Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 403: Chapter 371: Surprise Attack! (Part 2)

“Space pirate groups are really getting out of control these days!”

After a cold snort, the Commerce Association Manager sat down angrily but before his bottom had fully settled on the seat, he heard the thunderous sound of cannon fire!

“Is, is that cannon fire I hear?”

Just barely making out the sound of booming artillery, the Commerce Association Manager incredulously turned to the Captain, only to find that he wore the same look of surprise as himself.@@novelbin@@

What was going on?

Could it be that some foolhardy air pirate group was actually daring to attack the trade convoy?

“Captain! This is bad! Enemy attack! We are under attack!”

While the Captain and the Commerce Association Manager were at a loss, the crew member from before hurried back, but this time, he was far from calm, his face filled with panic.

“Let’s go, let’s go out and see! I want to see which air pirate group has the guts to do this!”

Upon learning that the trade convoy was truly under attack, the Manager, not waiting for the Captain to speak, angrily declared this, then took the lead and stepped out of the cabin. Naturally, the Captain followed closely behind and after not too long, both of them arrived on the deck of the cargo ship.

Once on the deck, the Manager immediately heard louder and more frequent cannon fire, which made his heart sink.

The Jindafu Commerce Guild was considered a large organization and its Manager had experienced significant events in the past, including robberies by air pirate groups. Hence, he could tell from the sound that such concentrated artillery was not like anything an air pirate group would possess!

With this thought, he immediately looked in the direction of the gunfire, and the next second his eyes bulged, and his mouth hung open in an O-shaped shock!

“This, this…”

At that moment the Captain also arrived on deck and when he looked toward the origin of the gunfire, his eyes too, rounded in surprise.

In their view, the Escort Fleet had already gathered entirely to the left side of the trade convoy; of course, this was not important. What genuinely surprised them and was incomprehensible was the presence of an exceedingly large Fleet on the other side of the Escort Fleet!

As mentioned before, to protect the safety of the trade convoy, the Rebel Army had dispatched an Escort Fleet consisting of more than thirty warships. But now, there appeared a Fleet with numbers far exceeding that of the Escort Fleet!

The opposing Fleet had over sixty warships, double the number of the Escort Fleet, all of them Fifth Generation large warships, including three mighty battleships!

At this very moment, the enemy, led by three battleships, was making rapid advances about seven or eight hundred meters away while bombarding the Escort Fleet with artillery fire so fierce that it completely overwhelmed the Escort Fleet, leaving no ability for the trade convoy to retaliate.

This, could this be… could this be the same air pirate group that had sent out a Reconnaissance Ship for scouting earlier?!

Seeing such a vast enemy force emerge before them, both the Captain and the Manager on deck were dumbfounded. They could never have anticipated facing such numerous foes, especially since no air pirate group they knew of in the sky operated on such a scale!

Indeed, both the Captain and the Manager were mistaken, for the attackers were not an air pirate group at all, but the Allied Forces composed of Rocky, Karina, and Berg!

The current date was June 1st, 118.

Eight days prior, Rocky and the others had begun planning this attack. Over the course of those eight days, Berg had fully leveraged his extensive network, taking only a few days to lock onto several Chambers of Commerce, identifying those that were supplying materials to Chenxiu City.

After having investigated these Chambers of Commerce, a few of them began selecting their target. Since only the large merchant companies are qualified to provide trade to the participating parties in a war of this scale, many are ones Rocky did not wish to provoke. Even if he were willing to cause trouble, Berg, also a merchant, was not inclined to do so.

After much consideration, they finally chose the Jindafu Commerce Guild. The Jindafu Commerce Guild’s headquarters, Jindafu City, is also a neutral trading city; offending it wouldn’t matter too much, as they could simply never visit it again. After all, they still have Eternal City as a better option.

Once they had determined their target, solving the issue with the trade route was simple. The merchant ships of the Jindafu Commerce Guild definitely set out from Jindafu City. By understanding this point, ambushing them midway became easy.

In order to ensure the success of this attack, the three Sky Cities spared no effort. Rocky sent twenty large warships, dispatching both the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of Thunderhawk City. Karina did the same, also sending more than twenty large warships. This surprised Rocky; he distinctly remembered that when they joined forces to eliminate the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group, Karina didn’t have so many large warships. Back then, her fleet had also primarily consisted of reconnaissance ships. It seemed that in the past half year, she had made considerable progress.

Besides these two, Berg also dispatched all the fleets from Lingyu City. What astonished both Rocky and Karina was that Berg had stashed over forty large warships in Lingyu City, making it the city with the most warships among the three.

After this, the three parties formed a massive Allied Forces made up of more than eighty warships, which flew far from the three Sky Cities. East of the Tulip Battle Zone, in the airspace in the direction of Jindafu City, they laid in ambush for two days, finally encountering their target.

Therefore, the sixty-odd warships currently engaged in battle were actually not the entirety of Rocky and his allies’ forces; more than twenty warships were hidden in the nearby clouds, ready for any unexpected situations.

However, it seemed that no such contingencies would arise now, as Rocky’s side held an absolute advantage in the number of warships. With their overwhelming numerical superiority, the Escort Fleet’s resistance crumbled in just over ten minutes, with warships being sunk or brought down in succession. Meanwhile, the Allied Forces, led by Rocky, began their surge forward, simultaneously deploying the Void Magic Warriors headed by Karina.

“Aren’t you going to fight?”

Standing at the bow of the War Steed as the Allied Forces’ supreme commander, Rocky continually observed the battlefield. After dispatching the Void Magic Warriors under Karina’s lead, he finally felt at ease. However, when he glanced at Berg standing beside him, he felt a sense of frustration and couldn’t resist asking.

“Why should I go into battle?”

Berg retorted upon hearing this question.

“You’re a Void Magic Warrior, why don’t you fight?”

“Why don’t you go into battle!”

“My Void Magic Armor is broken.”

“Mine…mine…my Armor is broken too!”

Giving Rocky an irritated glare, Berg petulantly made his excuse.

This response left Rocky utterly speechless, because he could see clearly that Berg was indeed wearing his Void Magic Armor—and it was no ordinary Armor, but rather the latest and most advanced Holy Angel Armor!

Indeed, what Berg was wearing was the recently released, million-valued Holy Angel Armor from Sigma Corporation!

Wearing such sophisticated Armor but choosing to stay by his side left Rocky with nothing to say to Berg.

Just then, Felly rushed over in a flurry, coming up to Rocky quickly and reporting, “My Lord! The enemy has sent a communication, they’re surrendering!”

Under the fierce offensive, the enemy had surrendered!

“Do not accept the surrender, order all forces to continue firing. Leave none of the enemy ships.”

Hearing Felly’s report, Rocky did not hesitate and immediately issued the order without a second thought.

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