"Keep this secret between us. You can't tell him, or else, he'll get annoyed. I know this sounds ridiculous, but he and I are not a real couple. What everyone thought of us was a sham. Our relationship was only a deal," Isis pleaded Sabina. She grabbed her hands and asked for understanding, making it hard for Sabina to refuse her request.
"I promise you that I won't tell a single soul. But you have to think it over. It's your own life that's at stake here," Sabina replied with a heavy sigh. Now that things had gone this far, she was in no position to judge Isis or Rocky in what they had done. After hesitating for a while, she took a fancy bottle from one of her pockets and handed it over to Isis. "The powder inside this bottle can wipe away a part of his memory. With only a small amount of it, people could forget what they have done during the past two hours. Should you decide to do this and at the same time not cause him any trouble, it is best that you let him take just a tiny dose. In this way, he'll never know what he's experienced. But you still have to promise me that you will keep this secret until you die. Rocky must never know about it. And I am the only person who can tell him."
On the other side, Isis was confused as she did not expect that Sabina would even help her with this. But as much as Sabina was so eager to help her, Isis could not help but feel upset about her suggestions.
"I won't let him know. I swear," Isis replied with certainty as she took the bottle in her own hands.
Sabina gave her a cold glance and then vanished in an instant.
Meanwhile, Alston was frustrated with the enemy as days went by. Being at the front line against the Timber Deity Empire, he became furious when he heard the news that Rocky had won Mont City back from the Holy Sea Empire. Words could not explain how dejected and disappointed he was that Rocky could make winning seem easy. Alston had tried his very best to destroy any possibility that would make Rocky return to the eyes of the people. But no matter how hard he tried, his efforts were still in vain. Rocky had made such a huge achievement, but things were not good for Alston. He was nothing but a pathetic and ambitious leader who could not even settle things in the Crimson Dragon Army.
"Your Royal Highness, I just got the news. General Lance has announced the removal of positions of both Rocky and his daughter. The couple will be heading to the Imperial City soon." One of Alston's henchmen came in and reported.
"What did you say?" Alston's face froze for a moment as he was in disbelief. 'This is the last thing I want to happen! If Rocky and Isis are planning to go to the Imperial City and see the emperor, then the emperor would probably recognize that Rocky is no other than Prince Basil!' Alston thought. With Rocky's popularity in the Crimson Dragon Group plus the great contribution he had just made, the emperor would most certainly forgive him for what he had done. Moreover, it was possible that the emperor would confirm the prince's identity.
Through investigation, Alston had found out the identity of the master of the Supernal Stage who was protecting Rocky—it was no other than Sabina. She was Marcia's apprentice, the second daughter of the Ji Clan. What was more was that she was his fiancee's younger sister. Now that he knew about this matter, he had started to doubt if Marcia really knew about Rocky's real identity. If so, then he needed to be more careful with his actions. If the emperor found out what he had done to frame Rocky, then he would deal with such a big problem.
"No, what I need to do is to stop him from going back. He'd better disappear from this world forever!" Alston said to himself. In the meantime, Alston was well aware that it was not so easy to eliminate Rocky with Sabina around protecting him. With this in mind, he needed to come up with a new plan on how he could stop Rocky from returning to the Imperial City.
"Your Royal Highness, I heard that the people of the Timber Deity Empire appreciate him very much. In fact, they have always offered him a high position and treated him with respect. How about we do something to force him to turn into a traitor? It doesn't have to be true. As long as the emperor believes that he's a deserter, it will be enough. By then, the Holy Dragon Empire will have no such prince. Therefore, we will have nothing to fear." The black-robed spirit manipulator gave the idea.
"A traitor? That's quite interesting! Hmmm... Tell me more about your plan." Alston's eyes lit up and continued, "That's a fabulous idea. As long as we can force him to betray, then he will never be allowed to go back to the Holy Dragon Empire for the rest of his life. But how can we do this as clean as possible? I mean, we need to take advantage of his weakness to threaten him, and it must be powerful enough to nail him down and soil his reputation. Isis was his wife. However, she's not someone we can take advantage of. She's Lance's only daughter, and if something happens to her, Lance will definitely fly anywhere just to save her.
Go and find out what makes Rocky weak. Exhaust every means!" Alston ordered.
"Yes, sir!" the spirit manipulator nodded and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
"I will make you regret opposing me..." The corner of Alston's mouth curved a little bit upward as he made a mischievous smile.
Meanwhile, two days had passed when...
Rocky went to Lance's camp to discuss the necessary of going back to the Imperial City. However, after he sat down with Lance, they were interrupted by an urgent message from the main camp.
Without any time to spare, Lance opened the letter hurriedly. His eyebrows began to meet as he got confused at what he had just read in the letter.
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