Anastasia was leisurely walking through the streets of Silvaria City as she took in the magnificent, bustling sights around her. People were going up and down the wide streets with bright expressions on their faces. The city was still in the process of being built, so it wasn't completed in any sense, but the progress being made was astounding. In only a few months, the valley that the Earthlings had settled in now had a city within it.

Thanks to the cooperation of all the people that the Silvaria Family had saved, the city was established fairly quickly. Just because the Earthlings had been teleported to a new world, it's not like they had become stupid or anything. Everyone caught in the teleportation incident all still retained their previous knowledge and expertise. All they needed was time to adapt to their new environment before they could stand up on their own two feet and start putting themselves to good use.

Although many constructs and buildings in the city weren't quite finished yet, the current situation was much better than when the Earthlings first arrived on this mysterious new world, Alterna. Maybe because it was due to the presence of mana, the physiques and health of the Earthlings had improved to a high degree, so the construction of the city's infrastructure progressed very quickly.

Old men and women in the age range of 70-80 had experienced an upgrade to their physiques and after a consensus, many inhabitants of Silvaria City have stated that they felt like they've aged 20-30 years younger. The elderly were now fit to work on the fields or even help out with the construction of the city. This improvement was even better for the people who were middle aged or still in their early 20s and 30s.

An enhanced physique and better health was the reported improvements that was brought about by mana in the case for the ordinary citizens. As for the Silvaria Family whose every member was a martial artist and already had a strong physique and great health, the improvement they experienced was much more prominent.

Superhuman feats like crushing boulders with their bare hands, jumping tens of meters in the air, or striding forward a couple meters at a time and running at inhuman speeds was but a small number of things that they were now capable of doing.

Thanks to this development, Grandpa Silvaria and Father Silvaria were now gloating and in extremely high spirits. All of their nonsense from back on Earth had now become reality and they were fortunate enough to live through it all.

Anastasia and Grandma Silvaria could only sigh whenever they saw the gloating faces of their husbands that constantly pushed their bodily limits to the extreme and regularly came back from an expedition outside of the valley carrying a large monster on their backs with various degrees of injuries on their bodies. Thanks to their enhanced physiques, those injuries healed quickly, but it was still nerve-wracking to think that their knuckleheaded husbands would willingly go out of the valley to face danger just for their own entertainment though it was disguised as scouting missions.

Lately though, the two men couldn't go out as often because they had more responsibility as leaders of the city and they needed to be around to supervise the city's construction and resource distribution.

Thanks to their efforts though, Anastasia was able to see the smiling faces of her city's citizens. Who would have thought that only after a little less than a year, things would have developed in such a positive direction. She quickly arrived in front of the Silvaria Martial Academy, a school that the Silvaria family erected to educate and train the city's younger generation so that they wouldn't be so hopeless against the monsters that lived outside of the valley.

Along the way, many of the city's citizens greeted her with courtesy and respect. This woman was one of the main reasons that they could now live a happy life even after the Transmigration Incident. They also felt very sorry for her. She had lost a child, who was said to be the next head of the Silvaria Family. Everyone at this point had experienced some form of loss, but the loss of a child, especially for a mother, was very heartbreaking.

Kaiser and everyone in the family had sent out numerous search parties to the surrounding area in hopes of finding Cecil, but unfortunately, after all this time, nothing came up. Anastasia didn't know if this was good news or bad news because no body or remains had come up that indicated whether Cecil had truly passed on or not, but it did leave a large hole in her heart. This devastated her for a long time, but eventually, she started to smile again after realizing that she needed to cherish and take care of those still around her.

While Anastasia was waiting in front of the school's gate, many parents also began to trickle in. They too were there to pick up their children. Most of them were woman while a select few were men. A couple came up to Anastasia and the lady greeted her with a smile.

"Hello, Anastasia, it's great to see you again, how have you been?"

"Hi, Sara, I'm doing fine, you?"

"Same as you. Are you here to pick up Angelia?"

"Yes."

Sara Argent, she was the young mistress of the Argent family, a prominent family back in Edelesta City of Earth. They were now also a prominent family in Silvaria City and they had helped the Silvaria family with many things since the start of the Transmigration Incident. Their family served in the Council of Six, the high council that managed Silvaria City with the Silvaria Family as the head.

The man next to Sara bowed politely and took a step back. He was a butler of the Argent family. Seeing that it would still take a while before the children came out, Sara and Anastasia began conversing to pass the time. The conversation was mostly about trivial things, until Sara accidentally touched upon a sensitive topic.

"By the way, I'm sure you already heard about the pathway leading to the other side of these mountains, no?" Sara whispered making sure her voice was only loud enough so that only she and Anastasia can hear.

"Yes, the advance team has also already secured and cleared the area of monsters. We're planning to build an outpost before exploring the area on the other side of the mountains."

"That's great! Ana, don't you think this is great! Maybe your son was actually–ah!" Sara was really elated for her friend, but she inadvertently touched upon a very sensitive topic. She quickly covered her mouth and was about to apologize, but Anastasia smiled brightly and said, "It's okay, Sara. At least now, there's a greater chance of finding him..."

"Yes! That's right! There's a better chance now!" Sara replied in encouragement. She regretted being so thoughtless, but she was absolutely right that there was at least more hope for her friend to find her lost son.

The Earthlings hadn't fully explored the entire area on their side of the mountain yet since they found the land to be much bigger than they had first estimated. The land on their side of the mountain range was expansive and extremely vast. The mountains themselves stretched so far away to the left and right sides of the valley that it was only after many months of exploration did the scouting team finally reach the ends of each side of the mountain range before noticing that they began curving inwardly at some point.

