"Hey, hey, let’s get going already."
"Ugh, this damned territory. I’m never setting foot in the North again."
"A disgusting lord and an even more disgusting domain."

The ones grumbling as they packed their belongings were Max and the problem solvers who had been captured during the Kavaldi War. They had worked in the territory to pay off their debt, but release had not come easily. Even after toiling day in and day out, their earnings barely covered the daily wages of the laborers, making it difficult to chip away at the debt they owed.

Still, they had …