Lord of the Sky City

After merely one strike that destroyed an escort ship, Karina and Rocky claimed victory in this great battle!

Faced with Karina's blunt yet straightforward final ultimatum, the bandits chose to surrender when even their chief and flagship had fled.

The bandits weren't fools; they understood there was no possibility of victory on their side. In this decisive battle, the addition of the Thunderhawk had already put the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group at a disadvantage with one less major warship, and before the battle commenced, the Thunderhawk sank another escort ship, bringing the tally of major warships to 5:8.

5:8.

With only five major warships, the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group was up against eight warships from Rocky and Karina's fleet—the disadvantage was so obvious it didn't need stating. Moreover, the fleeing Kilov took with him one warship, which happened to be the strongest flagship of the entire fleet.

As a result, the number of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group's major warships was reduced by one more, from five to four, and then Karina personally destroyed another as soon as she joined the battle, instantaneously reducing their major warships to three!

How could they possibly hope to confront the enemy's eight warships with only three escort ships and a bunch of reconnaissance ships?

The bandits might not have been highly educated, but they were not stupid; they wouldn't do something as insane as hitting a stone with an egg. So, when Karina issued her forceful ultimatum, the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group's warships ceased resisting and chose to surrender!

With Kilov's escape, the fleet's surrender, and their base seized early on, the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group, this bandit group that had roamed the skies for many years, was utterly annihilated…

"All warships, land at Hongcheng Ruins, and behead any who resist!"

Upon the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group's fleet surrendering, Karina immediately issued the order for all the surrendered warships to land near Hongcheng Ruins, where they would be kept under watch together with the captured bandits inside Hongcheng.

Clearly, receiving prisoners was a major undertaking because, although they had lost the aerial battle, the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group's fleet still had three escort ships and more than twenty reconnaissance ships. Although ships are inanimate objects that can't rebel, there were still six to seven hundred bandits aboard these vessels who needed proper handling to prevent trouble.

Fortunately, with Karina and Rocky's forces combined, they were not short on personnel, and with the elite Guard Corps among them, the bandits who had become prisoners were relatively submissive.

It wasn't until all the arrangements were made and all her subordinates had started their busy work that Karina finally met with Rocky.

"Rocky."

"Karina."

In the headquarters of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group, as others busied themselves with gathering prisoners or purging the pirate group's base, only Rocky and Karina were left inside.

"We won."

Standing face to face with Karina, Rocky revealed a smile.

"Yes, we won." Continue your journey on empire

In response, Karina also smiled slightly, seemingly as calm as Rocky.

But although both appeared very calm on the surface, they could each see the suppressed excitement hiding in the other's eyes!

Indeed, on the outside, they both seemed normal, but inside they were both bursting with joy!

Rocky needn't be mentioned at this point, as Liliya was currently leading her team through the Hongcheng Ruins to confiscate everything valuable that the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group had plundered over the years—all of which were his spoils of war from this battle!

Although it was still unknown exactly how much the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group had hidden in their base, there was no doubt there was a significant amount, because after Rocky's departure, Monte and Lin Feng, having nothing else to do, began to interrogate the bandits one by one, asking where Kilov had hidden the warehouses.

Perhaps Monte and Lin Feng were indeed very idle, or maybe they were considering the information Rocky would need upon his return; in any case, the two men thoroughly interrogated the captive bandits. They also cross-checked the information these bandits revealed, and liars were promptly executed—eventually, they managed to extract the details about everything!

According to the information they elicited, there were several large warehouses within the Hongcheng Ruins. The goods looted by the Air Pirate Group were stored there, and the gold coins obtained from selling the goods were also placed inside.

And with the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group now annihilated, all these things had become Rocky's spoils of war.

And his spoils of war from this conquest were far from just that!

Because the fleet of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group was also Rocky's!

According to the agreement made previously with Lord Karina, she had claimed only the personnel. Beyond the people, everything else was Rocky's spoils of war, so everything within the Air Pirate Group's base was Rocky's—and there's no need to say more about it, including the surrendered fleet!

This income was also enormously significant and crucial for Rocky because, although the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group's fleet had suffered substantial losses in the aerial battle, there were still plenty of warships that survived. About twenty reconnaissance ships and the remaining three escort ships had been preserved!

Those were three escort ships!

Admittedly, the escort ships of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group were third-generation warships, and the only fourth-generation flagship had been fled on by Kilov. Nonetheless, even so, this was still an incredible treasure. Once Rocky incorporated these warships into his fleet, its combat power would instantly be restored to its peak—and not just that, it would be even more formidable than before.

Including the three escort ships of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group, the number of large warships at his disposal would reach five!

Besides, please don't forget that among the five Void Magic Warriors of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group, one had died in battle, Kilov himself had fled, but there were still three remaining!

These three Void Magic Warriors, along with their fleet, chose to surrender. After surrendering, they naturally divided between Rocky and Karina. The people were Karina's, while the armors became Rocky's!

Three sets of fourth-generation mass-production type armors—all Rocky's now!

What did that mean? It meant that including these three sets of Void Magic Armor, Rocky now had five sets of Void Magic Armor—enough for half a Void Magic Squad!

With such a massive haul, how could Rocky not be excited?

And similarly, Karina was extremely thrilled. The elimination of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group had unraveled a heavy burden that had oppressed her for years; that alone was more important than any amount of money. In addition, like Rocky, she too had gained tremendously from this battle—the captured bandits were her spoils.

After the great battle, aside from the bandits who had either died or escaped, the number of bandits who had joined the aerial battle with the fleet was as many as six or seven hundred. Coupled with those caught by the Guard Corps, the total was nearly a thousand!

These nearly one thousand bandits would all become Karina's prisoners of war, and if her methods were harsh enough, then these almost one thousand bandits would doubtlessly become a powerful force under her command!

A win-win!

When Lord Karina had first sought Rocky out and proposed a partnership, she had said that this cooperative effort would be a win-win for both of them; looking at the outcome now, Karina had not lied. With the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group vanquished, both had indeed obtained everything they wanted—it was truly a win-win!

"Rocky, Lord Karina."

Just then, Liliya entered the room, and after saluting Karina, she said to Rocky, "We've found the warehouses of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group."