Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master novel Chapter 160

As soon as Marin saw the expression on Rocky's face, she immediately frowned and narrowed her beautiful eyes. She then withdrew her eyes, looked around the crowd, and said solemnly, "Now that all of you are here, let me first talk about why I had to gather all of you here so urgently..."

"Today, as required by the Deputy Commander in Chief, I went to the base camp myself. As a result, I learned that some people from our northeast military camp have signed a petition to report me because of the fact that I have rewarded Rocky, the captain of the sixth squad with a first-class merit," Marin said in a seemingly calm way. But those who were listening all felt dreadful hearing her speaking tone.

"I can't believe someone had the guts to report our commander. Who would be so bold?" As soon as Deputy Commander Chen who was next to Marin heard that, he immediately exclaimed with a look of surprise.

At that precise moment, several captains of the spirit manipulator squads immediately looked at one another with confusion. After a moment, they all looked at Evan spontaneously. As a matter of fact, those who had reported Marin to the Commander in Chief were the five captains from the first to the fifth squad with Evan, the captain of the first squad as the major proponent. They were not satisfied with Marin as she was the one who rewarded Rocky the first-class merit. They all regarded him as the rubbish captain of the rubbish sixth squad, so they wanted to ask the Commander in Chief to uphold justice and take back Rocky's reward.

Of course, it never occurred to them that the Crimson Dragon Group's Commander in Chief and Deputy Commander in Chief were respectively Marin's uncle and cousin. It meant that reporting Marin would simply bring them more trouble. If it wasn't for the Deputy Commander in Chief, her cousin Isis who first saw the report and kept it to herself, the captains would have already been fired by now. The Commander in Chief, Isis's father treated Marin well as if she were his own daughter. Also, he hated those who dared to report their senior leader because of such small problems.

When some of the captains heard that Marin already knew about what they had done, they could not help but change their looks drastically. They all knew very well that if Marin were to investigate how much they contributed to the plan, they would not be able to bear the consequences. Only Evan remained a little calm because he relied on his position in the northeast military camp and the support from his clan. He knew that even if Marin found out he was the one who led the other captains to report her, she would not dare to punish him at all.

Rocky who was standing next to the other captains heard Marin's words. He could not help but pay his attention to Marin who looked quite serious about the situation. In fact, he did not ask for such rewards at all. Even if Marin didn't offer the reward to him, he would not have given it any thoughts at all. So Marin was undoubtedly getting herself into trouble.

"I know that some of you must have taken part in signing the petition. But don't worry. This time I'm not going to investigate anyone's responsibility, but I am simply warning all of you that such kind of thing should never happen again. If you have any opinions about my decision, just talk to me and never report to my senior leader without my knowledge. What's more, I can tell you very clearly that even if you report me, it won't help at all. The only consequences of such behavior will be an embarrassment to yourself and a series of unnecessary troubles. So, when a similar thing happens next time, don't say that I didn't warn you in advance…" Marin snarled coldly and sternly. Meanwhile, she glanced at the crowd sharply until her eyes finally fell on Evan and the other captains because she had a strong feeling that it must have been them who tried to report her. She didn't want to make a fuss about the small matter and possibly affect the morale of the entire northeast military. Thus, as she had told them, she didn't want to investigate the matter any further. But if they dared to do it again, she wouldn't hesitate to put her foot down.

Apart from Evan, the other captains were terrified and couldn't help but tremble after being stared by Marin so coldly. They exchanged looks with one another and found all of them lowering their heads. None of them even dared to take a deep breath.

"Well, this matter is behind us now. I don't want any of you to mention any of it in the future," Marin said as she found her warning to have worked very well. After a pause, she added in a more serious tone, "When I came back from the base camp, I happened to have received a message that the Timber Deity Empire has been showing up frequently at the front line of our northeast military camp in the last few days. They seem to be plotting against us. So, I hope you can keep your high spirits and manage your own soldiers. Always keep your eyes open. Starting today, we'll increase the range and density of our patrols. The spies from the Timber Deity Empire are very likely to be hiding somewhere within the jurisdiction area of our northeast military camp and are simply waiting for further actions. Attention, everyone! We have to stay on guard and never allow them to do anything harmful to our empire."

"Yes, Commander!" the crowd replied in unison.

"Well, that's all for today. You may all leave now. Rocky, stay for a while. I need to have a word with you," Marin said and waved. At the same time, she threw a glance directly at Rocky.