A Year Elapses

Diving into his monotonous schedule with maximum concentration, Ezra found his time expiring, fast.

In what seemed to be days, three months melted away.

Interestingly enough, Black Jaws grew slowly in members due to the high death rate of newcomers. Nevertheless, many still applied for recruitment.

Meanwhile, Sebastian and Nathan's friends were integrated into the guild.

Having hired multiple (capable) architects and droves of builders, the slums transformed into a site of construction.

The makeshift fence was wrecked and replaced with a new and improved one.

Fredrick didn't cut corners, ordering only top tier materials.

With that, the costs of operations grew exponentially, meaning the payment for workers was immense - and so was the death rate.

But in times of the war, where inflation kept hiking prices, those willing to take such risks were not few.

In such an environment, what would happen if payment was per day, and was measured by how much work one did?