After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World-Chapter 1906: More Potions (Part 1)

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The war started the next day, and large amounts of forces and resources on both sides had been mobilized.

Papell Town was too far away from Ferrol to send a massive force before the war started, and only those who were sent to investigate had immersed themselves in the population. These spies were still in position, making reports here and there, though what the master territories had been doing with the information, they were not sure yet.

In any case, Papell Town was confident. They were backed by the powerful Crystal City, to add a few more advantages. For example, they had plenty of level 30s in their midst, and there was a lot of equipment lent.

On paper, Ferrol was an ally of Valov Town, which was a subsidiary of Hassen City, but it was clear that the latter could not care less for them. If they did, they would’ve sent a message to their Lords.

It would naturally be a difficult and bloody fight, especially as it would involve a large number of late level 20s and level 30s, as well as a handful of level 40, from both sides.

As successful commerce towns, both sides also had an abundance of mercenaries. One could imagine the explosive damage on every street where the battle happened.

Such a battle could only be won by strength rather than sly strategies.

After all, at this level, not a lot of strategies could stop brute force, and precisely why Althea had always been so reluctant to upgrade too quickly.

People could just jump over moats and average-level moats. Late Level 30s and above could punch away or avoid sentry shots with levels lower than level 7, which was the average level for town level 3 walls.

The interesting part was that since wars had become rare at that stage— something that happened once every couple of years or even once a decade—many fighters just...forgot how to do complex wars.

Why would they have to think about formation, teamwork, and things like that when their force was so overwhelming?

This went to both sides, too. Even if their force value was similar, just at a higher tier than other territories, this still applied. Basically, whenever level 40s went to an all-out battle inside a territory, the surrounding buildings and streets were bound to be obliterated. What’s the use of hiding inside alleys to trap people?

The civilians who couldn’t fight and weren’t slaves ought to hide themselves, because it was guaranteed they’d be injured, if not dead, if they were in the vicinity. Of course, many Lords wouldn’t care about this and force them to fight, group over powerhouses, and sacrifice themselves for the territory.

It would become a battle of attrition and power, and each party had scores of elementalists fighting in the wars. At this level, their attacks’ penetration was far superior to normal skill attacks from people of the same level.

Equipment that could work on powerhouses around level 40 was already Class B equipment. How many people could have this? Not that many. To cause significant damage to them, it either had to be someone of around the same level or an elementalists.

Below this, the damage was limited. Unless they were a large group fighting against the powerhouse, it was likely that the powerhouse could reach their attackers and kill them before their equipment broke down.

Speaking of Class B weapons, quite a few Class B and Class C weapons had been injected into Alterra over the past year, primarily due to Althea and Eugene. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

For Eugene, his job at the research center as a creator was never-ending. Most of the miscellaneous items not part of the other departments would be included here.

They mostly handled things that were used in everyday life, like improving solar panels, improving wires, batteries, and so on, though they also studied weaponry as well.

To be able to create things that dwarves could do would take a very long while, however. Infusing aether and giving magical functions to items was definitely not simple.

In Althea’s case, while the potions made with [Elemental Integration] tended not to receive anything due to the potions’ extremely difficult conditions to make, she could receive it for other potions.

The requirement was that all ingredients were local (Xenoan) and did not need elementalist powers or advanced technology to create. As a rule of thumb, it had to be something that could be mimicked at some point.

Other rewards were related to array knowledge and tools, like, for some reason, she was given credit for the new masking token when they started improving it further yesterday. She was very excited about its completion, but war first.

There have been several parallel studies based on Althea’s formulas. The bulk of experimentation, trial and errors were delegated, but since she was the one who made the formulas and the main person to perfect them after experimentation, the World Knowledge ultimately gave her the credit and the reward item.

That said, everyone who participated in the studies would receive contribution points as well as some percentage of the future earnings. Since it was Lady Althea’s formula, it was sure to sell, so it was another one of the many reasons people wanted to work under Althea.

Of course, the World Knowledge was also fair. If the person under the main idea holder was the one who contributed more into its development and actual creation, they would receive the reward instead.

Otherwise, those masters out there would’ve just desperately gathered extremely capable people under their wings to research for them, while gaining the major ’wins’.

Anyway, over the past months, there were three potions that had been developed in parallel, finishing at different points in time, and all of which were quite useful for fights.

They were called the Burst Potion, the Eyesight Potion, and the Conduit Potion. And each one was not to be underestimated.