The Rise of the Black Plain



After a few moments, everyone in the surrounding area of the group participating in the military exercise finally stopped to take a breath after several minutes of intense battle.

Looking at these men and women in the surroundings, Minos stopped using his skills and said. "Very well, I think this training has been productive.

Soak up what you have learned and return here in three months so we can train again.

I will be available to help you with training like this for the next two years. After that, I don't know when I will again perform this kind of battle."

The people in the surrounding area indicated that they understood, and before leaving there for their responsibilities, they each thanked Minos for the pointers.

Now and then, during battles like these, Minos would show his opponents' weaknesses, which helped them greatly prepare them for the future by strengthening those weaknesses.

As such, even though they lost to him by a large margin this time, these people were more than satisfied with this friendly match.

Among them, some could not help but look at Minos and sigh, remembering when this emperor was no more than a promising young man.

This was the case with Iris West, who had heard of Minos still when he was a Spiritual Emperor and criminals from her kingdom were invading the Black Plain.

"Sigh..."

'The difference between our talents is really big...' She sighed as she left.

On the other hand, seeing all his opponents leaving, Minos approached his family and local government members.

"Congratulations on another victory, Your Majesty," Dillian said as he saw the emperor's wives offering him water and fruit.

Minos smiled and said. "That was not a fair fight for them. Anyway, winning is always good."

"Father, when will I be able to fight with you? You rarely train with me." Sarah said, taking the lead from her mothers to talk to Minos.

Minos laughed. "Become a Spiritual Sage, and then I will train you a little. Until then, train with your instructors."

Sarah clasped her hands together and turned her back to Minos. 

That would take a long time!

By then, he would probably be a Demigod!

Gloria ran one of her hands through her daughter's long, red hair and said. "Don't worry about it, Sarah. I will train you a little when Minos leaves to solve our problems.

I will have some free time then."

"But..."

"You can't demand that much of your father. He is a busy man who must care for billions of people." Ruth commented to Sarah. "Give him some time to deal with the problems of the state. Then, when times are quieter, he will surely teach you many things."

Minos looked at Abby and the other women there and then said. "I heard what you were talking about... Well, I don't disapprove of what was said. As for my plans, I intend to follow through with what Dillian said.

I will travel to the Marine Empire and then see the traces of the Longus family. I will do that after I become a Spiritual Sage."

"I will go with you!" Isabella said before anyone else, making a point of not leaving him so soon.

Minos smiled and nodded positively to her.

"Anyway, don't worry about that for now. We'll work it out little by little over the next few years.

I won't advance that fast to level 80."

With that said, they would soon return to Dry City, some of them going to the Spatial Kingdom to cultivate and train their techniques.

...

Meanwhile, on the Divine Continent...

Somewhere in this great continent, the Longus family continued their routine of living in seclusion, waiting for the day when they would show themselves to the world again.

Some local powers knew of its existence, but most of them had no idea of the connection of this house with Henricus Longus since his passage through the Spiritual World had happened a long time ago.

So this power lived in relative peace, without problems because of its glorious past.

But in the middle of another ordinary day for the members of this organization, the current patriarch of this family was at the family headquarters, receiving information from a group he had sent months ago to the Ancestral Sea.

After finding out about the appearance of the final heir of Herincus Longus in the City of a Thousand Races, the patriarch of that family ordered a trusted group to go and investigate that person.

He wanted the identity and whereabouts of such a person, something that the beasts of that underwater city had not given him.

Since they were after the human who managed to turn the key to the statue of Henricus Longus and not the person who had discovered the location of the Seraphim Ancient Sarcophagus, they had not yet discovered who Minos was.

If he had associated him with the person who freed Maximillian, these people would already be searching for Minos in the Black Plain Empire!

However, they had not yet reached that information.

"Patriarch, we have managed to trace some potential destinations of the person we are looking for to 4 locations in the central Ancestral Sea area.

If we follow these paths, I believe that in no more than a year, we will have the location and identity of our savior." A voice came up on the patriarch Longus' communicator.

"That's great. Divide your group and investigate these 4 locations simultaneously. Once you guys get his identity, don't hesitate. Bring him to headquarters immediately." This level 91 man said, satisfied and extremely eager to enter that other Spatial Kingdom his ancestor had left.

"What if we can't? I mean, there is a possibility that he has powerful people on his side." The same voice asked. "What should we do in that situation?"

"It's unlikely that he has that kind of help. According to the sea beasts in the City of a Thousand Races, this person was weak. Considering his riches, I doubt he would allow strong people near his secret.

But if the unlikely happens, do nothing. Track him down and keep an eye on him. I will decide what to do when you inform me of his circumstances."

"We will do our best."

After this brief exchange of messages, the patriarch turned off his medium-level grade-4 communicator while clenching his fists.

'Soon... Soon I will have the greatest wealth in this world under my possession!' He thought, wondering what he would do with Henricus Longus' heir.

'If he's smart and knows his place, I can keep him alive. He must be quite talented... But otherwise, it will be better to just kill him once and for all!'