The Rise of the Black Plain

When those sweet words were spoken to the 15 high-level elders currently present in Cloud City, they all expressed their immense satisfaction at this.

Previously the number of these experts between levels 77 and 79 was lower. Still, now, with the possibility of the Spatial Kingdom, their numbers have increased.

Even with some of the elders currently in the Black Plain, they had more high-level members in this city than before!

At the same time, the family that had benefited most from the opportunities of the Black Plain Empire was House Coleman.

Why was that? Simple, when Minos took over this organization and began his movement to take specialists to the northern region, the only family that had not created problems for him had been the house of his mother and grandfather.

The result had been that this organization benefited the most from Minos' movements, therefore reaching the current situation of representing him in front of the rest of the sect.

In any case, even though this house had benefited more than the Moss and Terry families, the whole sect was benefiting, even with more than half of its members in the northern region.

The local sect outpost became emptier with each exchange of specialists that Minos commanded. Still, the total power increased since, overall, it was preferable to have higher-level specialists than low-level individuals in large numbers.

Having people fight together for one side was good and could provide opportunities for weaker groups. But between having numbers and individually more powerful experts, the second option was more interesting.

In this situation, these elders, eager to be the next to enter the Spatial Kingdom, could not help but be pleased with the words of Emperor Stuart's representative.

"Where is he? I heard he went through Albano and Rosser after his deeds in Vogel." Patriarch Terry asked.

That level 79 man then said. "His Majesty should be in Blackrock for now. So his probable arrival is expected in the next 5 to 10 days."

"Hmmm."

The various people there looked at each other, satisfied since that was not an extended period for them to wait.

"And as for what he did in that place... Is his strength all that, or are there exaggerations in the rumors?" One woman asked, curious as to the strength of her sect master, whom most there had not seen for months.

Of those individuals, only four of them had seen Minos in recent months, individuals who had managed to advance on the Black Plain and returned to the Flaming Empire to make it possible to send more sect members to the northern region.

But even among them, none had seen Minos after his advancement.

The elder of the Coleman family then said. "I personally have not seen His Majesty's abilities after his recent advance. But according to the Black Plain Army, his forces should be greater than he presented."

'Greater?' Several of them thought quietly, considering that the strength Minos displayed in the capital of Vogel was already enough for him to fight at the local leaders' level.

That was no small thing since Minos was only a 'child' from the point of view of these experts, who had already lived thousands of years.

'At this rate, he'll be stronger than the Emperor before he even reaches level 80!' Someone from the Moss family thought to himself, impressed and looking forward to the future.

These elders had grown up as part of the Flaming Empire, never thinking of surpassing the imperial family's strength one day. But even if they had a mental resistance to leaving for the Black Plain, they currently wished to continue growing and surpass those who had once been their leaders.

But none were thinking of taking over the Flaming Empire since, from what they felt, the Black Plain Empire would become a much richer state than this one in the future.

However, they had not only good news!

"What about Mortimer?" Someone more skeptical about the future questioned that.

To this person, without this threat being liquidated, they would never be at peace or be able to grow up without worry.

No one there was dumb, so soon everyone was thinking about this problem from the point of view of that elder of House Terry.

The representative of Minos then said. "His Majesty is aware of the problems we may have due to the Saints Killing Sect. He intends to deal with Mortimer when the time comes..."

"When the time comes? When will that be?" Someone asked.

"He will try to prolong the matter concerning Mortimer until he at least reaches level 71. But if he cannot delay the resolution of the matter, we will have to act sooner."

"Is there a possibility that we can beat Mortimer if he has advanced? I mean, a Spiritual Sage can't simply be overcome with numbers. He can easily escape through space with his spatial manipulation skills."

"Yes, with those natural abilities, any Spiritual Sage can escape from people of our level and slowly eliminate us..."

"It wouldn't be a simple battle! There would be many casualties!"

The level 79 man of the Coleman family then sighed and said. "We don't have much to do other than wait. In any case, Mortimer's greatest interest must be the empire. So I don't believe we'll have to face him alone."

"I hope that's the case..."

Many there lost their earlier good humor at the thought of the problems they would have to deal with if Mortimer succeeded.

...

A few days later...

While the organizations of the Flaming Empire were reacting in various ways to Minos' movements, news of his advance reached the Flowers Kingdom!

At this moment, the queen, who had expectations about Minos' visit to her state, had just heard of Emperor Stuart's deeds against the Assembly of Vogel.

"He can do that? But that's an ability I've never heard of before..." She muttered to her first eunuch, making a dubious expression.

"Yes, but things like that are possible." The Spiritual Demigod next to that level 93 woman said, with a surprised expression on his face due to the news coming from the north.

"In any case, that's not bad. The stronger and more talented he is, the greater will be the powers of his descendants!" She commented, after putting Minos' absurd power aside since he was only a level 70 Spiritual Saint.

For someone at level 93, as was her case, he was no different than an ant with good genes. So that was not enough for her to worry about Minos or the Black Plain growing up.

"Tell them to give Harold more time. I believe that in a few months, that brat will come to my kingdom to try his luck to rescue that man."

"Of course, if he is loyal to his promises..." The eunuch said, remembering human nature for that woman.

...

Meanwhile, Harold had heard from one of his captors what the queen had ordered them to pass on to him.

"So he has reached level 70?" That fellow asked from inside his cell.

"Yes, aren't you worried? Now he can even threaten your imperial family..." That eunuch said, provoking the ire of his prisoner.

'From what I've heard, the empire has much bigger problems to worry about...'

"Sigh!"

"These are challenging times!"