Lord of the Sky City

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After leaving the City Lord's Mansion of Berg, Rocky sat in the carriage with an extremely good mood. This collaboration with Karina could be said to have solved a great problem for him because as long as they could wipe out the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group, the crisis of Thunderhawk City would be resolved, and not only that, he could even make a fortune from it!

Such an outcome naturally delighted Rocky. As for the potential consequences of provoking Wild Horse City, to be honest, he hadn't thought much about it. The more lice you have, the less you itch; the more debts you have, the less you worry. Since he had already provoked the Mairente Family, he simply didn't care about a Wild Horse City that was far inferior to the Mairente Family.

In Rocky's opinion, rather than being afraid of wolves ahead and tigers behind, worrying about this and that, it was better to go all out on one big gamble, which could at least solve the pressing crisis of Thunderhawk City.

Therefore, when he returned to his own Thunderhawk City, he immediately gathered everyone in the City Lord's Hall and spilled the news.

"That's great!"

When Rocky declared that he would join hands with Karina and would mobilize the Guard Corps, Monte reacted strongly. He couldn't help but jump up and shout, "Lord! We didn't get to participate in the last big battle, and the brothers have been itching for action for a long time, so this time we'll definitely go all out to wipe out that Air Pirate Group in one fell swoop!"

The last big battle Monte referred to was naturally the one against Baron Wolin.

Now, Thunderhawk City was not only stronger than before but had also improved by quite a margin. Thus, it no longer had to rely solely on a Guard Corps to handle everything. Under Rocky's organization, Thunderhawk City's Fleet had long been separated from the Guard Corps, becoming an independent force.

In other words, the military forces of Thunderhawk City had been divided into the air force led by the First Fleet and the land force led by the Guard Corps, progressively moving towards regularization.

In the great battle with Baron Wolin, Rocky had deployed the entire Fleet, and the Guard Corps had basically done nothing, which really frustrated Monte. The guards in the Corps were equally stifled, feeling both envious of the Fleet's victory and a sense of crisis.

It had been said before, in the skies, land forces were not highly regarded, and the air force was the favored child of the era. So much so that many Sky Cities didn't even have ground troops.

Therefore, when Rocky formed his own First Fleet and separated it from the Guard Corps, Monte and Lin Feng and the others had a foreboding feeling, fearing that Rocky, like other City Lords, would gradually abandon their Guard Corps.

It was precisely because of this sense of crisis that Monte was so excited when he learned that the next target required the Guard Corps to be mobilized. Not only him but Lin Feng by his side felt the same. Both saw it as an opportunity, a chance to prove to Rocky that the Guard Corps was still useful.

As for their reaction, Rocky could somewhat understand, but Monte and Lin Feng were thinking too much, for Rocky would never give up the Guard Corps. Regardless of how other City Lords might think, he had always believed that the land force was an indispensable and irreplaceable power, whether facing Demons or other Sky Cities, the land force would be of great use.

"Carry out my orders."

So after that, he issued a series of commands: "Effective immediately, Liliya is reinstated to her former position, continuing as my personal guard. The former Instructor of the Guard Corps, Lin Feng, is promoted to Deputy Captain of the Thunderhawk City Guard Corps, and former Deputy Captain Monte is promoted to Captain of the Thunderhawk City Guard Corps, commanding the Guard Corps.

Prepare for battle at once."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Under Rocky's appointment, Liliya stepped down from the position of Captain of the Guard Corps and returned to being his personal guard. Monte, at last, became the Captain of the Guard Corps, and Lin Feng was also promoted one rank, from Instructor to Deputy Captain.

This appointment was something Rocky had planned long ago. He had been planning to hand over the position of Captain of the Guard Corps to Monte but had held off until now because Monte's prestige was not yet sufficient.

Monte had already been in Thunderhawk City for over half a year and had established enough credibility within the Guard Corps, especially recently. Although Liliya seemed to still be the Captain lately, Monte had been basically handling all major and minor matters of the Guard Corps to ensure a smooth transition to the position of Captain.

Although the appointment was anticipated, Monte was still quite excited when he was officially named Captain. However, he didn't waste too much time on this matter, instead immediately returning to the Guard Corps with Lin Feng, planning to share the good news with the brothers in the Corps and get everyone to adjust their condition and prepare for battle as soon as possible.

After the others had left the City Lord's Hall, only Rocky and Liliya remained. Rocky then let out a sigh.

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"What's wrong?"

Glancing at the sighing Rocky, Liliya was somewhat puzzled.

"Got to meet with Orton again..."

Turning his head to look at Liliya, Rocky said listlessly.

"You go ahead, I need to take the time to practice controlling the Armor a bit more."

As soon as Liliya heard that Rocky was going to see Orton, she nodded in sudden realization, and then unexpectedly left him behind and ran off...

If there was something that was causing Rocky the most headaches right now, it would definitely be the financial crisis of Thunderhawk City. But if there was someone who made him feel even more troubled, it was absolutely that old man Orton. And if Rocky compared the financial crisis with Orton, he could say with certainty that Orton gave him an even bigger headache!

That old man was just too odd. His ideas, his character, his actions, were all extremely bizarre, to the point that Rocky now dared not meet with Orton.

To avoid Orton, Rocky had already stopped attending his lessons for a whole week, not seeing him at all. There was no other way, as Orton would demand the fourth generation Armor every time they met, which had become completely unreasonable. Rocky couldn't take it anymore and could only avoid him.

Thankfully, the new research institute built for Orton was finally completed. With a separate location to carry out his research, Orton had become significantly quieter, otherwise, Rocky would have found it impossible to avoid him.

But this time, he had to meet with Orton because Orton was currently fully invested in rune research, and Rocky needed his help to create rune equipment for the Guard Corps to use.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

In this situation, Rocky spent a long time alone in the City Lord's Hall preparing before he finally set off for the Rune Research Institute.

The new research that he had built for Orton was named by Orton as the Rune Research Institute. Of course, only a few people, including Rocky, knew this name. It was located next to the City Lord's Mansion, and it took Rocky just over ten minutes to walk there after leaving the mansion.

"Teacher...?"

"Teacher, are you there, sir?"

Walking into the institute and coming to the door of the research room Orton frequently used, Rocky knocked on the door, greeted with a pleasant expression, and asked cautiously.

"I'm not in! Don't bother me!"

Orton's irritable voice quickly came from the research room, and upon hearing this voice, Rocky nodded in relief.

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Orton had been in Thunderhawk City for quite some time, which allowed Rocky to get to know his temper. Thus, hearing this irritable response, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Orton's mood was still not bad. So, he gently pushed the door open and walked in.

The moment he barely opened the door, a loud boom along with a forceful blast blew him away...