No wonder so many job-changers wanted an identity pass.
Within a safe zone, no matter how low your level or how weak you were, you would not be bullied or oppressed.
But outside the safe zones, it was a world where the weak were prey to the strong.
This frogman before them had apparently been hanging around Helen Town for quite some time.
Otherwise, he would not have dared to be so brazenly forceful in buying and selling.
Besides...
The surrounding shopkeepers were clearly standing with their arms folded, watching from the side with smiling eyes.
Cases of weak job-changers being bullied like this were practically an everyday occurrence here.
Although this place was close to Helen Town's safe zone, it was not a safe zone in the true sense.
Of course...
There was also a law enforcement squad here to maintain daily order.
But for Toad Three, a frogman, to dare act so arrogantly, he naturally had something to back him up.
Besides...
Which of the shopkeepers here had not paid enough protection money to the law enforcement squad?
If you wanted to make a living here, then obediently pay commercial taxes to the safe zone's law enforcement squad on a regular basis.
The amount of this commercial tax could be more or less; it all depended on your sincerity.
If your sincerity was sufficient, all would be peaceful. The law enforcement squad would even protect you when disputes arose.
If your sincerity fell short, then you might be a little unlucky. Even if you were in the right, they would not protect you.
That was reality.
This system worked in every world.
At that moment.
At Toad Three's signal, six job-changers with fierce auras stood smilingly in front of the shop entrance.
They seemed to be there to