Lord of the Sky City

As one wooden crate after another was pried open, everyone finally figured out what was stored in the second warehouse. Experience new stories with empire

Demons.

This warehouse was filled with items derived from demons: immensely valuable demon cores, widely used demon skins, and even demon bones—in short, anything derived from a demon's body could be found here!

Without a doubt, the contents of this warehouse were far more valuable than the gold coins from the previous one!

"Excellent."

Gazing at crate after crate of goods, Rocky couldn't help but reveal a broad smile on his face, despite making an effort to restrain himself. He hadn't been able to contain it and had burst out laughing.

His mood was so indescribably good now. Karina had said before that the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group had roamed the skies for so many years, building a substantial reserve, so this heist alone could potentially yield loot valued at over a million.

However, although she had said that, Rocky hadn't taken it too seriously; he had thought that a harvest of a few hundred thousand would be quite impressive. But now, it seemed that Karina hadn't lied—the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group indeed had a very substantial stash!

"It looks like Kilov had a fair bit of private loot as well."

As the guards began to move all the crates out of the warehouse, Karina commented at Rocky's side:

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Rocky gave her a glance, somewhat perplexed.

"The Wild Horse Air Pirate Group could swagger around for so many years, all relying on the support of Wild Horse City, but such support comes at a cost."

With a slight smile towards Rocky, Karina explained, "As far as I know, Kilov's agreement with Karlo was that Wild Horse City would provide protection for the Air Pirate Group, and in return, the Air Pirate Group had to hand over seventy percent of the loot from each raid to Wild Horse City and be at the city's command and disposal at any time."

"But now it seems that Kilov was quite selfish. Otherwise, he would not have been able to save much, having to feed so many robbers and give tributes to Wild Horse City."

Glancing at a soldier passing by and the crates in the soldier's arms, Karina then added:

Even for someone as experienced as her, she had to admit, the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group had more stashed away than she had expected, and it was obvious to anyone that whether it was the gold coins from the former warehouse or the demonic items from this one, they were all accumulations over many years of the Air Pirate Group's operations.

In fact, that was indeed the case. As a robber, Kilov clearly couldn't simply play by the rules of Wild Horse City. While they seemed united, at the core, they were merely using each other. Therefore, Kilov didn't entirely rely on Wild Horse City.

Thinking ahead, he had been preparing for a potential fallout with Wild Horse City for years, stockpiling his private stash to ensure his survival should conflicts arise.

Unfortunately, before any issues with Wild Horse City could surface, the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group was annihilated, and all the goods Kilov had cautiously amassed wound up enriched Rocky.

"Karina, these goods..."

"They are all yours; I only want the people."

Turning to look at Rocky, Karina preempted what he was going to say, interrupting his words and indicating that the agreement they had reached earlier still stood—profits from sales were his, she only wanted the people.

It was no wonder Rocky was overthinking. The wealth hidden by the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group was indeed substantial. It wasn't just beyond his expectations, but certainly beyond Karina's as well. And when the stakes were so large, some things could begin to take root in one's heart.

Fortunately, Karina was not blinded by wealth and insisted that the spoils be shared as previously agreed upon.

"Alright..."

Rocky nodded slightly and didn't say anything more, but his esteem for Karina had risen yet another level in his heart.

After that, the group arrived in front of the third warehouse.

The third warehouse, not only was it the last warehouse of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group, but also the largest one among the three. Just the warehouse door was seven or eight meters wide. This time, when they arrived in front of the warehouse door, Liliya took the initiative without waiting for Rocky's order. With a wave of her hand, she cut off the lock and iron chain on the door.

Then, enhanced by the Void Magic Armor, she opened the door single-handedly!

As the door was gradually opened, everyone looked inside and let out a gasp of surprise.

"So much goods?"

In this third and largest warehouse, everything packed was cargo, all sorts of goods.

Looking around, the crowd soon spotted piles of ore, boxes of Magic Stones, Armor, weapons, silk, fabrics, various daily necessities, and some raw materials and parts and so on that were unnamable.

Clearly, these items were all loot that the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group had robbed. By the looks of it, they had been stolen not too long ago, with no time to hand over to Wild Horse City or to sell off, hence they were all stockpiled in the warehouse.

"Just how many merchant ships did this Wild Horse Air Pirate Group raid to have gathered so many goods?"

Seeing the mountainous pile of goods in the warehouse, Rocky couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Although the items in this warehouse didn't look as valuable as those before, in reality, their worth was not a bit lower, possibly even higher! Because these goods were the actual commodities, ready to be sold on the market. And clearly, they were all robbed by the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group.

This was precisely what made Rocky's eyes pop; he couldn't figure out just how many merchant ships the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group could have raided to acquire such a huge amount of goods!

"It's not as exaggerated as you think,"

Seeing Rocky making such a fuss, Karina commented, "With the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group being so large, they would definitely split into several teams when they go out. They could raid multiple merchant ships in one operation. Moreover, these goods are certainly not from a single heist; it's possible that the looted goods of the past quarter are stored here, and you just happened to come along."

"So you're saying I'm quite lucky?"

"Exceptionally lucky."

Rocky and Karina exchanged smiles, and Rocky laughed heartily, his mood becoming even more joyous.

This time his gains were simply too great. He had acquired not only a fleet, Void Magic Armor, but also so many goods. Adding up everything from the three warehouses, their value was at least one million Gold Coins, maybe even more. Therefore, with this fortune, the economic crisis of Thunderhawk City would be considered completely resolved. He guessed Aileen would be ecstatic.

In such high spirits, Rocky ordered the Guard Corps to get busily to work. Although the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group had been utterly annihilated, this place was still the Traceless Battlefield after all. Neither Karina nor Rocky wanted to linger in such a place, so the Guard Corps immediately began loading the goods onto the warships. To speed things up, even Karina allocated some manpower to help.

Everyone kept busy for several hours before all the contents of the three warehouses were finally loaded onto the warships, filling up four full Escort Ships!

After this, the huge fleet slowly took off. After thoroughly bombing the ruins of Hongcheng to utterly destroy the base of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group, Rocky and Karina led the laden fleet back home.

Standing at the prow of Thunderhawk, as Rocky looked out at the distance, he found even the Magical Energy Storm before him not as fearsome anymore. His thoughts were no longer here. Suddenly, he thought of the Mairente Family and Lexington. To be honest, for a fleeting moment, he wished Lexington's revenge would come swiftly!

Lexington surely couldn't imagine he had acquired such a tremendous fortune, so when his revenge arrived, Rocky believed he would certainly give him a big surprise!