Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 133 Rocky Becomes A Squad Leader

"I can't believe it. It's you! Why you didn't die?" Zander was dumbfounded when he saw the personin front of him. He was terrified out of his senses.

Zander thought that it was impossible he could have survived, yet the person standing in front ofhim was none other than Rocky.

"Why can't I live?" Rocky replied with a sneer. Rocky was not only able to save the lives of Zanderand the others, he was also able to save his own life. Using the clothes they had taken off, Rockyhad successfully diverted the attention of the spirit-manipulated beast from him. Then, he managedget himself to safety. While Zander and the others had to run for their lives all night long, Rockytook his time and even managed to sleep for a while.

Rocky easily recognized Marin. It was the beautiful lady who had bathed in the beast stable thatday. He remembered how he was sexually aroused upon seeing her figure. When he saw her now,she was beautifully-dressed and was being escorted by the big crowds surrounding her. “Zandercalled her commander before. If Zander was not mistaken, she must be the Commander in thenortheast military camp. I didn't expect her to look so young and beautiful. It seems that she is inthe possession of the war dragon. It was very clear that she is above the Heavenly Stage. Luckily forme, I didn't perform sexual acts on her that day. Otherwise, if this stunning beauty had beaten meup, my tortured flesh must have been torn to shreds.’ Rocky thought to himself.

At the same time, Marin also recognized Rocky. “It was him who peeped at me when I was at thebeast stall! Marin thought, her face flushing in an unusual way. Marin looked into Rocky's eyes andsaw him staring at her lustfully. Marin subconsciously adjusted her clothes and her hair.

"Rocky, you're still alive. That's great. Zander has invented a tale about you. He told us that you weredisobedient with the orders. It was obviously a total fabrication. It was you who saved our lives! Canyou imagine how absurd he is? This thick-skinned Zander is even hoping to receive a reward. Andthe others, they are drunken brutes.” Thor and Joss told Rocky. They were delighted to see thatRocky had come back alive and kicking.

"Forget it! Don't say any more about it. I am glad you two are fine. I don't care about the others,”Rocky replied. He took Zander's words and deeds lightly.

Rocky did not realize that his reply had caused a stir. Others all knew that Zander was afraid ofdeath. How could he have kept his composure in the face of danger and managed to avoid thespirit-manipulated beast, and at the same time, lead the sixth squad to flee to safety?

Marin also seemed a bit suspicious about Zander. She glanced at Rocky. Then, she looked at Zandersharply, as if shooting daggers at him. Zander looked guilty at that moment. Marin walked up to aspirit manipulator and asked in a hushed tone, "Who is telling the truth? You should all know that ifanyone of you wants to receive a reward, don't hesitate to ask for it. But if anyone of you dares tolie to me and cheat me, I will never spare you from punishment!"

The spirit manipulators of the sixth squad were terrified to their bones when they heard Maria'sstatement. They all were shaking with terror as they pleaded with Marin in a trembling voice,"Commander, please have mercy and spare our lives. We simply have no choice at that time. In fact,it was Rocky who had saved our lives. He told us to hide in the mire, and he risked his life to lure thespirit-manipulated beast away. Thanks to Rocky, we managed to escape death.”

After hearing the spirit manipulators’ explanation, Zander was as white as a sheet. He tried to justifyhimself, "Commander, I am being framed. Please don't believe a word of it."

"Take Zander out and give him fifty strokes with the bamboo, fine him three months’ wages, dismisshim from the post of the squad leader of the sixth squad and transfer him to the logistics office towork as a manual scavenger!" Marin ordered. There was no question about the rights and wrongs ofthe case.

"Commander, please have mercy and spare my life. I am wrong, it was my fault entirely.” Zander fellon his knees and cried for mercy. Despite his continuous begging, several warriors held him andtook him outside. Moments later, piercing screams were heard from outside.

At that moment, Rocky became the center of attention. All the spirit manipulators couldn't believethat Rocky, a good-for-nothing spirit manipulator who was just at the level of the third grade of theMortal Stage, had unexpectedly kept his composure in danger and led the sixth squad to walk outof the Maze Forest. Was it a complete shot in the dark?

