"General Marcia!" Lance shouted in surprise.
It was Marcia, who had been looking for Rocky for several days and nights but still couldn't find him.
At that moment, Marcia looked lonely and depressed, like a woman abandoned by her man. Her delicate face looked sunken, and she seemed to have lost some weight. The previous noble and beautiful posture she exuded was gone, making her look listless and exhausted.
As soon as the people in the hall saw her, they couldn't help but stand up and quickly surrounded her, asking all kinds of questions.
However, the emperor immediately silenced them. "Be quiet. Let General Marcia sit down first." Of course, he too was anxious and wanted to hear the news, but Marcia looked like she was ready to fall over at any moment.
At the emperor's words, everyone returned to their seats, but their eyes were still fixed on Marcia.
Soon, Marcia walked towards the front of the hall and knelt on one knee towards the emperor. She bowed her head and cupped her hands, her face contorted in grief. "Your Majesty, I failed to protect Prince Crimson. Please punish me!"
"General Marcia, what are you doing? Let's talk about this later. No matter what happened, I don't think it's your fault, so don't blame yourself. Why don't you tell us the whole story first? At least, let us know what happened first!" The emperor hurriedly waved his hand.
Hearing this, Marcia stood up and looked around the crowd. Then she told them the whole story.
Everyone was shocked after hearing her story. The whole story was beyond their expectation, and never in their wildest dream could they imagine that Rocky would suddenly become a demon and forget everyone. Moreover, he controlled the powerful Divine Spiritual Source and killed countless spiritual race beings, which made the spiritual race suffer heavy casualties. That was why the members of the spiritual race were hunting Rocky down now.
"So, Basil really killed many members of the spiritual race?" Lena was also stunned by the whole story. If she had known this earlier, she should have stopped Rocky from finding the Dragon Master Clan's holy treasure.
"General Marcia, you just said that Basil wore the holy treasure of the Dragon Master Clan?" the emperor asked with great concern. Marcia nodded at once.
"In fact, there is a secret about the holy treasure of the Dragon Master Clan.
I didn't expect that Basil would wear it, so I didn't tell him ab
me behind," Isis said firmly. But even though her tone was resolute, her beautiful eyes were already brimming with unshed tears.
"I believe it will be extremely challenging to find him, but it is only natural because all the spiritual race clans in the Wild Spirit Land are hunting him down as we speak. I'm afraid he won't show himself easily. Moreover, if he returns here safely, it may not be a good thing for our empire. He may not even come back on purpose, all for the sake of our empire," Lance analyzed rationally.
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in dismay, because Lance was right. The reason why Rocky disappeared suddenly was that he didn't want the Holy Dragon Empire to be involved.
"But even if he doesn't come back, our empire is now under siege from all directions. Before long, I'm afraid the other clans of the spiritual race will take this opportunity to make trouble for us." Bryant worriedly expressed his fears.
"We will send more people to find him first," the emperor ordered at once. But before he could finish his instructions, his eyes suddenly widened as if in shock. In the blink of an eye, the emperor had collapsed to the floor, gasping for breath and clutching his chest in pain. His face had grown ashen, while his body was tight with tension, grasping his chest and the empty air around him for support.
The entire hall exploded into chaos. Shouts for help echoed, as everyone crowded around the fallen emperor.
"Your Majesty!"
"Call for an imperial physician!"
It was a total mess.
Just as the emperor had collapsed, the Holy Dragon Empire fell into a huge crisis.