Chapter 307 A New Chase
Isis could remember a time when Sheridan told her that she was the most qualified talent. It was a
source of pride for her as well. But now, all he could talk about was how talented Rocky was. Isis heard
Sheridan praise Rocky for his intelligence and aptitude. It made her feel uneasy, and she wanted to ask
him who he thought was better, Rocky or her. Unfortunately, a part of her was afraid that if she did, she
might not get the answer that she wanted at all.
"Isis?" She turned towards the voice and saw Marin approaching.
"Here you are!" Isis looked at Marin, smiling warmly.
"You weren''t with the Commander in Chief, so I thought you might be here," Marin said, smiling back at
her.
"I just want to see for myself if Rocky is as good as Sheridan said!" Isis told her quietly, voice as soft as
the gentle flow of water in a deep pond.
"Oh? Could you be jealous of Rocky?" Marin said teasingly. It was the first time she had seen Isis like
this. She had been close to Isis for a long time, and being her cousin, she could say that she knew her
very well. It was the first time she seemed affected by something and not her stoic self.
"Why would I be jealous of him? No way!" Isis eximed vehemently as if it was the worst thing she
had ever heard.
"We all know that Sheridan has a strange preferences. He used to praise you a lot but now he thinks
very highly of Rocky. So, you must feel you''re beingpared." Marin smiled knowingly at her. She
seemed delighted when Isis could not meet her eyes and instead looked away from her.
"You think so?" Isis would never admit to it but that was exactly what she was feeling. Her father, who
never praised others, spoke highly of Rocky. Rocky must have something extremely special to get all
these special treatment. Something she didn''t have...
"There will always be someone out there who is better than us. It seems, my dear cousin, that you
have finally met your match. And that is Rocky!" Marin looked smug and amused as she waited for her
cousin''s response. She thought Rocky was good but she didn''t expect that he would cause something
this interesting. She should thank him some day.
"That''s impossible. He could be no match for me!" Isis said in an arrogant voice. She seemed annoyed
that Marin would even suggest something like that.
Instead of answering, Marin just smiled at her silently. She turned back to where Rocky was, but found
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that he had left while they were busy talking.
After a while, the two beautiful figures on the roof faded into the darkness.
Meanwhile, Rocky had reached theke located at the south of the base camp. As he looked around,
he found there were a lot of buildings and pavilions around theke. It would take a lot of time to find
the red spiritual crystal.
Almost at the same time, three spirit-manipting Deputy Commanders appeared nearby theke too.
"Depths of a foggy ce... What could it mean?" Rocky talked to himself as he surveyed the scene
around him.
On the other hand, the three Deputy Commanders had sent out their beasts to search the area around
theke.
Rocky decided not to let Uriah join the search. Instead, he looked around and focused on interpreting
the meaning of "in the depths of a foggy ce near water". Lance had said that the one who decoded
the meaning of the words would know the exact location of red spiritual crystal.
All of a sudden, a spirit-manipted beast roared. Soon, two others roared in session. Rocky ran to
investigate and found that three spirit-manipted beasts were nearby. They were snarling and pacing
around a building like they had found something.
In response to the roars and snarl, three figures gathered around the building. They stayed wary of
each other even as they entered into the building to investigate.
"Uriah?" Rocky suddenly noticed theck of Uriah''s presence.
Rocky frowned and went to look for Uriah immediately. He had no idea where to start looking but he
knew he had to find Uriah fast.
After a while, the three maniptors who went into the building, walked out dejectedly. They seemed to
have found nothing and started to search again in different directions.
As soon as the three maniptors left, Rocky heard the Uriah roar. He immediately investigated and
discovered Uriah at a shabby hovel near that building.
Rocky walked into the hovel along with Uriah. He stopped on his tracks when he realized that the hovel
was full of mist.
"In the depths of a foggy ce? Could this be the ce?" Rocky''s gaze flickered around before
narrowing as he seemed to havee into a conclusion.
The thick mist enveloped the room and him. He tried to observe his surroundings but it was impossible
with the thickness of the mist.
"Could you find where it is?" Rocky asked Uriah.
The beast grunted and moved away. It walked towards where the mist was thickest and motioned for
him to follow.
Rocky followed it hurriedly. He needed to make sure not to lose sight of Uriah in the thick mist. He
walked while holding onto the wall and knocked several times. It seemed most of it were empty walls
but abruptly stopped. There seemed to be a narrow gap between two walls. Without any hesitance, he
stepped into the narrow space and found himself inside a hidden room.
"No wonder they couldn''t find the red spiritual crystal. It seemed they didn''t find the hidden room
between the two walls," Rocky said to himself with a relieved smile. He thought his Uriah was better
and could easily see through the trick, enough to help him out.
Uriah followed him into the hidden room. It drifted about the room then came up to him with a shiny red
spiritual crystal in its mouth. He could not help the gleeful sound that escaped his mouth when he
realized it was one of the two red spiritual crystals.
"Good job, Uriah!" Rocky said happily. He reached out and patted Uriah''s head in appreciation.
Uriah roared twice in return, and it seemed that it was quite happy too.
Rocky cut off their celebration since the mission was not finished yet. He had only found the red
spiritual crystal. He still needed to bring it to the martial pitch. Without wasting any more time, Rocky
left the hovel immediately with Uriah.
Spectators who followed him were gathered around theke. They noticed Uriah came out with a red
spiritual crystal in its mouth and began to excitedly talk with one another.
"What a great spirit-manipted beast that is!" Isis eximed. She had been observing as well among
the crowd. She noticed that not one of those three beasts found the red spiritual crystal, but Uriah did.
Marin nodded in agreement. Uriah had exhibited its astonishing talent as a spirit-manipted beast
and its unique abilities. Many spectators considered it as a spiritual beast. Since spiritual beasts were
rare, some conjectured that maybe Uriah was a variable spirit-manipted beast.
When Rocky saw the crowd, a bad feeling suddenly overcame him. His brows furrowed and stared
warily around them as he looked for the threat that he could feel in his guts. Just as he feared, the
three Deputy Commanders came back along with their beasts andid greedy eyes on the red spiritual
crystal in Uriah''s mouth.
All of spirit-manipted beasts of those three Deputy Commanders were at the second grade of three
stars. Not one of them could defeat Uriah. However, if they worked together against Uriah, things would
be different. If other maniptors went here, Uriah would be outnumbered and overwhelmed. They
would have little chance of winning despite how powerful Uriah was.
Rocky subtly motioned to Uriah and they turned swiftly away to the opposite side. They flew off with the
red spiritual crystal before anybody could move.
The three Deputy Commanders looked at each other as if they had not expected him to run away. Their
eyes met each other and moved as one, chasing Rocky along with their beasts. They knew that none
of them could win over Rocky, thus they had no choice but to form an alliance. Curious and eager to
know what would happen, the spectators followed after them.
And thus, a fierce chase had started...