"Let us go! We didn't do anything wrong!"
"We don't deserve this punishment!"
"We only wanted to earn extra money!"
"We'll never do it again!"
"Please, release us already!"
It's a public execution or, rather, a public humiliation.
Five rookie Copper Rank Adventurers are being hanged on their feet at the center of the town's square and are displayed in broad daylight in front of more than a hundred people, both locals and visitors of Green Dale Town.
Their crime is selling the Monster Materials and Monster Cores of the Rank 0 Stinky Bug Monster. They are being punished for gathering and selling the materials needed for the production of the most illegal prank perfume in the Monochrome continent, the Stinky Perfume.
...I didn't plan for all of this to escalate to this level...
