The Burden of Independence [Part 2]
It had been five days since Victor left, but the problems regarding their funds still hadn't been solved.
If anything, the situation was slowly becoming worse.
Fantom City looked peaceful from the outside.
The streets were still crowded.
The markets were still open.
Workers continued repairing damaged buildings, clearing rubble, and restoring roads.
The adventurers' guild continued sending people wherever they were needed, while the fallen nobles who had thrown their support behind Victor tried to keep the city's new administration functioning.
To anyone merely passing through, everything might have looked perfectly normal.
But those who lived inside the city knew better.
Something had changed.
The excitement that had swept through Fantom City after the proclamation of independence was beginning to fade.
The people had been willing to work without payment because they were still caught up in the excitement of what had happened.
