Chapter 3439 Something's Wrong

After dinner, Tertius noticed Matthew sitting quietly at the dock's edge, gazing at the water. Curious, he walked over and asked, "Mr. Larden, what are you looking at?"

Matthew, deep in thought, was pulled from his reverie by Tertius' question. He turned and replied, "I'm thinking about the dock's future."

Tertius, intrigued, sat beside him. "Isn't the dock doing just fine now? Is something wrong?"

Matthew's gaze drifted to the lake's surface, his voice barely above a whisper. "This place isn't like back home, where rules mean something. Here, they are just a flimsy illusion, broken at any moment."

"You're worried that the other docks or the Island Watch might attack us?" Tertius quickly grasped what was weighing on Matthew's mind.

think they've already started moving," Matthew replied, a cold gleam in his eyes. He had sensed the sudden flight of birds in

and shouted, "Everyone, prepare

surprised by the urgency. Yet, trusting Matthew's judgment, they hurried back to retrieve their weapons without

hit them hard when they arrive!" Mack growled, anger simmering in his eyes as he relayed

moving stealthily into the wooded area near the

daring to attack them. If not for Matthew's warning, they would have been sitting ducks on the dock, caught off guard

Those who could climb trees perched themselves seven or eight yards high, while others lay low on

led the Devil Guild's forces closer to the northern dock. As he scanned the path ahead, a sense of unease crept

words sent a shiver down his men's spines. "Yes, Chief," they responded in

torches in

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