Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 280 Who Was Prettier

Rocky knew he had a problem in his hands when he saw the group of spirit manipulators gatheredaround him. He turned to Sheridan and said, "I think I need to excuse myself for the day!" He madea quick leap into the air after he spoke and landed nimbly at the rear of the group. He then movedquickly across the beast farm and disappeared.

The spirit manipulators present stared at each other in disbelief after Rocky's escape. But they werenot the types who gave up easily. They nodded at each other knowing completely what to do. Thenthey rushed towards Rocky's last direction en masse.

"Ha-ha-ha! Hey boy, have a good time!" Sheridan smiled as he watched the group of spiritmanipulators chased after Rocky. He felt a tinge of guilty pleasure seeing Rocky's discomfort.

Rocky never expected that the spirit manipulators would run after him. He suddenly felt an oddsense of urgency and he ran even faster that left a small cloud of dust across the military campgrounds.

The spirit manipulators who chased Rocky drew closer every minute. Rocky was unable to shakethem off. A few of Rocky's pursuers were smart enough to cut his escape. Thus, they blocked thecamp gate. They accurately deduced that Rocky would likely try to escape the military camp. And itwould be impossible to catch up to him once he was outside the military camp.

"Holy crap!’ Rocky exclaimed to himself. He suddenly dreaded the possibility of getting caught. Thatmeant that he would be bored for the rest of the day. He scanned the area for a means of losing hispursuers and he saw the flags that flew in the air. The Commander's quarters! A crazy idea formedin his mind and he grabbed it without hesitation. He decided to break into the Commander'squarters. Rocky passed by unnoticed. The guards looked at each other, puzzled, as the sensation ofa passing wind brushed past them.

Rocky made great progress in the past few weeks for he was able to improve by two to three gradescompared to where he was three months ago.

Rocky's pursuers stopped as they approached the Commander's quarters. They dared not enter.They knew that any uninvited entry into the Commander's quarters was tantamount to trespassingwith a punishment that was just as severe. They found it hard to believe that Rocky entered theCommander's quarters just to evade them. Although they worried about the consequences ofRocky's reckless decision, they did not want to get in trouble themselves and immediately left thevicinity of the Commander's quarters.

Rocky observed every move that his pursuers made as soon as he was safe inside the Commander'squarters. He felt relieved when he saw his pursuers dispersed. At almost the same time, Rockysuddenly became aware of a pair of eyes that quietly and intently stared at his back. He turnedslowly and his eyes were immediately lost in the beautiful pair of eyes that stared back at himunwaveringly. The eyes of Marin. A faint smile crossed her lips as she continued to stare at Rockywith arms crossed. Rocky felt his heart skipped a beat as he felt himself unable to break his stare.Marin's beauty always captivated him whatever the situation.

"I sincerely apologize for the unannounced visit. I can't believe I lost my mind. I missed a turn andwent into the wrong camp!" Rocky never considered Marin as anything but a friend. He explainedwith the first words that came to mind for it was true that he wouldn't come here uninvited unless itwas a dire emergency. Rocky knew that his pursuers were no longer waiting for him outside so hestarted to move towards the door of the Commander's quarters. But before he could reach thedoor, he was held back by Marin's words. "It is good that you are here. It saved me from having tosend someone to go and bring you here. I did not expect you to arrive at just the right time. Have aseat! We need to talk. Or more accurately, I need to ask you something!"

Rocky stared at Marin's beautiful face and wondered to himself why he never developed anyfeelings for her. He swallowed hard as Marin's words brought images in his mind that made him feeluneasy. He cleared his throat and then spoke, "What do you want to talk about, Marin? If you wantto talk about Verdamin, can we have that conversation some other time because I'm busy today?"He quickly believed that the only reason Marin wanted a conversation with him was aboutVerdamin.

"No, it is about something else. It is not about Verdamin,"” Marin replied as she gently shook herhead and her face turned grim.

"If it is about the thing happened that night, I promise I will keep that a secret. You don't have toworry!" Rocky was caught off guard at the sight of Marin's grim countenance. He started to think ofall the different possible topics that Marin would want to talk to him about at that point.

"No. Wrong again.” She blushed a little from the slight shock when Rocky mentioned whathappened that night. But she quickly recovered and calmed herself down.

