Lord of the Sky City

"You! Who recognizes him?"

Hovering mid-air, Rocky bellowed as he lifted the severed head in his hand!

His shout instantly halted the chaotic battle; the Guard Corps stopped attacking, and the robbers in the building paused for a moment at the sudden appearance of this Void Magic Warrior. And when these robbers saw whose head was in Rocky's hand, they all showed looks of panic!

The Wild Horse Air Pirate Group had thousands of robbers, but when it came to fame, Toss was at the top. Almost every robber in the Air Pirate Group knew this murderous butcher, so when Rocky lifted Toss's head, the stubbornly resisting robbers panicked on the spot!

In the eyes of these robbers, Toss was not only a high-profile figure but also an incredibly powerful Void Magic Warrior. Hence, seeing that even Toss had been beheaded, their morale instantly collapsed.

"I give you one minute!"

As the robbers were thrown into disarray by the sight of Toss's head, Rocky's voice echoed once more in their ears, "Surrender within a minute, and you can live! After a minute, those who dare resist will meet the same fate as him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Rocky tossed Toss's head into the air and followed up with a Magic Bullet spell. In the blink of an eye, the head was blown to pieces!

"I–I surrender!"

As the shattered remains of the head fell like raindrops, cries for surrender immediately echoed from the building, and then a robber, holding his bow, stood up from a window.

"I surrender too, don't kill me!"

"I surrender!"

"We've surrendered, don't kill us!"

After the first robber openly surrendered, more and more robbers started to stand up at the windows. They each raised their weapons high, shouting loudly at Rocky.

Clearly, under Rocky's intimidation, these robbers completely gave up resistance. In fact, they had no choice but to surrender, because they had managed to hold out against the Guard Corps for so long only because Monte didn't want to cause any unnecessary casualties, opting not to press a hard attack.

Another reason was the robbers' advantage of terrain, allowing them to use the cover of the building to hold off the Guard Corps.

But now that both Rocky and Liliya had arrived, against the two Void Magic Warriors, the robbers, mere mortals, stood no chance. Remember how Toss killed three Guards? If Rocky and Liliya were to charge into the building, the robbers would face the same end.

So, faced with Rocky's ultimatum, the robbers didn't even consider for a full minute before choosing to surrender.

"Everyone drop your weapons and come out in a line from inside! Anyone daring to make a rash move will be killed on the spot!"

Yelling out to the surrendering robbers, Rocky gave the order, and the robbers obediently raised their hands, lining up to exit the building.

"Monte, tie all these people up and have them watched,"

"Understood!"

With a confirmation, Monte led the Guards to tie up the surrendering robbers one by one and then gathered them all together for collective custody.

Indeed, the number of robbers who had been resisting inside the building wasn't small; Monte roughly counted the number and discovered there were actually over one hundred and fifty!

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This number is not small, and because these people are all robbers who naturally possess quite considerable combat abilities, those more than 150 individuals need only some additional training and discipline to directly form a troop.

Of course, these robbers were all spoils of war belonging to Karina, and Rocky and Karina had already agreed that all captives from this operation would belong to Karina, while all valuables that could be sold would go to Rocky.

With the surrender of the more than 150 robbers, it also meant that the stronghold of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group had been thoroughly captured by Rocky!

However, this did not mean that the battle was over, as the skies were still ablaze with gunfire, and the aerial battle led by Karina was still ongoing. Only when the air combat had a victor could this fight truly be considered concluded.

In this situation, Rocky subsequently said to Monte, "I'm heading back to the Thunderhawk to take command now. You keep an eye on these robbers here, but also be ready to retreat at any time. If Karina is defeated, I'll come to pick you up, and by then you must be prepared."

"Understood, my lord. Rest assured."

Seeing Monte nod heavily, Rocky did not say more and promptly took Liliya with him, flying towards the sky, toward the Thunderhawk that was engaged in combat with the enemy.

When Rocky led the Guard Corps to attack Hongcheng Ruins, Felly had also been constantly commanding two warships to fend off the enemy, so when Rocky and Liliya flew towards the Thunderhawk, it was still entangled with the enemy.

However, compared to the last aerial battle with Baron Wolin, the opponents that the Thunderhawk had to face this time were much weaker. After all, this front was not the main battlefield. The Wild Horse Air Pirate Group, facing the large forces of Karina, could only send a limited number of warships to harass and bind, even though they sent some over for diversion.

Under the immense pressure from Karina and her fleet, Kilov had sent only one Escort Ship and five Reconnaissance Ships, a clearly limited number, but this was all he could dispatch. If he sent more warships to deal with Rocky, he would not be able to withstand Karina's onslaught on the main battlefield.

But the warships Kilov sent did not pose any threat to Rocky and the Guard Corps, as all these warships were intercepted by the Thunderhawk and the Scavenger Type 1 Escort Ship.

Facing the enemy, the Thunderhawk and Scavenger Type 1 Escort Ship lined up side by side, forming a wall of iron and bronze that completely blocked the enemies outside of the Hongcheng Ruins.

Facing such behemoths, the enemy's Reconnaissance Ships did not dare to approach, knowing fully well that if they did, the dozens of Magic Cannons on the two warships could immediately blast them to smithereens.

Even the opponent's Escort Ship was the same, unable to gain any advantage in a two versus one situation, and might even risk being sunk by the warships' main cannons in the first round of fire.

So even as time passed, both sides only exchanged Magic Bullet cannon fire at a safe distance, and no particularly intense engagement occurred.

This situation was naturally what Felly wanted to see. He believed that under Rocky's leadership, the Guard Corps was bound to win, so his job was to block any enemy ships attempting to provide support to Hongcheng Ruins. Doing just that would be enough.

However, this stalemate situation came to a swift end with Rocky's arrival.

"My lord!"

As Rocky and Liliya landed on the deck of the Thunderhawk, Felly hurried over with evident hope in his eyes, and in that hope, he saw Rocky nod at him.

"That's great!"
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Seeing Rocky nod, Felly knew that the stronghold of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group had been occupied, which meant they had secured half the victory in this great battle!

"Don't celebrate too soon. We only claim true victory when the aerial battle is won."

Patting Felly on the shoulder, Rocky then looked towards the opposing warships, "Felly, order a full-speed advance; we're going to assist Karina!"

"Yes!"

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