War, Profitable?

Skye stayed silent while Mara gave a nod. 

"Follow the place's rules, and do your work, then you can stay. 

Otherwise, you can join those people at the stake." The guard then gave them a piece of paper filled with a few rules.

The guard then gave them a piece of paper filled with a few rules.

What was written was very simple; basically, they needed to report to the Mayor responsible for this place and then get allocated a job.

Every day, they needed to ensure they filled their job quota; afterward, they were free to do what they wanted. In exchange for this, they were guaranteed three meals a day, accommodation, and protection.

'Yeah, right, protection. The only thing these people need is protection from your guys,' Skye cursed in her mind.