Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 507: Chapter 471: Wind and Water Rising Chapter 507: Chapter 471: Wind and Water Rising With the protection of Sirius City, Rocky no longer needed to worry about Backhill Village, unless a Magic Dragon appeared. Sirius City could easily handle any ordinary Demon attacks. However, this did not mean Rocky could relax, as he still had many issues to manage.

First and foremost was the issue of the population.

The three thousand war prisoners captured from the Rebel Army had been in Thunderhawk City all along. Although Rocky had been on the battlefield during the latter part of the war, Liliya and others responsible for managing the city did not disappoint him. The city operated smoothly, and these war prisoners had not caused any trouble.

Now that the war had ended, Rocky naturally contacted Berg as soon as possible to immediately manage the process of whitening these prisoners.

With the debts owed by the Alliance now settled, Berg was in a great mood. As a businessman, he knew better than anyone how to utilize Gold Coins. So, as soon as he left Nut Airspace, he began upgrading the city on a grand scale. Upon receiving Rocky’s message, he did not delay and hurried to Backhill Village, and Karina, equally in high spirits, came along too.

“This place of yours, it’s really nice!”

When the two arrived in Backhill Village, they naturally took a tour around the village and couldn’t help but repeatedly nod their heads in satisfaction.

“Rocky, I had no idea you had surpassed us by so much, it’s unbelievable…”

Inside the manor of the village, the three sat face to face, then Berg couldn’t help but say.

“Yes, in just a few years, he developed to this extent. He’s not the small figure we met at the Star of the Sky in Sky City.”

Berg’s words also made Karina nod noncommittally before they both turned to look at Rocky.

They were not merely flattering Rocky; his development had indeed been astoundingly rapid.

When they first met, it was at the Star of the Sky in Eternal City, and at the time Rocky was just a plain, almost insignificant City Lord, no, even among City Lords, he was considered lower-tier.

But how long had it been since then?

A year or two? In such a short time, Rocky was no longer that unnoticed and obscure minor character!

Now, he was widely known for possessing the most advanced and most mysterious armor technique; in terms of status, he was already a core member of the Alliance, and it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that this title alone put him on par with the City Lords of medium-sized Sky Cities; and in terms of strength, Thunderhawk City was definitely among the top tier of the small Sky Cities, with almost no other small Sky Cities able to contend against it!

Such changes, while not deeply felt by outsiders, were profoundly experienced by Karina and Berg.

Their relationship was strong, but they weren’t always together; sometimes they would only see each other once every year or half, but every time they met, Rocky’s strength had increased significantly. Initially, he couldn’t compare to Karina, let alone to Berg. But now, both Karina and Berg were well aware that Rocky had surpassed them both…

Therefore, when the two visited Backhill Village, especially upon seeing the village, they truly couldn’t help but feel deeply moved. Without Backhill Village, Rocky was already among the top in the small Sky Cities, but with the village, especially with the support of the village’s mine, what might he develop into? It goes without saying, upgrading Thunderhawk City to a medium-sized Sky City was definitely just around the corner!

How could Karina and Berg not be moved?

But as for their feelings, Rocky just smiled and didn’t say much.

He was not at all proud of his current achievements; on the contrary, whenever he thought about everything he owned and had achieved, he felt a touch of bitterness.

Outsiders only saw the results, but only he himself knew how much suffering he had endured for all this.

Facing Baron Wolin, facing Demons, facing Wild Horse City, facing the Rebel Army—how many moments of life and death had there been! Who could know the hardships and dangers involved?

Therefore, Rocky didn’t dwell on this topic and didn’t show off, but instead asked about the recent circumstances of Karina and Berg, since this was the first time the three had gathered since they had entered Nut Airspace.

In this time, Karina and Berg had also fared quite well. After all, once the Alliance had settled all payments, they were both flush with cash. With their strong capabilities, it was natural for them not to idle once they had money.

Berg was upgrading the city, planning to expand Lingyu City into an even larger trade city, while Karina was also upgrading her city and had already started planning to upgrade Rose City to a medium-sized Sky City!

In the last sneak attack, although Rocky got the most population, Karina and Berg also didn’t return empty-handed. They both gained about a thousand people each. Even though this addition didn’t quite bring Rose City’s population up to ten thousand, it was close. For Karina, getting the remaining people wouldn’t be too difficult; finding the right small Sky City and starting a war was enough to get them easily.

So, just as Rocky imagined, both were flourishing in development.

And after this, Rocky then brought up the serious matter.

“Berg, how long will it take you to send these people back?”

“At least two months, at most three, but certainly not more than three months.”

“Is it safe?”

“Definitely safe.”

“What about the quality?”

After looking at Berg, Rocky asked.

This so-called whitening, although Berg had never explicitly explained its process and methods, Rocky could easily guess that it meant he was being sent a different group of people.

But this raised an issue, that of the quality of the people.

The batch of war prisoners Rocky held were not the elderly or infirm; they were all young people, specially selected by him and Karina after they defeated the Rebel Army’s Sky City. If these people were whitened, and he received a group of the elderly or infirm in return, that would mean Rocky was making a huge loss.

“Don’t worry, I can assure you, I definitely won’t return a group of the elderly or infirm to you.”

Rocky’s concerns and whether he trusted Berg were unrelated, as Berg was just a middleman in this matter. However, Berg assured him with a slap on his chest that there would be no problems.

Since he said that, Rocky did not inquire further; he believed that given their relationship, Berg would not lightly make such a guarantee on such an important matter. Since he was so emphatic, there must be no issue.

After this, Rocky immediately took action and started transporting the three thousand war prisoners from the city to Lingyu City in batches.