Chapter 207 Great enviroment for Growth
When they were fairly inside the small city, they realized quite quickly that there were not many monsters around.
Most buildings were destroyed and looked like houses that had been abandoned for several decades before they turned into ruins.
Every now and then, one could see small groups of zombies running around. They smelled and sensed the living and were immediately drawn toward them.
With a large group of more than 2500 humans, they were like a led sign inviting the zombies, who were thirsting for their warm blood, and wanting to devour their wildly beating heart that was filled with fear and to gobble their brains.
Not many of those zombie groups had powerful individuals amongst them.
In fact, the current groups of zombies were much weaker than the monsters they usually fought.
The only problem was that a single bite or scratch was enough to turn a human full of vigor into an undead zombie.
The zombification process took longer the lighter the sustained injury was, but it didn’t change much of the fact that one would inevitably turn into a zombie.
That was also the reason why nobody dared to fight recklessly against the beings that had once been human beings, just like them.-.
Well, that was if one excluded Dilan.
With his Immunity passive ability he could fight as recklessly as he wanted because it didn’t matter if he was scratched or bitten.
He had fought against each group of zombies, whether there were ten powerful Tier-1 zombies or only ordinary low-leveled zombies in the hordes that attacked his group.
His people were still tired and Dilan didn’t want a single of them to die by accidentally being scratched.
This would be the worst that could happen and it was something Dilan avoided by all means and jumped in every fight.
Some young Ascenders didn’t understand Dilan’s intention and they began to believe that he wanted to show off his strength in front of everyone.
However, that couldn’t be further from the truth, which was something the older Ascenders and those, who had been with Dilan for quite some time already, knew very well.
They were amused at the behavior of the younger Ascenders and those who joined their group not too long ago, but nobody said anything.
Time slowly passed and their group made their way toward the center of the city.
Not a single Peak Tier-1 monster or a Tier-2 monster entered their view which was why it was quite easy for their group to decide to comb through the entire city with smaller and larger groups.
Most Ascenders stayed behind to protect the Survivors, who prepared food for everyone, using huge pots, several small camping gas stoves, and the ingredients which they had brought from Rian.
They didn’t have many vegetables, fruits, or healthy food to eat. However, on the other hand, there was more than enough meat for them to have, the meat of monsters was far more delicious than one could imagine.
Nobody cared that they were unable to have a balanced diet, other than Bianne, who was extremely frustrated about their situation.
It was already hard to cook for more than 2500 humans in the open as if they were on a large-scale camping trip.
But not having anything but a few ingredients, with a majority being huge monster corpses that had been dissected so that the delicious parts could be barbecued or turned into a broth was the most annoying for her.
Dilan couldn’t care less about Bianne’s trouble. For the moment, it was important that they had food to put in their bellies, not that their meals were balanced.
That was why he averted his attention to some other topics as he listened to the complaints of the people around him.
“We have enough Lumina crystals to concoct thousands of mana replenishment potions. That is great and all, but Kathrine wants to use the Lumina crystals as a light source when we build our base.
She is of the opinion that we need the Lumina crystals to show others that humans live there and that we will notice monsters if they choose to attack us.
I mean…I understand that we need to see the monsters, who attack us but I don’t like the idea of attracting them intentionally. Instead, we should focus on concocting potions rather than using the remaining Lumina crystals to turn them into streetlamps…”
They couldn’t get their hands on more Lumina crystals anymore because they left Rian and the permanent Gate that lead to the Krendel’s Underground Valley.
Dilan understood Sarah’s concern, even if he was a little bit baffled that she was more bothered about being unable to concoct more potions than anything else.
‘And I was already worried that she didn’t actually want to focus on concocting potions but that she sacrificed her needs to do so…to think that she is almost obsessed with the thought of becoming an Alchemist now.’
Dilan smiled before turning his head to someone else, who started to complain as well. However, that was what Dilan expected and his smile didn’t falter.
“How am I supposed to forge now?! I get that you got me a new forging hammer and anvil from the Sacred Shop to help me forge but I need ores and other materials to forge, you know?!”
It was Old Jeff, who complained and Dilan merely nodded his head, agreeing to the old man’s words.
“Of course, you need ores. Just use the ones stored in your Penta Item Pouch for the time being.
If everything we’re looking for is located in Shiron, we can settle here.
And when we do that, we will try our best to find a Gate that brings us to some place where we can mine ores, alright?”
There were many things he had to pay attention to and there was even more stuff they needed.
In the end, they could only procure most things through the help of the Gates because Milarn didn’t have many useful resources for them.
There was no Jadetite, no Stonemonkey Devial fruits, no Silver Iron ore on Milarn.
However, Dilan was quite confident that they would get their hands on new, and stronger fruits, and other plants, especially forging goods, whether it was materials or blueprints.
Yvonne had already said that she liked it in Shiron and that she believed that they could become stronger if they stayed here.
If he were to be honest, Dilan had to acknowledge that he believed the same.
Everything hinted to him that Shiron was a good place to stay, and when the groups of Ascenders, who had scouted the city returned, Dilan knew what they were going to do!
‘Looks like we’re not too unlucky!’
There was no need to hesitate anymore when he heard the reports. There were signs of humans having survived in Shiron, which was great.
However, it was not the reason for Dilan to feel light-hearted and at ease.
The reason for him to feel like this was something else, a great place to do everything they wished to achieve!
“To become stronger as quickly as possible, this place should be quite suitable. Everything we need is here, including a great view of the Shikan plains, Gates outside the city and the most important fact is that we have enough space for everyone to live comfortably!
Are you guys ready for a new chapter in your life?” Dilan asked with a sly smile on his face before they set off to approach an area in the industrial district of Shiron, right next to a large half-destroyed alloy manufacturing factory.