Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 654 - 616 The Feeling of Flying

Chapter 654: Chapter 616: The Feeling of Flying Chapter 654: Chapter 616: The Feeling of Flying A critical judgment error ruined Tawa’s only chance for victory.

To restrain Rocky, he decided to recall ten captains from the front line, not knowing that the battle at the front was far more intense than it appeared. Consequently, the commander of the Void Magic Corps could only bring back five captains, just enough to barely hold the front line.

However, with half the number reduced, the five captains who were recalled had no way of handling Rocky. Far from restraining him, they couldn’t even catch up. With five captains missing, the front line could not hold at all. Previously, facing Liliya and others who had an advantage in armor, the captains could use tactics of outnumbering to contain them, but now it was one on one, and the captains were no match for Liliya and her team under those conditions.

The wrong judgment led to a disastrous outcome, ultimately causing Tawa to squander his advantage.

As the captains fell one by one, the situation at the front gradually began to reverse.

Now, on the battlefield, the captains, having suffered heavy casualties, could no longer maintain their advantageous position. They not only couldn’t target the common Void Magic Warriors of Thunderhawk City but also had to start worrying about their safety because once their numbers decreased significantly, Liliya and her team would take the initiative to strike, actively beginning to pursue and kill these captains. Once the threat of captains was removed, Thunderhawk City’s common Void Magic Warriors again stabilized their lines, using the advantage of Thunderhawk Armor to engage the enemy.

This way, the situation on the battlefield gradually turned, and the Void Magic Corps of City of Fury began to decrease continuously and could barely hold on any longer.

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Meanwhile, Rocky continued his solo performance, only now with five more “tails” as the five captains recalled from the front line tried everything they could to encircle and block him, but to no avail. The gap in armor was so great that they couldn’t even catch up to Rocky, let alone stop him.

So, despite the five captains being recalled in time, Rocky’s efficiency was by no means diminished. In just a few minutes, he had already destroyed five patrol cruisers, eight destroyers, and twenty-two escort ships—dozens of warships obliterated effortlessly.

The situation on the battlefield changes in the blink of an eye—one second it’s a stalemate, the next it reveals signs of defeat. At this point, Tawa had received another report from the front line commander: the Void Magic Corps couldn’t hold on any longer and hoped for permission to retreat!

Hearing this news, Tawa could hardly believe his ears. He hurriedly picked up his binoculars again and looked into the distance, and his heart sank.

What’s going on…

What exactly is going on!

Just a few minutes had passed; what on earth had happened on the battlefield that the City of Fury’s Void Magic Corps was nearly even in number with the enemy?

It has to be noted that Tawa had sent out a total of thirty squads, three hundred Void Magic Warriors, while Rocky’s forces were only about a hundred strong. With three times the enemy’s force, how did it end up equal in number?

Since the distance was too vast and the commander in the heat of battle couldn’t report every detail, Tawa had no clear idea what had transpired. How could his Void Magic Corps be on the brink of collapse in the blink of an eye?

Although puzzled, this time he did not continue to be muddled. Noting the dire circumstances at the front, he immediately decided to retreat, on the one hand ordering the Void Magic Corps to pull back and, on the other, adjusting the main forces to prepare to withdraw from the battlefield entirely.

At his command, the fleet of hundreds of warships immediately began adjusting, but as soon as the warships mobilized, Rocky keenly sensed the chance to strike.

After so many years, Rocky had experienced countless battles, both big and small, especially the great war between the Sky Alliance and the Kafka Empire in which he had not only killed numerous enemies on the battlefield but also learned a lot. Hence, he could deduce Tawa’s intentions from just a slight movement of the enemy’s fleet and immediately contacted Felly.

Under Tawa’s command, the Fury City’s Void Magic Corps began to gradually retreat, and as they retired, Liliya immediately commanded her troops to reorganize their formation and then pursued them at a deliberate pace.

At the same time, the fleet of more than eighty warships led by Felly also sprang into action after the retreat of the enemy’s Void Magic Corps, moving at full speed, evidently intending to chase down the enemy.

It must be said that after the rune transformation, the Thunderhawk City Fleet had indeed undergone a qualitative leap. The changes on both offense and defense had already been fully demonstrated in previous battles, and this time, the fleet displayed a power far beyond what the average person could imagine.

At this point, the situation between the two battling sides was actually quite simple, one was retreating while the other was pursuing. However, unlike previous large-scale battles, at least in terms of the fleets, Tawa’s retreat was very composed because the fleets were too far from each other, at least several thousand kilometers apart. At such a great distance, Tawa could easily command his troops to turn the ship around, even though Rocky was constantly interfering.

However, when Rocky truly ordered a pursuit, the speed exhibited by the Thunderhawk City Fleet greatly exceeded Tawa’s expectations. Though it was said one was retreating and the other pursuing, they were actually moving in the same direction. Even adding on the fact that there was such a vast distance between them, even if Thunderhawk City’s troops reacted quickly, they simply couldn’t catch up.

But while that was said, the reality was different! In fact, when the Thunderhawk City Fleet launched its pursuit, it closed in on the enemy at an astonishing speed, so much so that compared to it, the Fury City Fleet seemed to be stationary.

“Damn it…”

From the bow to the stern, Tawa used a telescope to intently watch the enemy chasing them from behind, growing more surprised and disheartened the more he watched.

How could they be this fast?

As the overall commander of a fleet, no one was more familiar with warships than Tawa. He knew better than anyone the speed that warships of each class should have, yet the speed exhibited by Rocky’s fleet was so fast it was unimaginable.

Indeed, with Tawa’s understanding, it was unimaginable why Rocky’s fleet could be so fast. Because Aniye and others had already used the latest Rune Technology to combine runes with the magic stones on the warships, allowing both to jointly power the warships. It was this formidable power that enabled Rocky’s fleet to give a sensation of flying.

“Order all troops to turn around and prepare for battle,” Tawa hurriedly issued the command after using the telescope for a while because, from his experience, given the enemy’s speed, he feared that they would be caught up by the City Lord’s reinforcing troops sooner than later, so he decided to prepare for battle in advance before the enemy caught up.

After issuing this command, Tawa continued to speak to his adjutant: “Also… go contact the City Lord immediately, and ask him to come to support us right away…”

“Yes…!”

Upon hearing this, the adjutant was initially startled, although there was confusion in his eyes, he immediately ran toward the command bridge.