Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 671 - 633 Miracle Victory

Chapter 671: Chapter 633: Miracle Victory Chapter 671: Chapter 633: Miracle Victory What does it look like when over four hundred warships are routed by just over a hundred? This scene is hard to imagine, but one can understand by witnessing the decisive battle unfolding before our eyes.

Previously, the Fleet of the City of Fury had already experienced the might of the Rune Battleships and suffered heavy losses, but even so, they had never truly engaged in close-quarters combat with the Rune Battleships. The exchanges thus far had largely been long-range bombardments with main guns, without any actual hand-to-hand combat.

This time, however, the two sides engaged in a thoroughly close-quarters battle to the extent that oftentimes the warships were only tens of meters apart as they bombarded each other, making the battlefield’s degree of horror almost indescribable.

According to the original plan of the City of Fury, they would rely on their numerical superiority; as long as they could close in to hand-to-hand combat range, then even if the enemy’s Defensive Net was strong, facing an enemy outnumbered several times over and subjected to multiple times the bombardment from main and secondary guns, even the strongest Defensive Net would break. By then, the forces of Thunderhawk City would definitely not be able to hold up.

This thinking was actually correct but failed to account for one thing—that when the warships of the City of Fury approached the enemy, the enemy would also be able to go on the offensive with full force!

This point was crucial in this battle because the firepower of the Rune Battleships was simply too strong!

Admittedly, when hand-to-hand combat ensued, the forces of the City of Fury did indeed gain certain tactical achievements by virtue of their numerical advantage. With a four-to-one force ratio, when four warships surrounded and bombarded a single Rune Battleship, the rune-enhanced Defensive Net could not hold at all and would be breached within minutes, with the unprotected Rune Battleship being sunk instantaneously.

But what the City of Fury did not anticipate at all was the intense and fierce firepower of the Rune Battleships, which in the minutes it took for their Defensive Nets to break, was enough to deal a highly advantageous counterattack, resulting in the sinking of two or even more than two City of Fury warships for every sunk Rune Battleship!

And that was merely the result under siege; in fact, during this battle, the City of Fury could hardly find many opportunities to besiege the enemy because, facing the overwhelming firepower of the Rune Battleships, the mere attempt to approach the enemy came with a terrible price!

Therefore, when the fleets of both sides engaged in close-quarters combat, although both suffered losses, the losses of the City of Fury were clearly much greater. In order to execute enveloping tactics, they had to advance under the bombardment of the Rune Battleships, with losses so staggering they were hard to imagine.

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When the Fleet’s Commander tried to call in reinforcements from the Void Magic Corps to the battle, they too found themselves in dire straits.

At this point, the Commander in charge of directing the final main fleet of the City of Fury realized that they had already lost the battle…

So far, the Fleet of Thunderhawk City had lost more than thirty warships, with their total number having fallen to just over a hundred and was about to drop below a hundred. Yet, the losses on the side of the City of Fury were even greater, having lost over two hundred warships!

Such tremendous losses obliterated the only advantage the City of Fury had in numbers, and now their numerical superiority over the Thunderhawk City Fleet had dropped to two-to-one. If they couldn’t defeat their opponent with a four-to-one advantage, how could they possibly win with an advantage of two-to-one?

However, the Commander of City of Fury was decisive, too. As soon as he realized that there was no chance of victory in this battle, he resolutely ordered all warships to charge because he was very clear that his own fate and that of the warships around him was certain death. Since death was inevitable either way, he preferred to drag down a few enemies with him rather than just waiting to die. If they could destroy more of Thunderhawk City’s warships, then even if the enemy annihilated them, they wouldn’t have the strength left to attack City of Fury.

Thus, under his orders, all warships from City of Fury began their charge. Eventually, they even stopped using their main and secondary cannons, and instead chose to head straight towards the nearest enemy to trade one for one, sinking an enemy Rune Battleship, which was considered a better deal for them.

But at this very moment, just as the troops from City of Fury began their desperate kamikaze counterattack, the battle of the Void Magic Corps ended first!

Simultaneously, with the battle of the Void Magic Corps ending first, a large number of Void Magic Warriors from Thunderhawk City poured into the battlefield, and with their blockade, the final counterattack of the main fleet from City of Fury did not succeed.

Like this, about half an hour later, the decisive battle that concerned the life and death of Rocky and Thunderhawk City finally ended. The ultimate result was naturally Rocky’s victory.

This victory was nothing short of miraculous, as Rocky had only participated in the battle with just over a hundred warships and fewer than a hundred Void Magic Warriors, but he managed to defeat an enemy many times his size. Moreover, the enemy came from a large Sky City, equipped with the most advanced warships and Armor of that era — a miracle that no one could have imagined.

Of course, Rocky himself had anticipated this miraculous victory. He had immense confidence in both the Rune Battleships and the Rune Armor. So, when the battle was over, he immediately returned to the deck of the War Steed.

Back on the deck of the War Steed, Rocky’s first sight was the severely damaged side of the War Steed. It looked as if a huge monster had bitten a chunk out of the side of the warship, leaving a fierce and terrifying wound.

“My lord, there was a warship that attempted to ram us, but we sunk it directly,” Uncle Wil said with pride when Rocky couldn’t help but ask about it.

As the flagship, the War Steed was not only charging at the forefront during the previous battles but was also always the main target of the enemy’s attacks. So, at the final moment of the battle, when the City of Fury’s fleet was at the end of its road, a destroyer indeed attempted to take the War Steed down with it, and it truly rammed into the side of the War Steed. Fortunately, the War Steed was originally a battleship, not only possessing strong defensive power but also much larger tonnage than the destroyer, which promptly sunk the enemy ship, thus averting the fate of being sunk by the collision.

Hearing this, Rocky nodded. Although he didn’t say much, he felt a measure of relief in his heart — his flagship had nearly been sunk, which spoke to the intensity of the battle. However, he quickly regained his focus and said to Uncle Wil standing beside him, “Give the order to reorganize the fleet, and then we start the siege!”

“Yes!”

Despite having just gone through the near disaster of being sunk, Uncle Wil was quite excited now. In fact, not only him, every crew member on board was extremely thrilled because they had just achieved what could be called a miraculous victory. And what was more thrilling was what they were about to do — they were about to lay siege to a large Sky City!