Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master novel Chapter 124

The announcement of this news brought about all kinds of speculation and suspicion, especially among the royals.

The incident of Rocky wreaking havoc at the Witch Palace had been kept a secret from dissemination under the order of the emperor. Anyone who disobeyed him would have his or her entire family executed. So, the commoners would never find out anything in spite of speculation.

However, Ximen Clan could not stay calm anymore. The wedding was just around the corner when the royals suddenly announced its postponement. They were worried about what the commoners would make of this.

Xiamen Clan soon had everyone's attention in the country and became a hot topic for gossip.

Even Bryant could not figure out the emperor's true intentions behind this. However, he did know that the wedding being postponed was not beneficial for his clan. Instead, it put his clan under scrutiny.

Keeping everything in mind, he decided to march to the Palace City himself to gain a better understanding of the situation. Excusing himself with health issues, the emperor sent Bryant home without seeing him.

At the dawn of the following day, the emperor dispatched the Azure Dragon Group to the most important stronghold at the Holy Dragon Empire. This also included the Sky Army which was incidentally led by Bryant.

The moment he received this order, he instantly knew something was wrong. Otherwise, the emperor would not have transferred him away from the Imperial City. Irrespective of his personal ideas and opinions, an order was an order that must be obeyed.

Shirley never really wanted to marry Rocky and felt an enormous relief when she heard that the wedding had been postponed indefinitely. She knew in her heart that she would never forgive him for forcing himself on her. Later when she learnt that Rocky was fatally wounded during the practice of martial arts, Shirley felt avenged. It gave her that pleasure and satisfaction she was seeking. She honestly believed that Rocky got what he deserved for his ungentlemanly and disrespectful behavior. With the wedding out of the picture, she volunteered to tag along with his grandfather when she knew about his transfer. She wanted to spend more time with him and gather some life experience on the way.

With Bryant gone for his new post, the emperor cleverly relieved himself from worrying about Ximen Clan finding the truth. Also, by the time all of this got settled, Rocky would be long forgotten.

At the same time, it had been around five days since Rocky's arrival at the military camp guarding the Gehenna Border. Besides being on multiple patrols for the past two days and wandering in the vicinity of the military camp, it had been pretty mellow.

Rocky spent most of his time practicing martial arts in the house. Thor and Joss came to visit him from time to time but Rocky wouldn't indulge. That didn't stop them from harassing him. They kept coming back regularly. Rocky, unaffected by their mockery, was getting used to this treatment.

Today, during the assembly, the sixth squad received a reconnaissance mission as a response to the rumors about the presence of a ferocious spirit-manipulated beast in the jurisdiction of the northeast military camp that had allegedly attacked the merchant men and innocent civilians in the surrounding villages. So, the sixth squad along with two others were ordered to investigate the site for this killer beast and fight it off.

One of them was the fifth squad, whose leader was a first grade spirit manipulator of the Earthly Stage. The other one was the third squad. Although there was no spirit manipulator of the Earthly Stage in this team, their strengths were still impregnable with an average level above the six grade of the Mortal Stage. Generally speaking, the sixth squad was no match for these two.

After getting their gears ready, Matthew prepped his men and led them out the military camp along with the other two squads for the area of operation. Besides Rocky, every other spirit manipulator brought their own spirit-manipulated beasts, which were crucial to the mission.

"Now, that is what I am talking about!"

"You said it! Finally, a chance for us to use our strength."

"But I heard that the beast was kind of ferocious."