LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 521: Chapter 485: A Life Full of Ups and Downs Chapter 521: Chapter 485: A Life Full of Ups and Downs Returning to his own city, what greeted Rocky was not welcoming cheers or shouts but a series of surprised faces and pairs of stunned eyes.

The residents of the city, in their wildest dreams, could not have imagined that one day Rocky would return home and reappear before them, could they?

Not just the residents; possibly the entire Mairente Family hadn’t expected this day to come, let alone come so swiftly.

Under these circumstances, Rocky’s convoy made its way through the entire city district, majestically heading straight for the City Lord’s Mansion.

Upon arriving at the City Lord’s Mansion, he immediately ordered his Void Magic Squad to bring out the City Lord.

“City Lord Rocky, what, what is this…”

When the City Lord of the mansion appeared before Rocky, escorted by a whole team of Alliance Warriors, he was dumbfounded because he clearly remembered that he had already arranged a residence for Rocky, and he remembered even more clearly that the residence arranged was definitely not the City Lord’s Mansion!

“This isn’t yours anymore.”

Yet when Rocky saw the City Lord, he simply said indifferently and then marched past him with his entourage, entering the City Lord’s Mansion!

Thus, the City Lord didn’t even have time to state his name before he was driven out!

Rocky’s actions were overt and unhidden; he openly moved into the City Lord’s Mansion. However, the same actions were perceived differently by the Mairente Family; to them, Rocky was blatantly trampling on the family’s dignity!

“This Rocky! He dares to be so disrespectful!”

“He’s such a bastard!”

Rocky’s eviction of the City Lord and his moving into the City Lord’s Mansion were watched closely by the members of the Mairente Family, especially by the Elders who came to negotiate with him about compensation. Several young men accompanying them were infuriated by the sight, itching to rush up and duel Rocky right there.

The young men who were allowed to accompany the Elders on such occasions were naturally the cream of the younger generation of the family, full of youthful vigor. Having already been frustrated by the Alliance’s oppression of their family, they were even more infuriated by Rocky’s actions.

Regrettably, what could their anger accomplish?

As Lexington said to Kelly, the family had fallen so far that even if its members watched as Rocky ousted the family-appointed City Lord and took over the City Lord’s Mansion, they were powerless to intervene.

This time, the Alliance Army had dispatched three large Sky Cities, five thousand warships, and a full hundred Void Magic Squads! How could the Mairente Family, recently made scapegoats in a great battle, stand a chance against this mighty force?

Therefore, seeing the young men’s fury, the leading Elder helplessly suppressed their anger while tacitly agreeing to Rocky’s actions.

It was only after this that the negotiations—or rather, the talks—between the Mairente Family and the Alliance officially began.

For these talks, the Mairente Family sent out a massive team of dozens of people, whereas Rocky only sent four people, led by Aileen, with one representative from each City Lord and one officer sent by Claudy, totaling just five persons.

Five people were enough.

At least that’s what Rocky believed, because, as the saying goes, “the right is not in the size,” and in front of absolute power, sending more people was pointless, especially since Aileen led his side, and Rocky trusted her completely.

The outcome was much as he had envisaged; as soon as Aileen began negotiations, she first proposed recalculating the total compensation provided by the family, starting with reevaluating the 50 million Gold Coins and all other goods and Sky Cities.

This move left the opponents with no room to maneuver, as the family had indeed been tricky about the value of the goods. With a recalculation, the resulting figures were bound to differ greatly from the original ones, potentially leading to discrepancies amounting to tens of millions of Gold Coins. This made Aileen’s task a lot simpler.

Naturally, this recalibration would require time, maybe a day or two, or even three; in any case, it wasn’t something that would be resolved immediately. However, Rocky wasn’t worried, as this matter was sure to be trouble-free.

Yet for some individuals, fate is destined to be challenging; every encounter never goes smoothly, and coincidentally, Rocky was one such individual.

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“This Aileen and Rocky are both bastards! Scoundrels!”

“Isn’t it? Birds of a feather flock together; what type of master leads what type of followers!”

“The most infuriating part is that we even have to return to such a rotten place to live—is this still our family?”

After a day’s negotiations, the negotiating team from the Mairente Family returned to their accommodations. They were supposed to stay at the City Lord’s Mansion, but alas, it had been usurped by Rocky, forcing them to stay in a hotel in their own family’s city instead.

Thus, as they headed to their rooms, some young members of the family couldn’t help but complain.

No wonder they felt this way, for after dealing with Aileen, they understood what tough negotiation meant. Aileen had used every tactic against them, becoming more demanding as negotiations progressed. Initially, the family thought she would only make demands regarding Mairente City, but in reality, she wanted much more!

Of course, she wanted more.

How clever was Aileen? Bodin and the two other City Lords were helping Rocky so significantly this time; could they not be rewarded afterwards? And from whom would those benefits come? Rocky certainly couldn’t afford them; Aileen knew exactly his worth, so the burden had to be squeezed out of the Mairente Family.

“This woman, she’s simply a demon! She’s the one who really wants to destroy our family!”

“Stop complaining, we’re absolutely bound here. With the Alliance Army’s overwhelming presence, what can we do?”

As they spoke, a few of them headed back to the same room.

Of course, they weren’t staying in the same room, but due to their extreme frustration, these fiery young men gathered to drink every day, somewhat to drown their sorrows.

However, this time, when they entered the room, they discovered that someone had already prepared food and drinks, waiting for them.

“Baron Wolin?”

After entering the room, the young men saw that Baron Wolin had prepared the food and drinks, clearly waiting for them.

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