Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master novel Chapter 125

The sixth squad had been following the fifth squad for a few moments. It didn't take the latter a lot of time to realize that they were being followed. All of a sudden, all the members of the fifth squad increased their marching speed drastically to get rid of whoever was following them. The strength of the spirit manipulators in the fifth squad was not bad. As soon as they traveled at their full speed, they were able to get rid of the sixth squad, whose strength ranked at the bottom of all the squads. The sixth squad felt as if in the blink of an eye, the fifth squad had disappeared into the dense forest. They had missed their target and were now at a loss.

"Damn it! The fifth squad is so shrewd. They must be thinking of finishing the task single-handedly so that they could get the merit alone. They are not chivalrous at all!" Zander swore angrily. He was ignoring the fact that to fish in troubled water and get the merits, he was deliberately following the fifth squad. 'How could he swear against others like that? He was also among those kind of people!' his subordinates thought stealthily.

"Captain, what should we do now?" a spirit manipulator of the sixth squad asked blankly as he looked around at the large and dense forest. He was totally confused like the others, about what they should do next. So he had to ask his captain. After all, they needed a leader to lead them and plan out their next move.

"You are asking me what we should do now, are you? Of course, we will continue the search on our own. Actually, I wanted to give the fifth squad an opportunity to pave the way in front of us. Who knew that these guys are so ignorant that they would waive away such a good opportunity! Hmm! Let's wait and see. We, the members of the sixth squad, must be the first one to finish the task and find the spirit-manipulated beast. Then, they will regret profoundly for not catching the opportunity," Zander said in an irritated tone. The fact was that he was just bragging. Though he was weak and mindless, he had to pretend to be strong and smart in front of his subordinates. Throwing a cold glance in the direction where the fifth squad had disappeared, he took his spirit-manipulated beast and began to walk in a random direction aimlessly.

Rocky, who was at the end of his squad, saw his captain behave like that and frowned slightly. He had realized that Zander had a terrible sense of direction and that he was not smart enough to lead the squad to finish the task at all. Moreover, he was not quite familiar with the paths in the dense Maze Forest, where they all stood now. If he continued to lead the way like that, Rocky was afraid that the entire squad would be completely lost. But he didn't stop him, or did he say anything to the others. With his current power, which he was hiding deliberately, he was confident that he could protect himself from any harm if he was in danger. No matter how special or difficult the circumstances would be, he could deal with any emergency. Thus, he just kept silent and wanted to see what would happen next.

Despite his confidence, he was still very cautious and left an obscure mark on a big tree beside him by touching its trunk casually when everyone was not paying attention to him. If Zander lost the direction later, the mark might be helpful. Quietly, under the leadership of Zander, whom Rocky believed to be a mediocre and incompetent captain, he continued to march forward.

The random direction that Zander picked was towards the center of the Maze Forest. As they kept walking deeper into the forest, they saw that all the trees were towering and lush. They thickly covered the space above their heads. As a result, the light in the forest was growing dimmer and they could only see the sky in between the spaces which the foliage made. They felt that within the forest it was getting darker than the outside world. The deeper they walked into the Maze Forest, the dimmer the light became. They ended up with poor visibility. After a little while, they could only see the things within three meters distance. They had to walk more slowly and carefully. The weeds around them were about as half tall as an adult, and the vegetation was also flourishing. They felt as if they were now exploring deeper into a mysterious virgin forest.