"Watch your mouth! Don't you dare bully people-"
"Hey, where did this wild little girl pop out from anyway? What business is this of yours?"
"As a Cloud Knight, how could I possibly stand by and watch a conflict break out at the wharf? Besides, I am not a 'hey' nor a 'wild little girl', my name is Sushang!"
Standing opposite the IPC personnel was indeed a brown-haired young girl in a yellow and purple outfit, Sushang.
Just as Scott was about to continue pressing the attack, a voice interrupted him.
"Ha, isn't this Scott? The infamous Lone Wolf~"
Zhang Xiu stepped out from the crowd, walking straight toward Scott with a smile on his face.
"Unauthorized personnel are forbidden from passing! You..." A humanoid machine operated by an IPC employee blocked Zhang Xiu's path.
Who would have guessed that the latter would directly crush its head, tossing the sparking metallic body aside.
"Do not interrupt me." Zhang Xiu raised an eyebrow and looked at the crowd ahead, who were all shocked by his brute display.
"You! Is this how your Merchant Guild treats guests? Do not forget! I am an envoy of the IPC!" Seeing this, Scott hurriedly turned on a woman standing behind Sushang:
"Fine! We merely came to collect the rent, yet you are so discourteous. This is truly...!"
"He is not with our Merchant Guild... Is he a Nameless from the Astral Express?"
"Could he be that Nameless who cooperated with General Jing Yuan to suppress the Lord Ravager?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Scott choked on his own breath, leaving aside just how impressive the reputation of the Xianzhou heroes was.
Merely the other's status as a Nameless was extraordinary enough.
The reason the IPC was able to rise and flourish relied entirely