This thought was also strong even among those who were still Voumi slaves. Of course, due to their circumstances, their movements were limited to certain parts of the easements and their assigned areas were far apart from each other.
This way, even if there was someone who could order them around, the others would just have to worry about one or two attacking at a time.
Although Voumi citizens were unlikely to be here, it wouldn't hurt to be safe.
In any case, each one of them believed they could gain contributions. Even if they were slaves to others, they could still earn their own money and points, and therefore there was a lot to gain.
Most importantly: They'd be regaining a sense of self and freedom, regardless of how true it was.
They couldn't help but remember the kind of harsh training wherein they would be pushed to fight from dark to dark. Sometimes, they would be thrown in coralles of monsters around their level and they would fight against them the whole day.