Although demons had occupied the land for a hundred years, people did not stop their strides after fleeing to the sky. In fact, during these hundred years, the entire world had developed and progressed, and the steps were quite significant.
However, the sky was too vast and boundless, and communication between the scattered Sky Cities was extremely poor. Coupled with the imbalance in human resources, material resources, financial resources, etc., the development of each Sky City was very uneven.
Strong Sky Cities, such as the Top Ten Divine Cities of Monster-level magnitude, had long surpassed the top cities of the Land Era in splendor, reaching new heights that the predecessors could never have imagined.
Beyond the Top Ten Divine Cities, some large Sky Cities had also developed very rapidly. These large Sky Cities might not be comparable to the Top Ten Divine Cities, but their scale had surpassed cities from the Land Era.
As for the weaker Sky Cities, such as some large Sky Cities and the vast majority of medium-sized Sky Cities, the scale of the cities had at least returned to the level of the Land Era, and in all aspects, there was no difference from the cities of the Land Era.
The weakest batch of cities in the sky were the small-sized ones like Thunderhawk City. No matter from which angle, these small Sky Cities fell behind other cities by more than an entire era!
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Rocky was previously unaware of this because he had been staying in Thunderhawk City since crossing over. Although he knew Thunderhawk City was weak, he did not understand to what extent and what level it held in the entire sky, due to a lack of horizontal comparison.
However, after staying in Eternal City for two days, especially after browsing through the weapon market, Rocky realized just how backward Thunderhawk City was.
Why did he suddenly understand?
Because in any world, weapons are a ruler that can measure everyone’s strength and weakness.
Take a simple example: in Thunderhawk City, Rocky was already the strongest person, after all, he was the only one who possessed a Void Magic Armor, and the whole city only had one set of Void Magic Armor. But in Eternal City, even a mere Air Patrol Officer was equipped with Void Magic Armor!
The strength and weakness of the two cities were immediately apparent through this mere fact.
The ability to equip a humble Patrol Officer with Void Magic Armor amply illustrated the economic prowess of Eternal City and proved the military might of Eternal City. Economic and military strength combined represented the significant role of Eternal City among all Sky Cities.
This was all that could be measured with the ruler of weapons.
So, after touring the weapon market, particularly after seeing the latest model of Void Magic Armor, Rocky essentially knew where Thunderhawk City ranked in the current world, and he also gained a more comprehensive understanding of the Void Magic Armor.
Rocky possessed a set of Void Magic Armor, but his Armor was too outdated. After a tour in the weapon market, he realized that his Void Magic Armor belonged to the first generation, while the latest was already the Fifth Generation!
This gap gave Rocky quite a shock.
So for the next several days, instead of continuing to wander idly, he buried himself in the library of Eternal City.
It must be said that after coming to Eternal City, Rocky’s insights soared dramatically, and his vision and goals for the future became gradually clearer. Under these circumstances, merely using Mana Runes to enhance weapons and equipment was no longer enough for him; he planned to use Mana Runes in more areas and maximize the value of Runes.
This kind of idea naturally required a vast amount of knowledge to realize, so for the next several days, Rocky would leave early and return late, spending all his time in the library.
Just like that, time flew by for three days. During this period, Liliya had already found a Chamber of Commerce willing to trade with Thunderhawk City, and everything was settled. They could have left already, but they ended up staying in Eternal City entirely because of Rocky.
Since he started frequenting the library, Rocky became unstoppable, completely drowning in the sea of knowledge, which led to them lingering many days in Eternal City.
Today would be Rocky’s last visit to the library, as Aileen had given him an ultimatum. Their mere food and lodging expenses in Eternal City had already exceeded five hundred gold coins, and with the departure tax, their expenditure had long surpassed a thousand. This cost greatly exceeded Aileen’s prior estimate, and they had to leave.
Under these circumstances, Rocky had to hurry and find all the books he needed in the library, then buy them all in one go, planning to study them slowly after returning to Thunderhawk City.
“This book will be needed too…”
After flipping through a few pages of a book titled “Principles of Magic Cannon Construction”, Rocky handed it over to Liliya, intending to buy it later.
But just at that moment, a young woman happened to pass by him. Rocky did not think much of it, his attention was on the book, but the woman turned her head to look at him subsequently. After looking at him for a while, she couldn’t help but speak:
“Rocky, is that you?”
“Hmm?”
Hearing someone calling him, Rocky stopped and turned around to look, just in time to see the woman looking back at him.
Regarding the young woman who had called out his name, Rocky appeared quite puzzled, “Are you calling me?”
He pointed to himself and asked uncertainly, as he did not recognize the other party at all.
“Rocky, don’t you recognize me?”
At this moment, the young woman had walked up to him, looking at him with an expression that was hard to describe.
“Do I know you?”
The woman’s words prompted Rocky to take a closer look. He noticed she was very beautiful and dressed meticulously, giving off an air of similarity to Aileen, evidently someone of noble background. But he was certain he did not know this person.
Seeing Rocky failing to recognize her for quite some time, the woman’s expression became even more peculiar, but she eventually said, “Rocky, I’m Cyril, we met a year ago in Mairente City…”
“Mairente City…”
Upon hearing this name, Rocky suddenly felt as though he remembered something, then it suddenly dawned on him—his father’s family was the Mairente Family, and the Sky City where this family resided was called Mairente City!
With this realization, Rocky immediately remembered who the woman before him was, and he exclaimed in astonishment, “Cousin?!”