Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 405: Chapter 373 Reinforcements

After obliterating the escort fleet, Rocky and the others did not return to Sky City with the captured merchant ships. Instead, they chose to descend to the land, bringing down every ship from cargo to warship to the ground.

Such an action, not to mention the confusion among the captured crew members, also puzzled the allied forces formed by the three cities.

Firstly, there were demons on the land, and with cargo and warships combined, there were easily over a hundred vessels. One could imagine the commotion a fleet of this size would cause if it descended to the land. If it were to attract the attention of demons, especially a large number, that could spell big trouble.

Secondly, caravans transporting materials would maintain regular contact with Chenxiu City, especially the escort fleet, which would report back to the city at set times. So although Rocky and his allied forces had wiped out the escort fleet, Chenxiu City would have undoubtedly received the news and surely dispatched troops to assist immediately. In such a situation, instead of leaving, Rocky and the others surprisingly chose to linger in the battle area, a move that was truly baffling.

But even if it was difficult to understand, the allied forces formed by the three cities would naturally obey the orders, because this command was not just Rocky’s alone—it was a joint command issued by Rocky, Liliya, and Berg.

And the merchant crew members who had become prisoners of war didn’t dare to ask questions, even if they wanted to. One should know that not only did Karina give the order to kill during the capture of the merchant ships; in fact, the captain of each merchant vessel had just been killed. With neither a leader to rely on nor a sense of extreme fear, the merchants’ crew members naturally said nothing, and they certainly would not dare to raise any questions, lest they be beheaded.

It didn’t take long for the considerable fleet to descend to the land.

The land below the battle zone in the air was a vast, seemingly boundless primal forest. Each tree in the forest stood over ten meters tall. From high above, it looked as if a green carpet covered the earth.

Now, however, the forest was a sight of devastation, at least directly below the recently concluded air battle zone. Previously, Rocky and his forces had annihilated more than thirty escort warships in the sky. Even if the destroyed warships disintegrated midair, the falling wreckage had caused tremendous damage to the forest below, and some warships even crashed directly into the woods as they fell.

So when Rocky and his fleet descended to this forest, the terrain was already pocked with pits and craters of various sizes scattered throughout, and some areas were even ablaze with raging fires.

“Gather all the merchant ships together and have them land in the forest.”

Approaching the ground, Rocky glanced at Karina, who had returned, and Berg, who was beside him. Seeing both nodding in his direction, he proceeded to issue a new command.

Following his order, the Void Magic Warriors who had seized control of the merchant ships promptly urged the crew members to cluster the twenty-odd ships and descend to the ground together.

Since it was a forced landing, when the merchant ships descended to land, many crushed swathes of trees and forcibly cleared spaces in the dense forest; of course, such a reckless descent also resulted in damage to many merchant ships, making it seemingly impossible for them to take off again.

However, this type of damage was apparently not a concern for Rocky and the others. In fact, after all the merchant ships had landed, the Void Magic Warriors who had taken over the ships herded all the crew members into the cabins.

“Everyone, get in!”

Monte and Sandro, two of the Void Magic Warriors deployed by Thunderhawk City, were in charge of controlling one of the merchant ships. After the ship had knocked down two large trees in a bumpy descent, they herded every person on board into the lowest level of the ship’s cabin.

“No one is to make a noise! Stay put here quietly, and you might get a chance to live. Otherwise…”

After driving the crew members into the cargo hold at the bottom of the ship, Monte spoke as he shook his broadaxe in his hand, letting the cold radiance of the axe blade sting everyone’s eyes.

Facing his axe, none of the crew members ushered into the cabin dared to speak. All of them lowered their heads in extreme terror.

For just moments ago, they had watched Monte kill the captain of the merchant ship and two crew members who questioned the order to land. The entire process was merciless; hence, no one dared to question or resist his word any longer.

Seeing no one speak, Monte nodded at Sandro, who then casually closed the cargo ship’s massive door, trapping everyone inside the cargo hold, including Sandro, Monte, and all the crew members.

In this manner, it did not take long for the twenty or so cargo ships to all land in the forest, and then all the people from the cargo ships were herded into the cargo holds, leaving not a single person visible on the decks of the ships.

Once all of this had been done, Rocky, situated on the War Steed, glanced at Karina and Berg, and the expressions on their faces grew increasingly grave.

“Wait…”

After uttering these words, Rocky called Felly to his side and issued new orders to the entire fleet.

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Meanwhile, within the Tulip Battle Zone, a fleet of over fifty warships had set out from Chenxiu City, headed straight for the airspace where Rocky and his group ambushed the merchant caravan!

As many had anticipated, at the very moment Rocky and his group attacked the Escort Fleet, the commander of the fleet sent news of the assault to Chenxiu City without delay. Upon receiving the report of the enemy attack, Chenxiu City naturally dispatched reinforcements immediately.

The fleet was speeding along, gradually leaving the Tulip airspace behind, but even so, they failed to catch up to the previous battle.

They had no choice; the location for Rocky’s ambush had been carefully deliberated upon. While the point of attack lay outside of the battle zone, it was very close to it, which meant that enemy reinforcements would not arrive quickly since they had not officially entered the battle zone. It would take at least a day for troops from Chenxiu City to arrive. At the same time, being close to the battle zone meant that the merchant fleet’s guards would be relatively lower. These factors were all part of their calculations.

Under these circumstances, even if Chenxiu City dispatched troops immediately upon receiving news of the caravan being attacked, by the time the troops left the Tulip Battle Zone, the battle had long since ended.

“Any news from the caravan?”

The commander of the support forces was named Lapaton, in his fifties, one of the fleet commanders of Chenxiu City. He was sitting in his captain’s quarters at the time, inquiring to his subordinates.

“Sir, since the last communication ended five hours ago, we’ve received no further messages.”@@novelbin@@

“Have we tried to initiate contact?”

“We’ve been attempting to reach them continuously, but there has been no response.”

“So are you saying that the merchant fleet has been intercepted, and the escort fleet has been completely sunk?”

“It seems likely…”

“Alright, tell the fleet to maintain full speed; we must hurry to the battle zone as quickly as possible.”

After nodding, Lapaton gave the order.

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