LORD OF THE SKY CITY

As they followed He Nan into the tribe along the way, Rocky saw nothing but Beastmen, a good half of which were strapping adult Beastmen, but there were also many women and children, with some Female Beastmen even holding children in their arms.

Under the gaze of these people, it wasn’t long before Rocky reached the center of the tribe, where he saw a massive bonfire belching thick, black smoke, with Demon corpses burning within!

“This is…”

Seeing this, Rocky frowned and looked puzzledly at He Nan.

“Ever since you started the bombardment, the Demons have been increasing. This is already the third batch of Demons we’ve killed today,” said He Nan in a deep, resonant voice, his eyes fixated on the bonfire and the Demon Corpses on it.

On the way to the tribe, He Nan had said that the naturally occurring fog in the forest could block Demons from finding and attacking the tribe, thus allowing their tribe to survive in what seemed to be a small patch of forest; but after all, the fog was an external force, not capable of blocking the Demons completely, and occasionally a few would inadvertently enter the village. Fortunately, all Beastmen are born warriors— even a child’s combat ability could rival that of a human soldier, so occasional Demon incursions were not a significant threat.

Therefore, despite the tribe led by He Nan appearing to dwell merely in this small patch of forest, their life was relatively ‘comfortable’ compared to the old days in Backhill Village. However, all that was disrupted with the arrival of Rocky.

Rocky’s ongoing bombardment of the Stone Forest had alarmed almost all the surrounding Demons. Not only that, but he had even ordered the Fleet to harass the Demons in groups, drawing them into the Stone Forest to eliminate them together. While this seemed inconsequential to Rocky, it spelled disaster for the Fireteng Tribe.

More and more Demons were alerted and naturally, more stumbled into the forest, increasingly bypassing the barrier of fog and finding the village. In just one day, He Nan and his people had already been attacked by Demons thrice, and not in small numbers either—each wave consisted of dozens of Demons, thus, throughout the day, the Beastmen had killed more than a hundred invading Demons, and in the process, over ten Beastmen had died.

In keeping with He Nan’s character, he certainly wouldn’t explain this process in such detail to Rocky, but this wasn’t Rocky’s first visit to the surface, so after hearing just a sentence from He Nan, he roughly understood the reasons behind everything, including why He Nan wanted him and the Fleet to leave, and why the other Beastmen were showing hostility towards him.

“I didn’t know things would turn out like this,” Rocky said reluctantly after looking at the blazing bonfire, especially at the ‘grilled’ Demon Corpses on it.

He didn’t apologize, for he didn’t even know there was a Beastmen Tribe by the West Bank of Red Water Lake, so this situation was merely collateral damage. On this matter, Rocky couldn’t possibly apologize, and he had no intention of halting his plans either.

As Rocky had said before, he held the Beastmen Tribe led by He Nan in high regard, but let’s not forget what all Rocky’s actions were for—his priority was to ensure the successful upgrade of Thunderhawk City, and that mission took precedence. As much as he respected the Beastmen present, they were secondary to Thunderhawk City.

“No, it’s nothing,” He Nan said, somewhat surprisingly to Rocky. Far from harping on the problems caused by Rocky’s actions, He Nan displayed a casual attitude, “The attacks by Normal Demons are not a big deal for us, they just give us more food.”

Food?

Upon hearing these words, both Rocky and others including Liliya were stunned, and then they instinctively looked towards the bonfire, or more precisely, at the grilled Demon Corpses in it. It was then that they noticed something—all the burned Demon Corpses in the bonfire were Poison Fang Demons.

Realizing this, Rocky and his companions understood.

Since Poison Fang Demons could produce potent venom, those particular Demons were clearly not edible, but other Demons, like the Bull-horned Demons, Black-eyed Demons, and Mole Demons, though seemingly unlikely, were theoretically edible. This was something that sky-residing Demon Scholars had researched and confirmed—though, despite the confirmation, very few above took to practicing this in reality.

But on second thought, this seemed not to be a matter for alarm. After all, the conditions on the land were harsh, the Beastmen were, by nature, a hunting race, and it seemed that He Nan and his people were not particularly adept at conducting business. So, if they chose to use demons as food, it didn’t seem entirely far-fetched.

“City Lord Rocky, I asked you to leave for other reasons.”

Just as Rocky and his companions arrived in surprise, He Nan continued to speak, immediately capturing Rocky’s attention.

As he had just stated, Rocky’s actions outside had indeed brought many troubles to the Beastmen Tribe. However, He Nan did not care—and unsurprisingly so. As Beastmen, they were naturally averse to conflict, and it was evident from the outcome; only He Nan in the entire tribe wore Void Magic Armor, an outdated Fourth-Generation Armor at that, yet they were still able to withstand the demons’ continuous assaults. This clearly demonstrated the tribe’s formidable combat abilities.

Even so, He Nan insisted on making Rocky leave, even going so far as to bring him to his own tribe, which was quite intriguing.

“City Lord Rocky, I have heard of you, so I know your forces are powerful.”

He Nan’s first words took Rocky by surprise—he had actually heard of him?

“We do have contact with the outside world.”

He Nan offered no further explanation in response to Rocky’s surprised gaze, simply glossing over it with a brief remark. He then said, “But what you are doing now is drawing deadly trouble upon yourself.”

“You do not understand Red Water Lake; you do not know how terrifying this place is. It is not a place that you can easily disturb.”

As he spoke, He Nan took out a map from his chest and handed it to Rocky without further ado.

Confused, Rocky took the map and looked down, slowly furrowing his brow.

This map was of Red Water Lake. Rocky had previously ordered his forces to draw a similar map during a reconnaissance, but the level of detail was far inferior to He Nan’s. However, that was not the essential point; the crucial aspect was that He Nan’s map was not only more detailed but also had clearer annotations.

In the position of Stone Forest, the map explicitly marked a “Blood Image Demon.”

At other locations, there were several similar annotations.

Blood Image Demon.

Knife Fox Demon.

Lava Demon.

Steel Fury Demon.

Upon a mere cursory glance, Rocky saw at least four types of markings on the map, all of them high-level demons! This was the reason for his deep frown!

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