Lord of the Sky City

"Tank... what a strange name... but suit yourself,"

For Hammerfire, the name 'Tank' was not only unfamiliar, but also rather bizarre. However, it was just a name after all, so after nodding, he called Rocky over to the drafting table where they immediately began drafting the design for the Tank Type 1 Armor.

Drawing blueprints was a first for Rocky, and he basically knew nothing about it, but it was fortunate to have Hammerfire by his side.

As a master who had designed several Armors, Hammerfire was well-versed in bringing an Armor from concept to reality. He did not withhold anything from Rocky and started teaching him how to design an Armor step by step, starting with how to hold a pen.

Thus, the design of the new generation of land combat armor officially began.

A week flew by in no time, and during those seven days, Rocky spent nearly every day in the research facility, collaborating with Hammerfire and others on the Tank Type 1 Armor. Thanks to the team's effort, they finally completed the preliminary design scheme for the armor.

Designing a new kind of Armor in such a short time was exceedingly rare in the field of Armor design.

You see, designing an Armor is not as simple as drawing; it involves a complex array of elements. Even with Hammerfire's capability and the assistance from Orton and others, designing a new type of Armor typically takes months.

But as logical as that was, time waits for no one. According to Rocky's plan, he hoped to have the Tank Type 1 Armor constructed before they reached Backhill Village, meaning Hammerfire and his team had only a little over a month to design and manufacture the Tank Type 1 Armor—an admittedly tight deadline.

To meet this deadline, Hammerfire, four others, and Rocky resorted to a compromise; they settled on a basic design scheme first, then proceeded to create an experimental armor that Rocky could use in the process of reclaiming Backhill Village Mine. In the meantime, Hammerfire and his team would further perfect the Armor.

So as soon as the preliminary designs were ready, Hammerfire immediately began manufacturing the Armor. However, this time he couldn't complete the entire set by himself as he had with the White Demon Armor, because the Tank Type 1 Armor that Rocky participated in designing was far bigger than anyone had imagined.

The initially designed Tank Type 1 Armor had a chassis that was two meters wide and three meters long. If you added the Armor's upper body that sat on the chassis, its height would also exceed three meters. This type of build was not only several times bigger than a normal Armor, but also much larger than the current land combat Armor.

Initially, Hammerfire and others opposed this massive design, doubting such a large design could maintain maneuverability in combat and potentially repeating the flaws of today's land combat Armors.

But Rocky, who was involved in the design, insisted on his stance. He asked everyone a crucial question: amongst the demons, are there any that are over three meters tall?

The answer to this question was obvious; demons taller than three meters were quite common—not to mention those five, ten meters tall, or even those whose lengths or heights exceeded ten meters.

This was why Rocky insisted on making the Tank Type 1 Armor larger. In his view, facing generally large-sized demons without considerable size and weight would be disastrous because the demons could knock or even toss the Armors at first contact. How could anyone fight like that?

Therefore, Rocky and Orton debated with others all day long, and ultimately convinced everyone of his viewpoint.

To manufacture such a gigantic Armor, relying solely on Hammerfire was definitely insufficient. Thus, the Guard Corps was enlisted, and under Monte's leadership, dozens of guards worked alongside Hammerfire for a full half month, finally managing to produce the initial model of the Tank Type 1 Armor.

Compared to regular Armors, the Tank Type 1 Armor was naturally much larger. When this behemoth was finally assembled, the Guards who had been busy for half a month alongside Hammerfire were astounded; when had they ever seen something so massive?

The manufactured Tank Type 1 Armor was almost exactly what Rocky had envisioned: its lower half moved on caterpillar tracks making up a thick chassis, while its upper half retained a humanoid shape with shoulders mounted with two one-meter-long guns, hands transformed into rapid-firing Magic Energy Bullet Emitters, and hips flanked with Magic Energy Beam Emitters.

"Is this the New Armor designed by the City Lord?"

"Captain? Is this the New Armor?"

Although they had been working with Hammerfire for half a month, the Guards involved in the manufacturing were mostly following orders without really understanding what or why they were doing what they did, hence their stunned expressions.

"It should be... I guess..."

Standing in front of the Tank Type 1 Armor, Monte lifted his head, gazing at the giant before him, gawking like the guards beside him. Faced with the guards' barrage of questions, the still dazed Monte simply nodded in bewilderment. Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire

"The City Lord is here!"

Just then, a Guard shouted, and everyone immediately turned their heads to see Rocky, accompanied by Liliya, approaching them.