LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 509: Chapter 473: Alliance Mission (Part 2) Chapter 509: Chapter 473: Alliance Mission (Part 2) “Lord Glan, what you’ve said… is it all true?”

In the study, City Lord Rocky sat opposite Glan. After hearing everything he had said, he was totally stunned, and it took him a while to recover before he asked with some disbelief.

“City Lord Rocky, how could I possibly joke about such a serious matter? You must be kidding,” Glan replied.

Confronted with Rocky’s astonishment, Glan seemed to be in a rather good mood, laughing heartily, indicating that everything he had mentioned was true and that he was certainly not joking.

Hearing Glan confirm it, Rocky couldn’t help but lean back on the sofa. After thinking for a moment, a burst of laughter escaped him, and his face wore a thoughtful expression.

Indeed, Rocky had been waiting for Glan all along because the Alliance still owed him a large debt. However, after finally having Glan come over, instead of receiving the money and Contribution Points he was owed, he received a mission—an assignment from the Alliance.

More than a month had passed since the war had ended. To outsiders, it seemed that everything had settled down, but in reality, far from it. Many follow-up issues related to the war were still being dealt with, among which the most important was war reparations!

In the previous conflict, the Alliance was clearly the aggrieved party since it was not the Alliance who had instigated the war; hence, there had to be war reparations for a ceasefire to be agreed upon.

Some might wonder, the Sky Alliance didn’t win the previous war, so why should they receive reparations?

Yes, the Alliance did not win the war, but they didn’t lose it either, and they clearly still had the strength to fight. Moreover, they didn’t care even if the war dragged on for another three to five years. That’s why, right from the start of the ceasefire negotiations, the Alliance demanded war reparations, otherwise, there would be no talks.

If the only participants in that war were the Sky Alliance and the Kafka Empire, such a demand would definitely not be agreed upon, as the Kafka Empire also still had the capacity to fight—they didn’t care about continuing the war for another three to five years and would not grant any reparations to the Alliance.

But, as the Magic Energy Research Institute had said, the war was actually a three-sided affair, involving not only the Sky Alliance and the Kafka Empire but also the Rebel Army!

This simplified things quite a bit.

The Sky Alliance wanted reparations; that was doable.

The Kafka Empire didn’t want to give reparations; that too was manageable.

They left it all to the Rebel Army to bear the consequences.

In this matter, the three major forces made everyone deeply understand two words: power politics!

The three major forces decided the fate of several large alliances within the Rebel Army, dozens of families, and hundreds of Sky Cities in a single negotiation in Eternal City, without even informing the Rebel Army!

Upon learning of this decision, the people of the Rebel Army naturally disagreed—they could take responsibility for minor issues, but the prospect of providing war reparations was something everyone found unacceptable. Even a fool could guess that the Sky Alliance would make outrageous demands in this matter.

Indeed, that’s exactly what happened. When the Sky Alliance announced the amount they wanted for reparations, the Rebel Army exploded. The sum demanded by the Alliance was astronomical; they were practically asking the Rebel Army to pay with every city, every person, and every Gold Coin they had!

Driven into a corner, representatives of the Rebel Army could only turn to the Kafka Empire, which seemed to acknowledge that it had somewhat let down its “little brothers.” Therefore, it approached the Alliance, and only then was the amount reduced somewhat. However, even this reduced amount was still unacceptable to the Rebel Army, yet the Empire made it clear to them that this was the limit of what they could negotiate.

In this situation, the Rebel Army turned to the Magic Energy Research Institute, only to receive an even firmer response. The Institute stated that the current terms were the best the Rebel Army could hope for, and if they refused to accept them, the consequences would be solely theirs to bear, as the Institute would no longer involve itself in the matter.

Thus, the people of the Rebel Army were left without any options, since the Kafka Empire wouldn’t involve itself with them, and the Magic Energy Research Institute wouldn’t support them. What could they do?

Some had indeed considered rebelling, but their opponent was the Sky Alliance, and since the Magic Energy Research Institute had made it clear, stating that whoever actively instigated a dispute after the ceasefire agreement was signed, the Institute would unconditionally form an alliance with the other party. Thus, the Empire would no longer provide them with support from behind. Given these circumstances, did the Rebel Army still have the capacity to resist the Sky Alliance?

No.

Although they were called the Rebel Army, they truly couldn’t stand against the three major forces.

In such a situation, the Rebel Army had no choice but to agree to the Alliance’s demands for reparations, and after that, the Alliance began to send people constantly to collect the war reparations.

This time, the Alliance entrusted City Lord Rocky with the task of collecting war reparations, and the target was none other than Rocky’s old rival—the Mairente Family!

Since the Rebel Army was responsible for the war reparations, the Mairente Family, as one of its members, was naturally involved. Moreover, as a prominent family, they were one of the key members at that, how could the Alliance possibly forget them.

In fact, not only had the Sky Alliance not forgotten about the Mairente Family, but they also remembered the family’s relationship with Rocky, so they simply handed this task over to him.

For Rocky, this was something entirely unexpected. Of course, he had heard about the matter of reparations, but hadn’t paid much attention, as it really had nothing to do with him, so he never imagined that it would fall on his own head.

This was a cushy job indeed!

Being in charge of collecting war reparations was a business where one could easily profit without even lifting a finger, and, more importantly, considering the relationship between Rocky and the Mairente Family…

To be honest, even Rocky himself had difficulty imagining what it would be like.

“City Lord Rocky, I always told you not to hurry,”

While Rocky was somewhat emotional, Glan laughed on the side, “How could the Alliance possibly forget about you, the war hero?”

“Indeed, I was somewhat impatient,”

After looking at Glan, Rocky just smiled and nodded his head, as Glan’s words clearly referred to his previous actions of inquiring about debts and Contribution Points. Rocky had not hesitated to seek out Glan for this matter.

But now, it seemed apparent that the Alliance had plans in place all along.

“Lord Glan, I would like to ask how much compensation the Alliance is demanding from the Mairente Family?”

After laughing, Rocky asked as he wanted to know how much reparations the Alliance had demanded.

And upon hearing this, Glan did not hide anything and directly stated a number.

Upon hearing this figure, Rocky was stunned on the spot, taking a good five or six minutes to finally come around, and then his eyes widened: “My lord, such an amount of money… Can the Mairente Family even produce it?!”

“What kind of question is that, whether they can produce it or not, they must.”

With a slight smile, Glan leaned forward with a meaningful expression and said, “If they can’t produce the money, then they should use goods to offset the debt, if they can’t provide goods, then they should use population to offset it, if they can’t offer population, then they should use Sky City to offset it! City Lord Rocky, you must remember, no one in this world can owe a debt to the Sky Alliance and not pay it back!”

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