Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 774: Chapter 736: Launch!

Having arrived in front of two giant cannons, Rocky and the others turned to look at Orton. By now, not only were Archimonde’s eyes filled with anticipation, Rocky and his group felt the same, and even Aniye, Pelaya, and Hammerfire were no different.

Although Aniye and the others were not supportive of Orton’s armed plan for Sky City at first, they, just like Rocky, supported Orton after all, and given all that Orton had done, they naturally hoped for the plan’s success, which was beyond doubt.

In everyone’s hopeful anticipation, Orton took a deep breath, then looked at the two cannons beside him, and took out the Magic Energy Communicator.

“Charge the siege weapons.”

“Yes!”

As soon as Orton finished speaking, there was an immediate response from the other end of the communicator. Clearly, the personnel within the cannons had begun operating, but when everyone looked up at the cannons, they noticed nothing unusual.

Of course they noticed nothing, as both cannons were powered by mana drawn from underground; in fact, when the giant cannons started charging, there might not have been any visible changes to the cannons themselves, yet there was now activity in Thunderhawk City’s Central Square.

As the cannons started charging, the Super Crystal located at the Central Square lit up with a faint glow. Not only that, the ground of the square also started to shimmer with bursts of light, and upon closer inspection, the light patterns on the ground were all in the shape of runes!

The last time Thunderhawk City landed, Wynn had replaced the city’s Super Crystal, and Orton had installed numerous Mana Runes around the crystal. Thus, Thunderhawk City now effectively had a double mana supply, the only level of mana supply capable of supporting the energy consumption of the siege weapons.

“Orton, the mana supply is normal, no problems have occurred.”

On the Central Square, Wynn and his team monitoring the dynamics of the Super Crystal communicated with Orton through the communicator, reporting the situation there to him.

“Good, keep a close watch on the crystal, and stay in contact.”

Once Wynn finished speaking, Orton quickly responded. These two cannons were running for the first time and were directly linked to Sky City’s core Super Crystal, so Orton did not dare be careless. He specifically arranged for Wynn to be at the Central Square, ensuring that if anything unexpected happened, Wynn could immediately protect the crystal even if Orton couldn’t react in time.

“Huff…”

Having put down the communicator, Orton took another deep breath, visibly feeling very tense. Of course, he was not the only one feeling tense, as Rocky and others standing beside him felt the same.

So, although the charging time was not short, lasting over ten minutes, during this period everyone kept looking up at the cannons until, after about fifteen minutes, Orton’s communicator rang again, and everyone then turned their gaze to him.

“Charging complete, awaiting next instructions.”

“Adjust the angle of the cannons, aim at the ground.”

Hearing the voice from the communicator, Orton issued a new command. This time, as his voice fell, a huge noise emanated, and everyone followed the noise by looking up, soon seeing the elongated barrels of the cannons slowly moving, adjusting their angles downward bit by bit.

Meanwhile, as the barrels were slowly adjusted, Orton signaled for everyone to back away, moving nearly a hundred meters away from the cannons. Right when the cannons’ adjustment had just finished, Orton picked up the communicator again.

“Fire!”

This time, when he picked up the communicator, he did not waste any words, but directly gave the command to fire!

A few seconds after the command was given, the downward-facing cannon muzzles lit up. The light, which grew increasingly intense from its initial appearance, became so bright within moments that it was unbearable to look at directly, and suddenly, two beams of light shot out from the cannon muzzles!

As the beams shot out, the intense light at the cannon muzzles also vanished, and only then could everyone barely look toward the cannons, only to find that the cannons had not changed.

“This…”

Finding no change in the cannons after the light had disappeared, everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say, as no one knew whether the experiment had succeeded or failed.

In such a situation, when everyone looked at each other, they eventually turned their gaze to Rocky, who, having the best relationship with Orton and theoretically being his superior, was the best person to make inquiries, and thus in desperation, Rocky licked his lips and then walked over to Orton.

“Teacher, did it succeed?”

Glancing at the cannons and then at Orton, Rocky cautiously asked.

“Hmm…”

In response to his question, Orton did not immediately speak. Instead, he squinted and looked into the distance for a while before turning to Rocky, “Order the Skyship to descend.”

“Descend? Oh, okay.”

Although Rocky did not quite understand this request, he still turned to look at Liliya, directing her to immediately arrange for Thunderhawk City to lower its altitude.

Thus, thereafter, Thunderhawk City began to slowly fly towards the land, gradually breaking through the clouds from a height of ten thousand meters getting closer to the land. Naturally, this process was lengthy, and during this lengthy process, no one dared to speak because no one knew whether Orton’s experiment had been successful or not. If it had been successful, everyone would rejoice, but if not…

Not only would Orton’s efforts have been in vain, but all the investments made to smoothly implement the armed plan would be lost, amounting to millions of Gold Coins! If they were wasted, it would be a significant blow to both Rocky and Orton, so no one dared to chat casually at this time.

In this eerie silence, time passed by the second, and during this process, Thunderhawk City was also slowly approaching the land. Once it had broken through a thick layer of dark clouds, they could finally see the other side.

Due to the heavy clouds in the sky, as Thunderhawk City approached the land the sky grew darker, and light rain began falling over Sky City, further intensifying the already oppressive and silent atmosphere.

And as Thunderhawk City approached the land, Orton lead everyone to the edge of Thunderhawk City to look down towards the ground.

“My, my god… What, what is that!”

When Rocky and the others reached the edge of the city and looked down, everyone’s eyes widened simultaneously, their faces instantly showing disbelief, but unlike them, Orton breathed a long sigh of relief…