Bab 268: The only ones left are the Westwind Knights.

The residents of Iya Town soon learned what it meant to be heavily taxed after their hometown was occupied by the troops from the Fars Empire.

The governor, Neyman, was a relatively conscientious official. He had hoped to appease the invaders with a sum of money to make them leave while also sending messages to nearby cities, hoping they would dispatch troops to drive away these "invaders."

However, he had not anticipated that the Westwind Knights, upon entering Iya Town, would capture a group of young and strong individuals, insisting on taking them back to the Fars Empire.

Neyman had no choice but to try and persuade them, only to find that the leader of the Knighthood was quite reasonable and agreed to ransom the youths for a poll tax.

The tax was not steep—only one drachma per head.