0 Chapter 288 indulging Before The Final Competition?

0 Chapter 288 indulging Before The Final Competition?

1″I apologise for keeping you waiting for a long time!”

2 Rocky said and arched his hands to the crowd after stepping on the audience platform. His eyes looked blurry as if he was a little tipsy. The audience was taken aback and they all thought spontaneously, ‘What? He is late for the final competition just because he had indulged some alcohol?’

3 Yet, what made them even more shocked them in awe was Uriah, Rocky’s war beast.by the look of things it had recovered from its injury suffered in the morning. What a strong self-healing ability it had!

4marin got up instantly and dashed to Rocky. She furrowed her brows and whispered to him angrily. Clenching her jaws Anger boiled deep in her system, as hot as lava. It churned within her. .

4″Did you indulge alcohol?”

5″Yes, just a little bit,”

7 Rocky replied tipsily as his face was full of smile. He smiled like the cat who got the cream.

8″What the hell are you doing?

9 arent you aware that you have a competition in the afternoon?

10 It’s not easy for you to get into the third round of the competition. How can you drink at such a crucial moment? It’s hard to believe you…” Marin whispered and gnashed her teeth.

11 She seemed to be so furious as her face flushed red at Rocky.

12 “Are you worried like a cat on hot bricks that I will lose the competition?”

13 Rocky asked and looked at Marin with his mist eyes. Marine’s heartbeat stopped. The passionate moments when Rocky’s lips pressed on hers that night. She had with him lingered in her mind and couldn’t erase them .All of a sudden, she found it hard to keep her composure and her face became flushed.

14″If you lose, I will teach you a good lesson!”

15 Marin groaned and hurriedly walked back to her seat.

16″Marin, are you okay?”

17 Isis asked with great compassion for her cousin. She immediately noticed something was amiss when she observed her blushing face.

18 “Oh, I’m perfectly fine. Don’t get worked up!” Marin denied repudiated as she shook her head fast as light.

19Yet, Isis instincts told her that her cousin was not feeling quite well.it was as if she had done something guilty.

20he who knows speaks last. Isis doubtful as finding a vegan at a delicatessen thought involuntarily, ‘You are definitely concealing something from me.

21 I have never encountered such a behavior from you. You look like you are engrossed in something. Perhaps something has transpired between you and Rocky.’

22 a drop of sweat appeared at her temples and, although it seemed impossible, her frown got even deeper. She steered her attention to Rocky, who looked a bit under influence of alcohol.

23″Hey, young man, even though you use alcohol as your crutch to boost your courage, you are still don’t belong to my league!”

24 Dunn immediately had the audacity to speak. Full of himself and courageous like the diamond, very brilliant; not changed by fire, capable of high polish. Although he was also perplexed by Rocky’s behavior.

25 Dunn was sure of himself because he notioned that since Rocky got drunk like that, he was only seeking for a crushing defeat in the coming competition.

26 If he was drunk to play a set of drunken fists, he might do it quite well. However, if he wanted to lead an army at such condition, he would only make his army more confused as a soul heavy-laden with trouble that will not depart. And without a reasonable doubt, he would lose within a few moments.

27 At that particular moment, Rocky tilted his head, his eyes got direct contact with Dunn’s eyes and nodded to him with a drunken smile. The left side of his faint red lip tugged upwards creating a sinister smirk on his god like face. As he turned back, his originally blurry eyes suddenly flashed a touch of bright light. Someone who noticed this abrupt change would know that this wasn’t a man under influence of alcohol.

28 When Lance saw Rocky actually got drunk before the competition, he furrowed his brows and his eyes flashed a puzzled look. His thoughts come to a screeching halt, a slight crease across his brow the only indicator he was trying to figure out what kind of games was rocky trying to play. With such suspicious mind, he immediately said to Rocky and Dunn: “If you both are ready, let’s start the final round of the competition now!

29 Since Rocky was first to get the red spiritual crystal at the second round, he is entitled to be the first to decide to be the attacking party or the defensing party!”

30 Everyone drove their attention to Rocky. The defensing party being more secure and advantageous.it was obvious that rocky would choose that side.

31 “I choose the attacking party,” Rocky replied at once.

32once again the crowd jaws dropped.

33 They exchanged startled looks with each other the sparks in their brains, desperately trying to connect the dots and instead just causing a short circuit. They looked like a pop-eyed toy from one of those claw machines at the fun fair. They thought wildly, ‘Rocky has already overstepped the boundary and had broken a taboo by getting himself tipsy before the final round. Now he has the guts to choose the attacking party. It was evident he wasn’t sober at all!’

34’what in god’s name is on his mind right now?’ Isis thought with great puzzlement.

35 Isis contemplated with great bewilderment with furrowed brow. According to Rocky’s previous performance at the Army Flag Contest, she was aware that he had a thorough understanding about the both parties’ advantages and disadvantages on the battlefield.

36 despite that, he still chose the attacking party. This made her more confused, her mind was still a surging perplexity.

