Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 773: Chapter 735: The Tense Orton

Sitting in the carriage, Archimonde jostled for over an hour before the speed of the carriage finally began to slow down. Not only that, he also noticed that the bumpiness had lessened, and when he looked out the window, he discovered that the carriage had returned to the cobblestone road.

“This is…”

Realizing the carriage was once again on a cobblestone road, Archimonde was momentarily stunned, and right at that moment, the carriage came to a halt.

As the carriage stopped, Archimonde slowly stepped down from it, only to be shocked by the sight before him!

The first thing he saw was a gigantic square!

The area of this square was so vast, it even surpassed the Central Square within the city district. Extending his gaze, it was at least several kilometers in size, but the square was utterly empty, devoid of anything but the cobblestone pavement under his feet.

When did Rocky build a square here?

Gazing at the empty and immense square, Archimonde’s heart filled with amazement, for upon looking around, he realized that the position of this colossal square was precisely on the edge of the city, with the end of the square being the boundary of Sky City, one step further and he would fall off.

Could it be… that this is the new military harbor Rocky built?

Living deep within Thunderhawk City, of course, Archimonde knew that the city was in the midst of an upgrade, and during casual conversations with Rocky, he had heard Rocky mention the construction of a new military harbor specifically for the use of warships—was this place that harbor?

It did indeed resemble one—considering the area of the square and its location, Archimonde felt it could be the newly constructed military harbor.

After that, he saw Rocky approaching him, accompanied by Orton, Liliya, and other individuals, with virtually all the important figures of Thunderhawk City in attendance.

“Archimonde, it’s been a hard journey for you, it must have been bumpy,” Rocky said with a beaming smile as he arrived next to Archimonde.

“No worries, no worries, what is this place? Is it the newly built military harbor?”

Waving his hand dismissively at Rocky, Archimonde naturally had no interest in discussing such trifling matters as road conditions; he was more concerned about where exactly he was.

“No, this isn’t the new military harbor, the new harbor is on the other side of the city.”

“Then, what is this place…?”

“This is the armament area of Thunderhawk City, yes, it will be called that from now on.”

Looking around, Rocky said offhandedly, naming the area on the spot.

His casual manner, however, left Archimonde completely baffled. In his confusion, he looked around, the armament area? What exactly was this place?

“Teacher, everyone is here,” Orton said, his face alight with excitement.

And just as Archimonde was trying to make sense of the situation, Rocky turned to one side, towards the visibly excited Orton.

Hearing his words, Orton lifted his chin and spoke to everyone, “Alright, follow me.”

After saying that, Orton led everyone towards the depths of the square, and it was at this moment that Archimonde noticed not far behind them were these two structures… No, not structures!

At first glance, Archimonde thought there were two two-story buildings behind them, but as he followed Orton closer, he realized it was not the case. These were not two small two-story buildings; they were two gigantic cannon mounts, each as tall as a two-story building!

Indeed, these were two huge cannon mounts. Archimonde was currently at the back of the cannons, so they initially looked like small buildings, but as he followed Orton to the side, he saw the true nature of these mounts.

The enormous cannon mounts were as tall as two-story buildings, which wasn’t the most exaggerated part. The real exaggeration was the overly long and thick barrels mounted on the cannons, which looked like giant smokestacks that had been laid down. The barrels were over ten meters long, with diameters wide enough to span six or seven meters.

“What, what is this?!”

Gazing up at the gigantic barrels, standing several meters off the ground, Archimonde was completely dumbfounded. Despite his many speculations beforehand, he never imagined he would see such a thing.

“Lord Archimonde, these are the equipments that I requested the Chamber of Commerce to manufacture.”

Seeing the dumbstruck look on Archimonde’s face, Rocky smiled and said. In fact, he had no intention of mocking Archimonde’s amazement; after all, not to mention him, even Rocky himself had been totally flabbergasted the first time he laid eyes on the two massive cannons before him.

“These are the equipments… that our Chamber of Commerce made…”

Hearing Rocky’s words, Archimonde carefully distinguished the features and indeed noticed that some parts of these two massive cannons looked similar to the equipment they had unloaded from the cargo ship a week ago. He then understood what had happened—these cannons must have been assembled from various components.

However, even with this understanding, Archimonde still couldn’t resolve the doubt in his heart; he didn’t understand what Rocky planned to do with these two giant cannon mounts in the city.

“This is the teacher’s idea. The teacher plans to modernize Thunderhawk City’s armament, to give Thunderhawk City real combat capabilities.”

As if seeing through Archimonde’s doubt, Rocky briefly explained the City Armament Plan to him. The plan itself wasn’t too complicated, so Archimonde understood it as soon as he heard it—but that very understanding made him even more surprised.

“To… to arm Sky City? Is that even possible?!”

Though Archimonde wasn’t a City Lord, he was very familiar with Sky City and knew well that it had only defensive power. Aside from the City-Destroyer Cannon, it had no real offensive capabilities, so he could easily grasp the intention behind the City Armament Plan. But in his view, it was an impossible task—how could such a colossus possess attacking power, and by what means?

Could it be possibly through these two giant cannons before him? Such a thought was utterly fantastical!

“How can it not be possible! Of course, it is possible!”

However, as Archimonde posed the question, Orton, who was leading the way in front turned his head and glared at him which scared Archimonde into silence.

Seeing this, Rocky could only smile helplessly, understanding all too well Orton’s feelings at the moment. It was a mix of excitement and anxiety—excitement because, after so many years, the City Armament Plan he had dreamt of was finally taking shape. However, this also made Orton anxious; the plan had been dismissed too many times by too many people. Not to mention outsiders, even close masters like Aniye, Pelaya, and Hammerfire didn’t hold the plan in high regard. Orton was extremely nervous; he feared that although he had completed the City Armament Plan, he might discover in the end that it was all just an illusion, dreading that the plan was indeed unfeasible as others said.

So despite Orton’s seemingly fierce demeanor, he was actually quite uncertain inside.

Not long after, everyone arrived in front of the cannon mounts. After looking up at the two massive cannons, they all turned their attention to Orton, waiting in anticipation.