There was some pushback, but since this was, quite literally, a hundred times better than being killed or violated, they had no choice but to fall in line quietly. In any case, Hagenhausen was now desperately short of soldiers to protect it.
If they provoked the Gale Knights into a bloodbath, the people of Hagenhausen would be the ones left paying for it. While Barosi and Herto brought in the levy without a hitch, Ted searched the land around Hagenhausen.
And then the merchant guildmaster of Hagenhausen came to see me.
"Vincent, guildmaster of Hagenhausen, greets the merciful Baron of Rosenheim."
"I hope you haven't come with some ridiculous request to lower the half because it's too harsh."
"O-o-o-of course not! W-would I ever make s-such a demand?"
