CHAPTER 604 THERE ARE REASONS

The Commanders looked at each other in dismay upon hearing that. After all, they had never seen

Rocky ever since the Timber Deity Empire had withdrawn their army. While they thought of this in their

heads, they all turned their gaze at Sabina. They assumed she must know where Rocky was.

Upon noticing everyone's attention was on her, Sabina said coldly, "I don't know where he is." When

Rocky knew that she was Marcia's disciple, he had lost his temper and left. Since then, she hadn't seen

him, and it had been two days and one night. She had gone to the Isis Pavilion to look for him, only for

Sue to tell her that she had not seen him anywhere around that area.

"Forget it. I'll go and look for him later." Lance waved his hand, looked at Allen and continued, "Thanks

for your help. I appreciate it. If it weren't for you, the Evian City might have lost this battle."

"I don't deserve all this credit. In fact, I should give my utmost thanks to the Commanders and the

Evian City guards. Without them defending the city to the last extent and waiting until the

reinforcements' arrival, I wouldn't have been able to turn the tables regardless of my strength," Allen

said humbly.

"To be frank, this would have never happened if it weren't for Commander Rocky. We would have

already lost the Evian City without him," Commander Wang added. "By the way, Commander in Chief,

this Crimson Dragon Token..." Afterwards, he took out the Crimson Dragon Token from his pocket and

handed it to Lance with both of his hands.

"Hasn't Rocky accepted the Crimson Dragon Token?" Lance asked as he was shocked upon seeing

the Crimson Dragon Token.

"No. He hasn't." Commander Wang shook his head in disappointment.

Lance frowned, putting away the Crimson Dragon Token.

"But Commander in Chief, Rocky has made great contributions this time. Shouldn't you reward him well

and better?" Commander Ron suddenly asked out of concern.

"Of course I will!" Lance nodded his head. This time, he knew that Rocky had made great contributions

not only to the Crimson Dragon Group, but also to the whole Holy Dragon Empire.

"But I'm afraid that he won't accept it. Don't forget that he has already said before that he helped us

protect the Evian City not for the sake of the Crimson Dragon Army, but because he didn't want to see

the Evian City citizens become poor and homeless. That was the only reason why he took action," said

Marin, as her eyes turned dark.

Upon hearing that, the other Commanders in the room looked at each other in dismay. After all, they

were sure that they had heard Rocky say that before.

"Really? Did he say that?" Lance was surprised upon hearing how the conversation was going about.

"It just seems that he still hates me!" Lance understood that it was his mistake that made Rocky dislike

the Crimson Dragon Army in the first place.

"Although the Evian City is well guarded, the citizens had already fled from the city and slept on the

deserted land. Commander Wang, take some people out of the north gate immediately. If you need to,

you can play gongs and drums along the way, telling the citizens to return to the city," Lance ordered

seriously.

"Yes," Commander Wang replied and left.

"Commander Lin, the city wall of the south gate has been destroyed. Summon your men and repair the

damages as soon as possible.

Commander Ron, you're in charge..."

Lance ordered each of his men as he made arrangements for the Evian City and the headquarters of

the Crimson Dragon Group, and wrote a secret letter in person. Afterwards, he sent his people to send

the letter back to the Imperial City in the soonest possible time.

"Allen, stay. As for the others, you may leave now." Lance ordered others to leave, leaving Allen alone

with him.

"Allen, I appreciate you coming all the way back this time. Thank you," Lance said kindly, as he

thanked the man for his efforts.

"Commander in Chief, please don't say that. I am a member of the Crimson Dragon Group, and it is my

duty. When the Crimson Dragon Group is in trouble, I will go all out and help with everything I can,"

said Allen wholeheartedly.

"I'm afraid that I have no choice but to trouble the Elite Regiment again in the following days," Lance

smiled and said.

"Commander in Chief, are you planning to use the power of the Elite Regiment to destroy the Timber

Deity Empire?" Allen immediately asked as he had already speculated what Lance was thinking.

"This war is about to come to an end. I might have underestimated Princess Alyssa from the Timber

Deity Empire and their intentions in this war," Lance said as he furrowed his brows.

"Their intentions?" Allen asked back upon hearing what Lance had just said.

"Yes, the reason why the Timber Deity Empire took great effort to start the war should be for something

else. Although I don't know what their intentions are, but if we lose this war, the Timber Deity Empire

might get what they want, which is why we should never, under any circumstance, let them win this

war," Lance said with determination.

"I see. Commander in Chief, since you have already made up your mind, I shall immediately get all the

members of Elite Regiment back." Nodding his head, Allen continued to ask, "Haven't Sheehan and

several other members already returned to the headquarters? Do you know where they are now?"

"Not long ago, some rare treasure appeared in the Myriad Beasts Ground, and I sent them to look for it.

But according to the time, they should have been back by now. My only guess is that they could

probably still be at the Crimson Dragon Group's military camp in the Deity Unicorn Valley," Lance

replied.

"Well, in that case, I'll send a message to them and ask them to gather other members," uttered Allen.

"Oh, and by the way, have you met Rocky?" Lance asked curiously.

"Yes, I have. In fact, he almost killed the prince of the Timber Deity Empire. Fortunately, I arrived just in

time to stop him. Otherwise, the emperor of the Timber Deity Empire would have definitely burst into

anger. And this is not good for the Holy Dragon Empire. It will cause trouble, and even lead to a larger

war," Allen explained.

"In this case, you should at least catch the prince of the Timber Deity Empire first. Doing this might also

increase our trump cards, and even win the war. You should know that since ancient times, catching

the ringleader is the priority in order to capture all of his followers." Confused, Lance made an effort to

analyze the situation as he didn't understand why Allen had let the prince of the Timber Deity Empire

go.

"The reinforcements that I brought at that time were not enough to completely suppress the remaining

thousands of soldiers of the Timber Deity Empire. Perhaps if I caught the prince, it would be able to

force his soldiers to retreat. But if it were the opposite and his soldiers fought to the death, things would

have become worse. Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary injury, I allowed the prince to retreat and

bring the army with him," Allen pointed out. In theory, even if he didn't kill the prince of the Timber Deity

Empire at that moment, he should have caught the prince first. But he thought that the Timber Deity

Empire still had nearly four thousand soldiers, which was why he decided to let the prince go according

to the chaotic situation at hand. Of course, if the prince of the Timber Deity Empire were to persist in

willfully and arbitrarily, he would definitely not show any mercy. It could be said that he let go of the

prince of the Timber Deity Empire only for the sake of the entire situation—he knew that he had to

protect the Evian City first.

But in fact, Allen had another personal reason to let the prince of the Timber Deity Empire go. Three

years ago, he had sneaked into the royal palace of the Timber Deity Empire for a mission in which he

had been discovered after a while. He could have been able to escape with his strength, but

unfortunately, he encountered a mysterious woman who was much stronger than him. He fought with

the woman, but he sustained some serious injuries. However, that mysterious woman did not kill him,

nor took him back for interrogation, but released him somehow. Later on, he knew that the mysterious All content is © N0velDrama.Org.

woman he met was none other than the princess of the Timber Deity Empire, Alyssa.