Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 610 I Have Made Up My Mind

"Here, take a seat.” Lance sat on his chair and gestured for Rocky to sit down.

Rocky obliged. As soon as he was seated, Lance expressed his gratitude. "Thanks to you, Evian City was saved,” he said. "I have made sure that His Majesty is aware of the contribution you have made to the Crimson Dragon Group."

To Lance's surprise, Rocky did not look pleased. He looked shocked, as if he was reminded of something. The emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire reminded him of his early days at the northwest military camp. Back then, he was known as Rocky instead of Basil. However, the military camp merged with the main camp and so Rocky figured his identity might have been known to some, including the emperor. After all, Marcia sent an apprentice to protect him in secret. Perhaps the emperor was also spying on him.

"To express his gratitude, His Majesty had issued an imperial decree. You will be rewarded generously. I made sure that the reward is not anything you can say no to. I intend to restore you to Crimson Dragon General. This time, I will announce it to everyone,” Lance stated.

"There is no need for that. You shouldn't have troubled yourself just to tell me this. If you have nothing else to say, I think I will have to excuse myself." Rocky was not interested in rewards. He got up and proceeded to the exit.

"Please let me finish." Lance was familiar with Rocky's cold attitude. He did not let himself be swayed.

Rocky stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Lance.

"I know you are angry with me and you have every reason to be. I have misjudged you terribly. But I am hoping we can put that behind us. I am willing to compensate you by however much you want,” Lance said fervently. He tried his best to maintain his commanding stance, but it was hard when you were the Commander in Chief trying to beg a commoner's forgiveness. He was not used to being humbled down.

"I am not angry. I expected less from you. I just no longer want to waste my time fighting battles. I no longer want to be part of an army, much less the Crimson Dragon Army." Rocky only had one priority in mind and that was to train his strength. He wanted to compete with Aston and return to Imperial City.

Aston was known for his strength and power. He was a crown prince who had a full force to support him. Rocky intended to take everything from him but to do that, he must be strong. He had to reach the Supernal Stage and be more powerful than any other spirit manipulator.

At that moment, Rocky was only at the third grade of the Heavenly Stage which was seven grades away from the Supernal Stage. That required a lot of time which he did not have. He needed to find new and faster ways to grow.

He had the Sea Blue Magic Jade and ten Dark Heaven Insects. Together, these rare treasures could help him cultivate. Apart from that, there was still that sealed evil power in his body. He could unlock it and release its evil power thereby increasing his strength.

But even with all of those, it would still take a while. He needed more rare treasures.

He had no time to lose. Helping the Crimson Dragon Group would just be wasteful for him at that point.

"I will no longer be involved with the Crimson Dragon Army," said Rocky indifferently.

"It seems that you have made up your mind,” Lance said with a stiff nod. It seemed Rocky no longer cared about the affairs of the Crimson Dragon Army.

After all, he was no longer incentivized to help them anyway.

Rocky nodded. "Yes I have," he confirmed.

"In that case, I won't ask you to stay here any longer.” Lance sighed, disappointment showing through his calm stance.

"Thank you, Commander in Chief." Rocky expected more argument, but he was glad that Lance no longer fought him on it.

"Now, we need to talk about something as father and son," Lance said as Rocky turned to leave. Rocky heard worry in his voice and felt that something was wrong.

"What about?" asked Rocky.

"I want you to marry Isis," Lance said.

Rocky did not know what to say. He never would have guessed that Lance would make such a proposal. He was one of the Three Great Generals of the Holy Dragon Empire. Why would he want his daughter to marry a commoner like Rocky?

"What do you mean?" Rocky looked perplexed.

"As you heard, I want you to marry Isis,” Lance repeated.

"Are you serious?" Rocky could not think of any reason why Lance would force it. Obviously, there was a bigger reason behind it. Something was unknown to Rocky at that moment. Rocky guessed that Lance had known his real identity.

But even then, the request was still ridiculous.

"Why would I joke about this?" Lance said sharply.

"Why are you forcing us to get married? Even if I am willing, I am pretty sure she would never agree to it. She does not like me," Rocky responded calmly and waited for Lance's comeback.