After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2019

Chapter 2019: Erol’s Team

The Lord and his family looked at each other, some were admittedly annoyed, but Althea was careful so there was no just cause for them to act. If they acted now, then they’d be unreasonable. Further, they could push away important talents.

To a degree, the number of elementalists a Town had also added to its reputation.

With power and potential, they deserved some voice in this.

After the couple left, one of Lord Pello’s sons couldn’t help but ask. "Can I come to that mission of theirs?"

He really liked that woman! Further, he was very curious what kind of mission they were sent to do. It must involve some treasure, right? Don’t ask him how he knew it; it was his intuition.

"What? Towards the undead? No way!" his mother said. "If you get that illness, it cannot be healed! Why would you want that!?"

The mysterious illness that those things spread was not explosive and was even slow-acting. However, once someone contracted it, it was just a matter of time before they died. It was why missions relating to them were so unpopular. There was no advantage except to reduce their numbers!

"Just send some of your people to monitor," Pello cut off the topic, and everyone quieted down. Then, after a pause, he spoke again.

"I heard that guy Erol is leading this caravan," he said, looking at his son. "Didn’t you have people planted around him?"

...

Speaking of Erol, the Info broker, he was currently finalizing the forces they’d bring to the Undead walls.

The area of the wall was a few days away on foot, and they would encounter various monsters and undead in that period of time. The forces he had to bring must be at least level 20 wth some level 30s.

This was quite a big operation. After all, level 30 was already considered a powerhouse at the town-level and mobilizing a few with one mission indicated its importance.

"How much are we getting paid for this?" one of his members, Paz, couldn’t help but ask. He didn’t see much money coming in, just out.

"Let’s just say it’s an investment," he vaguely said, purposely trying to appear mysterious.

Unfortunately for him, a lot of these men had been with him for decades, so they had an idea what really happened.

"So...they didn’t pay you anything," Paz said. It was a statement.

"..."

"Is the mission so important?" he asked.

Paz was pretty much his right-hand man and handled a good portion of the business. One reason was that he was a good-looking bloke and a lot of their businesses gained connections through that gift of gab he had.

"Yes, the intangible benefit is immense. The potential even more so."

He wasn’t doing it just because of the wine, and this wasn’t just about the money.

He had a feeling the plans they had been working on for so long could finally see a breakthrough.

Anyway, all he gave were very vague answers. Fortunately, Erol’s teammates didn’t underestimate his judgment either. As such, most of them had the ’cynical, but willing to wait and see’ attitude.

"As long as the boss covers our meals!" another team member, Engget, couldn’t help but add at the side.

At this, Erol laughed. "Of course! With me as your boss, no one will starve to death!"

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