a combined fifth of the total population, then the construction team hired by the territory took another. Over half of the abled men and women in the territory worked in the construction team.

Basically, except for the guards who was always hunting outside for at least half a day, everyone had a ’day job’ and were otherwise training in their free time (which was required for hired hands anyway). This was fortunate because she really didn’t think too deeply about this aspect.

There was no way, other than the required hunting time and the overall levels, she really didn’t think much about the strength of the people and left it all to Drake and Rowan. As long as the walls were ready to defend whatever happened, she put this issue to the back of her mind.

It wasn’t her specialty and to be frank she didn’t have much interest in it. She was extremely lucky to have sincere people in the field working for her.

Of course, her ideal was still her husband taking the helm. In that case, then she’d really have nothing to worry about.

Anyway, a lot of these people chose construction because it also trained their physiques.

It was also because of this that the territory changed so much in just a few days. Of course, this was not without the help of magic, and a lot of funds from her own pocket.

"Brother Oslo that’s soo cool!!!"

Speak of the devil—she turned her head to see Oslo using his earth magic to lift the stones on the ground, serving as a crane to take materials up.

Oslo was a rare dual elementalist.

Back then, when she saw the NPCs so shocked, she was a bit startled because she didn’t know it was that rare.

"You are a dual elementalist?!" The usually-cool Rowan exclaimed. He happened to be there because he was making rounds.

"Is it so rare?" Althea asked, walking next to him.

"Mil–" Rowan stopped himself, "Yes, Ms. Althea! Not even 1 out of 100 elementalists have dual elements."

Althea looked awkwardly at her three elements in her Stats. She decided not to tell what her stats were until she knew more about it.

In any case, the Elementalists had definitely assisted in the fast development of the territory, and they proved themselves to be quite the value-for-money. She hoped there would be more elementalist popping up in her options, but she somehow doubted it.

If they were really as rare as Rowan said, they were unlikely to show up in her little village. It could be said she struck gold to have encountered Oslo and Rowan. And so early, too.

She watched the construction of the supermarket in a daze because of this, only to be pulled to the present some time later by a familiar voice.

She turned her head to meet the chubby face with the name of Baron.

"You got the building before me again…" He said.

"You came in a close second." She said with a smile. "You are really updated."

Indeed, she was really surprised by this guy’s news channel. She was the lord so, obviously, she got first pick.

But this guy was already waiting in the village center just as she posted the opening.

Baron was a bit smug, "A businessman’s intuition," was all he said.

"Well, fortunately, my building will be finished tomorrow. The lease for that is no joke."

Althea smiled. He was referring to the building on the other end of Market Street, directly opposite to her supermarket. He took the entire corner.

"I’m sure it’d be a good investment."

"Yep, that’s for sure~"