With this in mind, Lynn looked down at Rabul and asked, "In the Harbor Town, who do you have the most trouble with?"

  "It's Bd Bob..." Rabul didn't uand why Lynn was asking this, but he spilled the beans about their flict.

  "Very well, lend me your clothes!" Lynn didn't hesitate and forcefully stripped Rabul of his attire.

  The burly man instinctively thought the demon in front of him was about to use a cruel skin-stripping spell on him, so he desperately pressed his body to the ground, resembling a young girl being assaulted.

  In the end, Lynn had no choice but to knock him out and, after ging into his clothes, stared at Rabul's fad used a transformation spell.

  This was a shape-shifting spell he had learned from "Fual Magic Studies," capable of altering a wizard's external appearance.

  Buck, who had died at the hands of Archbishop Anluke, had once used this magic to transform into a giant bear, briefly deying his oppo's as.

  However, this kind of magic wasn't foolproof. It required a deep uanding of the creature to be transformed into, and it had various risks associated with it. "Fual Magic Studies" doted many cases of wizards failing to learn shape-shifting magic, making mistakes, being uo return to their inal form, or suffering fatal backsh from magic.

  One could say that wizards daring to learn shape-shifting magic were a bold and fearless bunch.

  Fortunately, Lynn's knowledge of biology was excellent, and 071's database tained plete three-dimensional models of the human body. Skin, muscles, blood, internal ans, eveernal cells, were all crystal clear. This knowledge minimized the ces of ued situations.

  Of course, pared to Lotte, who had a strikingly simir body type, age, and hair color, Lynn disguised as Rabul was only about y pert identical.

  But it was enough to deal with unforeseen circumstances.

  Lynn casually wiped some dirt on his face, tied up Rabul, who had fainted, and stuffed him into a sa the basement. Then, he headed outside.

  "Damn it, Bob!"

  Lynn cursed as he stormed out the door. Several guards on duty saw Lynn's furious appearand cautiously asked, "Did it not go well, Boss Rabul?"

  "A whole shipload of goods, and they only want to pay 60 Sekas gold s!" Lynn raged. "It's all because of that sdrel Bob. He had already tacted the Pedroel family before us. To snatch our business, Bob is willing to transport their goods at aremely low price."

  Upon hearing this, the workers present were all filled with righteous anger. After all, a single round trip of a rge ship at sea cost at least 50 Sekas gold s, not to mention the crew's expe sea. Wasn't this a waste of everyoime for such a small amount of money?

  Bd Bob and his workers had always been at odds with the Ship Gang, but usually, it was limited to secret sabotage. However, this time, they had gooo far. They were willing to take a loss just to snatch their business.

  It was dht ing.

  "Let's go, gather the men, and find him!" Lynn waved his hand and shouted loudly, rallying dozens of people to march towards the docks.

  At the same time, on a massive sailboat, Bd Bob was berating a few zy workers with his long whip. When he saw Lynn st in with anger, he frowned and grumbled, "Rabul, why did y so many people here?"

  Lynn couldn't be bothered with small talk and punched him directly, knog Bob to the ground.

  The workers on the sailboat stood frozen in pce, but Lynn's crew had already charged forward, followed by a series of blows with clubs.

  The previously calm dock turned into chaos, with cries and smashing sounds eg non-stop. Finally, a shrill cry rang out after a few minutes.

  "The city guards, the city guards are here!"

  The hands of Lynn and the workers on the ship came to a halt simultaneously. About a dozen guards, armed with bdes and armor, had surrouhe rge sailboat.

  Lynn raised his hands, signaling everyoo cease resistance, his expression devoid of any worry.

  Because Captain Teris of the Harbor Town guards was an old acquaintance of Rabul. The st time they had some missing cargo, Teris had profited handsomely!

  "What's going on here?" Teris strode onto the sailboat, taking in the scattered cargo on the ground and the workers lying in disarray. He turo Lynn with an impatient tone.

  "Lord Teris, these people inexplicably barged in, overturhe stored cargo without any reason, and eveed to violence against us..." Bob, who had lost a tooth in the scuffle, shouted angrily. He felt wronged and couldn't fathom why he had been attacked.

  "It's just a minor disagreement, Lord Teris, and many present testify that Bob was the one who struck first!" Lynn took a few steps forward, his smile brimming with goodwill, and slipped a small bag of s into Teris's hand.

  Over a hundred ship workers on the dock joined in the uproar, drowning out any feeble protests from Bob and his panions.

  In the Harbor Town, the Bd's influence was far inferior to that of the Ship Gang. If not for Bob having an imperial t as his backer, Lame Loude would have kicked him off the docks a long time ago.

  "Arrest them all!" When it came to the tensions and fri betweewo major fas in the Harbor Town, Teris was well aware. After weighing Lynn's siy, he quickly categorized this flict as a brawl.

  Acc to the ws of the Sekas Empire, those causing a public disturbance received ten shes!

  ...

  "Ouch, that bastard really hit hard..."

  Half an hour ter, Lynn walked out of the dock, his brow furrowed in annoyance.

  He had overestimated Rabul and Teris's "friendship." When Teris had taken a, he showed no mercy, applying full force to those ten shes.

  Lynn could only hope that he hadn't suffered those shes in vain, as he had done everything he could.

  Given Lame Loude's cautious and ing nature, Lynn guessed that he wouldn't be hiding too far away. He would be keeping a close eye on the happenings in the Harbor Town.

  What Lame Loude feared the most was drawing the Church's attention.

  So, he had phis flict to attract the city guard's presence, and then trolled its iy, keeping the cause of the flict reted to the fa's is. If everythi acc to pn, this matter would soon reach Lame Loude's ears.

  As the top figure of the Ship Gang in the public eye, no o Lame Loude himself could manage him. So, it was easy to anticipate what his move might be.

  It might be possible that one of Lame Loude's trusted subordinates would vey a reprimand. Still, the most likely sario was...

  "Boss Rabul, Mr. Loude has an important matter to discuss with you. Please follow me," a pin-looking ship worker suddenly whispered in his ear a few mier.

  "Alright, I'll ght away!" A sly smile curved on Lynn's lips.

  As expected, it had arrived!