บท 171: Cleaning the Slums (2)

As they marched, Kron made another statement.

"Children and pregnant women, stay behind.

"All valuables found are to be brought back. Stealing warrants death"

Some slum dwellers were beginning to lament their decision. Like others said, they had willingly become slaves.

Others shrugged. After all the bad they'd seen, this was nothing special.

The adventurers had agreed on a pattern beforehand. They chose to go slow but thorough, splitting into five groups of ten, each one taking a space in the outskirts.

They soon realized that the promised remuneration didn't justify the amount of work they had to do.

Some thought to quit, but seeing others, they decided not to.

At the rate they were going, and the size of the slums, they calculated it would take at least five days to finish.

Then, the slum dwellers arrived and it sped up tremendously.

They had the slum dwellers follow the existing pattern, but with different tasks.