LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 516: Chapter 480 Deliberately Making Things Difficult? Chapter 516: Chapter 480 Deliberately Making Things Difficult? The specific amount of compensation demanded by the Alliance had long been communicated to the Mairente Family, but because the sum was so immense, the families simply couldn’t produce such a massive amount of Gold Coins; thus, they could only use other assets to cover the debt, necessitating a detailed list, which Abraham had given to Rocky.

However, after receiving the list handed to him by Liliya, Rocky looked at the contents and, although his facial expression remained unchanged, his heart had already been shaken!

Fifty million Gold Coins!

The very first line of the list was an eye-piercing figure!

The amount the Mairente Family was to compensate the Sky Alliance was a staggering fifty million Gold Coins!

This was truly an astronomical sum. Not just for the Mairente Family but for any major family or alliance. In fact, the Mairente Family had collected every single Gold Coin in their possession to gather this vast amount of money, leaving not a single Gold Coin in all the treasuries of Sky City within their families.

But that wasn’t all!

The compensation demanded by the Alliance was not just fifty million Gold Coins; the Mairente Family could only produce fifty million Gold Coins. As for the portion they couldn’t produce, they chose to compensate in other ways.

Therefore, the list in Rocky’s hands, besides the conspicuous number of fifty million Gold Coins, also contained a large list of goods.

Unable to produce enough Gold Coins, the Mairente Family used goods to cover the debt, the specific types and quantities of which are not necessary to detail one by one. In total, the families ultimately brought out one million tons of goods, using these to repay the debt of fifty million Gold Coins!

This was precisely two sets of fifty million!

But even so, it wasn’t over.

Because even with fifty million Gold Coins plus one million tons of goods, the combined value still fell far short of the compensation amount proposed by the Alliance; thus, in the end, the Mairente Family also had to hand over four small Sky Cities to the Alliance!

Seeing this part, Rocky quietly blinked to prevent his eyes from deceiving him, and only when he looked at the list again did he confirm that he hadn’t read it wrong—the Mairente Family indeed planned to use four small Sky Cities as compensation to the Alliance!

Heavens…

After glancing over the list, Rocky felt his breathing grow somewhat rapid because even he had to admit that the Sky Alliance was being incredibly harsh towards the Rebel Army!

The vast compensation demanded by the Alliance almost drove a major family like the Mairente to bankruptcy; they had not only brought out every single Gold Coin and every box of goods in their families to make amends but had also handed over the Sky Cities, all four of them at once!

Even though these were small Sky Cities, they were still Sky Cities! And there were four of them! Especially after a great battle, the Mairente Family only had four small Sky Cities left, yet they used them all at once to compensate the alliance.

But even so, the Alliance still felt it was not enough!

Why would that be?

Because the Alliance had sent Rocky!

It had already been said that the Alliance sending Rocky to carry out this mission had deep significance, partly involving Rocky himself and partly involving the Mairente Family, which indicated that the Alliance considered the sacrifices made by the Mairente Family insufficient and required them to pay a greater price; thus, Rocky was sent.

Without exaggeration, the Alliance showed absolutely no mercy to the Rebel Army.

But upon reflection, this isn’t too surprising, as anyone could guess that the Sky Alliance would never let the Rebel Army off the hook. Perhaps the presence of a ceasefire agreement prevented them from taking direct military action against the Rebel Army, but even without resorting to force, the Sky Alliance had countless ways to eliminate every member of the Rebel Army!

It was precisely because he understood the Alliance’s intentions that Rocky knew what this mission meant for him; for him, this task was an enormous opportunity!

So, after briefly looking over the inventory, he handed it over to the three City Lords beside him for their review. Once all three had finished, he asked:

“Brothers, what do you think of this inventory…?”

When Rocky asked this question, the City Lord of Kunlun City, Bodin, turned to Abraham and questioned, “Abraham, is this the compensation prepared by your family?”

The question instantly made Abraham’s heart skip a beat, and he hurriedly responded:

“Yes…”

“Hmph! You really have some nerve! You think you can deceive the Alliance with these items! What do you take the Sky Alliance for!”

Before Abraham could finish speaking, Pank, the City Lord from Stellar Palace City who was to the left of Rocky, interrupted him.

It must be said, Bodin, Pank, and Maros were truly supportive.

Because at that moment, their words were clearly more useful than Rocky’s.

For one thing, their stature was more intimidating than Rocky’s, as they were all indeed major City Lords of the huge Sky Cities. Since all three cities were genuinely powerful, they had been the first to represent the Alliance Army to reinforce the battle zones. Under these circumstances, Abraham did not dare to ignore their words.

Secondly, by speaking out, they made a clear statement that they were united with Rocky, which was especially crucial. This meant that Abraham, and even the entire Mairente Family, could no longer harbor any hope for leniency.

“City Lord, we dare not!”

So, facing Pank’s questioning, Abraham immediately broke into a sweat and began to explain, “Sir, the family did not have any ulterior motives in the compensation. Everything was done according to the requirements of the Alliance, and there will absolutely be no errors.”

This time, the amount of compensation was so large that the Mairente Family had almost bled themselves dry just to gather the amount, and it was a sum that forced Abraham to stoutly defend, as any issues in this matter could not be afforded by him or his family.

However, Abraham himself understood that in front of Rocky, his defense was utterly useless, and indeed it was. Just as he rushed through his explanation, Rocky, who was sitting in the middle, simply laughed.

“Abraham, are you saying… we are deliberately making it difficult for you?”

Smiling at Abraham, Rocky slowly asked.

Wasn’t it?

Bodin, Pank, and Maros, these three City Lords, had merely glanced at the inventory after receiving it. To say they recounted the totals on the inventory was one thing; they had not even finished checking it when they outright claimed the numbers didn’t match. Wasn’t that being deliberately difficult?

Looking up at Rocky, Abraham was already cursing in his heart, but didn’t dare to speak further, the only thing he could do was to remain silent.

“Alright, since you disagree, I will have someone calculate whether this inventory truly meets our requirements.”

“Aileen.”

Seeing that Abraham remained silent, Rocky laughed and called Aileen over, then handed the inventory to her.

“Aileen, calculate the contents of this inventory to see if they truly meet our requirements.”

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