Chapter 407 – Beginning of War (1/2)

After several space jumps, a huge shadow appeared above Iron Chain Town. Under Sky City, the town’s petite body was like a strand of grass at the foot of a big tree, buried in the shadow of it.

From Sky City, Fatty found that the entire town was packed with players and NPC troops that extended thousands of meters outside. Oval military camps could be seen everywhere, the soldiers coming to and fro wore solemn expressions and walked with hurried steps.

Several hundred meters away from Iron Chain Town already stood someone to welcome Fatty. This person was Marshal Ferotiger. The marshal, who had once mightily driven the five Demon Kings back to the Demon Realm with a million troops, now looked gaunt and exhausted.

“You’ve come,” Marshal Ferotiger greeted while hovering in the air.

Fatty bowed slightly. “Lord of Sky City, Money Grubber, greets Marshal.”

Marshal Ferotiger nodded, then sighed. “Let’s talk in your city.”

Fatty was briefly stunned but quickly led the way in. Also coming up with Marshal Ferotiger were hundreds of officers of all ranks and mages who had come in an urgent dispatch from the Imperial Capital to provide support.

Seeing the tattered Sky City, Marshal Ferotiger’s brows twitched. “What happened?”

With a sheepish smile, Fatty shyly replied, “Some friends came to visit me bearing a big gift. We were a little too excited, and the celebration went a bit overboard.”

Reck and Lucas turned their heads at the same time. Both angry and humored, Liu Lan had several players come over to clear out some space for these senior officers to squat down.

Sitting down on a random piece of rubble that fell from Holy Spirit Island, Marshal Ferotiger quickly said, “I think you’ve already been notified of the situation. Heavens Scar was lost. The Demon race has mobilized tens of millions of troops into Heavens Scar to stream into the Human world. At the moment when all areas of the country are in critical situations, His Majesty is unable to give me any more assistance, so we must ask for help from Sky City to station this place.”

“No problem,” Fatty immediately agreed. “Give me sufficient supplies and energy, and I’ll do whatever you want.”

“He’s actually asking for benefits? Shameless!”

“For such a person to become the lord of Sky City, the gods are blind!”

“As far as I’m concerned, we should just take over Sky City!”

The officers following Ferotiger all stared at Fatty wide-eyed as they broke out into a commotion. They could not understand how such a… thing could become the lord of Sky City. When their country was in danger of a war that could even involve the entire human race, this person actually opened his mouth to demand resources and energy. This was practically profiting from a national disaster. Some hurled abuse, some even suggested capturing Sky City.

Fatty smiled at Marshal Ferotiger, completely ignoring the words of the officers around him. Marshal Ferotiger smiled a little and said, “Resources and energy are both ready, as long as you can hold for three months and keep the Demon race from entering the Human world from Heavens Scar.”

“Very straightforward! Deal!” Fatty clapped his hands.

After the deal was reached, Marshal Ferotiger left with his people in a hurry for the Imperial Capital through the Teleportation Portal in Iron Chain Town. It was unknown what their purpose of returning was, but they threw the defense mission in this area entirely to Fatty. Only now did Fatty know that Marshal Ferotiger's troops of millions were almost all killed in action, leaving only a few hundreds of thousands.

To comply with Marshal Ferotiger's orders before he left, a large amount of materials stored in Iron Chain Town were delivered to Sky City in super-huge spatial tools. The amount of resources was enough to build the entire Sky City. At the same time, chests of magic stones were also sent to all parts of Sky City, especially the magic towers.

Being called over from Black Tortoise City again, Grandmaster Architect Lin howled and every cell in his body screamed in excitement upon seeing the materials. This fellow, who had previously ranked up to Grandmaster Architect for rebuilding Sky City, immediately urged his workers to speed up the reconstruction.

“Fatty, we have enough resources but not enough personnel. Which guilds do you think we need to camp in here?” Liu Lan brought up the most important matter with Fatty.

Before Fatty could answer, he heard a voice calling, “Fatty, come out here! Uncle has come to rely on you!”

Bai Xiaosheng was covered in smoke and dust, looking tired with his leather armor badly tattered. He looked like a newbie instead of a big guild’s guild master.

Fatty rushed to welcome him and asked, “Why did you say that, Uncle? Could it be that Hero City…”