The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 674

Smart sat at the dinner table radiating accomplishment, reveling not so much in the taste of the food as in showing off. He wanted to flaunt his luxurious cuisine to the beauties and Daniel, who had settled for a simple grilled fish.

"Retard, you've been holding that slice of foie gras for ages; why aren't you eating it? You better get going before the flood comes. All that effort cooking, and you might not even get a taste!" Daniel teased.

"A flood? Where's the sound of rushing water, then? I haven't heard a thing," Smart challenged while preparing to eat the delicately held slice.

Just at that moment, the unmistakable roar of water came crashing from upstream.

Smart's smug expression melted into panic. "What the hell? A flood now? Easton, you useless fool, didn't you say there would be no flood?"

In the ensuing chaos, Smart and his crew scrambled in all directions. But the raging torrent was too swift and unexpected, and they were washed away in the deluge. Smart, quicker than the others and luckily near a large tree, managed to cling on and scramble up to safety.

The flash flood retreated as quickly as it had attacked, sweeping away Smart's equipment and leaving him stranded on a tree branch. From his vine bed inside the cave, Daniel watched in amusement.