Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 323 A Haughty Genius

Lance reached his study after a short while. He was greeted by his daughter as soon as he entered.Isis sat on his chair and played with an ink brush.

"If I am not mistaken, I think Rocky refused your offer once more," Isis said with a faint smile, seeingthe vivid anger on Lance's face.

"That little bastard is so arrogant that he had the audacity to refuse me in public! He is as cocky ashe is talented! I really wanted to kill him right there in public. That contemptuous genius," Lanceroared angrily. It was only Marin's words that stayed his anger when Rocky refused him once more.He wanted so much to punish Rocky out of fury.

"I did tell you before father. You can't bribe him through a well-paid job as an officer,” Isis saidcalmly, as if she already knew what would happen.

"Then why did he work so hard in the contest? If he did not reveal his true power, then I probablywouldn't be so depressed and angry.” Lance hadn't figured out why Rocky fought with suchintensity during the competition.

"Simple, he wanted to raise your expectations of him first. So that you will become more irritated ofhim when he refuses you. He wants you to be so irritated that you'd give up on trying to recruit him.And his plan worked. It was a genius plan, really," Isis explained plainly as she transfixed hercharming eyes on her father.

"You mean to say that getting me this mad was all part of his plan?" Lance's eyes lit up as if hefinally understood what Isis explained. Rocky had planned to refuse from the start and yet he foughthard in order to increase his chances of throwing Lance off and completely discouraging him intrying to recruit Rocky. Lance nodded slightly as he saw the plan.

"I actually told him that you held the contest for him on purpose after his first round,” Isis admitted."Why did you do that?" Lance was caught by surprise. He could not believe that his daughter wouldsell him out to Rocky.

"Because you wanted to see his true power and potential. I told him that in order to force him intoaction. If he found out that you organized the competition for him, he would defy you further andfight at his best to make you angrier once the competition has been concluded,” Isis explainedcleverly.

"Now I understand. Telling him the truth made him want to go against me even further. He thenwanted to win the competition in order to make me angrier at his refusal.” Lance was a clever man.It did not take long before he understood the trick that his daughter played on Rocky. He thenlaughed out loud uncontrollably. He shook his head as he laughed. "You even got your father thistime, daughter! Good girl!"

"The truth of the matter is that Rocky is so much stronger and much better than his peers in everyaspect. However, it is really hard to recruit a genius like him. He is like a wild thoroughbred stallion.If you really want to recruit him, you cannot resort to a forceful approach.” After a brief pause, Isisadded, "You should play smart to win his allegiance. Convince him using a different strategy! He caneasily see through a military strategy. Use an approach that he will not see coming."

"And it sounds to me like you already have an idea," Lance remarked. He knew his daughter so well."l will deal with him. Don't worry about it, father. I can convince him to join, but I'm not surewhether he will agree to work at the headquarters,” Isis said confidently.

Lance gave it some thought and then nodded. Although Rocky did embarrass him, his aim to recruitRocky had barely waned. He was a master in observing people, so he knew that Rocky's potentialwas beyond what he allowed other people to see. He wanted to give Rocky one more chance.

Isis left her father's study and went back to her place. She immediately saw Marin as soon as sheentered the Isis Pavilion. Marin anxiously waited for her.

"Isis! At last you're back! Rocky just refused the Commander in Chief in public. What should we donow?" Marin asked Isis.

"Really?! That man is so reckless!" Isis said, pretending to be surprised at Marin's news. Isispretended that she didn't know anything when she saw Marin in a nervous state.

"I begged the Commander in Chief for a chance to convince Rocky and he agreed to give me threedays to convince Rocky. But even with three days, is that even possible? I know Rocky so well. Hewill never agree. What if he still said no after three days? What punishment would Rocky receivefrom the Commander in Chief then?" Marin said in a worried tone. Concern filled her watery eyes."The worse of course! What else would you expect? He will probably be banished to the front linesof the battlefield," Isis said seriously.

"What!? Isis, could you help me to convince Rocky?" Marin pleaded, as her eyebrows approachedeach other and her eyes started to moisten even more.

Isis burst into a loud laughter when she saw Marin in that distressed state.

"Isis, why are you laughing?" Marin asked with a confused expression.

"Ha-ha-ha! Oh, nothing, nothing. I have never seen you worry about a man that much, Marin. Areyou in love with Rocky?" Isis asked, teasing her cousin.

"Come on! That is not funny, Isis! That is not possible!" Marin said blushing after she heard Isis’question. She forced herself not to freeze in place and not to look too awkward.

"Oh, really? Then tell me why do you care about him so much?" Isis continued to bombard Marinwith questions about her concern over Rocky.

"Well... Ermmm... That's because..." Marin stammered. After a while, something suddenly occurredto her and she immediately yelled out, "That's because he saved Verdanim! That's it! I owe him forthat!"

"Just because of that?" Isis questioned, squinting her left eye at Marin with a faint smile.

Marin nodded firmly.

Isis’ expression changed without warning. A hint of coldness flashed in her eyes. “I will be trulyhappy for you once you've found your true love; and I will never oppose whoever that is as long asit's not Rocky. And you know why, right? Rocky has so many secrets, even his identity is a top secretat the headquarters. He is just too darn complicated! Don't get involved with him. He couldjeopardize your future.” Isis warned Marin sincerely.

"Oh, come on, Isis! You are too serious! You are just overthinking things. Relax!" Marin replied with asmile.

"Actually, my father told me about Rocky's refusal. And he agreed to let me take over changing hismind,” Isis said as she smiled evilly at Marin.

Marin was agape in surprise after she realized that Isis had fooled her.

"What do you plan to do, Isis? What if Rocky still won't say yes?" Marin could not help but ask."Don't worry about it! I already have an idea. I am sure that I can convince him." Her lips curvedupwards into a creepy smile.

A true problem awaited Rocky and he didn't even realize it.

Rocky said goodbye to Sue before leaving. He took Uriah and Rubygon and walked out of theheadquarters unnoticed. He then took his carriage and his luggage from the Super Beast Farm andthen drove the carriage back to his place.

When Rocky arrived, the Rainbow Glow Unicorn jumped out in front of Rocky before he even got offthe carriage. It whimpered sadly at Rocky as he got down from the carriage. It was because it hadn'thad the magical saliva for days. It yearned to have a drop of that delicious liquid so badly.

"Holy molly! You really like the magical saliva, do you? How about this, buddy? You let me be yourmaster, and I will feed you the magical saliva every day!" Rocky said to tempt the Rainbow GlowUnicorn to be his spiritual beast. But he knew that it was too soon for it to agree. It was never easyto tame spiritual beasts. Even though the Rainbow Glow Unicorn craved for the magical saliva, it stillcouldn't accept to trade that with allowing Rocky to be its master. Spiritual beasts were naturallyproud, so they couldn't be tamed easily.

Rocky expected the Rainbow Glow Unicorn to refuse. It changed its stance immediately. It raised itshead up in the air that signified that it refused Rocky's offer. A short moment later, it left without awarning and disappeared.

Rocky did not mind that the unicorn refused his offer and left. He knew well enough that theRainbow Glow Unicorn would return on its own

After he unpacked everything, Rocky went to his lab and started his study on Uriah's upgrade.