Lord of the Sky City

Although the war had ended, Rocky still had many matters waiting to be handled.

For instance, the Sky Alliance still owed him a huge sum of money that hadn’t been paid.

Originally, he, Karina, and Berg had conducted a series of sneak attacks on the Rebel Army, acquiring a large batch of strategic materials, which were then sold to the Alliance. However, as the great war was ongoing at the time, Wilton had not made the payment immediately but had assured that the Sky Alliance would by no means default on their debt.

This, of course, Rocky believed, as it was natural for the Sky Alliance not to default on their account; however, now that both parties had ceased hostilities, the Alliance still hadn’t paid—not exactly accurate, they hadn’t paid Rocky.

Shortly after the war had ended, Karina and Berg, who had been staying within the Nut God City Airspace—the core airspace of the Alliance, were politely and indirectly asked to leave, as there was no longer any reason for them, who were not Alliance members, to remain in the most vital core airspace of the Alliance. However, before they were asked to leave, the Alliance had settled all the debts owed to the two, making them, despite being sent away, exceedingly happy.

Naturally, Rocky knew about this, and it depressed him greatly. How could the Alliance pay Karina and Berg but not pay him, especially since he was an actual member of the Alliance?

Concerning this matter, he had even boldly approached Wilton, given that we were talking about almost ten million Gold Coins! Rocky was waiting to use this money to develop Thunderhawk City, or even upgrade Thunderhawk City into a medium-sized Sky City!

When he did find Wilton, however, Wilton turned mysteriously coy, repeatedly claiming that since the Alliance had paid Karina and Berg, Rocky’s share was naturally included. While it sounded nice in principle, it practically meant not paying at all, which completely baffled Rocky.

Just as Wilton had said, if the Alliance could manage to pay Karina and Berg, they won’t likely exclude Rocky, and he wasn’t worried about this, but he couldn’t understand why the payment was still being delayed.

Even more frustrating for Rocky was that not only had the Alliance not paid him the money, but they also hadn’t given him the Contribution Points that were supposed to have been converted from his war achievements.

This was becoming unbearable for him because, in this great battle, Rocky had gained only a few benefits; one was materials, while the other was military achievements. If the money for the materials was always being delayed and now even the Contribution Points from military achievements weren’t being given, then hadn’t Rocky gained nothing at all?

For this reason, he had specially contacted the Fierce Tiger Squad. After inquiring, he found out that others had long since converted their military achievements, but everything seemed to have sunk into the sea when it came to him, leaving Rocky full of questions.

He had once wondered why, given that he had made so many contributions to the Alliance in the war and had even been made a war hero, it stood to reason that the Alliance couldn’t possibly mistreat him—otherwise, it would be no different from them slapping their own face. So, there must be a reason for the Alliance’s actions.

But whatever that reason might be, Rocky could not figure it out after much thought.

Having no choice, he had to shift his focus to other matters, as there were still many waiting for his attention, such as Backhill Village and population issues.

After the war had ended, Rocky chose not to stay in Nut Airspace but had Thunderhawk City return to Backhill Village.

For Backhill Village, he had never forgotten it because it was a critical point for his future development. Although the situation in the sky had drastically changed, the importance of Backhill Village remained unchanged.

Therefore, as soon as the war was over, he hurried back to Backhill Village. Only upon arrival and seeing the village intact did he breathe a sigh of relief, and his anger towards the Alliance’s debts also eased significantly.

Despite Backhill Village becoming a battlefield at the start of the great war and experiencing frequent conflicts as the war progressed, Rocky found upon his return that the village had barely suffered any damage. Although it was undoubtedly affected by the war in some degree, the impact was minor, with the city walls still intact, and even the village’s mining operations continuing as usual.

Protecting the village to this extent during the war was clearly no easy feat, especially considering the enemy they were facing here—the deeply spiteful Mairente Family!

In fact, when the conflict had become unavoidable, Abraham, who was in charge of leading the Mairente family forces and the son of Lexington, had more than once intended to completely destroy the village. In his view, even if they couldn’t defeat the Alliance Army, ruining Rocky’s important base was still beneficial.

So, under these circumstances, it was genuinely challenging for the Alliance to keep Backhill Village safe.

What pleased Rocky more was that, upon his return to the village, Glan informed him for the sake of ensuring the safety of Backhill Village, Sirius City, which had been fighting the enemies here, would continue to stay to ensure that the village would not suffer a demonic attack.

This decision by the Alliance made Rocky extremely happy.

Why was he so anxious to return to Backhill Village?

Was it not because he feared that once the Alliance withdrew its troops, the place would be attacked by demons!

Since he was on the front lines of the war, Rocky was acutely aware that the demons had undergone a drastic change, unlike anything people had known before. Once demons had acquired the ability to fly, the world changed. The village, which might have been able to rely on its walls to defend against demon attacks before, now stood no chance. With the demons also gaining the ability to fly, no walls could stop them anymore.

In such a scenario, maybe no one yet knew to what extent flying demons had proliferated, but as the only land base he owned, Rocky could not afford to be careless, and he came here immediately after the war ended.

What he didn’t know, however, was that the Alliance had already considered this issue. Since the Sky Alliance owned many more assets and bases on the land compared to Rocky—easily hundreds of them— they had immediately thought of their land-based assets and bases after the demons noticeably changed. Immediately, Sky City and the Alliance Army were dispatched to defend these locations to ensure absolute security, which naturally included Backhill Village.

This development significantly relieved Rocky’s pressure, as Sirius City was a major Sky City, and with their presence, he could rest easy. This also allowed him to quickly start busying himself with another matter.

Population.

Rocky’s greatest gain in the war was the population, and he had already planned for these people during the fierce moments of the conflict.

He wanted to "launder" this population.

According to his plan, laundering this group of people would take several months. In the meantime, the Alliance would surely be able to clear the debts and Contribution Points owed to him, right? Then, by the time the population transfer was complete, and he had received the payments and Contribution Points, he would be ready to begin upgrading Thunderhawk City!