At midnight, a blazing bonfire brightened the dark square.
Countless poor people lined up in rows under the night sky.
Guard Captain Loren clutch a spiked whip in his hand and spoke harshly, "Hand over the money you received, and if anyone dares to hide it, they'll have to answer to my whip first!"
"I remember it being twelve silver coins!" Loren scoffed.
The poor present exchanged glances, and after a while, a raggedly dressed individual cautiously spoke up. "Lord Loren, could you have remembered wrong? It was supposed to be ten silver coins..."
The Wizards had occupied this town before and conducted a purge, hanging a large number of aristocrats and bullies who had committed many evils, distributing most of the confiscated wealth.
Every poor person had received ten silver coins as compensation for being exploited and enslaved by the aristocrats...
