After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 2119

Chapter 2119: Orcs’ Thoughts

For a race called ’savages’ by many humans, Orcs were surprisingly friendly. Even if their speech was a bit fragmented, lacking prepositions, proper conjugation, and so on, people could still understand their words.

People think they’re stupid, but their average IQ was actually not that far from the human average. They were still capable of logical thought; they simply never had the capacity to think deeply and ’overthink’.

The orcs relied on their instincts and did not have the scheming and deep thought people had.

Althea was relieved. It looked like the trip here wasn’t too perilous, which was a nice change considering she was so close to death just a few days prior just by entering the place.

Althea joined in the circle around the campfire. When she asked who started the fires there, they surprisingly told her that it was done by their leader, the Ox Orc.

The ox orc was named Apis. He was also Ohara’s husband.

His special ability had to do with creating intense vibrations with his body. It was so intense that the friction created heat, which could ultimately create fire.

Other orcs also knew how to make fires, though in different ways. At some point, they had also learned that cooked meat was more delicious, and its recovery effect on the body was greater than eating it raw.

This was a discovery that likely took decades to figure out, and Althea was thankful she didn’t have to explain she could only eat cooked meat.

"Have some of mine, sister." Another piece of meat found its way on Althea’s leaf bowl. It was put there by the friendly chimpanzee she pointed at before, telling people they were relatives.

The chimpanzee’s name was Bable. Bable looked at Althea with interest. He was also very curious about the things she did.

Bable was very young, only a teenager. He had lost his family during the previous attack, just before they moved to this place. A sudden ’relative’ made him feel attached.

For the rest of the day, Althea and Ohara played around with herbs, and Bable was often there whenever he was done with his task (mostly making some nets and other basic hunting tools).

Althea couldn’t move too much, and drinking HP potions too close to each other was not efficient. It might even lead to potion fatigue, which would temporarily lessen the efficacy of the solution.

During the few hours in between, she bonded with various orcs, especially Ohara and Bable. There was also a pregnant deer called Bamba, who wasn’t allowed to move too much, either.

Bamba was apparently the first pregnancy in their tribe for years.

Her husband, Wereo, was a wolf and was actually one of the fighters who fought with the big monster before and was one of the injured ones. So, while doing some light tasks for the tribe, she was also one who took care of the injured.

In orc tribes, ’taking care’ of the injured was mostly feeding them meat. Fortunately, they had Ohara, so they had some plant paste to expedite the healing process to some degree.

There were some familiar flora, and some unfamiliar ones, so she and Ohara exchanged knowledge about them. Granted, Ohara’s knowledge was very surface-level, and some of her know-how was actually incorrect or incomplete.

For example, a plant may have initial or perceived effects, but would actually do the opposite underneath the surface. For example, they might help hasten the healing during the first day, but it would actually weaken the person, making them drowsy, and forcing them awake would end up worsening the wounds instead.

Another example was a plant she said could fill up the stomach. It indeed could, but only because it could expand inside the stomach, giving the illusion of fullness. However, after this effect was ’punctured,’ the person/orc would become several times hungrier than before.

With Althea there and her trusted Tori, she had corrected several of her misconceptions. Surprisingly, Ohara didn’t question her or be offended. Rather, she just silently corrected her own knowledge.

Althea had seen how ’simple’ their minds worked from here. To them, because they saw she was capable and confident, therefore what she said must be true.

Orcs could really be prime victims of scammers, but fortunately, the only potential scammer in this region was Althea.

Interestingly, while there were definitely no independent discoveries and deeper insights among orcs, Ohara still served as a proper healer. This was because of Ohara’s innate ability—plant sense.

This meant that her findings might not necessarily work as well with other orcs, especially other races. But that was more than enough, and it was certainly the best (and possibly only) condition among orcs to enter the herbalist or healer route.

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