Sky City

Chapter 26: Sky City

"Kill them! Everyone, charge! We must take this tribe down today.

We're already too far behind Kalia Island. We need to conquer more Sky Islands to win that Lord's favor."

Tobiah, the God of Cloud Spider Island, watched as soldiers from Cloud Spider Island continuously landed.

As he waved his spear to boost morale, Bang! Bang! Bang!

The soldiers of Cloud Spider Island began using their Flintlock Guns.

The clash between cold weapons and firearms.

At this moment, its cruelty was vividly displayed.

Scorching bullets shot from gun barrels, targeting the tribal natives wielding machetes and spears.

When both sides engaged in their first exchange.

The tribal warriors who charged forward fell like wheat being harvested.

"Everyone, try your best to capture them alive. They'll be important laborers in the future, so don't cripple them."

As his soldiers, with overwhelming superiority, charged into the small Sky Island that fiercely resisted.

The power of firearms was truly astonishing, no matter how many times one witnessed it.

If they had to conquer this Sky Island tribe using only cold weapons.

Tobiah's subordinates would undoubtedly have suffered significant casualties.

But when that Lord brought a large number of firearms and cannons to the Sky Island.

Under the crushing advantage of technology.

Conquering these Sky Islander tribes, though fierce, were not very developed.

It was now as simple as harvesting leeks.

Each Sky Island in the sky was an independent territory.

The resources and technological development varied greatly from place to place.

The Sky Island above Red Copper Island had clearly not yet reached the stage of firearms.

Although their Shell Technology was somewhat troublesome, it was no match for the attack from Cloud Spider Island, which was also comprised of Sky Islanders and possessed more advanced Shell Technology.

The battle lasted only two hours.

The entire Sky Island below surrendered directly.

As the captives, with their arms bound, were escorted to the modified War Island Cloud floating on the Cloud Sea.

Once all wealth was collected and all captives were brought aboard.

Tobiah directly ascended a high platform on the War Island Cloud and pressed a button in his hand.

Sails rose from the surface of the massive War Island Cloud, and a propeller behind the Island Cloud began to slowly rotate.

When the War Island Cloud, which could only rely on wind power, was augmented with technological means.

It could be said that in recent times, the small Sky Islands around the Five Sky Islands had suffered greatly from rapid conquest.

A large number of captives were now being rapidly transported to the newly built Sky City.

This was an aerial city built with Puka Island as the center, and the other four islands connected by Cloud Bridges as satellites.

Roy was currently sitting in the most luxurious hall at the very center of Sky City.

At this moment, large amounts of clouds began to surge around him and flow into a giant pipe beneath his feet.

As these clouds slid down the pipe and mixed with the Sea Cloud in the Cloud Sea, they were then processed by slaves in the next step to form processed clouds that could be used as special building materials.

As these processed clouds were utilized by craftsmen and slaves, and as these building materials were rapidly produced, and as more and more captives were transported here from the outside.

The entire Sky City was suddenly plunged into an extremely busy state.

The palace where Roy was located was the central hub of this newly built Sky City.

Here, he could observe the construction progress in various parts of the island through the Photography Shells suspended before him.

And as the clouds born from his abilities continuously integrated into Sky City.

Roy's control over the city below was also gradually increasing.

Large numbers of slaves were continuously transported here by teams led by the five Gods of Sky Island.

If it were in the past, receiving so many slaves might have caused these Gods of Sky Island to worry about food.

But with Roy's arrival, feeding these few thousand slaves at most was, in Roy's opinion, a piece of cake.

After all, unlike the barrenness of the sky, the Blue Sea below was filled with treasures everywhere.

Not to mention the Sea Kings in the ocean, each weighing hundreds of tons.

The authority Roy currently wielded was more than enough for him to procure basic foodstuffs; it was a piece of cake.

Therefore, feeding the slaves and citizens of the Five Sky Islands within Sky City was not a difficult task for Roy.

Vast quantities of food, along with soil that the Sky Islanders called treasure, were transported to Sky City in large amounts.

The slaves and the Sky Islanders from the Five Sky Islands, who had initially resented their conquest.

Faced with such abundant resources and environment.

As expected, Roy was once again hailed as the sole true god.

The tribal Sky Islanders who were originally doomed to die from the Locust Fish Swarm's attack.

Now, with Roy's arrival, although they had lost their freedom, they had survived.

The infrastructure of Sky City was continuously expanding.

Because Roy intended to use Sky City as his base in the future, while public infrastructure was being built, the embryonic forms of factories were also under construction.

After all, Roy didn't want to support these slaves in the sky for free.

And these slaves, if they wanted to receive Roy's protection and survive in Sky City.

They would have to generate sufficient profit for Roy in the future.

The base in the sky would become a fortress for war and life in the future.

And numerous factories on this fortress were a necessary foundation.

Therefore, these people who would live in Sky City in the future would all become cogs on Roy's factory assembly lines.

Regarding the decrees Roy issued for the future.

To Roy's surprise, these people he called slaves on the Sky Islands did not seem to dislike his plan; instead, they were exceptionally delighted.

Perhaps, in their eyes, a powerful master who could provide them with sustenance and protection was like a dream come true for the impoverished Sky Islanders.

The poverty in the sky surpassed Roy's imagination.

Perhaps in the skies of this sea, the region ruled by Enel was merely an exception.

After all, not every place had an Upward Sea Current capable of lifting an entire island into the sky.

Poverty and hardship were the mainstream of life for Sky Islanders.

So, after Roy, who could provide abundant food, took control here.

It was like the "brutal" working hours of the Autobots in Roy's past life.

The theories he proposed, which he might have considered somewhat cruel, were exceptionally tempting to the Sky Islanders.

Thus, under this peculiar balance, the people on the Sky Islands were surprisingly enthusiastic about building the assembly line factories that would eventually enslave them.