Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 776: Chapter 738: Double Happiness Comes Knocking

“Archimonde, go tell Rocky that the last batch of Rune Battleships will be delivered within a month,”

After Archimonde recounted his day’s observations to Pansen, Pansen thought for a moment and told him to inform Rocky that the last batch of warships agreed upon by both parties would be delivered within a month!

Undoubtedly, the success of Thunderhawk City’s armament plan was a significant stimulation for Pansen as well. Like Archimonde, though not a City Lord, Pansen held a high position and was also the Guild President of a major Chamber of Commerce. He had an exceptionally keen insight and quickly judged the potential global impact of the armament plan. Thus, he naturally wanted to consolidate the relationship between the Chamber and Rocky as much as possible, because as he said, if it wasn’t crushed in the cradle, he would undoubtedly become a leader of the next era.

Pansen’s intentions were crystal clear to Archimonde, so the next day, he went to meet Rocky. After this, Pansen did not break his word, and barely twenty days later, the last batch of Rune Battleships arrived at Thunderhawk City.

The number of warships in this last batch wasn’t particularly large, only seventy units, but these seventy warships’ quality and combat power were even stronger than the previous two hundred.

This batch consisted of three types of ships: thirty Rune Patrol Airships, thirty Rune Battleships, and finally, ten Rune Motherships.

All of these were genuinely large battleships, especially the Rune Motherships. Frankly, although Rocky had been the City Lord for so long and participated in many battles, he had never seen what a Floating Aircraft Carrier looked like.

This isn’t surprising, because a Floating Aircraft Carrier, known as a flying fortress, not only possesses extremely formidable offensive power but can also carry thousands of Void Magic Warriors, allowing it to nearly end a battle on its own.

But precisely because Floating Aircraft Carriers are so powerful, the cost of manufacturing these ships is exceedingly high; hence, even colossal entities like The Three Great Alliances hesitate to deploy them lightly—frankly, they can’t afford the loss of such ships.

That precisely was why Rocky had the Apple Tree Corporation build a Floating Aircraft Carrier for him. If Thunderhawk City’s fleet could have such a level of warships, it would undoubtedly hold a tremendous advantage in any potential wars that might arise. So, when this batch of warships arrived, Rocky immediately went to the Skyport.

Although Rocky had personally overseen the delivery of the previous two batches of warships at the Skyport, this time was different. This time he was more excited than before because, as a seasoned war veteran, he clearly understood the impact that top-tier ships like Patrol Airships, Battleships, and Motherships could have on the battlefield. To put it bluntly, these seventy warships were the real main force, and therefore, he couldn’t help but feel thrilled.

When Rocky personally saw these top-tier warships, he certainly wasn’t disappointed. The three types of giant warships docked at the Skyport of Thunderhawk City occupied the entire space—not because the Skyport of Thunderhawk City was too small, but because these warships were truly enormous.

Originally, the Patrol Airships, Battleships, and even the Floating Aircraft Carriers were extremely large, but with the application of Rune Technology, the new models designed by the Apple Tree Corporation were even bigger, especially the Floating Aircraft Carriers, ten of which almost took up half of the Skyport.

Afterward, Rocky, accompanied by Archimonde, personally boarded these new warships, and then listened as Archimonde detailed their various specifications and capabilities, naturally leaving him quite satisfied.

With the delivery of this last batch of warships, the Apple Tree Corporation had fulfilled all of Rocky’s prior demands, delivering a total of two hundred seventy warships into his hands. With this new batch, Rocky’s fleet had seen its quality and quantity multiply significantly.

Now the number of warships under his command had exceeded four hundred, and just speaking in terms of quantity, the size of this fleet had long surpassed the standard of a small Sky City, even surpassing some medium-sized Sky Cities in terms of troop capacity. For example, the former Wild Horse City, being a medium-sized Sky City, had only about a hundred warships when it had hostilities with Rocky, indicating the high standard of fleet that Rocky now possessed. At this point, if he were to encounter Wild Horse City again, it’s likely that Wild Horse City’s fleet wouldn’t stand a chance against a single round of cannon fire.

What’s more important, quantity was only secondary. The real strength of Rocky’s fleet did not lie in its numbers, but in its quality.

These over four hundred warships were all Rune Warships without exception!

This was truly terrifying. In the battle against Sky Might City, the Rune Warships had already shown their formidable power to everyone. At that time, the warships under Rocky’s command weren’t even real Rune Warships; they were just a fleet hastily modified in an emergency and could not compare with those delivered by the Apple Tree Corporation, which were designed anew and incorporated Rune Technology from inside out.

With this in mind, one could imagine how fearsome the fleet under Rocky’s command was.

With such a fleet, Rocky was much more at ease; at the very least, with this force, he no longer feared situations like the blockade by Sky Might City. At this point, if anyone dared challenge his Backhill Village, whether it was the Heavenly Ancestor Church or The Three Great Alliances, Rocky was confident he could make them regret it.

Yet what made Rocky even happier was that, after securing the warships, both he and Hammerfire had made breakthroughs in their research.

Over the course of several months, the design work for the Beastman Battle Armor was completely finished, and they were now ready to begin creating prototype armors for testing.

At the same time, there was also good news from Hammerfire. The new generation of White Demon Armor had been successfully developed!

After more than a year of development, using the latest Elemental Technology, the White Demon Armor was finally a success.

This news was a tremendous joy for Rocky, as the White Demon Armor was extremely important not just to him but to everyone under his rule. Actually, this was also the reason why Rocky hadn’t taken any major actions during this period.

Calculating the time, he had been in Backhill Village for almost half a year. In that time, aside from visiting Red Water Lake once, Rocky had made no other moves. Why? Was it because he had nothing to do? Of course not. With Rocky’s current strength, he could easily find countless things to do. The sole reason for his inactivity was that the new generation of White Demon Armor had not yet been successfully developed. Rocky knew well that without the White Demon Armor as a reliable backing, he absolutely could not afford to act rashly or face possible catastrophe.

This sufficiently illustrates how crucial the White Demon Armor was to Rocky, because as long as he had the White Demon Armor, he was confident that he could turn around any perilous situation.

Now, with the new generation of the White Demon Armor finally developed, coupled with the expansion of the fleet and the armament of Thunderhawk City, Rocky was truly fearless of anything.