Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 853 - 835: The Sun Sets in the West

"Any news from the Allied Forces?"

At the same time Cyril succeeded her father as the Clan Leader, she also became the City Lord of Machine City. At this moment, she was seated in the City Lord’s Hall of the City Lord’s Mansion, looking toward the liaison officer.

To better manage and allocate troops, the Allied Forces dispatched liaison officers to every Sky City to facilitate communication between the cities and the Allied Forces.

Yet now, the liaison officer in Machine City was almost useless. He was supposed to coordinate reinforcements, but half a month had passed with no news at all. This made him extremely awkward when facing Cyril.

"Clan Leader, the Allied Forces are actively preparing reinforcements. Please... please just hold on a little longer..."

"Understood. Notify me immediately of any updates."

Waving her hand with resignation, Cyril chose not to press the liaison officer further. It wouldn’t help anyway, because she clearly understood that the Allied Forces had essentially abandoned them. The so-called active preparations were just an excuse. Even if reinforcements did come, they would be sent to aid the major cities or those guarded by the more powerful forces. They would never prioritize her city. freewebnøvel.coɱ

Thinking of this, Cyril couldn’t help but let out a sigh. If it were a few years ago, the Allied Forces would surely have dispatched reinforcements to their aid. After all, her family was once one of the great families. During such great wars, the Three Great Alliances would undoubtedly have paid close attention. Unfortunately, in just a few short years, everything had changed. Now, her family’s status within the Allied Forces was even beneath Karina’s. Although Karina was the City Lord of a small city, her close connection to Rocky and her well-equipped forces made her highly valued by the Allied Forces. In contrast, Cyril felt that the Allied Forces might have completely forgotten about her family.

And the one responsible for all of this was Rocky.

Unwittingly, Cyril’s thoughts drifted to Rocky. However, instead of hatred, her heart felt a pang of regret. For there was no one more aware than Cyril of what her family had done to Rocky. If blame were to be assigned, it would rest solely on the stupidity of her family in the past. If they had treated Rocky differently back then, perhaps both Rocky and her family could have thrived under better circumstances.

Shaking her head in frustration, Cyril forced Rocky’s image from her mind and left the City Lord’s Mansion.

As the Clan Leader, Cyril had brought three Sky Cities to participate in the counter-offensive war: her own Machine City, Soaring Dragon City, which originally belonged to Lexington but now fell under her family’s control, and Blaze City.

Among these three Sky Cities, Machine City and Soaring Dragon City were both large Sky Cities, while Blaze City was the largest of the medium-sized Sky Cities. This was precisely why Cyril couldn’t bear to abandon the other two cities and leave on her own. These three cities were the most powerful ones in her family’s entire repertoire. She had brought them all to the Kalhan Plains, and any loss would be a blow her family could not afford.

Traveling by carriage to the Skyport, Cyril boarded a warship bound for Qingyuan City. Upon arrival, she went straight to the barracks.

"Have the defensive fortifications on the city walls been repaired?"

Without any pleasantries, Cyril addressed an Elder directly.

By this time, Qingyuan City had been under siege for half a month, enduring relentless waves of attacks by demons. The city’s already limited defensive structures had been successively destroyed, including large sections of the city walls that they had painstakingly repaired earlier. Under such circumstances, Cyril had no choice but to order the troops to push outward and hastily repair the walls. It was their only hope of holding Qingyuan City.

Unfortunately, the Elder in front of her shook his head as soon as she asked. "Clan Leader, repairing the city walls would take at least another half month, and we’re running out of supplies..."

To repair the defensive fortifications, time was of the essence, but the near-daily demon attacks left the Mairente Family with no time to conduct full repairs. Moreover, with no resupply during their continuous battles, their resources were nearly depleted.

Facing this, Cyril felt helpless but pressed on with another question: "What about the situation outside? Is there any chance of a breakout?"

She didn’t want to be a trapped beast in a besieged city; she longed to abandon Qingyuan City and regroup with the Allied Forces. But after missing the first and only chance to retreat, escaping had become nearly impossible. Even so, Cyril hadn’t given up, continually seeking opportunities to lead her family’s three Sky Cities to break through the encirclement.

However, the Elder standing before her shook his head again. "There are around thirty to forty thousand Flying Demons outside—far too many."

"In previous battles, Soaring Dragon City already suffered a Flying Demon assault, obliterating its defensive net. It no longer has the capacity to break out. Additionally, over the past half month, the warships have been heavily depleted. Our fleet now numbers fewer than a thousand ships, and we only have about twenty remaining squads of Void Magic Warriors. There’s no way we can take on such a large number of demons."

This time, the demons attacking the Kalhan Plains were not merely low-level demons but included a massive number of Flying Demons. This was why the Allied Forces were willing to sacrifice smaller cities to fortify the major ones. The aerial supply corridors formed by the major cities were absolutely critical; if they were overrun by Flying Demons, the Allied Forces would lose all connection to the frontlines.

Similarly, the appearance of Flying Demons had plunged Cyril and the others into a dire predicament. Without these Flying Demons, even with Soaring Dragon City heavily damaged and unfit for combat, even with their diminished fleet, they could still make a run for it. Ground demons couldn’t stop them. But now, with the sky and ground both swarming with Flying Demons and low-level demons blocking all routes, Cyril had no way out.

Not only were they unable to escape, but their forces were also sustaining heavier and heavier losses.

At this point, "decimated" was the only word that accurately described Cyril’s remaining forces. The fleet was down to just over a thousand ships, and there were barely two hundred Void Magic Warriors left, enough to make up merely twenty squads. Of course, they still had a significant ground force, primarily composed of about twenty squads of Close Combat Tank Armor units. This was the entirety of the combined forces from her three Sky Cities.

It was undeniable: the Mairente Family was a shadow of its former self. A few years ago, Machine City alone would have had far more troops than this. But now, even with the combined forces of two large Sky Cities and one mid-sized Sky City, this was all they could muster. The root of this downfall could undoubtedly be traced back to Rocky and the Sky Alliance. The reparations they had demanded of the Mairente Family had nearly drained it dry. Even though the family had focused all its efforts on preparing for war, the scale and quality of their forces were incomparable to their peak.

Adding insult to injury, another reason for their plight was the sheer number of battles they had participated in recently, which had led to catastrophic losses.