The Medallion novel Chapter 62

"You still dare lie to me?" his opponent shouted, furious to the core. She struck her palms together. Water arrows materialized from the phoenix spiritual power, which was specialized in water, and shot straight at Rocky. The moment she made her move, she felt something wrong as she sensed something fall from her waist.

Every onlooker began cheering and breaking out in boisterous chatter as they saw her trousers fall, revealing her beautiful legs. This competition was certainly quite memorable, and they were glad to have witnessed it.

She seemed to have realized this after hearing the obscene comments from the spectators. She looked down and realized that her trousers had fallen to the ground. She immediately lost her composure and screamed. She grabbed her pants and left the stage in a hurry, apparently forgetting that she was competing with Rocky.

Rocky had used the Deity Finger that blasted her belt to pieces as their spiritual power battled. He knew this was not a fair way to treat a lady, yet it was the simplest way to win this game.

Rocky, to everyone's shock, had defeated two phoenix spirit manipulators and regained the advantage to some degree with a score of six to five.

This brought some hope to the Dragon Empire's team, who had long been convinced of their defeat. It was an unpredictable and bizarre win as the opponent had merely run away, thereby forfeiting to them. The Holy Dragon Empire team began to regain the hope that they could actually win this.

However, they were rather worried. After all, Rocky's last two wins had been out of pure luck and now his next opponent was also a phoenix spirit manipulator at the fifth grade of Mortal Stage. No one believed that Rocky could possibly win this round.

Just as they had thought that Rocky already reached his limit, he once again shocked everyone by bringing his strength to the fifth grade of the Mortal Stage and winning the competition.

The extraordinary change and improvement demonstrated on Rocky were quite amazing, and they were all searching for a possible explanation behind it. It dawned on them that it must have something to do with the Holy Dragon Bead.

It was widespread knowledge that Rocky had been removed as a prince for fusing with the Holy Dragon Bead. And the fact that he hadn't even made to the first grade of the Mortal Stage after the fusion was a subject of ridicule.

So his winning streak now was nothing short of a miracle, and what seemed to have made it possible was the Holy Dragon Bead.

After these shocking events, everyone was growing accustomed to Rocky's powerful magic. They were expecting more and more. Their anticipation grew with the speculation of the cause behind his improvement. With the power of the Holy Dragon Bead, Rocky should have been at the fifth grade of the Mortal Stage at the fusion. But he had been so weak at the time that he didn't have the strength to do anything.

Now he had just proven himself as much more than the weak, pathetic boy they had all sneered at. But with this, their expectations of him grew as well. For they believed that with the power of the Holy Dragon Bead, anything could happen.

Now everyone, including officials and spirit manipulators who had once looked down on him, was thinking the same thing. They seemed to have acknowledged that Rocky was no longer that inutile prince. He was a rising star of the Holy Dragon Empire!

"The fifth grade of the Mortal Stage! It looks like Basil has really acquired the power from the Holy Dragon Bead. Your Majesty, do you still remember what we discussed before?" Lena had regained her calm composure after the initial bout of excitement from seeing Rocky, but she was still very proud of Rocky deep down. Something more important came to her mind, which was the thing she discussed with the emperor after Rocky had been removed as a prince.

"The Holy Dragon Bead..." Lena had forgotten about the presence of Felicia, who immediately turned to the emperor and asked, wide-eyed, "Your Majesty, I believe you own me an explanation."

The emperor looked a little unsettled, yet he maintained his composure. "Well... We didn't mean to keep this from you. The royal spirit manipulator on that stage is the one that fused with the Holy Dragon Bead."

"Your Majesty..." Priest Dean frowned as he never thought that the emperor would admit that Rocky was the royal spirit manipulator that fused with the Holy Dragon Bead.

"It must be him. No wonder he could make such an impressive breakthrough in such a short time frame. However, he is only at the fifth grade of the Mortal Stage. There are still two members left in our team, one of whom is already at the sixth grade of the Mortal Stage now. So victory will still belong to our Magic Phoenix Empire!" Erica proclaimed with some arrogance, speaking as if they had already won the competition.

"Why did Priest Dean deny it then?" Felicia still hung on to this and questioned them with a little hint of anger in her voice.

"Priest Dean denied it out for the protection of our Holy Dragon Empire. Because that spirit manipulator has another identity... He's... my son." The emperor paused for a second before he revealed this shocking truth. His voice was low and bitter.

Priest Dean and Prince Alston, as well as all the other officials who heard this, were all extremely shocked. The moment Basil had been abolished as a prince, he was officially no longer part of the royal family. Yet the emperor admitted in front of Felicia, who was the imperial preceptor of the Magic Phoenix Empire that this young man was his son. This was really out of the place given the circumstances. After all, at this level, anything that the emperor said must be real. If not, he would make it real himself.

Lena was the only one who remained calm among them. She was the only one who knew the true reason why the emperor had revealed it to everyone. Months ago, right after Basil had fused with the Bead, the emperor had told Lena that if his son could somehow manage to improve his power, he would make an exception and restore his position as a prince again.

The real reason for the emperor's decision to remove his son from princedom was to fend off unwanted attention. After all, it was a big deal to have successfully fused with the Holy Dragon Bead.

"So not only he is the royal spirit manipulator who fused with the Holy Dragon Bead, but he is also the son of Your Majesty? I heard that after the Holy Dragon Bead had been declared as the holy treasure of the Holy Dragon Empire, the emperor at the time announced that whoever in his royal family could fuse with the Holy Dragon Bead would be his successor to lead the Holy Dragon Empire. In this case, no wonder you are trying deliberately to hide his identity..." Felicia finally put two and two together.

The emperor was silent in response. It had long been known that Alston was predetermined to become his successor. What Felicia said was absolutely right. At the time when the Holy Dragon Bead was declared as the holy treasure, the emperor had indeed proclaimed that whomever in his family would be his successor if he or she could successfully fuse with the Holy Dragon Bead. It was understandable now why the emperor had concealed the truth.

Felicia's words stirred up some outbursts among the officials and royal family members, who immediately started to discuss among themselves. The selection of the next emperor determined their life to some degree. They were all concerned about what it could mean for them.

Even Alston, who had always shown restraint, could no longer hold back. Looking absolutely flabbergasted, he stood up as if he was about to protest before Priest Dean stopped him and whispered something into his ears to calm him down. If not for Priest Dean, he would have certainly stepped beyond his boundaries.

At this moment, Rocky's next opponent came onto the stage. He was also at the fifth grade of the Mortal Stage yet more powerful than the last. Rocky frowned. The trick he had used last time probably wouldn't work on this fellow.