Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 817 - 799: The Rage of the Masses Is Hard to Quell

Chapter 817 -799: The Rage of the Masses Is Hard to Quell

With Athena supporting him, Rocky no longer concerned himself with the hostages whose mere mention could shake the entire world. He began to focus on handling his own affairs.

Although he and Thunderhawk City hadn’t suffered severe damage in this grand battle, the troops stationed at Backhill Village and who had experienced the battle faced significant losses.

Therefore, Rocky first commended all the Fleet’s officials, starting with Felly. Almost everyone, from the Commander and Captain to the ordinary crew members involved in the battle, received praise, before he proceeded to reorganize the troops.

There’s no other way—after a major battle, the Rune Battleship troops have also suffered considerable losses, especially among the original troops.

The so-called original troops refer to those left over from the battle with Sky Might City. These battleships were all ordinary warships transformed into Rune Battleships. Despite undergoing numerous renovations over time, they ultimately couldn’t compare to genuine Rune Battleships. As a result, they suffered heavy losses in battle, with almost complete annihilation except for minor ships like the War Steed and Ranger.

Consequently, Rocky then reorganized these troops and no longer grouped them by one single category. Instead, he restructured them into more reasonable and efficient groups.

Although the combat power of Rune Battleships is strong, the focus and characteristics of different types of battleships are still no different from traditional warships. Therefore, his previous approach of putting a single type of battleship in one team was indeed unwise. This change was made after Rocky listened to Felly and others’ practical opinions.

Once everything was completed, Rocky was basically left with nothing much to do.

Somewhat unbelievably, the plan of The Three Great Alliances—this colossal entity—took nearly half a year targeting him. Yet when everything concluded, Rocky hardly incurred any losses. After reorganizing the troops, he contemplated and couldn’t think of anything else he should be doing. Not just him; even the two Sky Cities and Backhill Village under his governance were the same—everyone returned to their usual duties as if nothing had happened.

Of course, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. For others, life indeed returned to normal, but at least for Rocky, there was still one thing left to do, and that was to check on the hostages once he finished dealing with other affairs.

Almost half a month had passed since Rocky captured Kashu and others from Eternal City. In this half-month’s time, although he had not paid any attention to a few of them according to Athena’s instructions, the outside world was going crazy.

The most frantic were naturally the Three Great Alliances. The capture of their three leading figures was a monumental humiliation for the Alliance, so they had been constantly in contact with Rocky. Initially, Rocky ignored them, but after returning to Backhill Village, he started to communicate with them gradually. Of course, even so, it was merely a tactic to buy more time, as Rocky hadn’t yet formally discussed with Athena how to handle these people, so naturally, no results could come from the communication.

On this day, Rocky called Athena for a proper discussion on how to deal with these people.

“My lord, you should now issue a statement to the outside world, declaring your willingness to share Rune Technology and even Elemental Technology.”

Upon seeing Rocky, Athena straightforwardly suggested, not addressing the hostage situation but instead advising him to make a statement.

“Why?”

Rocky was naturally stunned by this, firstly because he wasn’t prepared, and secondly because he didn’t understand why Athena wanted him to say these things. He didn’t have any intention of sharing the various technologies he possessed.

“My lord, we must do this; otherwise, it will provoke public anger.”

As she spoke, Athena explained to Rocky the reason why he needed to issue this statement.

After this incident, the whole world now knew that Rocky possessed unparalleled technological superiority. This not only made him the center of attention but also an unconscious threat to everyone.

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Everyone understood that the technologies Rocky controlled were unique and far ahead of everyone else’s, so given enough time, he’s bound to become a behemoth that no one could afford to provoke. But once Rocky grows stronger, regardless of his subjective intentions, he would become a lethal threat to others.

In such circumstances, how could he become a less terrifying threat?

There is only one way, which is to eradicate him in the cradle before he becomes a monster that induces fear in everyone!

Athena was almost certain that many people already had this thought, except that Rocky’s momentum was too strong for them to dare show it, especially The Three Great Alliances leading this mindset.

Despite the previous disastrous defeat and their head being captured all at once, The Three Great Alliances seemed at a disadvantage against Rocky, but this is merely a highly unrealistic illusion because The Three Great Alliances didn’t actually suffer any real loss beyond losing face.

However, to regain their lost dignity, what The Three Great Alliances would do next is hard to say. Athena’s priority was to ensure they could do nothing, hence asking Rocky to issue the statement.

Once this statement is published, letting others know that Rocky won’t monopolize the technology would undoubtedly greatly reduce hostility towards him. In fact, it would even protect Rocky in some way, preventing the furious Three Great Alliances from annihilating him.

“So that’s how it is…”

After Athena’s explanation, Rocky stroked his chin, pondering. He finally understood Athena’s implication. The so-called statement, bluntly put, was to soothe people’s fears; as for when he truly would share the technology, that was a matter for the future. Right now, the priority was to stabilize the situation.

With this understanding, Rocky nodded, indicating he had no issues with it.

“Next is the matter of the hostages.”

After finishing discussing the statement, Athena finally got to the main topic—how to deal with those problematic individuals.

“My lord, using these people to gain more benefits is the best choice.”

As for the troublesome individuals Rocky brought back, Athena clearly had long thought of a plan, which was to use these hostages to engage with their respective forces for exchanges, to gain more benefits! It was evident that, in Athena’s view, these hostages weren’t revered figures at all. In her eyes, these individuals were almost akin to merchandise…