Even Marin looked at Rocky differently. Because there were so many witnesses and practicing fraudwas impossible. Besides, the third squad and the fifth squad suffered heavy casualties, whichcontrasts sharply with the sixth squad which Rocky had led. If Rocky had no real ability, he couldn'thave led the sixth squad to walk out of the Maze Forest.

Marin had a high opinion of Rocky's work abilities. She thought that although Rocky's combatcapacity did not meet expectations, he could still keep his composure in danger and do things in anorganized way. Of course, he was a Peeping Tom.

"In view of your performance, I appoint you acting leader of the sixth squad. The third squad andthe fifth squad have underperformed. Fine them one months’ wages and give the squad leaders ofthe third squad and the fifth squad a grave demerit respectively. If they dare underperform again, Iwill dismiss them from their post!" Marin announced, surprising everyone. At first they sharedconfused glances. Afterwards, they felt irritated.

The northeast military camp had never seen a spirit manipulator, just at the level of the fourth gradeof the Mortal Stage, be promoted to squad leader. Such a thing has never been heard of before.The spirit manipulators of the third squad and the fifth squad all looked at Rocky resentfully. “Onwhat grounds can this good-for-nothing Rocky break a rule and be promoted to squad leader? Bysheer luck, Rocky had lured the spirit-manipulated beast away and saved their lives. Meanwhile, ourcommander will fine us one months’ wages and give our leader a grave demerit respectively, *

The spirit manipulators thought to themselves. Obviously, they could not swallow their anger. It wasjust so unfair!

"Do you have an issue with me?" Marin snapped at them. She saw the uneasy and indignant looksof the spirit-manipulators. She stared at them sharply as if daring them to question her.

"We don't have an issue with you. You have distributed rewards and penalties correctly.” The spiritmanipulators of the third squad and the fifth squad suffered in silence. They couldn't disagree withher even though they felt that her decisions were wrong and unfair.

Their attention was caught by the sound of feet shuffling which seems to be coming from the MazeForest. In an instant, a squad of spirit manipulators came out of the Maze Forest. About seven oreight soldiers were carrying the dead body of a huge spirit-manipulated beast.

They were the first squad of the northeast military camp. It was the strongest squad that was beingled by their squad leader, Evan.

"Commander, I have fulfilled my mission and killed this spirit-manipulated beast," Evan reported ashe walked up to Marin.

Evan's appearance caused a stir in the military camp. Murmurs were heard from the crowd

"Evan deserves to be called a spirit manipulator at the third grade of the Earthly Stage. He had killedthe spirit-manipulated beast so easily and neatly. You know, the third squad and the fifth squadboth suffered badly from that spirit-manipulated beast.”

"Indeed. In terms of combat capability, Evan ranks fourth only after our Commander and the twoDeputy Commanders in our camp.”

"If our Commander is transferred back to the base camp, Evan will likely be promoted to DeputyCommander."

For a while, all the spirit manipulators felt delighted to talk about Evan.

Rocky listened as he observed the dead spirit-manipulated beast, whose combat capability was atthe first grade of the Earthly Stage. By intuition, Rocky felt something was wrong so he stood up andtook a closer look at the dead spirit-manipulated beast. Rocky examined it closely and discoveredthat it was quite different from the one he had seen last night.

Rocky examined the dead spirit-manipulated beast meticulously. Suffice it to say that Rocky hadmade a minor achievement in his Beast Evaluation Skill.

“This spirit-manipulated beast is not the one I saw last night, * Rocky thought to himself. However,he did not say it out loud. He knew that even if he had said so, no one would have believed him.However, his thoughts were on it. He couldn't shake off the fact that they killed the wrong beast. Hedecided to investigate the issue by himself.

Half an hour later, Marin led all the spirit manipulators and hundreds of soldiers back to the militarycamp.

But Rocky did not go back. Instead, he sneaked off and hid himself away behind a tall tree withoutanyone noticing. When Marin and the soldiers were out of sight, Rocky immediately went back tothe Maze Forest.