Ascent of Hero on the Dragon Throne

"This is all my fault," Woods lamented. "I should have been more careful." He was confident at first that he could successfully attack Evian City. However, his plans did not consider Rocky joining in defense of the Crimson Dragon Army especially when he was wronged by Lance.

"Rocky should not have intervened. We underestimated him. He even managed to escape the assassination and successfully revealed Laney's identity," Alyssa said with resentment. Hearing Rocky's name made her flinch and triggered a deep anger in her. She could not wait actually meeting the man and giving him what he deserved.

"I've warned you about him, Alyssa." Woods was only informed afterwards that Alyssa sent Laney to plan the assassination. When he found out, the plan was already in motion. He could only worry about Rocky. When Laney returned, she informed them that her identity had been exposed and that the assassination had failed. Woods felt a rock get lifted off his chest. Despite everything, he did not want Rocky to die like that.

"He can't run away forever," Alyssa remarked with conviction.

"Your Royal Highness, the Evian City spy sent news." A guard came in with an armful of paper.

Alyssa grabbed the papers and skimmed it. Her eyes widened as she went through the files.

"What happened?" Woods asked after seeing Alyssa's shocked expression.

As a way of response, Alyssa passed the papers to him.

"Rocky is going to marry the daughter of Lance?" Woods shared Alyssa's surprise. "And it's happening soon.

We shouldn't have let go of him before. We should have killed him earlier. As soon as he marries the daughter of Lance, he would become much more powerful than he already is," Alyssa said sternly.

"Do you just want to kill him because you are afraid of losing?" Woods inquired. He knew that Alyssa was already determined to kill Rocky. And, if

emed like it was just yesterday when she first met Rocky. It was at the Isis Pavilion and she caught Rocky peeping at her. And now, she was going to marry that man. They had been through quite a drama together it felt almost unreal.

"Miss Isis, please look out for Mr. Bai. After all, he is quite irresponsible with himself. I hope you take good care of him," Sue said as she combed Isis' hair.

"I will." Isis nodded. She knew that it was her duty as a wife to take care of him and she accepted it wholeheartedly. Their marriage was inauthentic, but she was determined to act like a real wife.

"The phoenix coronet and the gown are here. You can try it on. If it doesn't fit, we'll send it to the tailor." Two maids entered with the items.

Isis admired the phoenix coronet and the gown and said, "It's beautiful."

"Oh my, you'd definitely look gorgeous in this!" Sue sweetly remarked.

With the help of the maids, Isis tried the wedding garments. Everyone in the room stared at her with admiration. She looked like a peony in full bloom.

"Wow," a man's voice said. "My future wife looks beautiful. I wish there was a way for me to capture this memory." Isis looked up and exchanged glances with the person who just entered the room.