A loud, booming voice suddenly echoed from above the docks, and torches flared to life along them.
Mack's face, which had shown a hint of curiosity, darkened instantly.
He stood up and shouted, "Grab your weapons!"
In an instant, the cheerful bonfire atmosphere on the dock vanished without a trace.
Everyone rose to their feet, glaring furiously at the soldiers from Island Watch standing at a distance.
In their hands were a variety of guns—each polished to a high shine despite their diverse styles.
Both groups stood facing each other, eyes wide with hostility. A tense atmosphere began to spread all around.
Reuben, his expression grim, stepped out from the group of Island Watch. "Are you all here to obstruct our duty?"
His tone was filled with arrogant authority, as though he could sentence everyone on the pier to death with a single word.
Mack, now wearing his vest, emerged from the crowd with a cold smile and said loudly, "Hah! What are you? How dare you cause trouble here? I'd advise you to remember what happened when Island Watch was smashed two years ago."
His words made the once arrogant Reuben's face turn ugly.
Fixing Mack with a sharp stare, Reuben said in a threatening tone, "Mack, are you really going to block our investigation?"
"Obstruct? Since when do you have authority over Dock Guild?"
The tension between the two sides grew even heavier as a fight could break out at any moment brewed between them.
As he looked at Mack's mocking expression, Reuben felt like a fool. Anger twisted his face as he said loudly, "I'll say it one more time. Island Watch is enforcing the law here. No one is to interfere. This is the first warning."
No one moved on the dock. They all continued to look at Reuben with mocking expressions.
"Second warning! Is the one who hit my nephew such a coward that he doesn't even dare show his face?"
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