LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 415: Chapter 383: A Slap in the Face

To handle the Rocky issue, Goth took immediate action overnight.

First, he decided to expand the range of the troops meeting the trading convoy, which would usually only extend to within the battle zone, but in light of the Jindafu Caravan being attacked, Goth expanded it beyond the battle zone to ensure the safety of the convoys.

Second, he urgently notified all escort fleets currently on mission to double their vigilance.

Third, he dispatched reconnaissance ships to conduct extensive searches near the Tulip Battle Zone.

Overnight, Goth, the City Lord of Chenxiu City, issued three consecutive orders pointing directly at Rocky and his party, and with these orders, a tense atmosphere naturally arose within the airspace of Chenxiu City.

However, despite the swiftness of his three orders and the seemingly increased alertness, those with a discerning eye could see that Goth hadn’t really taken many substantial actions.

…

And this was precisely where Goth found himself in a difficult position.

Having taken on the lucrative role of logistics, Goth did profit substantially but he also indeed dedicated himself to responsibly supplying the front lines. For example, over half of the troops in the city had been dispatched on escort missions, with the remaining responsible for meeting and patrolling, among other duties.

In other words, after the loss of Lapaton and the fifty-plus warships under his command, there were not many troops left inside Chenxiu City, about only over a hundred warships, with the rest out on escort missions. Goth found himself willing but powerless.

Because, up until now, he still did not know the exact strength of Rocky, everything had to be judged based on experience.

Based on Goth’s experience, and considering the total annihilation of Lapaton’s forces, he could roughly guess the scale of Rocky’s military strength. Thus, if he wanted to continue sending troops to hunt them down, he’d have to dispatch a fleet of at least a hundred warships to be confident of victory. This was precisely what troubled Goth the most: he simply did not have that many troops at his disposal for such a maneuver.

Consequently, all he could do were the aforementioned measures.

The only consolation for Goth was that this shortage of forces was only temporary.

Although Chenxiu City was currently depleted and all fleets were out on escort missions, as soon as these escort fleets returned to Sky City one after the other, even if he only pulled out a few warships from each escort fleet, Goth could assemble a formidable fleet numbering over a hundred. At that time, no matter who the enemy was, he would have a fighting chance.

Therefore, as long as he could get through these few days and reassign his troops, everything would naturally be resolved.

However, what he didn’t know was that these few days were exactly what Rocky and his party were striving for!

On June 1, 118th Year of the Sky Era, the Jindafu Caravan was ambushed, with more than twenty merchant ships and over thirty escort ships annihilated. That very night, the Lapaton Fleet led by Lapaton himself arrived at the battlefield, fell into an ambush by Rocky and others, and along with the fleet, Lapaton perished.

On June 2, 118th Year of the Sky Era, Goth issued three orders, informing the escort fleets about the attack on the Jindafu Caravan and the total annihilation of the Lapaton Fleet, and commanded all escort fleets to be extra cautious. However, on that same day, another trading convoy was sneak attacked!

When Goth learned of this news, it was in the afternoon. He had just issued a series of orders in the morning, but unexpectedly, in just half a day, another trading convoy had been attacked.

“Which Chamber of Commerce’s convoy was attacked?”

Goth asked with a stern face, locking his brows as he addressed the officer who had come to inform him.

“My lord, it was a merchant ship of the Azure Commerce Guild.”

“What is the cargo on the ship?”

Upon hearing the words Azure Commerce Guild, Goth’s already furrowed brows couldn’t help but tighten even further, twisting into knots because he clearly remembered that the Azure Commerce Guild specialized in providing them with medicines!

And indeed, the official went on to say, “It’s thirty ships’ worth of medicines…”

“What!”

At these words, Goth sprang from his seat, his eyes bulging with shock!

Thirty ships of medicines…

This significant loss made Goth quite uneasy.

The previous attack on the Jindafu Caravan, though it also lost more than thirty ships’ cargo, was mainly in charge of supplying Chenxiu City with Magic Stones. While these strategic materials were very important, there were ample reserves both in Chenxiu City and on the front lines, so the loss of thirty ships full of Magic Stones, though substantial, didn’t have a large impact on the entire battle zone.

But it was different with the loss of medicines this time.

In the current level and scale of warfare, the total number of warships deployed in a single battle could near a thousand, or even surpass it, and the number of Void Magic Warriors deployed would be in the hundreds. Therefore, every battle would result in a large number of injured, making medicines perpetually in short supply. Hence, the sudden loss of thirty ships of medicines was so massive that even Goth found it hard to bear!

“Bastard!”

With eyes wide, Goth stared at the official before him and, after a moment, roared in anger, all while violently throwing the vase from the desk against the wall with a crash.

After that, he began pacing back and forth in his study with a crown of fury, evidently trying to think of a strategy.

With Goth’s experience, it wasn’t hard to see that the enemy’s intent was clearly to exploit the vulnerability in Chenxiu City’s troop rotations and cause as much damage as possible. But the timing the enemy had chosen was so impeccable that even though Goth knew their intent, he couldn’t fight back because he truly had no spare troops at hand.

This matter also gave Goth an ominous feeling.

Firstly, from the enemy’s actions over the past couple of days, it was apparent that this series of attacks was well-planned and thoroughly prepared, meaning that the enemy not only had been planning this for a long time, but they definitely had follow-up moves.

Secondly, the enemy wasn’t just planning a hit-and-run; they were likely aiming to conduct guerilla warfare in the battle zone for the long term, attacking the supply lines repeatedly.

Realizing these two points, Goth felt a sinking feeling because if that were the case, then the pressure faced by Chenxiu City would be enormous unless he could wipe out the enemy completely. Otherwise, as long as they couldn’t catch the enemy, all supply lines would be under constant threat, with no one knowing whether they would be attacked next, causing all the caravans to be in a state of panic.

What would Chenxiu City do then?

This couldn’t go on, so Goth made a swift decision; after calming his rage, he immediately said to the official from before, “Contact the Alliance Hierarch at once, and ask him to send over two Sky Cities immediately, preferably mid-sized Sky Cities.”

“Yes!”

With an affirmative response, the official hurriedly left, while Goth settled back into his seat, his brow still tense…

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