After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 448

Anyway, the topics varied from their own people, interesting women, and then some news.

They talked about some villages fighting. "Is it done?" The lord asked the one on his right, who nodded.

"Yes, milord, Hasa had taken down Mauin, with Tome soon after."

"Very good," he nodded, a sharp glint in his eyes.

The brothers’ eyes met, understanding. the lord here definitely instructed one of his subsidiaries to wage war on other villages, to take their tokens and resources.

It was none of their business, and this was normal practice in their world, but it did make for some interesting gossip.

One of the men sneered, tapping the table in annoyance. "Milord, I heard Hemeppo seemed to have merged the two territories."

The other cronie shook his head. "Heh, I knew that one couldn’t be trusted."

Although the disassociation of the Lord token was not common knowledge, the lords, who could see the actual tokens separating from their own bodies during wars, naturally knew of it. It was an open secret among lords and their most trusted confidantes.

"What do we do now, milord?"

"Let him be, for now." He said. Subsidiary villages weren’t slaves, after all.

"We’ll just increase his taxes to 50% or else he’ll face my other subsidiaries."

Anyway, subsidiary status lasted a year. He would have no choice but to follow this until the contract expired. The cronies naturally know this as well and they grinned.

"This is noted sir, I will forward this to him."

At this, their other companion looked at him in mirth, "When you visit, be careful of what they offer you."

The man made a face, knowing Hasa Village’s questionable diet.

"Those people are insane. Obviously, there was no lack of food, but they still decided to eat people!

But then again, as long as they gave money and resources, who cared what other people eat?

At this point, the brothers had decided to stop eavesdropping and just go on with their day. However, the topic suddenly shifted to one they cared for, very much.

"Have you heard? There are many forces congregating in this area," one said, and the other nodded.

"Of course! After all—there are so many new territories ripe for our picking!"

…

The next day.

The Golds got up early and continued to travel, hoping to get to Altera by the next sunset.

Honda obviously had an uneasy rest after doing his first act of rebellion, Olga looked tired after not sleeping on her soft bed, while Oslo and his brothers had a slight headache due to drinking, but thankfully not too much. They just drank a bit more than planned because they wanted to eavesdrop a bit more.

Anyway, the siblings decided to share the carriage for the last leg of the trip. They wanted to hear more about the territory from Oslo so they could better be ’prepared’, whatever that meant.

They applied a bit more of their stock of Beast Repelling Potion—which worked best in towns or villages due to the level limitations of the potion. This lovely invention allowed them to travel through with ease.

Some hours later, however, the carriage halted all of a sudden. "There’s a mob sir."