The atmosphere felt like it became more stifling after Fane made his remark...and everyone else did not expect the newcomer to be so stubborn.
Harold had been stunned by Fane's words as well. After all, he never expected someone to butt heads with him so straightforwardly.
Harold started to laugh angrily. His laughter got louder and louder, but everyone knew that his smile never reached his eyes. It was obvious that he was furious. "You truly are ignorant. Newcomers like you always insist on looking for trouble!"
Fane could not help but roll his eyes. At that moment, he no longer wanted to waste his time on Harold. He could tell that no one dared to offend Harold, which meant that it was not the first time he had ever done so.
After someone else got a task, he would force that person to head to the steward to cancel the task, and he would claim the task for himself.
Fane shifted his gaze toward the white-robed man, and he recalled hearing the white-robed man's discussion with the green-robed man earlier. They had said that someone would take away all the good tasks, and the white-robed man even warned the green -robed man against speaking too loudly in case they were overheard.
It seemed like Harold was among those the white-robed man was talking about.
If anyone else was in his position at that moment, they might not have dared fight back that much and listened to Harold, handing the task over.
However, Fane was the one facing Harold at that moment. Fane had never given in to anything like that before, no matter who came before him.
Rudy anxiously grabbed Fane's collar as he whispered, "Fane, you just got here. It’s better to not cause any trouble. There are plenty of tasks here, so let's look for something else."
Even though Rudy was confident in himself, he knew that there were some things that he could not be stubborn about. Offending someone with strong-enough inside help would constantly invite trouble.
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