The Rise of the Black Plain

Just as the giant war hammer that looked a little rusty was about to hit Vivian's back, several spinning mirrors appeared in the space between her and that weapon.

Following the materialization of Abby's defensive mirrors, the giant war hammer finally hit that surface that looked fragile at first glance.

However, when the two touched, Abby's spinning mirrors barely trembled, while that weapon used by a level 57 Spiritual King emitted shrill noises before flying away from that person's hands.

"What?" Such an assassin of the Scourges of the Devil shouted in surprise, not expecting he would fail to kill that distracted woman.

At the same time, Grace sighed in relief and ran toward her beloved, still a little afraid of what had just happened.

"Vivian! Vivian!"

"Uh? I didn't die?" Vivian finally opened her eyes and saw that the previous war hammer could no longer be seen in the surroundings. Meanwhile, allies from their group surrounded the person who had attacked her.

"Her Majesty saved your life, Vivian!" Grace brought her girlfriend into her embrace while she paid attention to the surroundings, trying to prevent the previous situation from repeating itself.

As for Abby, after seeing that those two were okay, she continued her work of protecting her group's allies, her job since the war.

She only had one Golden-grade combat technique. As such, rather than putting herself at risk by attacking opponents, this woman of Minos usually focused on protecting allies, helping to weaken opponents who attacked them.

Knowing her own strengths and weaknesses, Abby had already saved the lives of Vivian, Maxwell, and several people there she even did not know.

Because of this, even though her group had just under 100 individuals and her opponents over 200, Minos' side had lost no one so far. In contrast, almost 100 people on the other side had already perished!

That was the advantage of having someone with such a helpful support technique on the battlefield!

Anyway, seeing that a few more people needed her help, Abby activated her defensive technique again, materializing her spinning mirrors in two different locations on the battlefield.

'Hmm, Minos is already dealing with these people...' She pondered as she watched in her man's direction, already considering that the fight would be over in a few seconds.

...

While Abby protected the people in her group and Minos was slaughtering those in his way, Maxwell was fighting his enemy, the murderer of his old companion Alexander.

Egbert, level 55, known by his codename, Scythe, was much stronger than Maxwell. However, luck was not on his side!

After having had part of his energy stolen by Minos, which virtually all of the Scourges of the Devil had suffered by now, this assassin had still wasted his energy more than once against Abby's defenses.

Because of this, Maxwell had reached this point in the battle with no wounds on his body, while that old man with half-black, half-grey hair was almost out of energy, with several wounds all over his body.

Sss!

"Ahhhh!"

"Bastard!" Egbert shouted in hatred, feeling his body burned by the damned beams of light released by his opponent's offensive technique.

Burning Light!

Maxwell focused even more of his efforts on that technique, the same one Elena used, as he realized his opponent would not last much longer.

"This is your punishment for killing Alexander, you bloody murderer!" The young man shouted icily, feeling anger he had not felt in months.

"You immoral bastard!"

"You are the one who should have died! But a coward like you had to hide, no? So, you killed him, faggot!"

Hateful Skeletons!

Egbert activated his offensive technique one last time, trying to ignore the golden light beams emitted by the energy balls in Maxwell's hands.

With that, three creatures that looked like human skeletons soon emerged from underground, running toward Maxwell as if they had just seen their favorite food in the world.

"Grh! Grhhr!"

Horrifying sounds rang out as those beings attacked in the direction of Maxwell, who was already moving through the area. Nevertheless, he continued to attack that opponent's body even though he was in danger for not defending himself against those skeletons.

"You're going to die now, assassin!" He shouted angrily, causing the two energy balls in his hands to double in size, simultaneously intensifying the paleness on his face.

Sssss!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Damn you! Degenerate, you are completely insane! Ahhhhhhhh!"

But as those two tried to sustain their techniques while withstanding each other's attack, King Snow finally saw the terrible face of his son's killer.

"Scythe!" Adam shouted with all the strength of his being, causing his level 59 cultivation to escape his control and cause disruption in his surroundings.

Seeing the face of that person, who seemed to be being burned by golden beams of light, this king felt that he could eliminate the person responsible for Alexander's humiliating death.

With that, after his thunderous voice startled several people in the vicinity of Maxwell's fight, this man activated his primary technique, forming a giant ice golem on his back.

Arctic Golem!

A creature about the same size as the Diamond Monkeys in the surroundings, only completely white, took shape while glowing eyes appeared on its head.

After that, such a creature jumped off Adam's back, following up with a fist strike against Egbert.

"Shit!"

"That bastard!" That assassin almost pissed himself in fear at that sight, feeling the sudden end approaching him.

At the present moment, a mere level 50 Spiritual King was already pressing him to a desperate level. But now, with the attack of a furious level 59 cultivator, there was no more hope for this man!

With that, he gave up trying to defend himself against Adam, as it would be futile anyway. But, on the other hand, killing Maxwell was something in his possibilities. So, with that in mind, he put all his remaining attention on that pale young man, ready to take such a person with him into the afterlife.

"Brat, you will soon find your lover!" He shouted one last time, just before Adam's attack came close enough to him that there was no more time for comment.

At that instant, Maxwell regretted that he would not be able to eliminate that person on his own, but he felt happy to see that Scythe would die in front of him.

'That's good enough for me.' He closed his eyes and smiled, satisfied that he had somehow seen the fulfillment of the revenge of Alexander's death.

Infinite Mirrors!

Abby tried once again to activate her technique. Still, this time, she finally reached her limit, with her mirrors appearing and disappearing in a single split second.

After seeing that, she felt nervous, fearing that such a soldier of her forces would fall right in front of her. "Maxwell!"

...

Hearing his girl's voice, Minos looked in the direction of where Maxwell was fighting, seeing the imminent danger that his soldier was facing.

'Abby has exhausted herself, huh?' He decapitated another enemy in his path just before activating his Spatial Sword with more than half his strength, freezing everyone standing on that battlefield.

Immediately after doing so, he hurled one of his swords in the direction of that young man, aiming at the two skeletons closest to Maxwell.

Vuup!

Crack!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

When the effect of the Spatial Sword ended, and the two skeletons targeted by Minos vanished, Egbert let out his final cries of pain before being hit full on by the earlier golem.

Puff!

The other skeleton, who was only an inch away from ripping Maxwell's body apart, vanished as he continued to keep his eyes closed.

At that moment, Egbert's body was crushed against the ground, emitting various sounds, until finally, his life ended, with the stop of his cries of anguish.

King Snow and Maxwell had gotten their revenge!

Seeing that from afar, Abby felt relieved that Minos had acted at the last second.

"Sigh..."

"It's finally over." She said in a low voice to Maida, Minos' mount, who was already at her side to protect her.

Hearing that, Maida nodded her large head, noting that there were only 15 enemies left standing. Still, each of them was surrounded by people from the Snow Kingdom.

As for the Diamond Monkeys, after they had received authorization from Minos, they headed into the interior of that mountain to slaughter the survivors.

There were no innocents in an organization like this, and everyone there, whether family members or subordinates of those assassins, had chosen their fate by associating with them.

Some might think that not everyone had the power of choice, but that was just an excuse for the weak to take the responsibility off their shoulders.

And since Minos believed this faithfully, he was willing to make everyone in that organization suffer the consequences of their past decisions and actions.

Sooner or later, everyone had to live with the weight of their choices. And no matter how long it took, the debt of these people had finally come to terrify them!

That was the end of the Scourges of the Devil, the oldest active regional organization in these areas!

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