CHAPTER 182 A NEW IDENTITY

Rocky bowed his head and whispered in Marin's ear.

"Would those arrangements be possible?" Rocky asked. He looked at Marin, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Yes, I will arrange for it," Marin hastily replied, blushing. It took a while for her to regain control of herself. Then she cleared her throat and took a step back to distance herself from Rocky. She was rather perplexed that when he had come close to her, she felt a strange feeling stirring within her as her stomach rippled gently. She was a little uneasy about this.

"Well then. We'll leave you now, Commander." Rocky nodded and walked out of the tent with Sue.

"Mr. Bai, what did you say to Commander Marin? Why did she look a little weird?" Sue asked out of curiosity when they were out of the tent.

Rocky ignored her question, as something had suddenly come to mind. Worriedly, he asked, "Where's Little Rubygon, Sue?"

Sue's eyes twinkled with a smile. She untied her worn-out cloak to reveal Little Rubygon, which was sleeping soundly in her arms.

"Oh, how adorable that is!" Seeing this, Rocky was unable to stifle a laugh. Regardless of everything that had taken place in the past few hours, Little Rubygon still slept so peacefully. It was really quite fortunate that Rubygon was so obedient and calm, or its appearance would have surely caused a sensation.

"Let's go to my room first," Rocky said to Sue and led her to his quarters. However, they drew a lot of unusual looks all the way.

"Mr. Bai, why are they staring at us?" Sue asked. She instinctively huddled closer to him, feeling uncomfortable and frightened.

"Because they are all hungry wolves. Upon seeing a pretty lady such as yourself, they are itching to catch your attention," Rocky replied with a mean smirk.

"Don't make fun of me!" Sue pouted, her eyebrows furrowed as she glared at him. She felt rather embarrassed. But it was not long before her eyes quickly lost their spark once more. Morosely, Sue said, "Grandpa is gone. What will I do all by myself?"

"I've asked Commander Marin to arrange a place for you. When you get there, you can start a new life," Rocky said and gave a soft sigh.

"Where shall I go?" Sue asked while looking up at Rocky.

"I don't know yet, but I'm sure she'll know of somewhere safe and pleasant," Rocky replied gently.

"So that means I can't see Little Rubygon anymore," Sue said, frowning sadly.

"Don't worry, Sue. I'll make you a promise, alright? When I have time, I'll take Little Rubygon to see you," Rocky comforted her.

"Really? You better keep your word! Let's call it a deal." Sue stared at him earnestly, her eyes wide open with innocence and sadness.

Rocky smiled gently and nodded.

When they arrived at his quarters, they were greeted by the sight of Thor, Joss and Uriah.

"Captain!" Thor and Joss exclaimed happily, rushing over to him in a fit of excitement. All was not lost. Fortunately, Rocky had escaped by the skin of his teeth by the plot that Evan and Deputy Commander

Chen had set into motion. It was definitely a cause for celebration.

"Why are you so happy?" Rocky darted a strange look at the two. Obviously, Rocky felt a little uncomfortable before their sudden ardor.

"Captain, we're happy that you were cleared of wrongdoing. We were always sure that the captain of our sixth squad would never do such a thing. Matthew and those self-righteous people are always playing the tyrant at will. How dare they do such a thing? Captain, you really gave them what they deserved!" Joss shouted passionately. Matthew and his friends had bullied Joss endlessly, so it greatly gladdened his heart to see Rocky dole out some karma. What was even more unexpected was that Matthew had been executed!

"Captain, would you introduce this lovely girl to us?" Thor asked, grinning at Sue.

"What's wrong with you? Well. I have another thing to tell you. From now on, I'm not your captain. I think I've taught you well. You know how to take care of yourselves," Rocky said calmly and took Sue and Uriah into the room. Thor and Joss were left outside, looking at one another in speechless shock.

After they entered the room, Little Rubygon woke up. Sue took it in her arms and played with it. It yawned happily. As for Rocky, he sat aside and cultivated his power by closing his eyes and meditating.

After a long time, someone knocked at the door. Rocky opened his eyes, walked to the door, and opened it slightly. It was a man sent by Marin to summon Sue to the battlefield.

Rocky turned to Sue, who was still gleefully playing with Little Rubygon. "Sue, it's time to go."

Hearing this, Sue raised her eyes to stare meaningfully at Rocky as she tightly embraced Little Rubygon. At long last, she stood up and left the room with great reluctance.

When they arrived at the battlefield, they saw Marin standing beside Verdanim, her war beast.

Marin stepped forward to greet them and said to Rocky, "I've arranged everything well. You can come stay with Sheridan at the beast farm and ask him to help you. It just so happens that I need to go to the headquarters, so I can give Sue a ride this time. You can rest assured that she'll be safe with me."

