Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master novel Chapter 427

"Rocky, where are we headed?" Only after the army left the main camp did Marin reminisce about the most essential thing. She kicked her horse and trotted briskly towards Rocky, who was now leaning languidly back against Rubygon with his legs crossed.

"Commander Marin, I am an Elite Commander now. You should address me as Commander Rocky. Is that okay?" Rocky straightened up and peered at Marin playfully.

"I will address you whatever I choose. You got an issue with it?" Her lips contorted in wilful grin. She would, under no circumstance, call him Commander Rocky.

"Fine, whatever." Rocky shrugged and answered her query, "We are headed to the Hippo Land."

"Hippo Land? What are you contemplating, Rocky? We have three choices here and you singled out the most complex one? Do you perceive we've already lost one Elite Commander and two Frontline Commanders in the battles of recapturing it?" Marin looked sullen. It offered her the impression that Rocky wasn't taking this seriously.

Sabina rode beside them and discovered it all. She was no less caught on the hop about Rocky's decision.

"Hippo Land is the nearest place. I see no reason why we shouldn't single it out. I've made my decision and that's final." With that, Rocky leaned back again even more sluggishly.

Marin's face hardened, wishing that she could just beat the living daylights out of him. No matter what her thought was, she had to obey Rocky's orders. So she could only command the army to march towards the Hippo Land.

Hippo Land took its name from its shape, which was like a hippo drinking beside the Arno River. Its undulating terrain was full of precipices and steep slopes. And its dense jungles would only bring more desperate straits to the marching. Therefore whoever held this place was given a strong trump card.

Hippo Land was of the essence because it was located in the middle part of the river and connected the east and the west of the Arno River. It also had a dock there, which was convenient for the transport. The Crimson Dragon Army had used it to ship its supplies and soldiers before. So the Hippo Land was kind of the dispatching center of the seven key strategic strongholds.

The Timber Deity Empire became aware of the relevance of the Hippo Land at once. They sacrificed 3000 soldiers to occupy it. Then the Crimson Dragon Army's water transport was cut off. It was like cutting off the Crimson Dragon Army's nerve system from its body. In an instance, several key strategic strongholds were out of commission.

After the Crimson Dragon Army lost the Hippo Land, they had tried three times to besiege it, but all their efforts turned hollow and failed at great cost.

Oddly enough, the Timber Deity Empire had only nearly 7000 men garrisoned in the Hippo Land. But three times, the 7000 men had thrown back over 10000 men of the Crimson Dragon Army. It almost seemed impossible to secure it. And no matter how hard the Crimson Dragon Army tried, the Timber Deity Empire hadn't sent a single man to support it during the entire time, as if they had the victories sewn up.

Two days later, Rocky and the army set their foot at a small slope one mile away from the Hippo Land, from which they could easily have a view of the whole Hippo Land, the camp of the Timber Deity Empire's army, the hazy air with the smoke of cook fires and the figures wending their way among the tents.

"We will camp here!" Rocky turned to Marin and gave his command.

"Here? The enemy will instantly know we are here. And they can keep track of our every movement." Marin face altered as she heard Rocky's absurd command that they were going to camp at such a prominent position.

"Do you have the slightest notion about commanding an army?" Sabina asked coldly. Rocky revealed a lack of common sense that beggared belief.