"What do you want to talk about then? About life? Dreams? Ambitions? In that case, I apologizebecause I do not think there is anything in my life that is worth talking about. Everything is ordinaryand boring. So, I really do not have anything to say when it comes to that topic. When it comes todreams, I really don't have dreams so nothing to talk about that too. When it comes to ambitions,all I really want is to be a humble beast breeder. I just want a simple life. So if there is nothing else, Iwould like to excuse myself. I really am busy!" Rocky suddenly hesitated for a second. He wasconvinced that there was nothing else that Marin would want to talk about. But at the same time, hesensed something different in Marin today. She seemed more calculating than usual. He decidedthat the best approach was to throw all of his ideas at her in the hope that she would end theconversation quickly and let him leave.

"As the Commander, do I need to check your schedule beforehand if I want to talk to you?" Marinsaid in a serious yet playful tone. She concluded that Rocky was uneasy and did not want to stay.Rocky realized that Marin was truly serious. He never wanted to anger her in any way. For it wouldput their friendship in jeopardy plus that would mean that he would be in trouble on a daily basisHe slightly nodded his head as he sighed gently. He shrugged his shoulders as he walked towardsthe chair opposite Marin and sat down. "Now, please be kind and tell me what it is that you wantedto talk about.”

"I heard from Sheridan that you disappeared for another two days. Where were you during thosetwo days?" Marin never took her eyes off of Rocky as she stood from her chair and walked towardsthe front edge of her table right in front of Rocky.

"Let me think..." Rocky was immediately defensive after he heard Marin's question. He was in thearea under the jurisdiction of the northern sky military camp to capture a Dark Heaven Insect duringthat time. He captured a live Dark Heaven Insect Queen. He also assisted in the defense of thenorthern sky military camp against a surprise attack from the Timber Deity Empire. What worriedhim was for Marin to replace out what he was up to. He never expected Marin to be suspicious ofanything. He suddenly remembered an old saying that states, "When it rains, it pours."

"Oh, right, I think I went to Evian City. Sheridan mentioned a new girl in the geisha house who wasreally beautiful. I went to see just how beautiful she was,” Rocky replied with a sly smile. Hepretended to be a guy who often chased after girls. But, this was only a trick to get Marin off thetrail of what he really did. Because it would be a lot worse if Marin found out that he had been tothe northern sky military camp. He thought that if he played his hidden trump card in case all elsefailed, it would surely keep Marin off of his trail.

"Really?" Marin asked in a pretentious tone. She sounded as if she knew exactly what Rocky's replywould be. "Do you know the name of this new girl?" she asked with a mocking smile.

"Her name is... Oh-umm. Y-Y-Yoyo. Yes, right, Yoyo! She is really as beautiful as a Yo-Yo. Do youknow that feeling? As she walked past you, you feel like you're slowly floating... You can't help butbe captivated by her smile. It felt like..." Rocky tried hard to continue his story. His eyes sparkled ashe pictured a beautiful girl in front of him.

"Does she have a beautiful body?" Marin asked. Her question pressed Rocky further.

"Yes. Of course. It was gorgeous! Why, Commander? Are you also interested in women?" Rockyreplied. At the same time, Rocky wondered what went on in Marin's mind. Why was she askingthese strange questions?

"Do I have a more gorgeous body than her?" Marin asked without blinking. Her question had a tonethat demanded an answer that was both blunt and sincere. It took Rocky completely off guard. Hehad never heard Marin talk that way before. “What the hell is going on?’ Rocky asked himselfnervously.

"Err. Um. That is..." Rocky did not know what to say. He didn't want to compare Marin with someonewho did not exist. Rocky knew that if he said that Yoyo's body was more gorgeous, Marin wouldtake that statement as Rocky's way of saying that her body was not gorgeous at all. But Marin’sbody was truly beautiful. She had a curvy figure that was always hidden under her military uniform.On the other hand, if Rocky said that Marin's body was more gorgeous, it would mean to Marin thatRocky still had the image of what happened that night vividly in his mind. He realized that he wascompletely trapped with Marin's questions. There was no way for him to get out!

"Okay, stop making up stories. You went to the northern sky military camp. Do you think you canfool us that easily?” Marin giggled when she saw that Rocky was in a complete state of shock andhorror.