Lord of the Sky City

"You're saying... it's really possible..."

Both Berg and Karina, after careful consideration, nodded repeatedly, finding Rocky's speculation to be very reasonable!

The annihilation of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group was indeed a blow to Wild Horse City, but this kind of blow was not serious enough to cripple the city. There was absolutely no need for them to cease hostilities with Fire Elf City because of this. Read exclusive chapters at empire

Therefore, Wild Horse City's initiative to stop fighting with Fire Elf City was not due to defeat, but rather due to other matters that very likely involved Rocky and the Mairente Family.

The Mairente Family, or to be more precise, one of the big shots in the family, Lexington, had always been looking for ways to exact revenge on Rocky. However, he had been unable to act personally due to the Clan Leader Atted's interference. But Lexington had his own methods. He had been planning to make contact outside the family with Sky City to retaliate against Rocky. Rocky was aware of these developments, so when he learned that Wild Horse City had suddenly ceased hostilities with Fire Elf City, he immediately thought of the Mairente Family.

"Let's do this, I will ask the Shadow Alliance. They must know the specifics."

"Okay, just tell me how much money you need,"

Rocky nodded and said.

This matter was closely related to him, and he was naturally willing to spend money to obtain important intelligence and figure out what was really going on.

Afterward, the three of them chatted for a while and then left separately, as they still had to prepare for the evening's ball.

As evening arrived, Rocky brought his people from his city, especially Aileen as promised, to Berg's City Lord's Mansion. Likewise, Karina brought her own people. A grand and lively ball was held with individuals from the three Sky Cities at Berg's City Lord's Mansion.

"Rocky, I have some bad news for you."

As the main figures of the evening, Rocky, Berg, and Karina naturally took the spotlight. After the ball had been going on for a while, Berg drew Rocky and Karina aside.

"The Shadow Alliance has already sent back a message."

"That fast?"

Surprised, Rocky looked at Berg. He was really taken aback by the Shadow Alliance's efficiency—they had only decided to buy intelligence that morning, and the information was already in hand by evening?

"What's so surprising about that? You don't think the Shadow Alliance got this intelligence today, do you? They've had this information in hand for a while now, just waiting for us to buy it."

Berg briefly explained, then his expression turned serious. He looked at Rocky and said, "Rocky, congratulations. All your previous speculations hit the bullseye."

"......"

"According to the Shadow Alliance's intelligence, the reason Wild Horse City and Fire Elf City were able to cease hostilities smoothly is indeed because of the Mairente Family."

"One of the big shots of the Mairente Family, Lexington, is said to have personally made a visit to Fire Elf City and then went to Wild Horse City, meeting with each City Lord individually. Subsequently, the two cities signed a ceasefire agreement, and furthermore..."

"Furthermore, Lexington has reached an agreement with Wild Horse City, and your city is their next target."

As he spoke, Berg looked at Rocky and let out a helpless sigh.

Unfortunately, intelligence from the Shadow Alliance confirmed that Rocky's previous speculations were all correct; Wild Horse City had indeed made contact with the Mairente Family, no, to be more precise, with Lexington of the Mairente Family. Both had set their sights on Rocky!

To tell the truth, this outcome left Berg quite puzzled, for as a powerful figure within the Mairente Family and the City Lord of a large Sky City, Lexington wouldn't typically make such a move. In his view, Wild Horse City and Fire Elf City combined weren't even worth a word from him. Yet this time, he personally intervened, not only brokering a ceasefire between the two cities but also aligning with Wild Horse City to deal with Rocky—to Berg, this was utterly abnormal!

So, after giving Rocky a glance, he couldn't help but ask, "Rocky, what on earth have you done to provoke Lexington into such a massive retaliation? A big shot like him wouldn't bother unless it's necessary. You... you haven't slept with his daughter, have you?"

"Slept with who? I have blood ties with his family!"

After giving Berg a glare, Rocky retorted irritably, indicating that he also had no clue why Lexington was targeting him so personally.

"Anyways, you need to be careful. Now that Lexington has teamed up with Wild Horse City, the family's restraint on him is no longer effective. He can fully utilize Wild Horse City to retaliate against you, so..."

Berg sighed and did not continue.

Without needing Berg to say it, Rocky was well aware of the gravity of the situation. Clearly, his two enemies had now formed an alliance. Lexington, wanting revenge, had approached Wild Horse City, which harbored grudges against Rocky. Whether their partnership was a perfect match or the result of some deal, they had formed a Revenge Alliance aimed at him!

That meant... their retaliation would be upon him very soon!n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"When can you join the Sky Alliance?"

Just when Rocky was furrowing his brows, Karina suddenly asked from the side.

While the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group had been vanquished by both Rocky and Karina, Wild Horse City had targeted Rocky as their primary enemy due to Lexington's influence. Consequently, Karina faced no imminent danger. But she wasn't just watching idly; she was actively thinking of ways to help Rocky and quickly thought of the Sky Alliance.

That Rocky was planning to join the Sky Alliance was something Karina was well aware of. Berg had also heard about it, so when Karina brought it up, Berg nodded repeatedly and turned his gaze to Rocky.

Unfortunately, under their watchful eyes, Rocky shook his head vigorously...

"Wilton has already spoken to me about joining the Sky Alliance. We have to wait until he returns to the Alliance and reports everything before it can be finalized. So, it's not possible to join right away."

"So that's how it is..."

Upon hearing what Rocky said, Berg and Karina understood that joining the Sky Alliance wouldn't provide an immediate solution to Rocky's urgent crisis.

With that, the three of them fell into silence, each one with knitted brows.

Lexington's sudden intervention disrupted everyone's previous plans. According to their initial assumption, Wild Horse City, constrained by Fire Elf City, would be unable to extricate itself, which meant Rocky and Karina would have had plenty of time to grow their own strength or even hide away. In short, there were many ways to avoid Wild Horse City's reprisal.

But now the situation had become troublesome. Lexington, by brokering a ceasefire between Wild Horse City and Fire Elf City, had enabled Wild Horse City to shake off the shackles of war and focus entirely on dealing with Rocky.

Being the sole focus of a medium-sized Sky City's full efforts... the pressure from that could definitely be described as enormous...

"There is another way that could help you avoid disaster for the time being."

After a period of mutual silence, Berg suddenly spoke up and then suggested to Rocky, "You could hide in Eternal City."