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Chapter 116 The Great Migration (Part 2)

    Actually, as soon as Rocky had made his identity known, Old Jack and Lin Feng had already anticipated the suggestion he might make, so when he finally voiced it, neither of them showed much surprise; instead, they both fell into silence.


    This reaction was certainly a good sign for Rocky since their hesitation to immediately refuse meant they were considering it.


    In fact, this was indeed the case; Old Jack and Lin Feng were seriously considering Rocky''s suggestion, not because it was particrly good but because Backhill Vige had very few options left.


    If they disregarded Rocky, then Backhill Vige would inevitably face the next wave of attacks from the demons, and no matter how quickly the vige tried to repair or even hire other mercenary groups to help, nothing could guarantee the vige''s survival from the next wave of demon attacks.


    However, if they agreed to Rocky''s proposal, it would mean that everyone in Backhill Vige must give up their homnd and move to an entirely unfamiliar environment to live, and in this strange environment, they could no longer dictate their own terms, which posed a great challenge to the people of Backhill Vige.


    Therefore, making a choice was indeed a significant dilemma.


    "Commander Rocky... rather, Lord Rocky, could you give us some time to think..."


    After a moment of contemtion, Old Jack nced at Rocky.


    However, Rocky shook his head, "Vige Chief, we don''t have much time. I only have ten skyships; if you really wish to relocate, then we must hurry as no one knows when the demons might attack."


    Rocky''s words were not untrue; Backhill Vige had over a thousand vigers, but he only had ten skyships. So even if they didn''t bring anything else, just transporting these vigers to Thunderhawk City would take two or three days, indeed leaving no spare time to overthink.


    Moreover, Rocky harbored his own motives; now was when Backhill Vige was most helpless and desperate. Under such circumstances, Old Jack and Lin Feng were highly likely to agree to his proposal. But if they dyed too long and the two of them thought of another solution, then Rocky''s attempt to take all the vigers to Thunderhawk City would be difficult.


    Thus, from the beginning, he had not nned to give Old Jack and Lin Feng much time to think; they had to make a decision immediately and stick to it.


    Under these circumstances, Old Jack thought for a long time and even whispered with Lin Feng for a while before they finally came to a decision.


    "Alright, Lord Rocky, we agree to your suggestion..."


    With a hint of reluctance, Old Jack delivered the final answer; he agreed to relocate all the vigers of Backhill Vige to Thunderhawk City!N?v(el)B\\jnn


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    Hearing this answer, Rocky merely nodded outwardly, but internally he shouted in triumph!


    If it weren''t for the presence of these two men, he would have loved to fiercely swing his fist right now, for this would mean the poption of Thunderhawk City could potentially double!


    A doubled poption!


    In today''s age, the size of a Sky City''s poption directly determined its rank. This was not without reason, for therger the poption, the greater the productivity, and the greater the productivity, the stronger the Sky City would be; also, arger poption could form a bigger army, and arger army naturally meant greater strength—it was a simple fact.


    And thus, the poption has always been the scarcest resource. Although there could be poption movements among the Sky Cities, a small city like Thunderhawk had no chance of attracting new inhabitants from other cities. For Thunderhawk, not to mention doubling the poption, even increasing it by ten percent was extremely difficult!


    But now, once the vigers from Backhill Vige were relocated to Thunderhawk City, the city''s poption would instantly double, which would undoubtedly y an enormous role in the city''s future development.


    So, having confirmed this matter, Rocky immediately set to work on arranging the relocation, acting as though he feared Old Jack might have a change of heart.


    On one hand, he had Old Jack and Lin Feng exin the situation to the vigers, while on the other, he personally oversaw the task of organizing the skyships for transportation.


    Just like that, the day after the great war had just ended, Backhill Vige became busy.


    Old Jack and Lin Feng gathered all the vigers, including Rocky, introduced Rocky''s new identity to everyone, and also exined the situation facing Backhill Vige, thereby mentioning that everyone would be relocated to Sky City.