"Thank you, Commander. Please take care of her." Rocky nodded. He looked at Sue with the loving gaze of an older brother. "Don't be naughty. Take care of yourself, understand?"

"I know. You too. Remember to visit me," Sue replied while blinking up at Rocky. Her eyes shone with tears, looking like diamonds.

"Let's go," Marin gently said. She held Sue's hand to boost her up with a jump onto Verdanim's back, before getting on behind her.

"Goodbye, Rocky." Sue waved her hand. Verdanim roared, taking off and soaring rapidly away, gradually becoming an invisible speck in the distance.

"So I can do anything I want now. I never expected that I would be endowed with such luck! Then I will have plenty of time to catch the Dark Heaven Insects and nobody can restrain me. This is better than I could have hoped!" Rocky muttered to himself after he saw Sue and Marin off. He couldn't help but smile, as this change in plan suited his own goals perfectly. He strode towards the beast farm with his chin up.

'I suppose Sheridan must have been the old man I met before, ' Rocky thought as he got close to the beast farm.

The reason why Rocky asked Marin to transfer him to the beast farm was far more than to be an idler. His Magical Evaluation Skill was only at the second level and he even wasn't able to evaluate the natures of Uriah and Little Rubygon, let alone spirit-manipulated beasts at higher levels. Therefore, he

knew that he really had to promote his level of beast evaluation. Naturally, the beast farm would be the best place to practice the Magical Evaluation Skill. Since he had no chance before, he had to conceal his real power. Though his real power had been exposed, it seemed that Marin didn't have any intentions of investigating the origin. Thus, Rocky would certainly made full use of the rare opportunity. He knew that only with a stronger, more formidable power could he survive in this dangerous place.

At the beast farm, Rocky saw a short figure being busy with something. After looking at him for a good while, Rocky was sure he was the old man he had met before.

"Sheridan?" Rocky called as he walked over.

"You are... I remember you. You've been here once." Sheridan looked at Rocky and recognized him.

Rocky looked Sheridan up and down, something he hadn't had time to do the last time. He had a big head and a square face. Based on the normal body proportion, his head was too big and his body was too small, and his face featured heavy eyebrows, small eyes and whiskers. Sheridan was definitely out of the ordinary. However, Rocky noticed that Sheridan's eyes were so sharp and piercing that he guessed Sheridan must have seen much of the world.

Rocky hadn't really seen anyone who looked like him before, so he stared at him, rather curious.

"Commander Marin asked me to come to you," Rocky said.

"I know. You're the new breeder she mentioned. Follow me, lad," Sheridan said gruffly. Without looking at Rocky, he turned away into the beast farm.

"Breeder? When did I say I wanted to be a breeder?" Rocky was stunned for a moment. On second thoughts, he realized it was Marin who had made this decision. He had no choice but to roll with it now. Rocky had indeed said that he wanted to work at the beast farm, but didn't think that she'd assume that

he'd want to be a breeder here. Though he was a bit displeased, he still followed Sheridan inside, shaking his head the whole time. This belongs to .

At present, the beast farm was full of spirit-manipulated beasts. It could be roughly estimated that at least thirty to forty spirit-manipulated beasts were kept here. They howled constantly, creating a cacophony amidst the stench of muck and dung. However, his eyes running down them, Rocky found most of them were at very low levels. Upon his entrance, the first spirit-manipulated beast he encountered glared at him with its large eyes open wide.

"Your job is to feed the spirit-manipulated beasts and bathe them. You also need to clean up the beast farm to keep them healthy and energetic so that they can assist spirit manipulators to carry out their tasks. Their food will be sent by specially-assigned persons, so you just need to distribute it to their stalls. It's fairly easy. By the way, the spirit-manipulated beasts are easy to get..." Sheridan led Rocky, showing him around the beast farm. He pointed out particular residents, telling him some points for attention for the different spirit-manipulated beasts.

"I see," Rocky replied. Actually, he didn't concentrate on the spirit-manipulated beasts and paid little attention to Sheridan's words. He was far from being enthusiastic about being a breeder, so he had no interest in learning the knowledge about feeding them.

"I have to go now. You look after the beast farm," Sheridan said. It seemed that he fully trusted Rocky. With a curt nod, he turned around and left.

When Sheridan left, Rocky unlocked the door of a stable and walked in, smiling playfully at a second- star spirit-manipulated beast.

The spirit-manipulated beast was immediately on alert and stepped backwards. It was extremely afraid that the strange man would do something cruel to it.

"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. I just want to touch you..." Rocky said in a playful tone. Then he stretched his left hand shining with the spiritual light and got close to the second-star spirit-manipulated beast, whose eyes widened in fear.