The Almighty Dragon General

The 'handsome man' hiding behind the light orb flinched, appearing nervous.

'Did he catch on already? He was clearly calling me by that name! Is this disguise tool from the Waitara Path's soul spirit actually useless?' the 'man' pondered.

Meanwhile, James conjured a shiny cauldron before him, with a bright blue flame burning fiercely inside.

He produced a pestle and held it over the fire in different positions. "Should I roast it horizontally, vertically, or slightly slanted?

"We usually use charcoal fire to roast fish. I wonder if the meat would get burnt if I used the Flames of Samadhi instead.

"Oh, it should be fine! It's a divine and extraordinary fish, after all. It's big and meaty. I might even have to use up a few bottles of Chaos Absinthe to make sure it's properly roasted."

Yehria's face turned red with anger. 'That crazy bastard! Instead of thinking about how to deal with the Waitara Path's soul spirit and secure the rights to govern the Haleth Realm, he's trying to decide how to roast me instead! I won't let him off for this!' Yehria raged inwardly.

As her anger boiled over, Yehria stormed out of her hiding place.

"You're big and meaty! Your whole family is big and meaty! James Caden, you crazy bastard! You're an absolute... Huh?"

to an abrupt halt as she saw that James was really holding a fish in his hand. It was a big, live koi

lifted his head and gasped in mock surprise. "Oh my! You really came out yourself? You're being so

her teeth. "Why

He was just trying to provoke her by acting as though he was planning to roast fish. Yet,

onto her and trapped her almost instantly. Everything around her spun quickly in the formation. Still disguised

Fwoosh!

ria

as she bumped into the formation's barrier that had stopped abruptly.

cursed aloud, Yehria

and eventually steadied herself

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over the formation's barrier emitted

of bright, purplish-gold light

squares inside James'

in fear, sensing an ominous feeling about the walls of