After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 398

While most of the Aborigine guests were left to explore the territory, the Terran Mercenary group went to their base villa with everyone.

It was technically smaller than the property in Ferrol, but the details were much richer, the training area denser, and a lot more considerations were made.

However, this was not immediately appreciated by the newly-arrived Aborigine members, primarily because they were still reeling at the sights they had seen before heading here.

The minds of Pipa, Roana, and the others were still focused on the markets they saw on the way—which was so attractive it felt like they were being called. It took them a lot of discipline not to separate from Eagle and the others.

Their stomachs were churning the whole time and their own feet were gesturing to go to these shops without their knowledge!

What the bosses said was true: What they had seen in Ferrol was not enough!

Eagle was naturally aware of the ’tension’ these aborigines were feeling. But he thought it was better to tell them the plan before letting them go wild on their own.

He met the antsy aborigines in the living room while everyone else went their own way—some to report to Garan, some to handle their sales, some to meet friends and family, while some to goof around in general.

Whichever case it was, they were subject of envy by the aborigines withheld by Eagle.

Eagle’s lips twitched upwards and began speaking. "I’ve arranged for you to learn from certain experts for a month, after signing a confidentiality contract, of course."

He turned to the thin and pale seamstress Pipa, and then to Sasa, a curly-haired woman who specialized in making clothes. "You two will be assigned to help with Letty," he told them. "She is a system-stamped seamstress, and we hope you awaken an occupation under her."

The word ’awakening’ naturally caught the two women’s minds and their eyes brightened. "Sir?!"

Eagle just smiled as he turned to Koli, a large male tanner with only a handful of hair on his head. "You will be going to Sassy," he said, "Her occupation is not system-stamped, but she is definitely an expert. Who knows, right?"

Although tanning was a more common practice here, Sassy knew a lot of intricacies that this guy could learn. Of course, they had to pay Baron’s team a set amount of gold for this.

For the cooks, he turned to the dark-skinned chubby Roana and the ultra-tall cook with a strong metabolic rate, Yoyo. "You will be joining sister-in-law’s restaurant, under her person named Harold."

The two nodded, eyes bright. Not only for the opportunity to learn, but the fact that they’d be doing it under Ms. Althea!

They had heard of the ’sister-in-law’ the bosses admired so much.

The Captain’s wife!

How curious they were to see the only woman who could get close to their ice-cold captain. And also not be scared!

Eagle paused and let them remember the instructions. They were naturally chosen because they were the best employees with the greatest potential.

Further, they had enough social skills to teach the others back in Ferrol about the craft they had learned. (Of course, this was all after signing NDAs as well to protect Altera’s interests).

"We are investing in you, in hopes that our Ferrol base would be sustainable enough not to fully depend on the main branch.

"Am I clear?"

"Yes!"

Eagle’s stance softened then, and what he said next made the aborigines nearly jump in joy.

"You may explore Altera on your own. I will endorse you to your trainers tomorrow. Meet me here tomorrow morning at sunrise."

"YES!!!"

Finally!

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Inside the Gaea Team’s villa, a certain auburn-haired woman looked at the space in front of her with curious eyes.

"Our first aboriginal guests…"Althea said as she looked at the population screen. They were now in their lounge area in her room.

She had just woken up from a nap, and Garan—after arranging the day’s training regimen and tasks—was there to keep her company.

She needed some sleep as she had been very focused on her experiments the past few days. They had already completed the first batch of rubber, and now she wanted to mass-produce wheels and shock absorbers to apply to more bikes, rickshaws, and possibly carriages.

Things like gaskets, ball bearings, and rubber seals were essential for many machines. Although there would still be a lot of research, these would be used in various machinery like improved waterwheels, windmills, clocks, the printing press, crank mechanisms, improved looms, and even catapults and trebuchets.

Especially crank mechanisms used for hand-crank generators, crank-in machines, windows, (eventually) music boxes, manual pumps, and sewing machines.