Chapter 736 He Is Prince Basil


    "Sabina," Marcia called out. "Tell His Majesty everything that you know."


    Sabina looked up at Marcia''s impassive face, and then knelt on one knee. "Greetings, Your Majesty. I


    am Sabina Ji," she said respectfully.


    "Sabina Ji? That sounds familiar..." the emperor murmured to himself.


    "Your Majesty, she is the second daughter of the head of the Ji n, and also my niece," Allen told the


    emperor.


    "Oh, I remember you now, Sabina. I heard that you left the Ji n all of a sudden a few years ago, and


    I haven''t heard anything about you since then," the emperor remarked. At that time, Sabina deeply


    impressed him, because she was the only gifted spirit maniptor in the Holy Dragon Empire that was


    on par with Isis. However, he didn''t know much about why she ran away from home.


    "I took Sabina as my disciple several years ago, and she had been following me around all these


    years. Then, not long ago, she went to the Gehenna Border under mymand. And after that, she


    followed Commander in Chief Rocky and had been with him all this time," Marcia exined shortly.


    "So that''s what happened." The emperor nodded to himself, satisfied with Marcia''s exnation. But


    then he asked, "You just said that Rocky was dead. What happened? Why are there rumors of his


    betrayal if he is dead?"


    "Your Majesty, here is the thing..." Thus, Sabina told the emperor the whole story, which included the


    fact that Alyssa had tortured Rocky and that he almost died in her hands just so they could live to see


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    another day. After that, he pretended to betray them so that he could save them. She added that she


    saw Woods'' and his bodyguards'' dead bodies and that she also witnessed it when Rocky went to his


    doom right in front of her eyes.


    When the people heard everything that Sabina had to say, the whole Grand Holy Hall fell silent. It


    shocked them because they had never expected that there was such a truth hidden behind the rumor.


    And at that moment, almost everyone''s impression of Rocky had also changed. Previously, the people


    believed that he was a traitor, but now they saw him as a hero, someone who had chosen to die for the


    safety of his men.


    ''Damn it! Why did it turn out like this?'' Alston cursed inwardly, outraged by the mess that his ns had


    be. He never thought that Sabina would tell everyone the truth, and the worst thing was that


    everyone was believing her. Of course, what she was saying wasn''t strictly the truth, but it was


    believable enough.


    He had originally nned to use Rocky to kill Woods and then stir up a conflict between the Holy


    Dragon Empire and the Timber Deity Empire. His n had seemed perfect in his eyes, but he didn''t


    expect that Sabina would witness Rocky''s death herself. At that point, everyone thought that Rocky


    had a huge fight with the prince of the Timber Deity Empire and his three bodyguards at the Heavenly


    Stage, and they all died. And Alston couldn''t refute it either, because he could give himself away, and


    they could all find out that he had engineered everything.


    So even though Alston hated that Rocky had somehow turned from being a hated traitor to a beloved


    hero, there was nothing he could do without incriminating himself.


    ''Rocky might''ve be a hero, but he is dead. That''s what''s important. I don''t need to get angry, ''


    Alstonforted himself, but his rage and frustration revealed themselves in his trembling fists.


    "So you are saying that Rocky pretended to betray us to save you, but he didn''t intend to betray the


    country at all. And to protect his reputation, he fought with the prince of the Timber Deity Empire and


    his bodyguards and they all died. Am I right?" the emperor asked in all seriousness. Although this was


    quite different from the truth, it wasn''t a bad thing, because the rumors of Rocky''s treachery could


    finally be rified. It was also a good thing that the Timber Deity Empire had lost a prince, as that


    meant that their enemies'' morale was cut at the same time. Although it might lead to a huge dispute, it


    could also bring honor to the Holy Dragon Empire.


    "Your Majesty, Commander in Chief Rocky is innocent. And I also heard that the Timber Deity Empire


    was forced to stop fighting because of his superior strategy, and through him, the Crimson Dragon


    Army had gained a great advantage. There is no doubt that he contributed greatly to the Holy Dragon


    Empire. It is such a tragedy that because of this, he was killed." The hall stayed hushed, and everyone


    bore a mncholic expression on their face, as they pondered Rocky''s death and all that he sacrificed.


    It was such a great jump, when just a while ago, everyone had been cursing his name as a traitor.


    However, on the other hand, Lance, Isis, Marin, Allen, and Sabina showed genuine grief because of


    Rocky''s death.


    "Your Majesty, I have something else to tell you. It''s about Commander in Chief Rocky''s identity,"


    Marcia suddenly blurted out, and at once, every eye in the whole Grand Holy Hall was riveted to her.


    Alston tensed as well when he heard Marcia. He tried to hide his unease and shock, as he wondered if


    she truly knew what she was saying. He wanted to jump out and stop her, but at that moment, he


    couldn''t do anything but clench his fists tightly and gnash his teeth in frustration.


    "His identity? What do you mean by that?" asked the emperor.


    He tilted his head in confusion and impatiently gestured for the woman to continue.


    "Rocky is..." Marcia took a deep breath, while everyone, in contrast, waited for her to continue with


    baited breaths. "He is Prince Basil!"


    Marcia revealed as shocked gasps escaped from the people in the hall. They couldn''t believe what


    they had heard, and some even thought that they had misheard.


    Rocky was actually Basil, the prince of the Holy Dragon Empire! It was more than a year ago when


    Basil was injured, and at that time, he also spiraled into madness during cultivation. They had thought


    that he was practicing in seclusion so he could heal himself, but why would he suddenly turn up as the


    Commander in Chief of the Crimson Dragon Group? It was such a fantastical story, so much so that no


    one knew quite what to believe. "General Marcia, what did you just say? Rocky is Basil?"


    the emperor asked dubiously like he couldn''t understand what the words even meant. The news was


    echoed all through the crowd in waves, as everyone passed the news to another.


    Meanwhile, Lance and Isis looked at each other in dismay. They had been trying to uncover Rocky''s


    identity all this time, but they had never thought that he was Prince Basil. On the other hand, the


    emperor was stilling to terms with the truth. He looked helplessly at Marcia and the others, and his


    eyes were begging them to deny the truth. His son couldn''t be dead, right? "Does this mean that...


    Basil is dead?!" the emperor cried out brokenly, his voice hoarse and pained. There was a flicker of


    regret on his grieving face, and he shed back to thest time that he had seen his son.


    "That''s right. He died for the Crimson Dragon Army and for the Holy Dragon Empire. And yet people


    even ndered him!" Marcia''s voice was steady, outraged by the people''s disrespect, but she couldn''t


    hide the sadness in her eyes.


    "What? Basil is dead?!" Just then, a woman''s cry sounded above all the others. Their heads swiveled


    at the same time, and they saw a delicate figure who was walking into the Grand Holy Hall. Her eyes


    were wide with shock and shiny with unshed tears.