Lord of the Sky City

While others were having various reactions and responses to the new technology, Rocky of Thunderhawk City was quite at ease.

He had won the competition against Xia Nai, and the new technology was smoothly released, and from the reactions of all parties, it seemed to be very successful. More and more people from Eternal City were coming to visit him, each showing great interest in the new technology—a result that obviously pleased Rocky very much.

All of this indicated that his previous plans had worked out, even better than he had originally anticipated!

Initially, Rocky only wanted to use the new technology to attract the attention of the Sky Alliance, and then prove his strength through a battle with Wild Horse City, in order to join the Sky Alliance, which is to say, he thought he would need two steps to achieve his goal.

But now it seemed that the purpose had been achieved with just the first step, as Rocky had become a true hot commodity.

Take the Sky Alliance he had been concerned about, for instance, just the day before yesterday, Farey had come to Thunderhawk City with a group of people.

Rocky was no stranger to Farey; in fact, they had met once before at a ball hosted by Sigma Corporation. At that time, Rocky had thought about approaching Farey to inquire about joining the Alliance, but unfortunately, he had found no opportunity. As one of the Elders of the Sky Alliance, Farey was a true person of importance, constantly surrounded by people during the ball, and Rocky, with his status, simply had no chance to engage with him.

But now things had changed, Rocky didn't have to make the approach, as Farey had come to him.

And when the two of them met this time, they had a very formal and in-depth conversation.

This discussion was very formal. At the beginning of their talk, Farey proactively expressed an apology to Rocky, then went on to describe the investigations regarding his joining the Alliance, and finally, he conveyed the Alliance's decision on the matter to Rocky.

In the eyes of outsiders, it might seem as if Farey was somewhat lowering his status by doing this, as after all, he was an Elder representing the Sky Alliance, and Rocky, despite being sought after, was just the City Lord of a small Sky City, even if he possessed cutting-edge technology, the Alliance had no need to treat him this way.

But this was precisely where Farey was astute; his approach, while seemingly diminishing his own status, actually expressed sincerity right from the start and pre-empted any argument from Rocky: "The Sky Alliance is already being this polite to you, what more do you want?"

Indeed, from the end of his speech until the conclusion of their conversation, Rocky didn't bring up the issue again, as he really couldn't find the words.

However, Rocky was no longer the naïve young man he used to be; he had been a City Lord for over a year, not only had he acquired the demeanor of a City Lord, but he also knew how to handle these types of conversations.

So, although he did not mention all the previous matters, he also did not explicitly reveal his attitude, which is to say, he had not yet made a decision about whether or not to join the Alliance!

Here, some might wonder, hasn't Rocky always wanted to join the Sky Alliance? How come now that it's all set up, he's hesitating?

Of course, he wasn't hesitating, and he still wanted to join the Alliance, but the situation had changed; previously, he wanted to join the Alliance and was pleading for their acceptance, willing to join without any conditions, but now it was different!
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Now Rocky held a very significant bargaining chip in his hand, which he could use to secure better benefits for himself when joining the Alliance. As a City Lord, how could he possibly let such an opportunity slip by?

Therefore, although he made it clear to Farey that he was excited about the possibility of joining the Alliance, he did not make clear whether he really wanted to become a member of the Alliance.

As a result, when their meeting concluded, they hadn't finalized any concrete outcomes.

But while it seemed that no results had been achieved, at the end of their conversation, both had gotten everything they wanted.

Through this talk, Rocky understood that the Sky Alliance was very keen on having him join, and under these circumstances, he could certainly negotiate more benefits for himself.

It was the same for Farey. Through this conversation, he could see that joining the Sky Alliance was still Rocky's first choice, and the only reason he hadn't made a decision yet was to gain more advantages for himself, which was naturally not a problem, as long as Rocky's demands were reasonable. Given his current standing, he indeed had the right to negotiate some terms for himself.

So, with an understanding between them, after their meeting, both were very satisfied, and what followed would be discussions of the specific terms.

Of course, apart from interacting with the Sky Alliance, during this period, Rocky had also been in touch with many other forces, including not only the Magic Energy Research Institute, one of the three major forces, but also various other large and small powers; in short, he saw a lot of people.

All these forces that came to contact him also generally expressed their desire to invite him to join them. Despite these forces perhaps not being as large as the Sky Alliance, many were massive entities, prominent presences in the sky.

As for these invitations from the forces, Rocky didn't outright reject any of them. After all, he wanted to keep his options open, and this was also a reason he felt bold enough to negotiate with the Sky Alliance—he already had plenty of alternatives!