LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 539: Chapter 503: Knock Them All Down! Chapter 539: Chapter 503: Knock Them All Down! “I won this duel.”

Glancing around, Rocky spoke as he kicked Bernardo, who was already powerless to resist, off the platform.

This action might seem like he was adding insult to Bernardo’s injury, but anyone who thought so was completely mistaken. Such a thought was too childish, too base.

Given Rocky’s status as the City Lord, he long since didn’t need to insult anyone. Many of his actions had deeper purposes, and now was no exception.

He didn’t kick Bernardo to insult him; he aimed to further crush everyone present and make them lose all will to resist, especially the members of the Mairente Family. Rocky intended to leave a lasting shadow over them, to ensure that even if the family could rise again, they would recall today’s terror whenever they faced him in the future!

This was his true purpose, and it had little to do with Bernardo himself.

From the practical outcome, it seemed he had achieved everything he wanted, as Bernardo tumbled off the platform and his family members quickly ran to help him up. But when they looked up at the platform, especially at Rocky, he saw no anger or hatred in their eyes, only fear.

Indeed, the members of the Mairente Family now felt only fear when they saw Rocky.

With this battle, Rocky had indeed broken down everyone in the Mairente Family!

Thus, after that, he leapt down from the platform and, just as he had arrived, returned to the City Lord’s Mansion with Liliya and Bodin, among others. However, when they left, the path was blocked by the multitude of onlookers, yet as the carriage moved, the people silently made way for him, just like when the Mairente Family had arrived earlier.

In this manner, Rocky left and returned to the City Lord’s Mansion in Mairente City. Only after he had left did the people in the Central Square slowly disperse. Those who lived in Mairente City quietly went home, while those who had come from other Sky Cities silently boarded the skyships and vanished at the Skyport; during the whole process, hardly anyone spoke or made a sound. The tens of thousands of onlookers dispersed in absolute silence.

Naturally, the members of the Mairente Family also left silently. Lexington led his people back to Soaring Dragon City, and the entire journey was conducted without a word. Upon reaching Soaring Dragon City, he issued two orders.

The first order was to get Bernardo medical treatment as soon as possible. Although he had lost this crucial duel for the family, the family members didn’t blame him, as it was clear to anyone that it wasn’t that he was weak, but that Rocky was too strong. Now, whenever the family thought of Rocky, they lost their temper completely.

The second command was to resume negotiations with Rocky as quickly as possible, and this time, Lexington explicitly told the Elder responsible for the negotiations that he could agree to anything to get rid of Rocky, this calamitous lone star, as soon as possible. The only thing the family wanted now was for Rocky to leave quickly, regardless of what he took with him.

Under these circumstances, negotiations resumed the next day after the duel, and during the negotiation process, the Mairente Family virtually gave up all resistance and contention, agreeing to nearly all of Aileen’s demands as long as they weren’t too excessive.

Thus, the negotiations were extremely smooth, and the details of the compensation were soon finalized.

In the new compensation scheme led by Aileen, the Mairente Family had to pay the Alliance fifty million Gold Coins in cash, which was unchanged from before, and only this point remained the same because Aileen had no way to extract any more Gold Coins from the family.

But besides cash, the goods the family had to compensate the Alliance with had increased by a full fifth!

Do not underestimate this additional fifth of goods, because while a fifth might not sound like a lot, considering the total volume of goods involved in the compensation, it would be clear that it was not a trivial amount; if converted into Gold Coins, it amounted to millions!

However, the most significant change in the new compensation scheme was not the goods, but rather the part concerning the Sky Cities.

In the new scheme, apart from compensating the Sky Alliance with four small Sky Cities as previously mentioned, the Mairente Family also had to add a medium-sized Sky City to the compensation, which naturally was Mairente City. Moreover, everything in Mairente City, except for the military forces, including the residents and resources, had to be handed over to the Sky Alliance, essentially handing over the entire city just as they had acquired it!

But was that all?

Of course not! If that were all, Aileen wouldn’t be Aileen. That clever girl knew that the Sky Alliance would definitely hand Mairente City over to Rocky, but if Rocky just took the city, the Alliance, while not dissatisfied, wouldn’t be too pleased either. Thus, she not only had the family hand over all the population of Mairente City but also left a thousand people in each of the other four small Sky Cities!

Leaving a thousand people in each of the four cities meant a total of four thousand people. While this might not seem a large number to the Sky Alliance, the importance of population was undeniable, and the Alliance would undoubtedly be pleased to accept it. Thus, the Alliance was bound to highly appreciate Rocky.

Aileen was that clever. She considered not only Rocky but also the Alliance’s attitude towards him, covering all bases.

And after that, once all terms were agreed upon, the Mairente Family began the handover. Perhaps too eager to be rid of Rocky, the contagion, the entire handover process was much faster than imagined. In just one week, all the compensated Gold Coins and goods were delivered to Mairente City, and the populations of the four small Sky Cities were completely evacuated, just waiting for Rocky to leave quickly.

But Rocky didn’t leave right away. It wasn’t that he wanted to linger in the family; he had one more important matter to attend to before he could leave.

Athena.

Now that Rocky and the Mairente Family has settled everything, they could be considered to have no relationship going forward—Rocky wouldn’t seek them out, and the family probably wouldn’t trouble Rocky ever again. However, Athena’s issue still needed Rocky’s attention.

They had already agreed that once Rocky had finished all his business, he would leave with Athena. Now was the time.

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