37 in the meantime, Marin looked even more annoyed compared to Isis reaction. The only thing that crossed her mind was rocky was toying around and did not take heed of the match at all! As a matter of fact, she was disillusioned in him.

38 The only man who maintained his composure and placidity was Lance. He only fixed his attention on Rocky as if he was drowning in a particular thought.

39 When Dunn got wind of Rocky selected the attacking party, he felt it was totally way out of his expectation. At the same time, he had a boost of confidence and determined as he had concluded that this time he would carry the day!

40 As long as he triumphed the third round of the competition, he would automatically be promoted to the General Commander. By then, he would be elated and hold his head high in front of all the audience.

41 in a twinkle of an eye, Rocky and Dunn took their own spirit-manipulated beast and sauntered the competition area from the side of the audience platform.

42 The two teams, with 30 spirit manipulators in each team, were eagerly awaiting for them there. All of them were well-polished. Although the strength of these spirit manipulators ranged from fourth to eighth grade of the Mortal Stage, the average strength of the two teams was equal.

43 After Rocky and Dunn each selected a team, they began to warm up for the competition.

44″Hey, brat, you are bound to lose this time. I didn’t expect that you will pave way for me to be the defending party. Even if you are given twice the time, you and your team can hardly break my defense,”

45 Dunn said full of himself and provocatively when he took his spiral manipulator team and stopped by Rocky.

46 Rocky remained silent as a grave. He just nodded to Dunn and walked towards a different direction with his spiral manipulator team.

47 In the meantime, Lance was standing at the front of the audience platform, with his hands on his back. Watching the two spirit manipulator teams enter the field.

48″Father, is this Rocky really drunk, or he is just pretending to be drunk?”

49 Isis went to his father and popped the question.

50″What’s your opinion?”

51 Lance didn’t answer back but popped another question at her.

52″I think he is probably pretentious to be intoxicated. This guy has always been an expertise at playing dump. He may have deliberately gotten drunk to catch Dunn one defense down,”

53 Isis speculated slowly.

54″But, if he is pretending to be intoxicated, why would he choose the attacking party? Logically, in the scenario that two parties’ strength was equal, the defending party will be in a more advantageous situation than the attacking party,”

55 Lance questioned directly.

56″Well…” Isis hesitated and was befuddled. She couldn’t will her lips to move. As if stuck underwater, everything was slow and warbled.

57 She also found the whole thing quite confusing. The more she mulled it over the more her brain became a spinning top, always finding more questions than answers. Then, she grumbled unhappily, “Maybe, he is really drunk.

58 Grandpa Sheridan must have made him drink!”

59″It doesn’t matter if he is really intoxicated or not.

60 The most essential thing is whether he can win the competition in the end…

61 But unless he has a brilliant plan in mind, winning this time will be like drawing blood form stone!” Lance said composed and firmly.

62 be so negative about Rocky’s victory was once in a blue moon.

63 Lance was aware that Dunn was a very strong opponent. Rocky was not in his best condition and to add salt into an injury, he even chose to be the attacking party. This made it more disadvantatios to him. No matter how special Rocky was and how Lance had applauded him before, he had no slightest chance dominate the fight, let alone break Dunn’s defense and win the flag.

64 Even Lance was of the same opinion clinging in mind. It was no wonder that those commanders and officials were less optimistic about Rocky.

65 the third round of the competition officially commenced. This was just after Rocky and Dunn led their respective spirit manipulator team into the competition field.

66 the first report of the competition was delivered to Lance. This was after fifteen minutes or so. Yet, the content of the report made everyone on the platform stunned.

67″What did you say?

68 Rocky and his team members were having a barbecue party in front of the defensive line?

69 He is really horsing around!” Isis said with a stunned look.

70 the situation was both funny and annoying.

71 Marin was also brewing a little anger like tea in a pot or like a storm out in the sea. The other commanders and the officials were shaking their heads and sighing. It was a hard pill to swallow to imagine that such an important and serious competition was only regarded as a funny game by Rocky.

72 Lance eyes sank despite being mute and having no emotions. He felt that Rocky went overboard.

73 At the same time, under the cool shadow of several big trees, Rocky and the thirty spirit manipulator gathered around several campfires. They were conversing, laughing, and having a big barbecue party. The fire was roasting the meat of the wild animals they had hunted from the nearby forest

74″This is such a nice place barbecue!”

75 Rocky said, he laughed as he was biting the meat of a big thigh of an animal. His laughter exploded. Not a chuckle, or a smirk, but blissful, whole-hearted laughter.

76 Encouraged by their leader, the other spirit manipulators were also biting the roasted meat happily. With smirks on their faces. They had an impression that the battle would be a fierce one. On the contrary they found out it was totally out of their expectation! On one hand, they didn’t have to fight against the other team; on the other hand, they could also enjoy themselves at the barbecue party. They had no slightest clue that their behaviors had generated so much uproar.it was unlike an army to dare pull such a stunt in a serious confrontation. It was just intolerable.