Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master novel Chapter 398

Isis and Marin were dumbfounded by what Rocky said. Fixating their eyes on him, the cousins asked for confirmation in one voice, "The two of us?"

"Yeah, the two of you." Rocky nodded.

"Deputy Commander in Chief and Commander Marin, it is a known fact that both of you come from noble families. Also, everybody knows that you're good at fighting in a battle with weapons and tactics. But, I assume you also know something about art. For example, you know how to play musical instruments, play Chinese chess, sing and even maybe dance. Am I right?" Rocky asked Isis and Marin while looking at them in turns with his squinting eyes.

"Oh my God, Rocky! Are you looking down upon my cousin? She is a pro at all of these things that you mentioned, so how dare you question it? She is a master in dancing, in particular. In the whole Holy Dragon Empire, nobody can outstrip her in dancing the Rainbow Skirt Under The Moon. She even danced for His Majesty of the Holy Dragon Empire once, and he praised her..." Marin blurted out.

"Cousin Marin!" Isis shouted as she was annoyed by Marin's speech. She had known Rocky for enough time to know that he never asked a casual question. That was why she had a bad feeling that maybe he would make her do something against her will.

"Oh, is that true?! That's great! So I think you also know how to play musical instruments, such as heptachord, don't you?" Rocky went on asking Marin after he seemed pleased with what he had just known about Isis' diverse skills.

"I know a little about playing the heptachord. Cousin Isis taught me previously," Marin answered in a modest tone. In fact, she was quite good at playing the heptachord.

"All right, then! Good news! You're qualified to act in the play!" Rocky said confidently.

"Rocky, do you want to make fun of us? Is this your plan? I mean, is there any other reason for you to insist on making the two of us act in your play? Why don't you act by yourself?" Isis asked suspiciously. She believed that he must be kidding with them on purpose.

"I have two reasons. The first is that I'm not a female, and the second is that I don't know how to play any musical instrument or even dance. The play must cast two females who are good at dancing and playing musical instruments," Rocky explained calmly and patiently.

"Rocky, what the hell do you mean?" Rocky tried to explain to them, but the more he spoke, the more confused Isis and Marin felt. They had no idea what kind of play Rocky was asking them to act in.

"We're going to apply the empty fort strategy in order to convince the Timber Deity Empire that our reinforcement troops have already arrived. If the strategy works, the troops of the Timber Deity Empire would surely retreat," Rocky answered seriously.

"Empty fort strategy? What is that exactly?" Both Isis and Marin seemed to be even more confused. Certainly, they had never heard of such kind of strategy, because the empty fort strategy only existed in the world where Rocky came from. It was one of well-known brilliant schemes that had passed down from the ancient times. In his world, almost everybody knew about the strategy.

"I will fill you in on the details later. First of all, Deputy Commander in Chief, please dispatch the troops right now urgently. We have to make everything ready before the enemy discovers there is actually no reinforcement troops inside the pass," Rocky urged.

Isis seemed hesitant and doubtful before she took Silver Wind to the valley.

"Commander Marin, please take five hundred troops to cook inside the pass as soon as possible, and make sure that all the pots are used. Also, have some people hunt some wild animals." Rocky said to Marin as soon as Isis left.

Marin snorted at him, but she immediately carried out the order.

"By the way, where is Rubygon?" Rocky mumbled. Soon, he found that Rubygon was listlessly lying on the ground in a straw shed not far away with visible wounds all over its body.

Rocky ran to Rubygon together with Uriah. He checked on its wounds and found that there was nothing severe. Rocky gave it two drops of the magical saliva, and then ordered Uriah to help heal Rubygon's wounds.

About an hour later, Rubygon partly recovered, and it started bouncing again.