Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 510: Chapter 474: Set Off! Chapter 510: Chapter 474: Set Off! “City Lord Rocky, get ready. In a week, the Alliance troops will arrive, and then you will need to set off,”

Standing up while speaking, Glan patted Rocky on the shoulder and then left with a smile.

Rocky watched Glan leave the study, not looking away until his figure had completely vanished. He scanned the study, still finding it hard to believe everything they had just discussed.

Who would’ve thought he would be representing the Alliance to collect a debt from the Mairente Family…

Not to mention Rocky, it’s probably beyond the Mairente Family’s imagination as well, right?

More importantly, the reason the Alliance entrusted such a mission to Rocky clearly had a deeper significance.

Sitting in his study all afternoon, Rocky had more or less figured out the Alliance’s intentions. It seemed that the Alliance wasn’t going to hand over the previous batch of payments or the Contribution Points earned from military achievements, but at the same time, the Alliance had gifted Rocky with something else, something far heavier than Gold Coins or Contribution Points….

“In that case, this gift…”

“I’ll accept it!”

Having understood the Alliance’s intentions, Rocky immediately summoned everyone in the city, briefed them on the situation, and then started to make a series of arrangements.

“Liliya, Aileen, you two will come with me to the Mairente Family, and the rest will stay in the city until I return.”

In the City Lord’s Hall, after sharing the plans with everyone, Rocky finalized the travel arrangements. Since he was accompanied by the Alliance Army, there wasn’t a need to bring many people on his journey to the Mairente Family. However, Liliya needed to come along – she had been the only one with him when their family had thrown them out, and now that they were to ‘return to their roots,’ it was only natural for her to accompany him.

Simultaneously, it was necessary for Aileen to come along since they were there to collect debts, and having Aileen would make many things easier.

Just like that, a week flew by quickly, and just as Glan had said, after a week’s time, the Alliance Army troops arrived.

“Goodness, this is quite the show of force…”

As Rocky joined the Alliance Army after departing from Thunderhawk City, he stood at the bow of the War Steed, looking at three large Sky Cities nearby and the fleets surrounding them. He couldn’t help giving a silent thumbs-up; the Sky Alliance indeed had true strength.

This time, the Sky Alliance had dispatched a fleet led by three large Sky Cities, including five thousand warships and one hundred Void Magic Squads. The scale was so immense, it was akin to gearing up for a city-leveling war, and clearly, the Alliance had done this deliberately.

By sending out such a massive force, the Alliance naturally intended to demonstrate its power, not only to the Mairente Family but also for all the world to see. They wanted to make it clear that the Alliance’s aggressive stance against the Rebel Army was not without reason; although the war had ceased, the Alliance was always capable of initiating a large-scale conflict. Everyone had to be careful, especially the Rebel Army – if you dared to default on your debts, the Sky Alliance could wipe you out in an instant!

Since Rocky was the overall person in charge of this operation, naturally, all the Sky Cities and troops dispatched by the Alliance were under his command!

Under these circumstances, after the War Steed landed at the Skyport, Rocky met with the three large Sky City Lords and the Commander of the Alliance Fleet.

“City Lord Rocky, it’s been a long time.”

“City Lord Bodin.”

After the group met, one of the large Sky City Lords immediately approached Rocky – it was Bodin, the City Lord of Kunlun City. Kunlun City was one of the Sky Cities that had fought alongside Rocky in the Tulip Battle Zone on his first mission representing the Alliance.

Besides Bodin, the other two City Lords were also acquainted with Rocky – one was Pank, the City Lord of Stellar Palace City, and the other was Maros, the City Lord of Benevolent King City. Both had fought in the Tulip Battle Zone and had interactions with Rocky during the war.

As for the Commander of the Alliance Army, he was an old friend, one of Wilton’s top soldiers, Claudy.

Rocky and Claudy knew each other well; Claudy had commanded the fleet that attacked Hongshou City, and later, during the battles in the war zones, they had fought side by side many times. They were certainly old familiar faces to each other.

Seeing that the Alliance had sent familiar faces, Rocky finally let out a sigh of relief.

He had been worried before, as though the Alliance had put him in charge of going to the Mairente Family to claim war reparations, commanding three large Sky Cities and the vast Alliance Army was somewhat daunting. He feared he might not be able to lead them effectively.

But now he had no such concerns since the Alliance had evidently considered this point and had purposely sent a group of familiar faces.

“City Lord Rocky, this time we will all follow your arrangements,”

Said Pank, the City Lord of Stellar Palace City, with a slight smile.

“Yes, on this visit to the Mairente Family, I have a feeling that these guys won’t just hand over the reparations obediently. City Lord Rocky, don’t go easy when the moment comes!”

After Pank’s remark, Maros, the City Lord of Benevolent King City, nodded and then looked at Rocky with an unspoken message in his eyes.

Hearing these words, Rocky finally felt at ease, “Gentlemen, whether we can complete the mission given by the Alliance is now up to you all.”

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As Rocky led the large force toward the airspace of the Mairente Family, they, too, were bustling about.

Busy with what?

Of course, they were preparing the reparations demanded by the Alliance!

Before the war, the Mairente Family was certainly a prominent and powerful family in the skies, with influence extending to the three major forces. Otherwise, there wouldn’t have been such things as Lexington scheming with Alliance officials to obstruct Rocky’s entry.

But after the recent war, the once-vigorous Mairente Family was significantly weakened. The conflict had taken too heavy a toll on them. Just in terms of assets, the Mairente Family lost two small Sky Cities and two medium Sky Cities, with countless fleets destroyed. They didn’t gain any benefits from the war; instead, the family had to bear the Alliance’s exorbitant reparations, which severely injured the vitality of the whole family.

Of course, they didn’t yet know who was leading the team to collect the war reparations; if they did, they might realize the true harbinger of the family’s decline was still to appear…