LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 585: Chapter 548: Splitting Up Chapter 585: Chapter 548: Splitting Up Having read through all the document’s content, Rocky raised his head to look at the fortress in front of him again, and his gaze unconsciously changed.

Because he now knew that this big guy in front of him was not just a lump of iron, but a Moving Fortress!

Although it’s just the addition of “moving,” this change immediately gave the fortress a whole new essence. Just imagine, a structure as tall as ten meters, resembling a small building, starting to move. What kind of spectacle would that be? And what fate would the enemies facing such a massive structure meet?

To tell the truth, when Rocky learned that the fortress could move, he was quite shocked. This idea was like Sky City, utterly overturning his understanding and leaving him deeply astounded.

Karina, equally amazed, had looked back at the fortress after she had finished the documents, but her thoughts were completely different from Rocky’s.

“How can we get this thing out?”

Looking at the fortress, Karina was already thinking about how to get this massive structure out!

“This…”

In fact, Rocky was also considering this issue, so he looked up at the ceiling.

“It doesn’t look like it can just be opened…”

“You have to drive it out.”

Just then, Orton, who had been observing the fortress, spoke up as he pointed towards the end of the factory: “The exit is over there.”

“Oh?”

Following the direction Orton was pointing, Rocky saw a huge door at the end of the factory and then he understood.

Initially, Su Bin and his people didn’t intend to leave the Moving Fortress underground after building it here, so they must have already figured out how to drive it out. Thus, Rocky didn’t actually have to worry about this; in fact, the problem Rocky now needed to worry about was the same as what Su Bin faced initially—how to get this massive structure moving!

Su Bin had mentioned in his will that the Moving Fortress had already been developed to completion; the reason it remained here was simple: it lacked Mana as a power source, hence it couldn’t move. This meant that if Rocky could resolve the issue with Mana, then all problems would be resolved.

Thinking this, he quickly asked Orton.

“Teacher, how much Mana is needed to get this thing moving?”

“A lot…”

Giving him a glance, Orton then looked down at another set of documents in his hands, which were exactly the research documents about the Moving Fortress that Su Bin had mentioned last.

It was about ten minutes later when Orton finally raised his head again and said, “To get this thing moving, the amount of Mana needed would be equivalent to the combined Mana of three battleships.”

“Three battleships? That much?!”

Rocky was startled by this figure because it was outrageously high. Battleships, being among the largest types of warships in the skies, could be up to three to five hundred meters long. The Moving Fortress, despite being smaller in comparison, paradoxically needed even more Mana to start?

“Idiot! This fortress uses Magic Energy Technology from a hundred years ago—how can it be the same as today?!”

Rocky had just shown a surprised expression when Orton glared at him, explaining in a single sentence the huge consumption of the Moving Fortress.

After all, this massive object was created a hundred years ago, and the technology used was also from a hundred years ago, naturally, it should not be judged by modern standards.

After glaring at Rocky, Orton continued, “You two go back now, prepare everything needed, and transport the Magic Stones here. I’ll stay and figure out how to operate this thing.”

Although Orton had not expressed his stance on the Moving Fortress, it was clear that he was quite interested in this last legacy left by the Wanzhong Kingdom.

Since he had said so, Rocky and Karina did not delay any further. They acted immediately, Orton staying behind to continue his research on the Moving Fortress while they returned to Sky City to prepare.

According to Orton, to start the Moving Fortress, it needed a massive support of Mana, which was not a problem for Rocky and Karina. Both being City Lords and having their own Fleets, Magic Stones were definitely in ample supply.

However, the greater the demand for Mana, the more Magic Stones were needed. The real challenge they now faced was how to transport a large number of Magic Stones to the underground factory.

So, after returning to the surface and taking off again, they did not rush back to Sky City but observed from mid-air.

“It seems we can only use small transport ships to shuttle them, landing the Skyship next to the research facility.”

Hovering in mid-air, Rocky watched the laboratory below and spoke.

“But what about the defensive magic array?”

Also looking down, Karina responded.

Rocky was right about using small transport ships to bring the Magic Stones down and then manually transport them to the underground factory. That was their only solution, but remember the laboratory below was protected by a defensive magic array, which would attack any approaching target indiscriminately.

Facing such attacks, Rocky and Karina might not mind, but what about the transport ships?

Even if the transport were to stop outside the attack range of the defensive magic array, what about the people tasked with moving the Magic Stones?

Thus, an awkward situation arose. The defensive magic array, originally meant to protect the laboratory from demon invasions, became an obstacle for Rocky and his team. With the defensive magic array present, unless they were Void Magic Warriors, others could not get close!

So, after some thought with a frown, Rocky had no choice but to say:

“Destroy it…”

“Destroy it? What about the demons?”

The only way to allow the transport team to approach the lab was to destroy the lab’s defensive magic array, but once the array was destroyed, what about the demons?

Keep in mind that the reason this place had stood unscathed amidst the ruins was thanks to the protective magic array. Once the array was gone, that protection would be lost. Who knows what would happen to the laboratory by then, and what about the ships and people responsible for moving the Magic Stones amidst the ruins full of lurking demons?

“I’ll send the Guard Corps to temporarily defend the research facility, you set up your Fleet for air support. Just wait until the teacher starts up the Moving Fortress, then all will be well,” Rocky said after thinking hard for a while, concluding that the only way to safely transport the Magic Stones to the underground lab was to rely on the Guard Corps to replace the defensive magic array and guard the facility.

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