Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 665 - 627 Bluffing Through
Chapter 665: Chapter 627: Bluffing Through Chapter 665: Chapter 627: Bluffing Through “Finally bluffed my way through…”
Rocky glanced at Liliya next to him and exhaled deeply.
Although the ones retreating now were from the City of Fury, in reality, Rocky was far more nervous than Su De on the other side, and his nervousness was multiplied countless times because only he knew that if the opponent really fought to the death with him… he would undoubtedly die!
Now was the weakest time for Thunderhawk City. Yesterday’s battle had left Rocky’s fleet with just over seventy warships, and the Void Magic Warriors had suffered enormous losses. From the original ten squads of Void Magic Warriors, only six remained. Even though he had bought a hundred warships overnight from Sirius City, it was impossible for Aniye and his team to modify all one hundred warships overnight without sleep or rest!
So now was indeed Rocky’s weakest moment, and Erwin of the City of Fury had clearly seen this, which was why he struck at this critical moment.
In this situation, what was Rocky to do?
The only thing he could do was to scare the opponent like he was doing now.
Although the hundred warships bought from Howling Sky hadn’t been fully modified, not even ten of them, the City of Fury didn’t know this, so he had staged the scene just now, making the City of Fury believe he was playing the fool to trick the tiger, thinking he was deliberately setting a trap to lure them into it, and then he sent out all one hundred unmodified warships.
In such a situation, one can imagine how nervous Rocky was because if the opponent’s commander suddenly lost his cool, or was simply brainless, it would be over. His strategy could only deceive the clever; the clever think more, and the more they think, the easier it is to be deceived. If it was a simpleton, he really couldn’t be fooled.
Thankfully, thankfully Su De was a smart man. Upon seeing the hundred warships, he immediately perceived the situation and made the most correct choice—retreat.
With this retreat, Rocky also let out a sigh of relief, and immediately issued a new order, “Have the follow-up troops stick to the back, all Rune Fleets chase!”
Since the commander of the City of Fury now believed him, Rocky could continue playing this act, and he must continue, otherwise, the opponent might realize what was really happening.
Under his order, the leading fifty-plus warships began the chase, firing the Rune Main Cannons while maintaining a chasing posture. As for the hundred warships that had not undergone Rune modifications, they always stayed behind, giving the impression that they were too late to catch up with the front line.
The risk of this chase was naturally enormous; at this moment, if Su De suddenly turned around, Rocky’s fleet would instantly crash into the enemy’s arms, and it was likely that no one but he himself could escape.
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But equally, this chase scene had to continue. If not, given Su De’s judgment, he might realize what was happening halfway through.
In fact, Rocky’s judgment was spot on, because once he initiated the chase, Su De actually felt somewhat relieved, even a bit smug, since he saw Rocky’s chase as the result of his own quick and decisive retreat. Thus, he didn’t care about Rocky at all and directly ordered the fleet to return to Thunderhawk City immediately.
Just like that, Rocky chased for a while before he finally stopped, realizing he dared not pursue any deeper. After all, his chase was a bluffed show of force, and he too feared angering the City of Fury to the extent of fighting a desperate battle with him.
Nevertheless, this significant battle occurring at his weakest moment had finally ended, although in this battle, Rocky’s losses were even greater than yesterday’s, losing a total of eighteen warships, leaving only fifty-one Rune Battleships in his fleet. However, these losses had bought him precious time, believing that after this deception, the City of Fury wouldn’t dare to provoke him again anytime soon.
Meanwhile, let’s not forget that although Rocky’s losses were very significant in this battle, the City of Fury’s losses were not few either. Su De’s fleet also lost more than a hundred warships in this battle, which added insult to injury for the City of Fury.
As mentioned before, after the two major battles yesterday, although there were still many warships in the City of Fury, only about five hundred remained in the main fleet. To try and completely eliminate Rocky, Su De had even pulled a hundred warships from the reserves into the main force, finally making up three complete formations. However, after this battle, one of the newly reorganized fleets was again crippled. Although many of the sunken warships were old ones from the reserves, this loss was still immense for the current City of Fury.
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, no matter whether Su De could realize he had been deceived when he returned to the City of Fury, in the following period, neither side could engage in large-scale fighting anymore, as they both had been significantly weakened, a piece of very good news for Rocky.
After all, he had a hundred warships available for Rune modification. Once these were modified, he would instantly have a much more powerful fleet. On the other hand, the City of Fury was in a tight spot, now becoming the side that couldn’t receive reinforcements because there were no other Sky Cities around Backhill Village. Hence, whether waiting for reinforcements or self-resupplying, the City of Fury would need at least ten days to half a month, but Erwin surely understood Rocky would not give him that time and opportunity!
Upon returning to Thunderhawk City, Rocky first arranged for the fleet to be repaired and called Liliya over.
“Liliya, contact Ruby Chamber of Commerce and Apple Tree Corporation immediately. Tell them that I will break through the City of Fury’s blockade within a week at the latest. Have them get the supplies and everything else ready.”
“Understood.”
“Then contact Karina and Berg, and have them start spreading the news now. Tell everyone that the City of Fury has been defeated and that Master Aniye will soon make a major announcement externally.”
“Got it.”
After agreeing, Liliya left without any delay, and once she had gone, Rocky didn’t leave the Skyport as Orton had already arrived with the research team. They needed to hurry to modify the hundred warships with Runes. In this case, Rocky naturally couldn’t leave, not to supervise, but because as Orton’s student, his knowledge of Runes was second only to the four masters, so he, too, must stay and work with everyone on the modification of the warships.
