Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master novel Chapter 696

The priority at that moment was to hang on to Yu City, so they could impede the attacking plan of Holy Sea Empire. As long as their attacking process was interrupted, Rocky would be able to take control of the situation.

Not to waste any time, Rocky immediately called together all the soldiers in Heaven Unicorn City to get ready, and they were marching to Yu City over the night. Since it was supposed to take them less than one day to get there, they should be able to arrive earlier than the troops of Holy Sea Empire, and with this time difference, they would get sufficient time to prepare to fight. And they must have a miraculous trick to defeat the enemy. Otherwise, all their previous efforts would come in vain.

As the night was getting dark, Rocky left Heaven Unicorn City with the eight thousand soldiers. With great haste, they immediately headed to Yu City. In the meantime, Rocky also sent spies to monitor the movements of Holy Sea Empire's troops. The spies were preventing that their enemy feinted and pretended to go east while in reality, they were attacking west.

Rocky and his soldiers arrived at Yu City as planned. While on the other side, the news that Mont City had been occupied by Holy Sea Empire alarmed everyone in Palace City.

The position of Mont City was important, and taking it, Holy Sea Empire could attack surrounding small cities with little efforts, which would consolidate their advantages. On the other hand, Crimson Dragon Army was concentrating on fighting with Timber Deity Empire and was unable to spare any time to get Mont City back. The emperor might be able to call forces from other legions, but it would take them at least a couple of days to get there. At that time, the small cities around might have been controlled by Holy Sea Empire already. In that case, it would be hard and would take time to take them back.

The emperor hurriedly called the Priest Dean and several other chief officers, which included Marcia. All of them together had an emergency meeting to decide their next plan.

"Your Majesty, the loss of Mont City puts our country in a dangerous position. We need to do something to get out of such an unfavorable situation as soon as possible. In my opinion, we need to make another negotiation with Holy Sea Empire. This is probably the best choice for us now," the foreign minister suggested as he bowed to the emperor.

"Foreign minister, I'm afraid that I can't agree with you. Don't you see that Holy Sea Empire has clearly shown that they won't negotiate. The eldest prince has presented himself in the front-lines, but they didn't give a damn about it. I suggest it's better to gather our men from Gehenna Border and take Mont City back. The only way to keep our country and people safe is true military strength. Negotiation won't do this time. Trust me!" The military officer had a completely different opinion.

Soon, the officers were divided into two parties. One supported to solve the problem with diplomatic measures while the others advocated force. As the two parties tried to win the emperor's agreement to their suggestion, they arguments escalated furiously.

"It's said that the eldest prince had sent the newly appointed Commander in Chief of Crimson Dragon Army to Mont City. The prince hoped that the new Commander in Chief might be able to control the situation, but it seemed that he has let the prince down. The city fell so soon. I believe this new Commander in Chief is not that competent as we expected," Priest Dean suddenly cut in as he bowed at the emperor as he coughed. The Priest Dean had already learned from a secret message sent by the eldest prince that Rocky was Basil. Without any hesitation, he would do his best to discredit Rocky as bad as possible.

"Is that so? But General Lance spoke highly of him in every letter he sent me. According to him, Rocky has made a lot of contributions for Crimson Dragon Group. Otherwise, General Lance won't even make him the Commander in Chief," the emperor said as he was a little confused to what he just heard.

"Perhaps it's because he is too young yet was able to achieve so many accomplishments. Thus the general has a positive opinion about him. You may not know this, Your Majesty. This new Commander in Chief is actually the son-in-law of General Lance. I believe that he will always be in a positive light in the eyes of the general," Priest Dean said meaningfully.

After such a remark, all the ministers present immediately began to whisper with each other. The discussions was about what Rocky should look like and what he could do exactly.

"Priest Dean, are you sure that your news are correct and true? Please verify it!" Marcia suddenly cut in and cast a sharp glance towards Priest Dean. The recent bad news about Rocky made her break her silence.

As he received such cold stare, Priest Dean felt a shudder ran down from his spine.