Lord of the Sky City

"Everyone, stand ready!"

Seeing Rocky coming their way, Captain Monte immediately yelled out and, along with all the Guards, stood in front of the Tank Type 1 Armor.

"At ease."

After telling Captain Monte and the Guards to relax, Rocky, together with Liliya, looked up at the Tank Type 1 Armor.

"Can this thing really work?"

Gazing at the enormous object before her, Liliya, like everyone else, maintained a certain degree of skepticism about its combat capability.

Rocky wasn't surprised by this. The world originally had no concept of tanks, so it was normal to harbor doubts about them, just as when real tanks first appeared before the world, nobody believed they could fight.

"City Lord kid, what do you think? Are you satisfied or not?"

At that moment, Hammerfire, along with Orton and others, came out of the research institute and approached, looking at the Tank Type 1 Armor just like Rocky did, while speaking at the same time.

"Satisfied, very satisfied."

Nodding repeatedly at Hammerfire and the others, a broad smile bloomed on Rocky's face. Then, without a word, he leapt up and directly jumped onto the Armor!

"My lord!"

Seeing Rocky actually jump onto the Armor, Liliya and Captain Monte were both startled and hurriedly tried to stop him, but Rocky's actions were much faster than theirs; he directly opened the Armor's cockpit and sat down inside!

"Everyone, follow me to the Guard Camp to test the new Armor!"

After addressing everyone, Rocky closed the cockpit hatch and immediately started the Tank Type 1 Armor's operating system!

Having personally participated in the entire design of the Armor, Rocky was naturally quite familiar with the operating system. Since the system itself had been led and assisted by Pelaya in its design, even though the new Armor had just been built, Rocky had no trouble operating it and quickly set it in motion!

Under his control, the Tank Type 1 Armor's treads began to slowly turn, steering towards the City Lord's Mansion.

"It's moving! It's really moving!"

Watching the Tank Type 1 Armor start up, the Guards, who had already retreated to a distance, couldn't help but shout in amazement. For them, seeing such a massive object move was a first in their lives. They all widened their eyes, displaying expressions of disbelief.

But what was even more unbelievable for them was yet to come, because as soon as Rocky got the Tank Type 1 Armor moving, he quickly picked up speed, making it faster than a fully accelerated carriage. In no time at all, he left everyone behind and rushed alone to the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion.

For the sake of secrecy and safety, the research institute's location was built beside the City Lord's Mansion, with both of their backyards connected. Therefore, when Rocky drove the Tank Type 1 Armor from the backyard to the main entrance of the City Lord's Mansion, the Guards on duty were scared out of their wits.

"Who goes there!"

"What is that!"

As the Tank Type 1 Armor stopped right in front of them, the four Guards at the gate were startled, drawing their longswords in unison, yet unsure of what to do next.

"It's me."

At that moment, Rocky opened the Armor's hatch and poked out to talk to the Guards: "Go prepare a carriage quickly, Master Orton and the others will be here soon."

"Oh, yes, right away!"

Following Rocky's command, the lead Guard immediately sent someone to prepare a carriage, and then cautiously glanced at the Tank Type 1 Armor.

"My lord, what exactly is this thing?"

"New-style armor, how is it, scary, isn't it?"

With a slight smile towards the guards, Rocky simply climbed out of the cockpit and stood on the base of the Tank Type 1 Armor, patting its upper half while asking.

"Scary! You just scared the daylights out of us, we almost fired a signal flare to call the Void Magic Squad over!"

And when he asked them this, several of the guards standing guard nodded like pecking chickens, confirming they were indeed scared out of their wits just now.

Rocky hadn't chatted with the guards for more than a few sentences when Orton and the others, along with Liliya and her group, caught up, still wearing expressions of surprise on their faces as they approached.

Previously, regarding Rocky's insistence on designing the Tank Type 1 so large, Orton and the others were skeptical, even Liliya felt the same, doubting that such a massive thing could have any mobility.

But when Rocky drove the Tank Type 1 up to the City Lord's Mansion's gate, Orton and the others were shocked; they truly hadn't anticipated that the giant could indeed move so rapidly, its speed indeed not a bit slower than a horse-drawn carriage!

So, when they finally caught up with Rocky, they were still wearing expressions of disbelief.

As for this, Rocky had no real explanation, simply letting Orton and the others get on a carriage, then he let Captain Monte lead the guards to clear the way while he personally drove the Tank Type 1 straight to the Guard Camp.

To go from the City Lord's Mansion directly to the Guard Camp, one needed to pass through the city quarters, so when Rocky drove the Tank Type 1 onto the streets of Thunderhawk City, he immediately attracted a crowd!

"What is this thing!"

The population of Thunderhawk City had already doubled from its original size, and the city quarters were no longer desolate, the streets might not have been bustling, but there was still a number of pedestrians around, and when these residents saw the Tank Type 1 appear on the main street, they were dumbfounded!

"Mommy, look! It's a monster! A big monster!"

"Captain Monte, what is this thing?"

Although Monte led the guards to clear the way and had the residents step aside, their curiosity could not be stopped, resulting in more and more onlookers, and since Rocky drove the Tank Type 1 very slowly, before they even made it out of two streets, the crowd following them had grown to over a hundred people.

The common folk had never seen such a sight, so they kept following Rocky and his group, all the while trying to figure out what the thing actually was.

Among the following crowd were not just Thunderhawk City's own residents but also some others.

These were spies planted in Thunderhawk City by various forces, including the Sky Alliance, after all, Thunderhawk City had drawn the attention of many, with numerous people keeping an eye on every move made by the city, thus they stationed their agents there, both openly and covertly.

So when Rocky drove the Tank Type 1 Armor onto the street, causing a sensation, these agents emerged from their dwellings, and upon laying their eyes on the Tank Type 1 Armor, they were all agape!

What on earth was this thing?

New-style armor?

These planted agents in Thunderhawk City were not ordinary folk; calling them spies might be an exaggeration since many had remained in Thunderhawk City with Rocky's permission, but at the very least, they were worldly, whereas the other residents might not understand what the Tank Type 1 was, they could tell at a glance it was definitely new-style armor, and it was precisely because of this that they were even more astonished!
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Wasn't it said that Rocky was only involved in Armor Technology research? How did he suddenly come up with a new style of armor?!

This news had to be reported immediately!

Almost sharing the same thought, once they had followed Rocky right up to the entrance of the Guard Camp and had been stopped by the guards, these agents all returned to where they lived and promptly transmitted the news back to their respective forces.

"Quick! Go inform Lord Glan!"

While others were preparing to secretly pass on the news, the Sky Alliance's embassy stationed in Thunderhawk City didn't need to be sneaky, for they were official envoys and had an embassy in Thunderhawk City. Nevertheless, they took the matter just as seriously, even more so than anyone else, so as soon as Rocky and his group entered the Guard Camp, the people from the Sky Alliance immediately ran back to the embassy to inform the Sky Alliance envoy stationed in Thunderhawk City!

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