Chapter 44: Planning ahead

Chapter 44: Planning ahead

Once he returned, Terry explained what he saw with Rebecca; he also talked with her about the first town of monsters since he wanted her opinion on the matter.

"I agree with you; it makes sense that monsters living in different areas would act differently like this," Rebecca said after thinking for a short while. "Still, I suppose we can't find a large group of them in other areas, one that wouldn't be that dangerous."

"Right, we still have some time before things reach a critical level, so we don't have to hurry," Terry said while thinking about a few things that he could do to deal with that situation."

After retreating, Terry gave the order for the newbies to keep watching the portal. At the same time, Rebecca offered them support as well. He was going to guard the place at night, so he decided to use his time well before that.

Terry went to talk with Vanessa about the ideas that he had. She was a bit busy dealing with the issues of her own guild and portal that she had to guard. At the same time, she also had to talk with the inhabitants of the city about the security of the place and make them feel safe when someone unknown to them was guarding one of the dungeons. It was a lot of work.

"Sorry for bothering you; I won't try to take too much of your time," Terry said. "I was wondering if you know someone that is interested in joining my guild, and they are good at using those graysteel."

"Those are skilled blacksmiths and crafters that survived until now have already been recruited by the guilds, and I don't think that they are unsatisfied with the things they receive in exchange for their services," Vanessa said. "We are always training new blacksmiths and crafters, but that takes time. I suppose you didn't look for blacksmiths in your base and hometown."

In the end, Terry headed to the branch of the guild that was almost finished, and he looked at the warehouse filled with the greysteel. After thinking for a while, Terry decided to throw away his pride for a bit and then went to talk with Louis. He did it using his cell phone in order to spare a bit of his ego.

"Oh, that is surprising," Louis said while showing amusement in his face. "I gave you my number, but I didn't think that you would actually call, even if the world starts to end again."

"I hate doing this, even more than you can imagine," Terry said and then sighed. "Anyway, I want to hire some skilled blacksmiths and crafters, ones that don't have and never had affiliations with guilds. Can you spread that information on your network?"

"That is possible, but it will be hard to find those people since they don't need to be strong to become part of the guilds; they just need to be skilled in their craft," Louis said. "There are some people with that kind of trait, but they are quite rare."

In a post-apocalyptic world, the task of finding skilled blacksmiths becomes arduous and challenging. The collapse of society and the destruction wrought by cataclysmic events have disrupted the once-thriving infrastructure that supported specialized craftsmanship.

In a post-apocalyptic world, essential resources such as iron, coal, and other raw materials required for blacksmithing become scarce. The devastation caused by the apocalypse may have depleted natural reserves or made them inaccessible, making it difficult to procure the necessary materials for crafting high-quality weapons and equipment. So, most of those people would change careers to survive.

The collapse of transportation systems and the breakdown of societal structures disrupt supply chains that once facilitated the distribution of resources. This makes it challenging to source and transport materials required by blacksmiths, impeding the creation of intricate and specialized weaponry.