Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master novel Chapter 876

Alyssa had had a rough time during the period when Rocky had been assumed dead. Even rougher than the immense dangers she had faced in the spiritual race land. She had turned into a completely different person in that period, and all was just for a man.

The same man who was suddenly right in front of her after all she had had to endure. There had been no warnings, nothing to help prepare her for this moment, making it very hard for her to accept.

Her initial instinct should have been to lash out at him in anger. Essentially, he had fooled her for all this time, playing dead and tormenting her in the process. However, seeing him in front of her, hale and hearty, none of her anger would stir to life. Instead, an overwhelming sense of pleasant surprise overcame her.

All of a sudden, she wasn't sure how to face Rocky. As happy as she was to see him, a part of her was still seething at the fact that he had faked his own death. The sane part of her mind knew she couldn't just kill Rocky or do anything to punish him. After all, he held the only clue to help remove the curse on her.

The other part, well, it couldn't help but be elated to be able to see Rocky again. She blinked her lashes rapidly over her eyes, trying to obscure the complex feelings hiding behind them but failed.

"Have you looked your fill? It has only been a little over a month since we last saw one another. Did you really miss me that much?" Rocky teased Alyssa who was now staring at him blankly. Seeing Alyssa so lost in thought appealed to him. It reminded him of a girl in her youth, longing for her lover. Once she was back to her senses, she slid back to her now-familiar arrogance.

She snorted derisively, staring pointedly at him, "What did you just say? Watch what you say, or you'll regret it."

"If you didn't miss me, why did you bring me out in front of this crowd then? Aren't you afraid of being misunderstood?" Rocky asked with a smile. Gossip would spread like wildfire in their wake as they waded their way through many of the Timber Deity Empire's people. Alyssa was too smart to have done that without being aware of what that would have looked like, which meant there must have been a reason she had done it, one that Rocky was dying to know.

Alyssa's behavior so far led Rocky to believe that she didn't intend to kill him. He couldn't see any trace of homicidal intent in her eyes. If Alyssa really wanted to kill him, she would have already done it. Instead, it looked to him like she had something to say, which he found odd.

Now that he was certain that Alyssa wasn't going to kill him, Rocky breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that killing him wouldn't be that difficult if she put her mind to it.

"Rocky, you're not dead? How are you back here now?" Alyssa asked after some time of silence.

"Maybe I wasn't fated to die so soon," Rocky responded, raising his eyebrows.

"I don't believe that." Alyssa wasn't buying such a bullshit explanation. She took advantage of Rocky's distraction and reached out a hand full of spiritual power. She pressed her fingers to his throat and coldly asked, "What is your game? Why did you play dead and deceive everyone?"