Ascent of Hero on the Dragon Throne

"You can't even save your own life. Why do you still want to take me away?" Harriet couldn't help but grumble. In her opinion, no one could leave, especially since the patriarch was present.

However, Rocky suddenly smiled at Harriet as if he knew something that she didn't. The next moment, he abruptly turned into a shadow and passed through the surrounding Snow Master Clan members. In the blink of an eye, he had approached the patriarch.

The patriarch didn't expect that Rocky would suddenly rush towards him. His expression shifted in alarm, but he immediately took a deep breath as if to calm himself. His spiritual power that was close to the strength of a spiritual master instantly bloomed. All of a sudden, icy wind blew violently around them, and the spiritual waves in the place waxed and waned.

"Ice Dragon Wrath!" As the patriarch waved his hand, a ferocious ice dragon shot out and rushed towards Rocky, who was fast approaching.

But Rocky didn't even blink. He shook his left arm, and a black-purple vortex appeared, directly devouring the dragon.

"What the... What kind of evil skill is this?" When the patriarch saw that Rocky had forcefully devoured his clan's secret skill, his expression darkened in dismay.

His subordinates were even more surprised because, in their opinion, the strength of their patriarch whose power was approaching a spiritual master was already very powerful. In sharp contrast, the human in front of them, who they thought was a weakling, had easily broken through their patriarch's secret skill.

Of course, the patriarch did not think that the human in front of him could do something like that. Thus, he believed that if he used the Snow Master Clan's secret skill again, Rocky would not survive it again.

"Freeze the world!" The patriarch raised his hands. Suddenly, the wind and snow around them roared, and between one breath and the next, all of them gathered towards Rocky, instantly freezing his feet.

Soon, a thick layer of ice had formed all over Rocky's body until he was nothing but a human-shaped ice sculpture.

"Ha-ha! You are a mere human being! You have overestimated yourself. Now you know how powerful I am!" The patriarch laughed arrogantly.

Seeing this, Harriet was shocked, but she could do nothing.

"Take that girl back." Seeing that Rocky had become an ice sculpture, the patriarch turned his attention back to Harriet.

He signaled his men, and several members of the Snow Master Clan immediately surrounded her.

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t couldn't help but protest again.

"It's because I know that the Snow Master Clan's legendary guardian beast is your guardian beast," Rocky answered with a smile.

"How—how did you know that?!" Harriet blurted out in surprise. Except for her father and herself, no other person should have known about that.

"The patriarch wants to know where your father hid your clan's legendary guardian beast. And before your father's death, he asked me to take you away from here. He also said that you were the hope of the Snow Master Clan, so it's not difficult for me to guess that the owner of your clan's legendary guardian beast was actually you," explained Rocky calmly. "However, I don't understand why your father didn't hand over the legendary guardian beast to the patriarch since he got it. Instead, he hid it."

"My father used to be a respected elder of my clan. To revive the clan, he began to search for the legendary guardian beast. He spent fifty years looking for it, and he managed to find the reincarnated legendary guardian beast. However, he was seriously injured, and his advanced spiritual being's strength was crippled, all to bring back the legendary guardian beast. Despite all these, the patriarch did not even thank my father. Instead, he forced him to hand over the legendary guardian beast. My father knew that the patriarch was not worth trusting the future of the whole Snow Master Clan, so he didn't hand over the beast to him. As a result, the patriarch abolished my father's position as an elder and relegated him to a pitiful village..." Harriet revealed in a soft voice. Her eyes were distant as if she was reminiscing the memories from long ago.