    Upon hearing this news, the vigers were naturally filled with astonishment, and some were even unwilling. Therefore, Rocky delivered a speech, which was almost identical to what he had used to persuade Old Jack and Lin Feng.


    With the clear outline of the pros and cons, and with the assistance of Old Jack and Lin Feng by his side, the vigers of Backhill Vige had eventually epted the result.


    After that, the great migration kicked off in full swing!


    Under the arrangement of Rocky, ten skyships began transporting vigers to Thunderhawk City continuously. Although these ten skyships were strictly speaking warships, and also small-sized scout ships, with a carrying capacity iparable to cargo ships, each skyship carrying twenty vigers was still achievable.


    Thus, ten skyships could transport two hundred vigers at a time, and going back and forth five or six times was enough to move all the people of Backhill Vige.


    Of course, it wasn''t just the vigers who were to be transported; other items from the vige, like the warehouse of Backhill Vige, were also to be moved.


    In the warehouse of Backhill Vige were not only food supplies but also Gold Coins, and even demon cores from Demons! Could Rocky possibly give those up? Of course not!


    Furthermore, the necessities of life needed by the vigers were to be transported as much as possible. Thunderhawk City originally had just over a thousand inhabitants, and now that number had suddenly doubled, which made amodating the additional people a big issue.


    Next were the spoils of this mission. Although after the migration began, Rocky''s biggest gain from this mission became the popce, he did not want to forsake themission that was rightfully his, especially the bodies of hundreds of Demons, and several thousand pounds of Yellow Scale Ore!


    There''s no need to mention the bodies of the Demons, after having gone through two major wars, the number of killed demons had reached into the hundreds, and the majority of these bodies had been recovered inside the vige. Rocky definitely wanted to take as many as possible.


    As for the Yellow Scale Ore, normally Rocky, afterpleting a mission, could only take away five hundred pounds of Yellow Scale Ore. But now, with the vigers of Backhill Vige following him, the freshly mined ore naturally belonged to him as well.


    You should know that even if mining in Backhill Vige had only been conducted for twenty days, the excavated Yellow Scale Ore amounted to several thousand pounds. These ores could be sold to any Chamber of Commerce for tens of thousands of Gold Coins. How could Rocky possibly give them up?


    Given the circumstances, he had to make arrangements as efficiently as possible, first using the skyships to transport the vigers, then the spoils and items from the Backhill Vige warehouse, and finally the necessities of daily life, in that order.


    However, the relocation of over a thousand people was definitely a major project. Though simple to arrange, serious difficulties arose when it actually came time to act, so Rocky promptly had Vosse down after the first batch of vigers had been transported, hoping to utilize his experience to help with the migration.


    Upon arriving at Backhill Vige, Voss didn''t disappoint Rocky''s hopes; always based in Thunderhawk City, he might not have known what had happened, but after quickly understanding the situation, he immediately took over the coordination work from Rocky. Under hismand, the speed of the migration improved significantly.


    Time passed by day by day, and on the third day after the start of the migration, all the people of Backhill Vige were sessfully transported to Thunderhawk City, where Aileen, who was stationed there, was responsible for settling them in.


    Then, within three more days, the bodies of hundreds of Demons, several thousand pounds of Yellow Scale Ore, and the warehouse of Backhill Vige were also emptied.


    Meanwhile, during these days, the Demons did not appear, it seems they were just as Rocky had previously thought. The Demons, already scarce around Break-Sky Mountain, had been exhausted in thest fight. Although it wouldn''t be long before more Demons would appear, at least before thepletion of the migration, the Demons would note.


    Thus, the work of migration was nearing its conclusion. Three dayster, the necessities of life packed by the vigers were also transported to Thunderhawk City by skyship, trip by trip. By the time the skyship came to Backhill Vige for thest time and took Rocky and others away, Backhill Vige had already be an empty vige!


    In the whole vige, besides the houses that could not be moved, everything that could be taken was taken by Rocky!


    After that, Rocky left Backhill Vige with thest trip of the skyship. Standing at the prow of the skyship, watching as the vige became increasingly tiny in his sight and nowpletely empty, he couldn''t have been more satisfied!


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