"I'll tell you this as well, the Heavenly Elemental Crystals produced each month must be handed over in full," the man in armor said. "Anyone caught hoarding even one will be made to wish they were dead. Put them in Circle Two and remember not to starve them or else they won't have the energy to create wealth for us."
After he had spoken, the man in armor turned and left.
Here, everyone was treated like livestock, corralled within human circles. Although one would never starve, the food provided was only what animals would eat.
And yet, they had to work themselves to the bone. If anyone dared to slack off, they would receive the harshest of punishments.
The previous so-called chance to leave was nothing but hot air.
You have to hand over all the Heavenly Elemental Crystals; there's simply no way to gather enough to meet the quota to leave—not in thirty years, not in a lifetime.
They really were herding people like cattle.
Clang!
