While Altera was heading to war, Team B was also on their way back home, with a lot of guests. These people were visitors from Ferrol who had grown so attached to their products that they pushed to come with them to visit.
In consideration of their guests, the team had taken a rest in Bright Village for a while.
They noticed some differences, but they were too looking forward to going back home that they didn’t stay for long.
However, the differences were so stark it was impossible for them to miss even if they didn’t bother to investigate at all.
For one: The new leader was Gingo—someone they recognized as Micheal’s right-hand man—and his woman, Sandra, who didn’t lack the ’subtle’ reminders of who was the highest ranking female there.
For instance, when greeting them, Sandra would introduce herself as the Lady of Bright Territory.
She would also have plenty of followers, and even more admirers.
At this time, she was seeing them off with her followers. She looked quite proud, with her chin tilted high.
"Are you sure you’re not staying? We can give you a tour…" she asked, gentle, looking at the strong aborigines. Her eyes especially fixed on Jonathan—a handsome middle-aged man—and, more importantly, the lord of a big Town.
Unfortunately for her, Jonathan didn’t swing her way, so her subtle flirtations had been ignored the whole time. She was also particularly gentle with the handsome Hugo, who rubbed his temple at her advances.
"No, thank you, we will go back to Altera," Hugo said, before turning away. This made Sandra flinch a little, giving him a bad look.
Helios looked at the subtle changes on the woman’s face, and decided to soften the atmosphere. "We wanna go home to finally be comfortable, after all."
"A-Ah, yes."
Helios nodded and he followed the rest of them to Altera. The Town Lord’s party then hopped on their respective carriages, to the awe of many people.
They were large and fast. Not to mention, how amazing it was to ride monsters!
There were a lot of greedy eyes towards these carriages, but no one made a move. Who told Jonathan’s party to have an average of level 30!
Sandra stared at their disappearing silhouettes. Externally, nothing changed, but internally she was cursing.
They dared look down at her territory.
Just wait until your Altera was destroyed!
…
The soldiers chatted as they headed back home, the atmosphere a little tense.
"Bright Territory seemed to have lost to Fargo village," Turbo said, and Jake looked dazed at this, recalling a cute childish face.
"A lot of things happened in our absence," was all he said in the end, but everyone who knew him understood he was uneasy.
The party continued to move forward, with the soldiers and Ferrol guards easily dealing with the mobs.
Some of the guards sighed wistfully, "How I miss having to just deal with this level…"
"Yeah, but they don’t even give us anything."
"That’s true."
The soldiers nodded at this. It had indeed become difficult to level up around villages, especially considering it was more difficult to level up after level 10.
After some time, they reached the intersection where they decided to eat their lunch.
The aborigines couldn’t help but look around while the Alterans prepared food for themselves and the guests.
"This is made by Altera for the convenience of travelers," Hugo said, handing over a stick to the lord and his noble guests. The guards just took some for themselves after.
"Very thoughtful," Jonathan said, eyes brightening as the warm meat touched his taste buds.
"This is the kind of territory I want to partner with," he said, kindly looking at the Alterans (a demeanor very rare in lords). "Do you think Altera would be willing to be a subsidiary for Ferrol? We will provide a good backing for its growth."
"That’s…"
The Alterans awkwardly looked at each other, as if they could see the proper reply on other people’s faces.
Could they say they wouldn’t take too long to upgrade to town?
Baron cleared his throat, squeezing between them. "That’s for the elders to decide milord. What we can decide… is a business deal between us."
This softened the slight offense Jonathan’s party felt when they saw the Alteran’s dislike for the offer.
The amount of capital and planning that went into this territory was… definitely not normal. fгeewebnovёl.com
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