As a mid-sized force that controlled a small part of the Slums and several streets in the West District, the Grey Badger Gang...
In terms of income, they had far less than outsiders imagined.
Sometimes, they even seemed a little strapped.
Never mind that those tattooed thugs moved in packs, loitering on the streets all day with the air of people living comfortably and at ease.
In reality, they might have only just filled their bellies.
For a neither-here-nor-there, middle-tier gang like the Grey Irrigation Gang, their sources of income were extremely limited.
First, the most stable one was naturally collecting "protection fees" from the shops within their sphere of influence.
They could not squeeze too hard, or if they ruined someone's business and drove them away, they would not make any money either.
And they really did have to send a few gang members to patrol the streets from time to time like guards, driving off troublesome customers who might affect business and maintaining a relatively stable operating environment.
Only that way, when they "occasionally" collected protection fees a few days early, or raised the fee by ten or twenty percent, these shopkeepers would not have too many complaints.
Then there was other gray income.
It might be a newbie Adventurer wearing decent equipment who had entered the city alone; or it might be an assassination bounty on the Black Market targeting some down-and-out merchant.
You could hardly expect the thugs in these gangs to make money by doing odd jobs as laborers.
Once they put on the mantle of "Grey Irrigation Gang member," the laws within Newm City became empty talk.
Perhaps on some level, they still retained a certain conscience.
But when it came to making money, naturally, the faster the better.
Of course, this kind of