The Rise of the Black Plain

After confirming that he could indeed release Kendrick to allow him to return to cultivation, Igiro did what he had to do and removed the devices that sealed the powers of Minos' eldest son.

As soon as he felt those items leave his body, Kendrick felt a great sense of relief, but he was still not at his best, being completely exhausted.

"I beg your pardon, guard Igiro. Thank you for releasing me, but I would like to cultivate to recover." He made a gesture of thanks before heading to his cultivation room, the level 110 guard watching him from where he stood.

Kendrick's squire followed behind him, leaving Lily with the guard behind.

'Prepare our group. We'll leave for The Blossom World in a week.' Kendrick said in Lily's mind as she smiled.

She thanked Igiro as well before she said goodbye and hurried to alert her companions in the sect.

They had had to get involved in the sect's politics for years in order to gain some of their freedoms and finally to have Kendrick's cultivation released again.

It had been difficult to go against a decision made by the sect master. However, Kendrick was supposed to be the weapon of this organization and The Enchanted Realm to fight The Blossom World. Having him locked up and unable to cultivate was tantamount to wasting his potential.

Since he could not cultivate for over four years, and after receiving advice from many experts in the sect, the elders of the organization felt that it was time to let him return to cultivation and further strengthen himself.

The kidnapping of his relatives and The Blossom World's subsequent demand that he turn himself in was a sad thing for him and his group, but the sect couldn't agree to any of this or even try to resolve the matter. The only thing they could do was to continue to cultivate and nurture him, and one day, avenge what happened to those six people from Kendrick's group.

But now that they had finally regained the trust of part of the sect, this was the chance for the group from the Spiritual World to act or abandon their comrades!

Kendrick, his sisters, and the others would never give up on their comrades, so Lily rushed to break the news to her younger sister, the robot, Vico, and Callie.

None of them had improved their level in recent years, but they were cultivating to become stronger and prepare for future problems.

The only one left was Kendrick. With him back in cultivation, it was time for the group to go on their rescue mission!

...

The day after Kendrick's return to cultivation, Callie, Vico, Hollie, Layla, and the level 106 robot gathered together, having already figured out the group's new situation and when it was time for them to act.

"When is it time to move?" Hollie asked the elders of the group, eager to find her mother.

"We have to wait a few days. Now is the most delicate time for Kendrick. Everyone is watching him now." Vico said with a serious look on his face. "But we shouldn't worry about the moment of departure. That will happen when the opportunity presents itself. The problem we need to focus on now is what we're going to do once we leave.

The forces of The Blossom World don't want Kendrick on their side. They want to kill him and end the danger of the God of Portals making way for The Enchanted Realm to destroy The Blossom World."

That was obvious. The blackmail by the enemy civilization was clear. Kendrick was too dangerous to stay alive or to be accepted into a power that threatened his mother's life. It was best to kill him while he was still weak!

"We will go to the enemy world, but not into the clutches of the enemy. With Kendrick's power, we can infiltrate The Blossom World. Only our current cult will know that we've gone there. It will take the enemies longer to discover our movement." Callie said to the group, imagining once they reached the enemy world, they wouldn't have any immediate problems.

"I wouldn't be so sure. I've heard that this civilization's technologies are quite advanced. All it will take is for us to be picked up by some surveillance sensor and the enemies will know about our group in no time." The robot warned.

"What if we don't go to The Blossom World right away? If we go to another planet connected to The Blossom World by a wormhole, we could disguise ourselves or even steal an enemy ship and infiltrate that world," Lily suggested.

"That could be an alternative. We'll study it over the next few days as we prepare. It will be important to have a plan ready when the time comes to escape from this place." Vico sighed, aware that the road ahead would not be easy.

Rescuing their six companions would be almost impossible!

...

The days would pass quickly, and the surveillance of Kendrick would continue with each passing day.

Meanwhile, his group was losing patience, having already developed their plan to 'safely' enter The Blossom World, and now meeting with Kendrick daily to plan their departure.

Yesterday, they had almost gone through with their plans and left the cult, but the sect master had stopped by to visit Kendrick just as the group was about to attempt their escape.

After that, the group had been forced to continue in this place, and today they had arrived at their new moment together and a new chance to leave.

'The only one watching us at a high level of the 11th stage right now is Igiro. This could be our chance to leave!' Callie said to her companions as they all felt their hearts beat faster, the tension in their surroundings almost revealing itself to the many observers.

Kendrick then stood up from the table and said to his group.

"I'm going back to my training. Would any of you like to give me some pointers?" He looked at Vico and Callie and motioned for them to get ready.

"I'll show you some moves." Vico stood up and led the way to the training room of the Kendrick estate.

When they entered the room together with Kendrick's squire, Vico and the brown-haired young man positioned themselves on the fighting platform, looking as if they were just going to fight once more, as they had done several times in the past few days.

The moment Vico activated his powers, Kendrick acted in a rather dubious manner, using his divine ability to distort the space in the center of this battle platform.

'Now!'

All six members of Minos' group that remained there thought as they moved towards the portal that was forming in that area.