LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 619: Chapter 581: Affirmative Answer! Chapter 619: Chapter 581: Affirmative Answer! Upon confirming Howling Sky’s commitment to send troops to help, Rocky began to arrange how to deal with the intrusion of this Sky City within his territory. Despite not knowing the identity of the other party and the reconnaissance ship sent to reach out having received no response, everyone, including Athena, believed without a doubt that the Sky City was sent by Rick, Zuluo’s father.

In response, Athena came up with a plan that would, once implemented, undoubtedly reveal whether Heavenly Ancestor City had any backers orchestrating events from behind the scenes.

However, just as they were busily preparing, a sudden piece of news caused everyone to tense up: Howling Sky had reneged on their promise!

“Are you sure this is what Howling Sky said?”

“No, no, Lord Rocky, this is not the will of the Howling Sky City Lord; this is the decision of the Alliance…”

Looking at the messenger sent from Sirius City, Rocky’s eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and his face naturally turned ashen, while the messenger from Sirius City continuously waved his hands, indicating that this was not the intention of Howling Sky, but rather a decision of the Sky Alliance.

“Lord Rocky, the Howling Sky City Lord also just received the order from the Alliance, so there was nothing he could do. Please have understanding, Lord Rocky…”

Gazing up at Rocky seated in the City Lord’s throne, the messenger spoke with difficulty, sweat running from his temples down his cheeks as he did.

As a messenger, although he was not clear about the specifics of the situation and didn’t understand the intricacies between the City Lords and the Alliance, he could distinctly feel Rocky’s fury upon hearing the news!

Fortunately, at that moment, Liliya and Athena were both beside him, and when Rocky’s expression grew increasingly dark, they almost simultaneously placed their hands on his shoulders, which calmed Rocky enough to prevent him from unleashing his anger on a mere messenger. Soon after, he gestured for him to leave and immediately convened everyone to the City Lord’s Hall.

“Howling Sky backed out? Why!”

When Monte and the others learned of Howling Sky’s change of heart, they all showed surprised expressions. Hadn’t Liliya just met with Howling Sky and received a positive response? How could Howling Sky have changed their mind.

“It’s not Howling Sky that backed out, but the Alliance’s decision.”

Without needing Rocky to speak, Liliya repeated the messenger’s words, “According to the Alliance’s terms, if we want to get help from Howling Sky, we can, but we must follow the rules of the Alliance.”

“The Alliance’s rules… We must hand over Contribution Points?”

“That’s right.”

Having been a member of the Sky Alliance for quite some time and having requested military aid before, Monte and his companions instantly understood what the Alliance’s rules entailed: naturally, it was about Contribution Points.

As previously stated, the Sky Alliance had a complete system of Contribution Points that firmly tied the Alliance with its members, which included the dispatching of troops for reinforcements.

As members, the Sky Alliance naturally had an obligation to protect, but this duty wasn’t without cost, no, it should be said, it wasn’t unlimited. Each member had the right, once a year, to request troops from the Alliance Army without charge, for both offense and defense. However, once this free right was exhausted, if one wished for the Alliance to send troops again, Contribution Points had to be paid.

Clearly, the Alliance’s intent in creating this regulation was to keep members continuously contributing to the Alliance, to firmly bind the members and the Alliance together. This in itself was not an issue—in fact, when Rocky had previously requested military aid, he had used the same method.

But now, with the Alliance suddenly reiterating this point, it certainly bore consideration.

According to the rules, Rocky’s previous act of contacting Howling Sky to send troops to fight against the enemies, indeed violated the Alliance’s rules, because Sirius City’s Howling Sky was dispatched by the Alliance to Backhill Village. It wasn’t Rocky’s private army, so how could he mobilize it at will?

So the Alliance’s response seemed reasonable.

But don’t forget, rules are dead while people are living!

It’s true that Sirius City and Howling Sky were sent by the Alliance to Backhill Village, but there was a personal relationship and friendship between the defender of Backhill Village, Howling Sky, and Rocky. In the event of a sudden attack, it wouldn’t be too much to ask Howling Sky to send troops, Rocky did not believe that similar situations hadn’t occurred within the vast Alliance.

More importantly, how did the Sky Alliance get the message so quickly?

From the time Rocky discovered an unknown Sky City entering his territory, to when he sent Liliya to contact Howling Sky, how much time had passed? Yet in such a short period, the Sky Alliance not only learned about the incident, but also swiftly issued commands. Their reaction speed was simply astonishing.

What did that signify?

Therefore, after this incident, everyone, including Rocky, turned their gaze in the same direction, towards Athena.

Under everyone’s gaze, Athena had a notably different demeanor than before.

Previously, when Liliya returned from Sirius City, bringing the news that Howling Sky agreed to dispatch troops, Athena’s brow furrowed tightly, to the point where she did not even hear Rocky calling her.

But now, when the envoy from Sirius City brought what could be considered the worst news, Athena’s expression turned normal. She became the enigmatic woman who seemed to have everything under control.

“The Sky Alliance’s intention is actually quite simple, they want us to make more contributions.”

When everyone’s eyes were on her, Athena began speaking slowly, “Lord, we have only recently acquired the Moving Fortress and developed the new Thunderhawk Armor, and we’ve even innovatively created the magic energy machine gun. However, all these achievements have no connection with the Sky Alliance, and I believe this makes the Alliance somewhat uneasy.”

After Athena finished speaking, everyone immediately showed expressions of sudden realization.

Isn’t that so!

As Athena mentioned, Rocky had indeed made significant gains recently. First, he acquired the Moving Fortress, the last legacy of the Wanzhong Kingdom, then developed the New Armor, and in the process, even casually built the world’s first magic energy machine gun. However, none of these advancements were related to the Alliance, hence the Alliance’s current stance—to have Rocky share everything he controlled. And once he shared all that he controlled, wouldn’t he then have Contribution Points? With Contribution Points, wouldn’t it be justifiable to ask Sirius City to dispatch Alliance troops?

This was the true intention of the Alliance!

“That’s not what I’m asking…”

However, while everyone else came to their realization, Rocky shook his head at Athena, because his concern wasn’t that question—he was worried about whether the Alliance had targeted him specifically!

And right after he finished speaking, Athena nodded…

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