Chapter 416: Chapter 384: People Die for Money
Late at night.
By a river in the forest, dozens of warships were docked on the shore, including both warships and cargo ships, those that had just attacked the Azure Commerce Guild led by Rocky and others.
To Rocky, the Azure Commerce Guild was all too familiar. Thunderhawk City, during its weakest days, had once cooperated with this chamber of commerce but eventually had significant conflicts with the chamber’s manager, though their contact had diminished significantly recently.
It was precisely because he was so familiar with the Azure Commerce Guild that, upon learning they were transporting strategic materials to Chenxiu City, Rocky immediately decided to make them one of the ambush targets, for he knew their headquarters were in Canglang City—a large Sky City with only average strength among its peers. Hence, an attack on the commerce guild would likely incur minimal retaliation.
As fate would have it, when Rocky led his troops to annihilate the escort fleet and captured all the cargo ships, he encountered an old acquaintance.
Commerce Association Manager, Jia Xi.
…
This truly echoed the old saying, “Foes are bound to meet!”
The initial discord between Thunderhawk City and the Azure Commerce Guild was precisely because of this Jia Xi. Abusing his position as manager to hike prices unfairly during transactions with Thunderhawk City, he also tried to take advantage of Aileen. After being driven off by Rocky, still resentful, he even teamed up with the manager of the Golden Purple Flower Commerce Chamber to cause trouble for Thunderhawk City. For Thunderhawk City, at least, the actions of Manager Jia Xi were considerably infamous.
Rocky had almost forgotten these events, for he and Thunderhawk City were no longer the minor players that couldn’t even sustain themselves. These issues had largely slipped from his mind, but seeing Jia Xi brought all the memories flooding back.
“Manager Jia Xi, we meet again.”
When Jia Xi was brought before Rocky, he glanced at him and then smiled.
To Jia Xi, that smile was more terrifying than that of a demon!
“City Lord! My lord! I, I…”
No need for another to speak, Jia Xi knelt before Rocky with a thud, yet before he could finish his words, Rocky motioned to a nearby Void Magic Warrior with a wave of his hand:
“Throw him overboard.”
“Yes!”
With that response, the Void Magic Warrior lifted Jia Xi, jumped into the air outside the warship, and then let go…
Of course, Jia Xi’s death was just a minor episode. After throwing him overboard, Rocky ordered the fleet to descend and land at the riverbank.
Immediately after, he reconvened with Karina and Berg to discuss their next move.
“Do we continue?”
“What about this batch of goods?”
During the late night, the three gathered again within the ship’s cabin to debate their subsequent actions, the first issue being how to handle the recently intercepted batch of goods.
Following the previous day’s battle, Rocky decided to stick to the original plan. Taking advantage of Chenxiu City’s insufficient military forces and inability to deploy troops, he would continue to raid caravans. At the same time, he ordered ten heavily damaged warships, along with seventeen cargo ships to return to Sky City early. To ensure that the crew on the cargo ships did not start a mutiny during their journey back, he also assigned five additional Void Magic Warriors for protection.
As a result, the number of ships in Rocky and his team’s current fleet, excluding those damaged and returning, now totaled over fifty, while the Void Magic Warriors numbered thirty-five.
They immediately set sail overnight without stopping and spent half the night reaching the ambush location along the Azure Caravan’s route. Once the Azure Caravan appeared, they attacked in the same way.
Relying on the numerical advantage of the Void Magic Warriors, although Rocky had fewer warships, he still managed to annihilate the escort fleet and successfully intercepted the cargo ships headed for Chenxiu City.
However, although the attack was successful, what to do with the cargo ships and their goods became a major problem.
At this point, Rocky’s forces were severely depleted; his fifty warships had reached a critical point. If the numbers fell further, they wouldn’t be able to fight anymore. Also, he didn’t have many Void Magic Warriors left—originally only four squads, and after detaching five men earlier, only thirty-five remained. They couldn’t be spared any longer. With the sharp reduction in the number of warships, the Void Magic Warriors became their only trump card against the enemy.
“Destroy them.”
After pondering for a moment, Rocky looked at Karina and Berg and then spoke.
With their current military strength, they obviously couldn’t continue to deplete troops to escort the cargo ships back to Sky City. So, instead of leaving them here, it was better to destroy them so that no one could have them.
“What did you say?”
As soon as Rocky finished speaking, Berg blinked his eyes as if he hadn’t heard what Rocky said clearly.
“I said, destroy all the goods on these ships, along with the people and ships.”
“I disagree!”
As soon as Rocky repeated his statement, Berg stood up abruptly from his seat, then shook his head as if it were a rattle: “Rocky, these are thirty ships’ worth of medicine! Plus there are seven to eight hundred crew members! Are we just going to write them off? I disagree!”
Shaking his head continuously, Berg didn’t show any extreme reaction, but he was exceptionally resolute in disagreeing with Rocky’s idea.
“Rocky, think of another way. I also feel it’s too wasteful to destroy all these goods.”
At this point, Karina also spoke up. Although she wasn’t as firm as Berg, she clearly disagreed with Rocky’s idea as well.
Karina and Berg were not members of the Sky Alliance; this great battle originally had nothing to do with them. The reason they followed Rocky was partly out of loyalty and partly because they saw an opportunity to make a fortune from the war!
Under these circumstances, how could they spit out the morsel that was already in their mouths?
Moreover, frankly speaking, Rocky’s method was indeed a bit of a waste because they had captured thirty ships’ worth of medicine!
Medicine is not only essential in wartime but also indispensable even in peace time. As long as it’s brought to market, no matter the price, they wouldn’t worry about it not selling. Thus, just by simply selling off these thirty ships’ worth of medicines, they could make a countless number of Gold Coins.
Furthermore, to move along with Rocky, Karina and Berg had taken out their own capital, and everyone suffered losses in the fight. How would those losses be made up?
Wasn’t it by using the captured goods? Therefore, neither was willing to give up this batch of medicine.
“……”
Facing their opposition, Rocky frowned and was silent for a long time.
Actually, he was not unaware of how valuable these goods were, but he had no choice; there simply weren’t enough troops left to transport these goods back…
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