Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 700 - 663 Arm Thunderhawk City
Chapter 700: Chapter 663: Arm Thunderhawk City! Chapter 700: Chapter 663: Arm Thunderhawk City! “City Lord, are you sure?”
“Yes.”
Looking at Rocky in confusion, Wynn furrowed his brows tightly.
He couldn’t figure out what Rocky was planning because, according to Rocky’s upgrade requirements for Thunderhawk City, ordinary medium-sized Super Crystals were sufficient to support the entire city’s operations. There was absolutely no need to use large crystals, especially since the price of large crystals was more than double that of medium crystals.
Super Crystals were already extremely expensive; with the prices of the two crystals differing by a factor of two, this could even increase the city’s upgrading costs by several folds.
Yet, even so, Rocky insisted on using large Super Crystals.
And as he said, there was a reason for this requirement, and that reason was Orton.
So, when Rocky’s meeting with Wynn ended, he immediately went to the institute.
“Teacher, are you sure you want to use large crystals? Those are very expensive!”
Upon seeing Orton and others, Rocky couldn’t help but ask. He wasn’t foolish; he knew that if he insisted on using large crystals for the city’s upgrades, the cost would increase significantly. Yet Orton insisted on doing so and had not yet told him why.
“Of course, it is necessary!” And when Rocky asked him this, Orton glanced at him sidelong: “What? Kid, do you not trust me?”
“Teacher, I…”
“Anyone who trusts you is blind!”
Before Rocky could speak, Hammerfire, standing on the side, chipped in, criticizing Orton along with Rocky. Clearly, his jab was aimed at Orton.
“You, always ruining the Magic Energy Research Institute, now planning to ruin your own disciple too?”
“You shorty! What are you talking about!”
“Hmph, don’t think I don’t know what you are scheming. You’re planning to restart that failed plan, aren’t you?”
“Plan? What plan?”
Hearing Hammerfire say this, Rocky quickly looked at Orton, while Aniye and Pelaya, who had been busy with their work, also turned their heads to look at Orton.
“Orton, you haven’t given up?” Pelaya asked.
“Yeah, you still haven’t let it go?” Aniye asked following her.
Faced with their doubts, Orton instead responded righteously, counter-questioning both: “What? Do you still think my initial idea was exaggerating? If the Magic Energy Research Institute was as dedicated as they claim, truly focusing on research without these tricks, my plan would have succeeded long ago. Would we still be fearing Flying Demons by now?”
Facing his retort, Pelaya and Aniye looked at each other and then let out a sigh of resignation, even Hammerfire fell silent. At that moment, all four of them were enveloped in silence, while Rocky, completely baffled, stood aside looking dumbfounded.
“Can someone explain to me… what are you talking about?”
Looking baffled at the four, Rocky had no choice but to ask, and then he finally understood what everyone was talking about.
Orton, as a top-notch master in the Magic Energy Domain, had a reason for ending up in Thunderhawk City. Among the most significant reasons was a massively costly project he had botched—the Sky City Armament Plan, which they had just mentioned.
The so-called Sky City Armament Plan aimed to equip Sky City with more powerful and flexible offensive capabilities. While the City currently could launch the powerful City-Destroyer Cannon, this was more of a defensive measure and, due to its high costs, its deterrent effect was much greater than its practicality; it could only deter other Sky Cities, and Demons didn’t care about it.
Thus, Orton had proposed the Sky City Armament Plan. He tried to enhance Sky City’s offensive capabilities, making it a true main force in wars, especially in wars against Demons, rather than just serving as a platform that could only observe the war from the sidelines.
To accomplish this plan, Orton had joined the Magic Energy Research Institute, which then invested countless resources. However, the final results were disappointing.
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Orton’s concept seemed flaw-free, but after repeated experiments and ruining seven to eight large crystals in these tests, everyone realized that current technology was simply incapable of realizing the plan. This was also why Orton fell out with the Magic Energy Research Institute, leading to the decline in his career until he met Rocky.
Now, upon learning that Orton requested Rocky to use large crystals in the city’s upgrades, Hammerfire immediately guessed his intention—he obviously planned to restart this project!
“Teacher, are you… is this what you are thinking?”
Listening to Hammerfire explain everything, Rocky then looked at Orton.
“Of course!”
After looking at Rocky, Orton nodded his head without hesitation and then excitedly said to everyone, “Everyone, the Demons have now reached the sky! Do you still think I was being paranoid?”
“We never thought that.”
Seeing Orton so fired up, Pelaya shook her head; she was well aware that Orton had proposed this plan because he anticipated that one day Demons would reach the sky, so she had never denied Orton, but some things are not as simple as just saying them.
“Orton, we trust you, but your idea is simply not feasible at the moment.”
“No, it wasn’t feasible in the past, but now it is.”
Looking at Pelaya, Orton was very excited: “In the past, we didn’t have Mana Runes, but now we do. Now we have Runes, the funds, and all the past research successes in my head, so we are fully capable of completing this plan!”
At this point, Orton looked at Rocky, then took two steps to stand in front of him: “Rocky, do you trust me?”
“I…”
Looking at the highly excited Orton, then turning to see Pelaya, Aniye, and Hammerfire all shaking their heads, Rocky felt torn. He certainly trusted Orton, but he also trusted Aniye and the others, so he could see that if Orton’s Sky City Armament Plan was really feasible, Aniye and others wouldn’t show such expressions.
However, faced with the excited Orton, Rocky couldn’t bear to refuse him, so after biting his back teeth, he vigorously nodded his head: “Teacher, I trust you.”
“That’s great!”
Hearing this, Orton was so excited he almost cried. He then swung his fist and shouted loudly, then looked at Aniye, Pelaya, and Hammerfire: “Let’s start arming Thunderhawk City!”
