Alterra Village.
A few days later, about a hundred tourists from Ferrol found their way to Alterra. This group went with people from the Terran Mercenary Team who were called in.
A lot of the visitors were under Jonathan and his cronies, set to pick up their orders. They were sent so soon because the items… really sold fast and well.
However, Jonathan’s people actually comprised only half of the current caravan.
The thing was, a lot of people got wind of the deals and that they were heading to the ’source’ of the items. Immediately, they decided to follow suit.
It was all quite the ’coincidence’ that, about a kilometer from Ferrol, the Mercenary team and Ferrol Caravan had a number of ’serendipitous’ encounters with the merchants from various territories.
For example, there was a caravan who would act surprised to see them. "Oh, where are you going?"
Then, no matter what their answer was, the other party would say something along the lines of "What a coincidence, us too!"
Then there was another that was even more blatant, saying "We were bored staying in Ferrol and decided to check out the nearby territories."
Anyway, it was all quite obvious they wanted to cut Ferrol, the middlemen, and make the deals directly.
But… they couldn’t kick them out right? Especially when these people could just follow them anyway. A lot of these people were from various territories. Ferrol was not about to make enemies needlessly.
Besides, the lord made a deal with Alterra for exclusivity in their area. This meant their interest would be guarded.
This was how a massive group of 200 aborigines entered the gates of Alterra, looking around in interest and awe.
They heard it was a village and were just expecting something like Guia, but what was this?
This was a proper town!
Anyway, the 200 people segregated to travel by group and Fred’s Glorious Hospitality company became quite busy.
Of course, the territory told them not to overshare some information that they didn’t need to know. For example, the average level of their strengths or the detailed information about the Research Center was relatively sensitive and shouldn’t be spread willy-nilly.
Although the intimate information about the territory could be found out through other channels, it was advantageous to delay it as long as possible.
From a side, Gill and a few other soldiers sighed as they watched the new injected activity in the territory.
These newcomers were sure to increase the GDP of the territory by a lot. Not to mention, they had already raised prices to balance with the outside, so the profit was even better than before.
However, it was not entirely a good thing that they appeared at this time.
"Hmm, while I’m happy for the tourists, it would be harder for us to determine if Baltimore’s people snuck in," Eagle said with a complicated expression.
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