Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master novel Chapter 744

Bryant was influential in the Holy Dragon Empire, and he was a top master at the Immortal Stage. Even the royal family, including the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire, had great respect for him. Thus, it was evident that Bryant's appearance was the last thing anyone could have expected.

He was one of the Three Great Generals of the Holy Dragon Empire and the leader of the Ximen Clan. It could even be said that Bryant was qualified to be on an equal footing with the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire. His appearance was quite a shock, as more than one year ago, he went to the border along with the Sky Army to guard there, and he hadn't been back for over a year. Besides, after Basil spiraled suddenly into madness and cultivated in seclusion to heal himself, his engagement with Shirley from the Ximen Clan was broken off. As a result, the relationship between the Ximen Clan and the royal family became very tense. Normally, Bryant had no reason to attend Basil's funeral.

However, to everyone's surprise, Bryant had come back from a faraway place just to attend Basil's funeral.

Bryant and Shirley walked towards the emperor amid the whispered buzzing of the people around them. When they reached him, they bowed deeply in greeting.

"Why did you come back?" the emperor asked. A year ago, he made an excuse to send Bryant's Sky Army to a very remote border, so that he could prevent him from investigating the marriage. And now, he was somewhat embarrassed to see Bryant, because now that Basil had died, the truth about that matter would finally be revealed.

"I heard that Prince Basil died for our empire, and all people in the empire are mourning for him. He and Shirley were engaged before, and although he has broken off the engagement, it is only right that we should come and attend his funeral," Bryant responded calmly.

Meanwhile, behind him, Shirley barely stopped herself from rolling her eyes. In the past, Basil suddenly pretended to be ill and disappeared. As a result, their engagement was broken off, and she became the laughingstock in people's eyes. Now, even though Basil had become a hero in the Holy Dragon Empire, she was still holding a grudge against him because of what he had done to her in the past. Ever since that happened, she had often dreamed of getting back at him, but she didn't expect him to die so early. Now that he was dead, she couldn't enact her revenge anymore, and that was the only thing that saddened her.

It irked her that Bryant came back to attend Basil's funeral, despite the tension between their families.

Unmindful of Shirley's vendetta, Bryant burned the incense for Basil, while the eyes of the people present were fixed on him.

"Shirley..." When he was done, he looked pointedly at Shirley. It was the most subtle thing that he could do, or else the people present would notice Shirley's attitude.

Of course, the last thing Shirley wanted was to mourn Basil. But in the current situation, she had no choice but to burn and offer the incense. As she did so, she cursed at him in her mind and thought, 'Huh! You are lucky you died so early. Otherwise, I would've killed you myself!'

The grand funeral held for Basil was without any precedent. The people were awed and shocked by the presence of all the influential people. The most powerful beast tamer of the Wild Spirit Land who had lived in seclusion and the chiefs of the two powerful spirit manipulator clans in the Holy Dragon Empire had come to attend the funeral in person. There were also great generals of the Holy Dragon Empire, like Marcia and Lance, who were also the leaders of the Holy Dragon Empire's four army groups. It also inspired envy when several beautiful women in the Holy Dragon Empire, including Marcia, kept vigil for Basil throughout his funeral.

Truly, Basil's funeral was as grand as that of the late emperors of the Holy Dragon Empire. And although Basil was just a prince, he enjoyed such preferential treatment and received such a grand funeral, which had never happened to any other prince before!

The emperor also personally engraved Basil's name on the stone tablet of the Holy Dragon Imperial Tomb. On this tablet, except for Basil's name, the rest of the names belonged to the emperors of the Holy Dragon Empire from previous generations. And the fact that Basil's name was one of them, was enough to elevate him in the eyes of the future generations.

Since the mourning hall had to be set up for seven days and seven nights, except for the five women who stayed for the funeral wake, the royal family members including the emperor, the military officials, and all the other people left the imperial tomb.

"Sabina," a voice called from behind her. When Sabina turned around, she found Elvis and Allen coming over.

Sabina stared at them with narrowed eyes but didn't say a word.

"Allen caught me up about all the past years. I know it's been hard for you. Please, come back with me. I was too stubborn back then, but it's the past. I just want to make it up to you," Elvis said. His words were laced with guilt, but a ray of hope insistently shone beneath.