Lord of the Sky City

Watching the roaring fires at the skyport and the three reconnaissance ships engulfed by the flames, Rocky was stunned...

The power of the explosion had been too strong. Not only were the reconnaissance ships at the center of the explosion obliterated directly, but even the two ships on either side were affected and swallowed by the blast!

Rocky had never anticipated such a scenario, although he had heard Orton mention his own 'glorious deeds', he never thought such a thing would happen to him!

Compared to the dumbfounded Rocky, Orton, standing beside him, was much calmer.

Orton had seen major events. Not just a small reconnaissance ship's explosion; he had even witnessed the explosion of a super crystal, so this minor event in front of him hardly counted as something noteworthy.

Therefore, while Rocky was flabbergasted, Orton was stroking his chin, apparently already considering how to make improvements during the next enhancement.

"Orton! What's going on here!"

Time passed for a while, and the stupefied Rocky finally came to his senses, then rushed over to Orton and grabbed him by the collar, unable to control his roaring.

Those were three reconnaissance ships! Just blasted to pieces like that, how could Rocky not feel pained? Even though those three reconnaissance ships were old models from Thunderhawk City, they couldn't withstand such waste!

In response to his roar, Orton simply glanced at him indifferently, "What's there to make a fuss about? I just drew twenty third-level runes on the magic cannon. Considering that each third-level rune contains 200 mana points, twenty third-level runes make 4000 mana points. Such a scale of explosion is quite normal."

No wonder the explosion had been so huge, the magic energy involved had actually reached 4000 points!

What does 4000 magic energy points mean? The main cannon on an escort ship has a power of only 1300 points. This means that the power of the explosion was equivalent to three main cannons of an escort ship attacking the same target simultaneously!

As for Orton's indifferent attitude, Rocky was at a loss for words. He finally understood why this old man had been expelled by the three great forces consecutively; his destructive power was simply too astonishing.

"What are you still dawdling for? Get someone to clean this place up quick!"

Just as Rocky felt completely overwhelmed, Orton urged him on the side, and by this time, people attracted by the explosion had arrived. Liliya had even donned her Void Magic Armor, bringing the entire Guard Corps with her, thinking Thunderhawk City was under attack.

Yet, facing the crowd that had rushed over, Rocky didn't even have the energy to explain; he merely ordered the guards to extinguish the fire and briefly clean up the three destroyed reconnaissance ships, then let the people go back first.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

However, once everything was cleaned up, Rocky noticed something odd about Orton's gaze; he kept staring at the Thunderhawk!

"What, what are you going to do!"

When Orton suddenly took an interest in the Thunderhawk, Rocky rushed to confront him.

"Kid, your flagship looks pretty good, a flagship version of the Third Generation Escort Ship. Whether it's the hull itself or the Magic Cannon on it, both are much stronger than the First Generation Reconnaissance Ship we had before. Using this warship to test the runes will definitely not cause any trouble."

"Don't even think about it! If you dare touch the Thunderhawk, I'll fight you!"

Realizing that Orton indeed had his sights set on his own flagship, Rocky immediately became like a rooster protecting its chicks, blocking him and absolutely not letting him get half a step closer to the Thunderhawk.

Although the loss of the three reconnaissance ships had saddened Rocky, they were, after all, old reconnaissance ships from Thunderhawk City, and although their destruction was regrettable, it wasn't enough to cripple the only fleet of Thunderhawk City. However, if Orton were to blow up the Thunderhawk as well, Rocky felt like he would truly be heartbroken.

Moreover, just by enhancing one Magic Cannon, three reconnaissance ships were directly destroyed. If Orton tampered with the Thunderhawk, wouldn't he ultimately blow up Thunderhawk City? The risk was just too high, and Rocky could not afford it.

So, at Rocky's repeated requests, Orton eventually could only look at the Thunderhawk frustratedly and give up, then boarded the old reconnaissance ship again. Not only that, but Rocky also demanded that he no longer use Third-level Runes to enhance the Magic Cannon, and instead use Second-Level Rune from the First Level.

Actually, even the Second-level Rune contained enough mana for the Magic Cannon. Moreover, there were already Magic Stones on the Magic Cannon itself, so it wasn't necessary to completely switch to runes for the output of mana. It was entirely feasible to combine the Magic Stones and runes together for use.

As for his demands, Orton was of course very unwilling, but perhaps he also knew that Thunderhawk City was too small to withstand his endless experimentation, so he reluctantly agreed to Rocky's demands in the end.

With that, the enhancement of the Skyships finally began, and once Orton toned down, his true capabilities –or rather his normal side– started to show. In just one day, he had completed the enhancement of the Magic Cannons on three Skyships, including one old reconnaissance ship from Thunderhawk City and two Airship Model 6 Reconnaissance Ships.

Since time was pressing, Orton only enhanced the Magic Cannons on the three warships. Although he would have liked to upgrade the warships' mana supply systems as well, Rocky desperately stopped him. Rocky simply couldn't afford any more losses.

However, even so, after the enhancement, the Magic Cannons on the two Airship Model 6 Reconnaissance Ships received a significant boost. The power of the Magic Cannons jumped from 400 to 600 points!

This increase might not seem large in numeric terms, but when calculated as a percentage, the increase was more than fifty percent, elevating the firepower of the Magic Cannons on the Airship Model 6 Reconnaissance Ships to be on par with the secondary cannons of the Escort Ships.

At this rate, it might take less than half a month for Orton to enhance all the Magic Cannons on every Skyship in Thunderhawk City with runes, thereby lifting the entire fleet to another level of firepower!

This project was indeed vast and could only be accomplished by Orton alone. Perhaps Rocky and others could help with loading and unloading the Magic Cannons, but the crucial tasks such as rune drawing and mana conduction could only be done by Orton. No one else possessed the technical skills required.

Though it was strenuous work, Orton was brimming with enthusiasm. After a full day of busy work and having survived a major explosion, he still returned to the City Lord's Mansion full of energy, clamoring for Rocky to bring him the Blood Pattern Mark II and the Fire Guard Type 5 Armor so he could continue to enhance the Void Magic Armor!

But faced with such a request, Rocky hesitated…