Chapter 314 The Start


    The third round was to be held at the area where the Army g Contest was held. And each side led a


    team with matching strengths of thirty spirit maniptors each.


    The two teams were divided into an attacker and a defender. The rules of the final round were simple. If


    the attackers managed to capture the g from the defenders, theirmander would be considered


    victorious. Simrly, if the defenders were able to defend their g from the attackers within a given


    time then themander of the defenders would be dered the winner.


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    Spirit maniptors were limited in number so the side who had the least number of casualties would


    receive advantage. Thepetition allowed the leader to join. Thus, it could be a battle between the


    teams or a duel between theirmanders.


    One of the leaders was Dunn from the east-southeast military camp. His leadership skills were


    From that aspect, he was not too far from a Frontline Commander of the Crimson Dragon Group. And


    Dunn was seasoned in actualbat and very decisive. He was known as one of the deadliest in the


    battlefield.


    Compared to Dunn, Rocky was inferior from a military experience perspective. Even though he was


    praised by Lance and showed excellent skill in the tactical deployment of troops during the Army g


    Contest, he had never led any actual army himself. What made matters worse was the fact that he had


    only 30 people in his team. This required more precise tactics and more war experience in order to


    quickly adapt to the rapidly changing conditions of war and to minimize the losses for the team.


    Rocky was unlikely to win and many could tell this easily by the mereparison of battle experiences


    between the twobatants.


    People thought that the wise move for Rocky was to pick the defender side. Once he picked the


    defender side, he only needed to choose a highly defensible location. Once he picked the ideal


    defensible position, he could also minimize the casualties that he could incur from the battle and


    minimized losses had advantages.


    Lance, the other Commanders and officers arrived at the tform and waited for the start of the


    Dunn arrived early and stood with full confidence. He seemed more than prepared for the final round.


    "Where is Rocky? This is unbelievable!" Isis was annoyed by Rocky''s dy, especially since everyone


    but him was already there.


    "Maybe Sheridan took him to the brothels?" Marin said.


    "Brothels?" Isis stared at her in disbelief.


    "Yes. He was there yesterday," Marin replied nodding.


    "How could he do that? What was Sheridan thinking? He knew Rocky had topete today," Isis


    Even the Commanders and officers started to wonder why Rocky had not arrived yet. Whispering


    started among them.


    It was the time to start thepetition but Rocky had not arrived yet. The people started to be


    uneasy with the waiting.


    "Is he scared? What is taking him so long toe over?" Dunn said in an arrogant tone.


    "Hey Dunn, wouldn''t it be better if he doesn''t arrive at all? You can win without a fight!" Isis said and


    then stared at Dunn.


    "That would not be fun! But it would be clever of him if he decides not toe. Because the


    people in the Crimson Dragon Group. And that was one of the main reasons why he remained a


    Deputy Commander despite his talent.


    "Don''t jump to conclusions, Dunn. It would be unfortunate if you get embarrassed in the end," Marin


    added.


    "Marin, you seem to have quite a lot of confidence in Rocky. He is only the beast breeder of your camp.


    But what confuses me is why he is still a beast breeder if he''s so brilliant? Or maybe you just don''t take


    thispetition too seriously," Dunn said sarcastically.


    Marin said nothing.


    "Or maybe Rocky offended you, so you treated him like that? Somemanders are just afraid that


    they''ll be reced by someone who is more powerful than themselves. So thosemanders would


    do anything to keep their positions." Dunn implied that Marin was simply jealous of Rocky.


    The Commanders who kept Dunn at his current position were annoyed at his words. They knew that


    Dunn referred to them so they decided to stay silent.


    "Dunn, behave yourself in front of the Commander in Chief!" But there was onemander who was


    prepared to give him a lecture.


    "I am just telling the truth." Although Dunn was unruly, he was still afraid to face Lance. He knew he


    couldn''t afford to offend someone like Lance.


    Lance remained still and nced at Marin. At length, he said, "There is actually a good reason why


    Rocky was appointed as the beast breeder in the military camp. Of course, Marin does not mean to


    humiliate Rocky. Actually, he is the apprentice of our new beast tamer. And I believe you all know how


    important a beast tamer is to a military camp and I do not need to borate on that matter."


    There was an uproar among the people all of a sudden.


    "Is the newly appointed beast tamer that Sheridan? The most powerful beast tamer of the Holy Dragon


    Empire? He had rejected the invitation of the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire to the Pce City


    several times."


    "I heard Sheridan used to report to the northeast military camp and it took a lot so that the Commander


    in Chief can invite him over."


    "And as he just said, Rocky is the apprentice of Sheridan which means he is an excellent beast tamer


    too, right?"


    "No wonder he could manipte two spirit-manipted beasts at the same time."


    Everyone present was astonished, amazed that Rocky surprised them yet again after the ones he


    showed before. Who had ever thought that Rocky was the apprentice of the most powerful beast tamer


    in the Holy Dragon Empire!


    "I didn''t expect that. Interesting! Haha!" Dunn who never took others seriously was yet surprised by


    Rocky. Then heughed out.


    Now that Lance had mentioned it. There were stories that Dunn and Sheridan knew each other well.


    They shared their love for alcoholic drinks. It was said that they would not stop drinking until they were


    "He''sing!" A figure walked towards thepetition area with a spirit-manipted beast.


    They all turned to look at the approaching figure. They were surprised that the figure was barely able to


    keep his bnce as he swayed on both sides as he walked.


    The figure was Rocky. A drunk Rocky to be exact.


    Everyone who watched Rocky walk towards thepetition area was confused. Thest round of the


    thinking at all?