Then he put his tag into the cut place, the wooden tag disappeared and the door creaked, shuddered, and opened. It opened inward, very slowly.
The inside was large. It was like a storeroom but the size of a noble's hall and Rota knew the reason. Because it was indeed a storeroom.
For illegal goods.
The first thing she saw was humans. Chained with iron chains to poles. Men and women and children. They were not Hunters, they had no level or class.
They were chained together and some were put in iron cages.
"What..." Rota turned to Ash who had been studying her reaction.
"Slaves. Most of them are debtors who owe Royce. He turned them into slaves, sold them, and got his money. He usually gets more than he was owed." Ash said.
