The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 688

Smart envisioned a different future, perhaps not even wanting to leave Purple Gold Hill. He imagined staying here, spending a lifetime of ease and joy with the two beautiful women.

"Smarty, you better not try any tricks! If you even think about taking out a knife to cut the rescue rope while I'm descending, and if I don’t die from the fall, I will make sure you truly understand what despair means," Danny warned before addressing Belle.

"Belle, keep an eye on him up here. If he dares to mess around, knock him down!"

"Don't worry, country boy. I'll watch him. I promise Smarty will be on his best behavior. If he dares to try anything, I'll kick him down the waterfall myself!"

Of course, Belle would watch Smart; being the astute woman that she was, she knew that Danny was the man she could trust. When it came to Smart, trust was out of the question.

"Belle, look after Smarty for me, okay?"

With his final instruction, Danny embraced the rescue rope and began to slide down, step by step. Smart kept his eyes glued to Danny, waiting until he was almost halfway down to suddenly pull out a knife from his pocket. Swoosh!

Belle spotted Smart's treacherous move and sprang into action to stop him. "Smart, what are you trying to do?"

"Out of my way, Belle! Stand over there or I won't be so nice to you!"

"Boom!"

Thunder roared, sending a shockwave that jolted Smart so violently that he fell back onto a puddle on the ground. At that very moment, a bolt of lightning struck right into the puddle where he sat.

His backside caught fire from the strike, eliciting screams of agony as he rolled on the ground, trying to smother the flames.

"Beauty, did you hear that thunder? Could it be that Zeus just struck Smart with lightning because he was up to no good?" Danny called out from below.