After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World-Chapter 1186: Raine’s Deputy

In order to do this, they had to be able to offer the basics—decent food, decent shelter, and a way to sustain a living. She also had to ensure that the territory was safe—and this meant handling stray town-level monsters coming their way.

At the top of her mind, one way was to attract mercenary teams to build a base in her territory. That said, she'd have to be on a lookout for the good ones with some integrity.

Anyway, this was just the tip of the iceberg and she was already overworked as it was.

"I'm planning on promoting Esias as my Deputy," she said, making the two men look at her in surprise.

For deputy, it wasn't that she didn't consider them. Rather, they asked her to reconsider because they could barely handle their own work—let alone take in bigger responsibilities.

The two of them took on Elder roles in separate concerns.

For instance, Suide was more on the economics and entertainment aspect—similar to Ansel's role—while Orland handled the organization of their forces.

In the end, they jointly determined that Suide and Orland weren't for that position, leaving the deputy position open for a while.

There was no actual 'vice-lord' to closely assist Raine, which put a lot of toll on her. She had barely slept at all since taking the Lord position, and it was fortunate their physiques required much less rest.

That said, that position was very powerful and whoever was placed there had to be trusted.

"That seems risky," Orland said. "Esias has a lot of influence, especially with the hundreds of people he brought with him."

His cynical mind even considered Esias refusing to go to Alterra because it would be easier for him to puncture Belluga's existing power system.

Of course, after many months of observation, the old man proved himself to be sincere—but that didn't guarantee how things would go in the future.

Suide agreed. "What if he gets greedy and decides he wants to be the lord?"

Raine shook her head.

"Unlike men, I don't look so highly at such high regard," she said. "As long as I can guarantee my own safety and lifestyle, I can easily let go of it."

Probably.

When that actually happened though, only time would tell how she'd truly react.

That said, there were definitely people who didn't hold on to power like others.

At a thought, she couldn't help but smile a bit. "It's why I think the Lord of Alterra is definitely a woman."

So early in the game, yet the person already delegated so much power. She must not know the other people well yet at the time, but somehow so many Elders popped up not long after the village was established.

This was news to the men. Their eyebrows rose and they looked at her curiously. "Oh? You really think so?"

So that was either Madam Mathilda, Madam Rosalind, or Miss Althea.

It was… an interesting thought—and, the more they thought about it, it actually seemed likely.

Silence passed by a bit as they absorbed the possible implications. Of course, it was mostly just for curiosity.

Regardless of who the Lord was, as long as it was a Terran who cared for the people, they didn't mind it.

They'd even protect their identity—because Alterra's Lord in danger was a danger to all of them.

"Speaking of Alterra, I may go to visit soon," she said, resting the back of her neck on the seat's backrest.

"Kimmy has given birth," Raine said. "I want to how she is coping with my own eyes, and…" she paused, her eyes darkening.

"And that man… they're going to kill him soon."

"I want to be there."

…

Meanwhile, Shrao Village was facing a very different situation.

With Shrao villagers used to dealing with stray town-level mobs—due to their proximity to one even before—Shrao actually cleared them up the fastest.

However, a new problem came their way instead.

The first case happened just before Alterra became a Town, and they had taken in hundreds of refugees from the North.

At the time, they didn't notice much difference in them. The refugees—all aborigines—looked pale and unhealthy, but that wasn't unusual considering their travels here.

However, at some point, they started noticing strange occurrences among them. Worse—not only the refugees, but the Shrao locals also seemed to change.

It was not limited to the people with attitude problems getting worse, even those who used to be able to work well found their productivity declining. People started acting strangely as if they were not themselves.

Things happened quickly. Soon, people with trembling hands and strange mood swings abound the territory.

They realized that it seemed to be a disease, where people were pale as if bloodless and shaking as if they were endlessly antsy. Their minds were clouded, too, and some people became unrecognizable to their families and friends.

Soon, the fact that it was a 'disease' spread out and many 'healthy' people refused to go out of their houses, causing another wave of damage to their economy, defense, and their morale.

After all, what if the disease was contagious?

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Before they could figure out what it was though, the situation got worse because various deadly fights exploded in the village.

They could not afford such detailed rules as Alterra so, for the most part, they only prohibited murder. However, for some reason, so many of these people seemed to have forgotten that basic rule.

Shiro and the others could only be confused when small group wars—aiming to kill the other side—exploded all over the territory. There were even some guards among them!!

Precious manpower that was supposed to be handling mobs had to handle internal conflicts, causing more and more losses on their side.

After investigation, they found that the cause of the fights was the dwindling amount of the 'magic medicine'.

To the 'ill', it was a magic powder that could—quote— 'make all their problems go away', and they had to get it no matter what the consequences were.

For a while, the aborigines were baffled.

What could possibly be causing all this?