The people living in the slums were poor. They could only offer three coppers to someone for saving their family in a dangerous land. However, for Betta and the rest of them, their level was too high for them to care about money. They were more interested in the experience and reputation they could earn.
They had other ways to make money. Although they couldn't make a fortune, it was fairly easy for them to live a quality life. After all, it was very simple for professionals to work as bodyguards or to protect big convoys.
Besides, the Golden Sons were actually well-respected at this moment.
They weren't really despised even after the incident with the black leaf.
The NPCs weren't stupid. They had seen what the players did in the past year and realized that the players were a bunch of nosy professionals with a sense of justice, although their behavior could be indescribably weird now and then.