The Black Disaster has been here for almost a month, yet the Klim Fortress on the southern borders of Transylvania remains quiet.
Not far from them, the people of Transylvania are building a defense line at the entrance to the Polluted Swamp at a frenzied pace. It is said that convicts die from exhaustion there every day, but the ruthless Barbarians don't allow them to stop working.
They even use Gnoll supervisors to watch over their work, which brings a dual physical and psychological oppression on the convicts.
Rebellion events naturally break out frequently, yet the reserve warriors of the People's Army stationed at the Maginot Line can always quickly quell the uprisings. Lord Kudell even sees it as a "quasi-military operation" to train these young men in terms of discipline and organizational skills.
This sounds inhumane.
But the problem is, these convicts are not locals.
