Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 530: Chapter 494: Trump Card! Chapter 530: Chapter 494: Trump Card! “`

The time for the duel had finally arrived.

For this day, the Mairente Family had specially constructed a platform in the Central Square of Mairente City, to serve as the venue for the match.

And it must be admitted that although the Mairente Family had begun its decline, a dying camel was still larger than a horse. Just like the platform for the duel, it was no mere earthen stage but was clearly designed with the Arena in mind. It might not be considered exquisite, but in terms of both scale and quality, it looked quite professional. The completion of such a project within a week was enough to show that the family still had some resources at its disposal.

Since the platform was built in the Central Square within the city quarters, on the day of the match, the entire square was packed with common people, sealed tight with no room to leak. This included not only the citizens of Mairente City but also residents from other cities controlled by the family.

Rocky had said during the capture of the war prisoners from Hongshou City that these prisoners had received the family’s graces for generations, and their feelings toward the family were incomparable to ordinary people. Indeed, this was true, and today’s duel was the best proof of that.

Upon learning that Bernardo would represent the family and duel Rocky, the members of the family were overjoyed. Although these members were just ordinary people, they at least understood the family’s situation and knew that the Mairente Family had been bullied by the Sky Alliance beyond recognition. Thus, naturally, the ignorant masses vented all their pent-up resentment on Rocky, who happened to be the person sent by the Sky Alliance for this task.

Therefore, on the day of the duel, citizens from several Sky Cities took skyships to Mairente City, flooding into the Central Square, all to cheer for their family and offer their modest support.

In such a scenario, the people in the square became agitated even before the two participants of the duel had appeared. If it were not for the city’s Guard Corps and the Alliance Army’s Void Magic Corps keeping order, who knows what might have happened.

And this was clearly the atmosphere the family wanted to see.

The continuous failures had already left the current Mairente Family on the brink of collapse, but for Lexington, the things they had compensated were just small matters; what he feared most was losing the people’s heart. Once the residents began to lose their confidence in the family, it would truly be over.

It was for this reason that he was determined to go through with this duel and provide full support, because once they won, the family’s dampened morale would be immediately revitalized. Then, no matter how much they compensated the Alliance, the family could regain its strength and recover its former glory!

It could be said that this duel was a do-or-die battle for the entire Mairente Family. If they won, the family would certainly survive this crisis, but if they lost… Losing was not an option!

For this duel, the entire family was filled with confidence, because although the preparation time was only a week, the family had put in all its effort for this duel, so there was no way they could lose!

Under these circumstances, the time quickly reached ten in the morning, and then Rocky arrived at the Central Square, accompanied by Liliya, Aileen, Bodin, and others.

While the Central Square’s platform resembled that of the Combat Skills Arena, this was not the Arena itself, so naturally, there was no announcer to introduce the competitors’ entrance. Therefore, when Rocky arrived at the square, he donned the White Demon Armor and landed directly onto the platform.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Rocky, clad in the White Demon Armor, descended onto the platform and instantly caused a huge reaction. Unfortunately, what greeted him was not cheers but the murky hostility of insults…

“Get out! Get out of here!”

“You’re not welcome here!”

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“Bastard! Bully! Lapdog of the Alliance!”

“Get out! Out of the family!”

As soon as Rocky stepped onto the stage, the onlooking commoners immediately began to curse. In their eyes, Rocky was the enemy, the representation of the Sky Alliance come to oppress the families. Whether it was warranted or not, they vented all their dissatisfaction on him.

But to Rocky, this was nothing new. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he had foreseen this scene, especially after his conversation with Athena. He had come to a clear understanding of the families’ every thought, so he was not surprised by everyone’s reaction.

If there was anything that slightly caught him off guard, it was that among the crowd hurling insults, there were many commoners from Mairente City. This was somewhat unexpected for Rocky.

Following his gaze, one could see that although the sound of cursing was loud, not everyone was cursing him. After all, this was Mairente City, and most of those who came to watch the duel were the city’s own commoners. Thus, a portion of them remained silent. However, correspondingly, some people from Mairente City joined others from different cities in verbally assaulting Rocky.

Logically, this situation should not have occurred. Counting the time, Mairente City had not been under the families’ control for many years; the city’s commoners should not feel as deeply for the families as residents of other cities did.

So when Rocky saw that a section of the people from Mairente City were also pointing at him and shouting abuses, he couldn’t help but fall silent, but it was just a moment of silence. He then came to admire Athena even more!

It was because during their last meeting, when Rocky agreed to help Athena, they had talked for a long time. Throughout the conversation, Athena did indeed discuss many things about the duel, including this aspect.

According to Athena, the commoners of Mairente City would not accept him as easily as he had anticipated. Now it seemed Athena was right again, as there were quite a number of people within Mairente City who did not welcome his return.

“This woman… she really is formidable…”

Having his expectations met once more, Rocky couldn’t help but inwardly admire Athena. This woman was truly remarkable, and he was reminded of the other things Athena mentioned that day.

However, just at that moment, while the commoners’ cursing at Rocky was incessant, and Rocky was lost in thought about Athena, suddenly, all the noisy voices stopped!

Noticing the sudden silence around him, Rocky snapped back to reality, only to see that the commoners, who had previously packed around the stage so tightly that not even water could get through, had spontaneously cleared a path, and a procession of carriages was advancing along this path toward the stage.

When the procession stopped, a group of elders led by Lexington and a group of youths from various families headed by Abraham all alighted from the carriages.

“Look above! Look up quickly!”

Just as Rocky and the vast majority of people were distracted by Lexington and the others, someone shouted, prompting everyone to subconsciously lift their heads. That’s when they saw a streak of golden light flash over their heads and land on the stage right across from Rocky in an instant.

It goes without saying that the person who descended upon the stage was Bernardo, who was participating in the duel. But on seeing Bernardo, Rocky couldn’t help but frown, for Bernardo… was wearing the Holy Angel Armor!