Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 674 - 636 Contradiction
Chapter 674: Chapter 636: Contradiction Chapter 674: Chapter 636: Contradiction The arrival of Karina and Berg indeed brought quite a bit of good news for Rocky.
First and foremost, they had disseminated all the messages that needed to be spread, although the Shadow Alliance had blocked all intelligence regarding Backhill Village, keeping the outside world completely ignorant of the recent events there, still assuming Rocky’s situation was precarious. However, once Karina and Berg both disclosed the news of City of Fury’s defeat, it turned the outside world on its head.
If the ones spreading this message had been ordinary people, nine times out of ten, the outside world would not have easily believed it. Years of habit would have the majority still regarding the Shadow Alliance’s intelligence as the most reliable. However, Karina and Berg were different. Everyone knew that they were Rocky’s close friends. Though the three had not signed any treaties, their relationship was undoubtedly that of an alliance. Therefore, the news coming from their mouths, especially matters concerning Rocky, held considerable credibility.
What’s more, the two then shared another piece of news, that Rocky was preparing to announce something significant soon, and anyone interested could go to Backhill Village. Once this message spread, it not only garnered a lot of attention but also further validated the defeat of City of Fury. If City of Fury had not been defeated, there would have been no way to gain access to Backhill Village. It would have been impossible for Rocky to announce any significant news, let alone invite everyone to Backhill Village.
Of course, there were those who thought this was a smokescreen cast by Rocky, believing he intended to ensnare others with false news deliberately spread to buy time for himself by dragging others into the fray. However, this guess quickly fell apart. After all, no one is a fool—if City of Fury was still blockading Backhill Village, who would willingly be the sucker? Rocky’s actions would be utterly meaningless in that case.
As a result, the focus of the outside world immediately reconvened on Backhill Village, and then everyone started to marvel at how Rocky had managed to defeat City of Fury.
After all, City of Fury was a major Sky City and also one of the Holy Cities of the Heavenly Ancestor Church. Its strength far exceeded that of a typical major Sky City. How exactly did Rocky manage to overcome such a formidable opponent?
Speculation about this affair naturally yielded no answers, since the Shadow Alliance had blocked all intelligence regarding this major battle, leaving the outside world with no way of knowing any details. But the world never lacks for clever people, and soon some surmised the real answer.
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Technology!
New technology!
People had long been familiar with the story of Rocky’s rise to fame. In this context, with just a bit of thought on how Rocky started on his path to prominence, it was clear that he owed his current fame and level of attention to technology. Even the fact that he was currently targeted and besieged by the various forces was due to technology. Therefore, his defeat of City of Fury must have also been thanks to the technology he possessed.
Having grasped this point, people immediately turned to the second matter—what important news was Rocky planning to announce?
Could it be… he was ready to reveal the new technology he held?
The idea, once it emerged, excited many people because the technology that Rocky controlled wasn’t just empty talk. His technology had tangible and legitimate results, like the famed White Demon Armor, a product of new technology. So, the thought that Rocky might disclose new technology thrilled many, and some were even preparing to set off for Backhill Village.
Of course, this same news also unsettled some people, such as Rick and the like.
Outsiders didn’t know what had happened in Backhill Village, but Rick and his group were quite clear on the matter. They had learned of the situation on the day that the City of Fury fell, and Rick’s reaction was no less intense than that of the outside world; in fact, he might have been the most shocked of all.
“How could this be…”
Sitting in the conference room, Rick, though shocked, was not in a panic. At that moment, he seemed like an old man who had been through many vicissitudes of life, quietly contemplating. The others in the meeting room were silent, not daring to interrupt his train of thought.
“Rocky’s grasp of Mana Runes has reached this extent…”
With his hands interlocked on the table, Rick muttered to himself, “Rune Armor, Rune Battleships… it seems he has fully developed the Mana Runes. This is not good news.”
Since Erwin had not been captured, Rick maintained contact with him. Rick understood better than anyone the fighting capability of Rocky’s Rune Fleet and Rune Air Demon Squad and how the City of Fury was defeated. As he had noted, Rocky’s command over the Mana Runes had reached a level where they could be applied across all military domains. This was not good for Rick, as he was the one directly confronting Rocky.
In fact, this was the crux of Rick’s dilemma. Strictly speaking, if he launched a full assault, he could still obliterate Rocky, even now that Rocky had fully mastered the Mana Runes and had applied them to both battleships and warships. The gap in absolute strength between them was still too great. The Heavenly Ancestor Church alone possessed five grand Sky Cities, and even with the City of Fury conquered, they still had four remaining. They also had many City Lords who were faithful to the Church. If Rick, as the Sect Hierarch, gave the command, these City Lords would swiftly besiege Backhill Village, making it impenetrable. If it came to battle, Rick was bound to win.
But he couldn’t do that because he dared not completely wipe out Rocky. He feared that in being destroyed, Rocky would also destroy all of his research. Thus, even if Rick eventually got his hands on the Mana Runes, he would have to start the research from scratch. This was unacceptable to him and all his allies, as they were running out of time.
As one of the world’s most formidable forces, just below The Three Great Alliances, Rick had a much deeper understanding of the current global situation than the average City Lord. He knew that the third counter-offensive war was imminent, ready to erupt at any moment. He, along with the Magic Energy Research Institute, the Kafka Empire, the Shadow Alliance, and the two giant Armor manufacturers, had set their sights on Rocky to acquire all technologies related to Mana Runes before the outbreak of war. That way, they would hold an absolutely dominant position in the third counter-offensive. This was what they aimed for.
Therefore, they had no time to start from scratch with Mana Rune research. Otherwise, they might not achieve any results until the war was over. They needed finished products, the ready-made technology that Rocky had developed. It was this objective that drove them to coerce Rocky in every way, to force him into compliance, to make him willingly hand over all Rune Technology.
However, this also sparked a contradiction: if Rocky refused to yield, even resorting to using the cutting-edge technology at his disposal for a counterattack, they would be in a very difficult position. Unfortunately, that was the situation they found themselves in now…
