Rocky insisted on going to war, and Glan did not hinder him excessively, so he quickly left the City Lord's Mansion to report the matter to the Alliance.
The Alliance's response ca much faster than expected, with news arriving the next day.
"City Lord Rocky, the Alliance is quite pleased to hear that you plan to join the war!"
After eting with Rocky in the City Lord's Hall, Glan said with a chuckle.
Anyone could hear that this was rely a polite platitude; even Rocky himself was well aware that in a war of this level, he definitely couldn't count as a major player, not even a minor one—perhaps rely a passerby. How could the Alliance be pleased by his participation?
So, he rely nodded with a smile, and then looked eagerly at Glan, clearly wanting to get to the main point.
"City Lord Rocky, according to the Alliance's usual rules, any mber who joins the war will receive as much support as possible from the Alliance. However..."
As he spoke, the smile on Glan's face lessened considerably, he furrowed his brow, and he paused for a mont.
"However, what?"
"However, the Alliance really can't send a large army to support you right now; at most, we can only provide you with so supplies."
Glancing at Rocky, Glan spoke with so difficulty.
Translated, what he ant was that the support the Alliance could offer to Rocky at this stage was extrely limited...
It wasn't a matter of the Alliance being stingy or soone causing trouble from within, but rather due to the situation at hand.
It was early May of the year 118, and the great war had just erupted less than half a month ago. It was the most chaotic stage, with mbers of the Alliance being attacked all over the world. So mbers had their cities destroyed, others were engaged in battle, and due to the short amount of ti, the Alliance had not yet organized an effective counterattack, leaving battles in disarray everywhere.
Under such circumstances, the Alliance's support could hardly be tily. It wasn't out of unwillingness, but simply because the situation did not permit.
In fact, in the first few days of the war, the Alliance had already begun to dispatch reinforcents to various places. However, except for the earliest troops sent to Sirius City and Gulov City, along with a few other forces, the vast majority of reinforcents were intercepted en route, resulting in huge losses. This situation made the Alliance reluctant to hastily dispatch reinforcents to the battlefield.
Therefore, if Rocky went to war, the Alliance simply lacked the ability to provide him with direct military reinforcents. Only after the situation stabilized could the Alliance do so.
And for now, the only thing the Alliance could offer Rocky was just so supplies.
Although the outbreak of the war was quite sudden, so mbers of the Alliance had begun to form small groups for self-protection. These mbers each found the nearest Contact City and centered around it, forming one small group after another. Although they were still in the stage of fighting for themselves, they at least had the capability to protect themselves and deter enemies from launching an easy attack.
It might not be possible for these small groups to provide Rocky with military support, as they needed to ensure their own safety, but supplying him was definitely feasible, provided that Rocky could find them.
In just a few words, Glan explained the situation of the Alliance to Rocky. Throughout this process, his words insinuated one thing: he hoped it would be best for Rocky not to join the war.
In such a large-scale war, small Sky Cities were practically cannon fodder—if discovered by the enemy, they could be easily wiped out without a chance to escape.
Not to ntion more, from the start of the war up until now, the Sky Alliance had lost more than a dozen small Sky Cities in just under half a month. On average, at least one small Sky City was destroyed every day!
In such circumstances, if Rocky were to join the war, where he could not take advantage of the situation or pick up any cheap gains, and moreover, had to run the risk of having his city razed, why should he bother?
At least that's what Glan thought.
Unfortunately, just like the last ti, Rocky appreciated his good intentions but his own thinking remained unchanged. So after exchanging a few pleasantries with Glan, he sent him away from the City Lord's Mansion.
As soon as Glan left, Rocky summoned Aileen.
"Aileen, contact the Shadow Alliance again and ask them to provide a detailed battle report. I need to know what the current situation of the war has developed into."
"Understood."
With a promise, Aileen imdiately went to contact the Shadow Alliance, while Rocky began his quiet wait.
Due to the inconvenience in obtaining information, Rocky did not have a good grasp of the overall war situation. However, from Glan's words just now, it seed the Alliance might have been sowhat flustered, and so far, it appeared that they hadn't organized any effective counterattack. In light of this, how he should act beca a problem that Rocky needed to consider carefully; otherwise, if he blundered right into the enemy's arms, it would truly be disastrous.
Therefore, the first thing Rocky needed to do was to clarify the overall situation of the war and then make a more detailed plan.
Just like that, ti quickly passed, and it took five days before the Shadow Alliance finally delivered the intelligence Rocky wanted.
The Shadow Alliance sent two pieces of intelligence, one of which was detailed information on the Mairente Family, while the other was a summary of the war situation.
Having obtained these two pieces of intelligence, Rocky imdiately started to read them, and the more he dug into the details, the deeper his frown beca!
The first thing he read, naturally, was the detailed information about the Mairente Family.
Truth be told, although Rocky had a blood relationship with the Mairente Family, and this kinship made his relationship with them extrely complicated, his understanding of the Mairente Family's detailed situation was not particularly thorough.
His knowledge of the Mairente Family was limited to so mories from before his transmigration. He only knew it was a large family and that they possessed over ten Sky Cities, but beyond that... nothing else...
So it wasn't until Rocky had finished reading the detailed information provided by the Shadow Alliance that he finally ca to a comprehensive understanding of the Mairente Family.
To obtain this intelligence, Rocky spent a hundred thousand Gold Coins. Of course, the money was indeed well spent, for the information provided by the Shadow Alliance was quite detailed and thoroughly introduced the Mairente Family.
It was only after finishing the content of this intelligence report that Rocky finally understood why the Mairente Family was known as a grand family!
According to the information provided by the Shadow Alliance, the Mairente Family owned a total of three large Sky Cities, seven dium Sky Cities, and five small Sky Cities, adding up to fifteen Sky Cities in all!
For these fifteen Sky Cities, the Shadow Alliance provided quite detailed introductions. While they did not ntion sensitive information like military strength, they did include foundational details such as the City Lords of each Sky City, the population of the cities, and their current locations, among other basic information.
At the sa ti, the Shadow Alliance also offered so additional information, such as who the current person in power of the family was.
After Atted stepped down, Lexington beca the new Clan Leader of the family, and the first thing he did after taking on the role was to involve the entire family fully in the war!
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