After giving the order to temporarily hold their positions, Rocky returned to the City Lord's Hall.
Back in the City Lord's Hall, he saw Cyril again, and during the ti he had been away, Cyril had done nothing. She quietly sat in the hall under the watch of several guards, just as she had been before.
"You may all leave."
With a wave of his hand at the guards, Rocky ordered all the others to depart, leaving just the two of them in the hall.
"Have you heard everything?"
Facing Rocky once more, Cyril took the initiative to speak, casting a glance at him and then posing the question.
"Did you co to see just because of this matter?"
Rocky didn't return to his seat; instead, he stood in front of Cyril with furrowed brows, looking at her intently.
"That's right."
"Why? Why does my family still target ?"
"Because they are afraid you'll seek retaliation."
Sitting in her chair, Cyril looked up at Rocky and smiled, "You have risen too swiftly, so swiftly that so in the family are scared. Therefore, they plan to completely eradicate you before you can truly threaten the family."
"Just for that? Just for that reason, you're willing to offend the Sky Alliance?"
"Yes."
Staring directly at Rocky, Cyril nodded, but she did not disclose the complete truth.
"Mad...absolutely mad! Your whole family is insane!"
Rocky was so infuriated by Cyril's response that he hardly knew how to express his feelings, unable to believe the Mairente family would go to such crazy lengths to target him.
Cyril said nothing in response to his outburst, only watching quietly because Athena had explicitly told her not to reveal the entire truth to Rocky. Thus, Cyril ntioned only her family and omitted to ntion the myriad issues between the Kafka Empire and the Sky Alliance.
Clearly, Rocky also had not considered such a profound level; he took Cyril's words at face value, believing the Mairente family's actions were solely aid at him.
After pacing furiously in front of Cyril, Rocky suddenly stopped and looked back at her, "Why did you save this ti?"
From what Cyril had said, Rocky now knew the gist of the situation: the Mairente family planned to eradicate him, a future trouble, even if it ant offending the Sky Alliance. That explained the troops that arrived at Backhill Village.
Now that he understood what had happened, Rocky also knew why Cyril wanted to et with him - she was clearly trying to save him.
Because of their eting, the Mairente family troops approaching Backhill Village hadn't captured him; otherwise, he would have been trapped in Backhill Village like a turtle in a jar, and he could well imagine his fate at that point. By now, he, Thunderhawk City, and Backhill Village might have been annihilated under the fire of hundreds of warships.
Therefore, the eting Cyril proposed had evidently saved his life once again.
But that was precisely what puzzled Rocky: why did Cyril want to save him again?
He counted, and this was already the third ti she had saved him. The first was the matter with Baron Wolin when she had helped him out of guilt; the second was the Lexington incident, as Lexington was the political enemy of Cyril's father, so she helped him again. But what was her reason for helping him this ti?
Rocky couldn't figure it out.
"I have my reasons."
Cyril glanced at him and spoke in a very calm manner.
Hearing such a response, Rocky naturally did not understand, but he did not wish to delve deeper, so he sighed and then called over the guard at the door.
"Take City Lord Cyril to the guest room to rest and ensure her safety."
"Yes!"
With an affirmative response, several guards strode over to Cyril's side, and upon hearing Rocky's arrangents, Cyril stood up willingly, said nothing more, and followed the guards directly, quickly being led out of the City Lord's Hall.
Of course, Cyril understood perfectly well, what Rocky called protecting her was in fact tantamount to placing her under house arrest within the City Lord's Mansion!
Indeed, that was exactly what Rocky had in mind!
In his view, the current affair was far too grave; the Mairente Family was not rely causing minor trouble this ti, but aid to completely annihilate him!
As the City Lord of Thunderhawk City, he must devise every possible ans to prevent such an outco, so he could not simply let Cyril leave.
After that, Rocky summoned everyone to the City Lord's Hall.
"What is Cyril planning to do?"
As soon as Rocky gathered everyone, Liliya quickly asked.
"I'm not sure; she has her plans." Shaking his head, Rocky admitted his own confusion about Cyril's intentions. "Let's not rush to discuss her problems for now. Right now, I want to ask you all, what shall we do about the situation in Backhill Village?"
Although the Mairente Family intended to mobilize their forces to eliminate Rocky, the situation had changed and deviated due to Cyril's preliminary selection.
The current situation was such that Rocky and Thunderhawk City, for the ti being, were not in great danger. However, Backhill Village was now surrounded by the Mairente Family's troops, which was the most critical issue. Even though the village was defended by the Alliance Army, everyone knew that their numbers were too small to properly defend the village.
The importance of Backhill Village to Rocky went without saying, and if possible, he still wanted to save the village.
"Going back is out of the question; it's too dangerous."
Unfortunately, in response to his question, Liliya simply stated, "With the Mairente Family's troops bearing down, going back now would be like falling into a trap. The priority right now is to imdiately contact the Sky Alliance and let them deal with this matter. After all, half of the mines in Backhill Village belong to the Alliance and theoretically are part of the Alliance's property."
"Sir, I agree with Liliya's view."
At that mont, Felly also spoke up: "With the current military strength of Thunderhawk City, even adding the Alliance Army garrisoned in the village, we wouldn't stand a chance against the enemy. Going back, we can't defend the village."
"Sir, I think leaving the village is actually to our advantage."
After Liliya and Felly had spoken, Monte added his voice to the mix: "If the Mairente Family's target is us, then if we are not in Backhill Village, even if they surround the village, they may not dare to truly attack. After all, the village is defended by the Alliance Army, and attacking it would an directly challenging the Sky Alliance. Therefore, our absence might be a good thing; it might even enable us to hold the village."
"Exactly, Monte is right."
"I agree with his thinking."
In the City Lord's Hall, everyone voiced their opinions one after another, all essentially expressing the sa viewpoint—that they did not wish for Rocky to return to Backhill Village.
Because everyone could discern the thoughts in his heart and understood that he did not want to give up Backhill Village. However, as everyone had said, if they did not go back now, the Mairente Family might be deterred by the Sky Alliance and hesitate to strike the village. Yet, once they returned, it would be walking into a trap!
However, faced with everyone's explicit or implicit dissuasion, Rocky, after pondering for a long while, shook his head.
"There is another way to make the Mairente Family retreat."
"You all seem to forget that Cyril is still with us."
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