Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 603 He Went Missing

One year ago, when Basil was sent to the Gehenna Border, Alston felt relieved since Basil was a bigproblem for him and his plans. Besides, Alston also knew that the spirit manipulators who were sentto the Gehenna Border seldom had chances to come back. Especially, with Basil's strength at thefirst grade of the Earthly Stage, he might have already died in the battlefield. Alston had almostforgotten the existence of Basil. If it wasn't for the battle between the Crimson Dragon Army andthe Timber Deity Empire, he probably wouldn't have remembered Basil.

"Everyone, I'd like to hear your opinions,” said the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire in a gravetone.

"Your Majesty, according to the emergency report, General Lance is unable to return to the EvianCity in time due to an ambush. I'm afraid the safety of the Evian City is fraught with grimpossibilities. We should make a plan to deal with it as soon as possible.”

"Your Majesty, if the Evian City falls into the enemy's hands, the Holy Dragon Empire will lose face.The Crimson Dragon Army is so useless! If they lose the Evian City to the Timber Deity Empire, theymust take full responsibility.”

"If the Evian City falls into the hands of the Timber Deity Empire, they will definitely take theopportunity to make unreasonable requests, but we will never compromise!"

The military officers also shared their own opinions, the aggressiveness never leaving their faces asthey spoke their hearts out. But they all thought of one same thing: the Evian City was going to fallinto the enemy's hands.

"Marcia, what do you think?" The emperor's face turned solemn when he heard the military officers’words. Then, he turned to a beauty standing at the corner, waiting for her reply. The beauty wasnone other than Marcia. She nodded to the emperor and took a step forward to make her presenceknown.

"The reason why the Crimson Dragon Army suffered such a huge loss this time is that theyunderestimated the enemy's capabilities. Moreover, the Commander in Chief of the Timber DeityEmpire is Alyssa Mu. Have I mentioned her to you before, Your Majesty? Last time, when I wasordered to search for the treasure, I met her. She is not a simple and easy person!" Marcia saidcoldly. If it were not for Basil, also known to some as Rocky who had come in time to save her, theconsequences would've been unthinkable.

"I've heard of other things about Princess Alyssa as well. She was sent to the spiritual race at anearly age, and only returned to the Timber Deity Empire a few years ago. It's said that she's adeptwith both the pen and the sword, and she is a military genius,” Alston said with a nod

"Even so, the Crimson Dragon Army shouldn't have fought like this with General Lance'sexperience?" The emperor was also a bit puzzled. The Crimson Dragon Group had been guardingthe Gehenna Border for a long time now, and nothing had ever gone wrong before. But this time,the Crimson Dragon Group was completely tricked by the Timber Deity Empire.

"Maybe there are other reasons why the Crimson Dragon Group has arrived in this bad situation,”Marcia said calmly. In fact, Sabina would send a letter to her every two or three days, telling herevery move of Rocky and the Crimson Dragon Group. Therefore, Marcia knew the current situationof the Crimson Dragon Group like the back of her hand. The Crimson Dragon Group was at adisadvantageous position right now because there might be a possibility of a traitor hiding in thedark, leaking classified information to the Timber Deity Empire. Even Lance was beguiled into anambush. If it weren't for the fact that Rocky had helped the Crimson Dragon Army out several times,the Crimson Dragon Army would have lost to the Timber Deity Empire a long time ago. In fact,Rocky had made a great contribution to the Holy Dragon Empire.

"It seems that we have no choice but to wait. Let's call it a day. You may leave now." The emperordismissed them with a deep sigh. He did not seem to be in the mood to deal with the state affairseither. He beckoned all the ministers to retreat, and only Priest Dean was left behind.

"Is there any news about Basil?" the emperor asked Priest Dean, who was standing in front of him."No, Your Majesty." Priest Dean shook his head.

"It's strange. How did he go missing all of a sudden?” The emperor looked downcast and grim. Atthe same time, he was puzzled. How was it possible that he had heard nothing about Basil after hewas sent to the Gehenna Border? The emperor had long sent Priest Dean to secretly look for Basil,but until now, there was no news about him.

"It's my dereliction of duty, I must apologize, Your Majesty. I didn't expect that the Timber DeityEmpire would suddenly start a war with the Holy Dragon Empire, and the army that His RoyalHighness has joined has been also reorganized. That is why we've lost the whereabouts of His RoyalHighness. Besides, the identity of His Royal Highness is top secret, and nobody in the CrimsonDragon Group knows that. So it's very difficult to replace His Royal Highness at this moment,” PriestDean responded.

"No matter what it takes, you must replace Basil as soon as possible. But you have to keep it a secret.Don't let anyone else know it," the emperor ordered. He immediately turned away and left, hisfading footsteps echoing in the empty hall.

After the emperor was out of sight, Priest Dean turned to walk out of the Grand Holy Hall. But afigure suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking his path.

"Is Father still looking for Basil?" Alston asked Priest Dean with a dark expression. He had longknown that his father had asked Priest Dean to secretly look for Basil. He had also guessed that thereason why the emperor had only asked Priest Dean to stay was because of Basil's whereabouts.Priest Dean nodded and looked at him.

"Just spin things out as long as possible. We must not let Father know any information about Basil,"Alston said in a cold, authoritative voice. He believed that there must be some reason for his fatherto look for Basil. He worried that the emperor would become soft again and let Basil return to theroyal family as easy as that.

"I have never sent anyone to look for him, and it is really difficult to replace him. When His Majestyasked me to look for him, I asked around and learned that the Crimson Dragon Group has no onenamed Basil. He may have changed his name when he entered the military camp. Now that theCrimson Dragon Group is in a mess, it is not easy to replace him," Priest Dean said nonchalantly.

"He might have already died in the battlefield." Alston laughed like a devil.

"That's what you truly want, isn't it?" said Priest Dean with an evil smile.

"He deserves it. He overestimated himself and..." Thinking of what happened in the past, Alston feltdeep resentment, and his eyes turned ferocious.

"By the way, I received news from the Dragon Master Clan that Her Royal Highness has alreadyfinished her cultivation, and not long after that, she would return to the Holy Dragon Empire,” saidPriest Dean when he remembered the news.

"Lena is coming back?" Alston was surprised. Lena left the Holy Dragon Empire and went to theDragon Master Clan without telling anyone. She derailed all his plans.

"Your Royal Highness, it seems that you need to work hard this time. If you can win Her RoyalHighness's heart, you will be in a stable position as the successor. The other princes do not have thestrength to compete against you," Priest Dean reminded him.

"I have my own plans. There's no need for you to concern yourself with that matter,” Alston repliedand left silently.

The next day after the victory of the Evian City over the war, Lance finally returned to the city. Helooked haggard, as if he hadn't slept for days. It seemed that a lot of things had happened to himduring his disappearance.

After Lance went back to the headquarters of Crimson Dragon Group, he didn't have time to rest,and immediately summoned all the Commanders first thing.

Many people gathered in the conference hall, including Sabina and Allen, the head of the EliteRegiment.

"Where is Rocky?" Lance asked in confusion. Everyone was present, but Rocky was nowhere to beseen.