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It wasn't long before the scouting team hypothesized that they were actually inside an enclosure with mountains surrounding them on all sides, but from the area they mapped out, the mountains began curving in only after stretching to the east and west for over 100 kilometers each in distance. So if they did the math, just trying to explore and map out the whole area within the hypothesized enclosure would probably take years if only on foot.

It would be different if they had a better form of transportation, but with things as they are, there's no way they could even make such a thing. Although the knowledge and materials were there, but with no tools to help them, then how could they proceed with that? Not to mention that they still hadn't found any viable source of fuel yet.

Even now, the people were living without any form of electricity or convenience. The city only looked good on the outside. On the inside, there were still many things they were lacking and need improving.

Aside from plumbing and sewage control, things like electricity, transport, everyday gadgets like phones and the like along with machinery and almost every other sort of convenience from Earth were currently still not present in the city. The only good thing they had going was the fact that they had roofs over their heads, clothes to wear, food to eat, water to drink, and the safety provided from the city's high walls and ramparts, shielding them from the threat of the dangerous other world monsters.

Despite not being able to live as they were when they were back on Earth, the Earthlings were still optimistic about the future. Since they were now safe and had a place to call home, they could now slowly develop themselves without fearing too much for their lives.

"Mommy~!" A cute voice called out to Anastasia, who immediately turned around and saw her little Angel waving at her with a bright smile.

Apparently, she was very popular since there were many children surrounding her. Angelia quickly bid good bye to her friends and dashed towards her Mom.

"How was your day, honey?"

"It was great, Mommy, the training isn't as hard as it is back at home, but it's pretty fun training and fighting with my friends!"

Anastasia smiled and led her daughter back home. With the two walking next to each other, they looked like sisters instead of mother and child because Anastasia was awfully short and youthful for her age.

When they finally returned home, Anastasia couldn't help but notice that many of the disciples training under her husband were gathered together at the training field. It wasn't only them, but even the military of Silvaria City were present on the large field.

On top of the stage, Kaiser Silvaria, her husband and the current head of the Silvaria Family, alongside the other 5 leaders of the city's Council of Six, were present. From what Anastasia heard, they seemed to be addressing the newfound path to the other side of the mountain. Kaiser was delivering the orders that the Council of Six had agreed upon, it was to explore the area on the other side of the mountain.

Kaiser had been pushing for this and the other family heads also agreed, it was better to know what was outside. On their side of the mountains, they have mostly categorized the monsters and fauna within their region and it was too dangerous to venture even further into the wilderness since transportation was still limited. The unknown was more dangerous than the already known, so they needed information on what was on the other side of the mountain to prepare for anything that might be a threat to them.

Kaiser also had another reason. It was so that they could explore the place in hopes of finding his lost son. He knew that his wife was still grieving over the loss. It wasn't confirmed yet, but many already thought that Cecil was most likely dead. They haven't found any trace of him for almost a year now, despite their meticulous searches.

Even Anastasia herself was beginning to believe that Cecil was now dead, but with the path to the other side of the mountain having been found, a small sliver of hope had formed once again.

Once Kaiser finished addressing the disciples and military personnel, he entertained the important personages in the main mansion. After some time, the people started heading back to their homes in the city and Kaiser quickly found his wife. The first thing Anastasia did when she saw her husband was to pounce and cling onto him. Kaiser was surprised and embraced her gently.

"...thank you."

"Hehe... what're you talking about? You're not the only one who's worried or hopeful."

While the couple was being intimate, the door of the mansion opened up and a young woman's voice rang through the mansion, "I'm home!"

Fatima had arrived home from her work, but she was immediately subjected to the pair of lovebirds' intimate moment. She turned a blank look at her parents and sighed.

"...At least go do it in your room..." Fatima said a little annoyed. Here she was, in the prime of her youth, single and alone while her parents were still as lovey-dovey as when they had first met as teenagers.

"Hahahaha!! Sorry about that honey!" Kaiser said in his booming voice.

Anastasia smiled gently with a little blush on her face, but she was still clinging onto her husband and that husband was still embracing her gently. Fatima's face twitched a little, she walked up to the mansion's second floor to her room in order to get changed. When she passed by her parents she remembered something and asked, "Mom, Dad. The path to the other side, is the expedition team already full?"

"Hm? Well, we're having the military clear the way and quickly build the outpost. The expedition team will only set off after the outpost has been built."

"Oh... okay. I want permission to participate in the expedition."

Anastasia was surprised hearing this and tried to object,

"Eh? Honey, we should just leave this to the professionals–"

"No! I'm tired of waiting around doing nothing but work. There's finally hope that we can find Cecil, so how can I sit by and wait?!"

Fatima's sudden outburst caused her parent to be surprised. She too was surprised, but she quickly regained her composure before continuing.

"Just let me do this, please. As the eldest sister, I'm also very worried about my youngest brother... I don't believe he's dead. There's just no way and I have a gut feeling telling me that he's still alive and well."

"...alright, you're already an adult. So do as you see fit. But I have a condition. You have to be able to defeat at least 1 of my best disciples before you can go. Only then will your mother and I be free from worry," Kaiser said in reply after giving her an ultimatum.

"Haha~ who do you think you're talking to father? Other than Cecil, then wouldn't you say that I'm your BEST disciple?"

"Hmph. After years of not training, we'll see if you can still say that later!"

"Heh, we'll see about that. Bring in as much as possible or else it wouldn't even be a warm up!"

Seeing their daughter so confident, the husband and wife laughed and Kaiser let go of his wife and quickly made his way back to the Silvaria dojo to prepare.