Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 672 - 634 Escape Route
Chapter 672: Chapter 634 Escape Route Chapter 672: Chapter 634 Escape Route After crushing the main fleet of the City of Fury, Rocky wasted no time and immediately ordered an attack on the city!
Under his command, the remaining hundred or so warships quickly adjusted their formation and flew in front of the City of Fury’s Defensive Net, getting even closer than before.
Although Rocky had been bombarding the Defensive Net for half the night, it was from a distance of fifteen hundred meters, since there were still a large number of warships in the City of Fury at the time. Rocky was afraid that if he got too close, the enemy’s fleet would be able to counterattack through the Defensive Net. He couldn’t withstand that, so he had to take advantage of his range and bomb from afar. As powerful as the main cannons of the Rune Battleships were, their number was ultimately too few, so their power hadn’t been fully demonstrated.
But now, with the main force of the City of Fury entirely destroyed, even if there were other fleets, they could hardly be considered the main force. Rocky naturally wasn’t afraid anymore, so under his command, the fleet approached to five hundred meters in front of the City of Fury’s Defensive Net, and all main and secondary cannons opened fire on the Defensive Net.
Because of the closer distance, hundreds of secondary cannons could unleash their full power, and after one battle, although Rocky’s forces lost nearly a third of their numbers, the firepower they poured onto the Defensive Net was now higher than before, and considerably so, immediately making the Defensive Net precarious.
In contrast, Erwin in the city was helpless against this offensive. In Rocky’s view, even if the City of Fury still had fleets, they wouldn’t be the main force, but this was just his guess. In reality, the situation inside the City of Fury was even worse than his estimation!
For the previous decisive battle, Su De, who was responsible for the fleet’s overall command, had dispatched every warship from the City of Fury to the battlefield, including all the main forces as well as the reserve forces used to attract Rocky’s attention as cannon fodder.
But with the failure of the decisive battle, the two large armies sent from the City of Fury, totaling over eight hundred warships, had all perished, leaving no ships in the city that could take to the skies to block Rocky. Erwin did have over a hundred merchant ships, but against the hundreds-strong Rune Fleet, what use were merchant ships…
In this situation, Erwin had long foreseen the fate of the City of Fury. He was no longer thinking about how to resist Rocky’s attack, but what to do after the Defensive Net was breached and Rocky led a large force to occupy the City of Fury.
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According to Erwin’s thinking, under normal circumstances, Rocky should threaten Rick with the City of Fury since it was one of the Heavenly Ancestor Church’s Saint Cities, extremely important to both Rick and the Heavenly Ancestor Church. Considering Rocky’s besieged situation on all sides, using the city to threaten Rick and thus bargaining for more time was undoubtedly a wise choice.
Of course, this was only under normal circumstances. In fact, based on Erwin’s understanding of Rocky, he believed that Rocky wouldn’t play his cards predictably. According to Rocky’s personality, he would choose to occupy the city after breaking through the City of Fury, because after all, it was a large Sky City with a population of a full hundred thousand, and it was extremely vast and advanced. If he could occupy such a city, Rocky would surely be overjoyed, he couldn’t possibly remain indifferent.
And if Rocky truly planned to occupy the City of Fury, then Erwin saw an opportunity. He would definitely have a chance to fight back!
After all, the City of Fury was not like any ordinary Sky City; it was one of the Sacred Cities of the Heavenly Ancestor Church, meaning it was a religious city. Everyone in the city, from an eighty-year-old man to an eight-month-old baby, were followers of the Heavenly Ancestor Church, so conquering such a city was no easy task. Even with Rocky’s current manpower and resources, he simply didn’t have the ability.
In this way, Rocky’s considerable energy would be forced to focus on the City of Fury, but let’s not forget that in no more than a week, reinforcements from Sky Might City would arrive at Backhill Village. By then, Rocky, whose energy had been sapped by the City of Fury, certainly wouldn’t stand a chance.
With this thought in mind, Erwin made his decision, aware of what he needed to do. He had to hold out until Sky Might City arrived, and then, with an inside-outside coordination, retake the city. Erwin believed that with faith in the Heavenly Ancestor Church, he just had to call to arms and the hundred thousand residents would surely stand by him. Therefore, he was absolutely capable of achieving this.
Having made this plan, Erwin didn’t delay at the Skyport any longer. He immediately mobilized all the remaining Void Magic Warriors in the city, then headed to the city area with all his officials.
Erwin, too, had fought in sieges and was well aware of the process of capturing a Sky City. When Rocky breached the last barrier of the Defensive Net, he would immediately occupy the City Lord’s Mansion. Therefore, Erwin would definitely not go to the City Lord’s Mansion. At the same time, Rocky would also send people to take control of the city area. However, the City of Fury had a population of no less than a hundred thousand, and just the area of the city zone was larger than Thunderhawk City itself. Therefore, even if Rocky deployed all his forces, he couldn’t possibly occupy the entire city area—this was precisely why Erwin had gone there, waiting for the opportunity to retake the city.
Erwin, who had always been stationed at the Skyport, thus left, but his departure didn’t slow down Rocky’s offensive in the slightest. After this, Rocky’s assaults became increasingly fierce, and as time went on, the Void Magic Corps, newly reorganized, joined the fray under Rocky’s lead. Under his command, all the Void Magic Warriors flew close to the Defensive Net, bombarding it with all their offensive measures to make a modest contribution to breaking through it as soon as possible.
As time passed by, amidst the relentless bombardment, the sun rose bit by bit from the east into the high sky, then slowly set in the west. An entire day passed like this, followed by the coming of nightfall. Shortly after dusk, the indestructible Defensive Net of the City of Fury was finally breached!
As the Defensive Net shattered at last, Rocky finally penetrated into the City of Fury. Of course, at this point, the city hadn’t truly fallen—Rocky had just knocked down the Defensive Net, and there were still many more tasks waiting for him.
Naturally, Rocky was well aware of this, for it wasn’t his first time seizing a Sky City. He had captured one during the great war between the Sky Alliance and the Kafka Empire, and although what he had taken then was only a small Sky City, the specific steps in capturing a city were much the same, regardless of size.
Therefore, after breaking through the Defensive Net, Rocky returned to the War Steed at once, then began issuing orders, “Monte, take a portion of the Void Magic Corps and occupy the City Lord’s Mansion. Lin Feng, take some to seize the Guard Camp. The fleet is to fly towards the city area for control and martial law. Act immediately!”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
