The Rise of the Black Plain

Hearing Minos' comment, the second prince felt a little relieved. That's because, by the words of that young man with brown hair, it seemed that he would not forget what happened today!

With that, even if Minos was not his ally, Blake felt more comfortable knowing that Charles had made a powerful enemy. At the very least, such a thing would put the third prince farther from completing his goal of securing the throne of the Kingdom of the Waves.

And this was a chance for Blake!

Charles's advantage was not slight, but neither was it insurmountable. And with the loss of five Spiritual Kings at once, Blake's younger brother had suffered a decisive blow, which could help the other two contenders for the local throne get closer to each other.

"My name is Blake Walker. What is your name?" Blake asked as he tried to lean on a tree that was near where he was standing before.

"You do not need to know!"

"You two should leave, we don't know where that worm went, and the place will certainly be investigated. So, don't waste the chance I gave you!" Minos walked through that spot, heading towards the place where that big tiger was hiding. He then completed it. "If you survive the next few years, maybe you have a chance to become king..."

"If Charles Walker doesn't die before the end of the competition for the local throne, then one day I will come to kill him!"

After saying this, Minos massaged Ebba's big neck, calming it of what had happened.

And when it felt that, that frightened tiger looked at Minos with completely dilated eyes as it began to sniff Abby's scent on this young man's body.

"It's me..." He continued to massage the big beast until finally, he climbed onto its back and pointed forward.

And seeing that, it didn't take long for Ebba to figure out what she was supposed to do and start running in the direction Minos had pointed out.

Such a thing was not difficult to be accomplished. After all, even though Ebba doesn't speak human language due to her low intelligence, she could still understand simple gestures due to her low intelligence.

She clearly understood Abby's wishes, given their contract with each other, but it wasn't difficult for a second person to command a hired beast from another. As long as that second person had a close relationship with that beast's master, or its master ordered the hired beast to obey other people, then commanding a beast below the 5th stage would not be as challenging.

As long as someone had a little patience, one side could understand the basics of what the other wanted. And so, despite not fully understanding each other, it was possible to travel and even fight together.

And due to Minos and Abby's proximity, Ebba had no restrictions on obeying its master's boyfriend.

Anyway, while Ebba ran through the trees of that great forest, heading south, Minos was recovering little by little while eating some spiritual fruits.

He couldn't just go to the Spatial Kingdom from where they were due to the ring restrictions.

Such an item carried the teleported beings or objects from one point to another, but while Minos could send things to any point in that place, he could only return to the site from which he traveled in the first place!

Because of that, if this sovereign went to the Spatial Kingdom from where he was now, he would have to return to the same position when he left that place where Abby was right now.

And such a thing would be dangerous!

If he did that, there would be a possibility that when he was going to return, the region he had departed could be hosting a battle, perhaps the presence of individuals from the 6th stage of cultivation, maybe enemies who were hunting Abby and him...

The possibilities were endless!

Because of these and many other dangers, Minos would not enter the Spatial Kingdom from an unsafe place, such as the forests he was traveling in.

He would only do such a thing if he were in a private place, like a hotel room in the middle of a city, a cultivation tower, etc. Areas where the chance of something strange happening during his return was pretty slim.

'Ahh, because of this incident, I'll only be able to enter the Spatial Kingdom and speak to Abby when I get to the next town, after two days of traveling …' Minos thought to himself as he let out a defeated sigh.

It wasn't much of a problem for him to do that, but Abby would probably be worried about him because of that previous situation.

On the other hand, she must also be quite scared, as never before in her life had she faced such danger.

'Ahh... There's nothing to do about it. If I go there now, it will be unsafe, as I can't guarantee what will happen next…' He shook his head, deciding it wasn't worth the risk.

At the same time, he finally took many spatial rings out of his own and started analyzing them.

"Hmmm, not bad..."

After spending time totaling his earnings, Minos was finally able to understand how much he and the Black Plain had gained from it.

There were many items in that ring, with over a thousand pills of all kinds, almost all of which were of grade-2 classification!

But that was no surprise. After all, all those people were at the 6th stage or were almost there. Consequently, there were many grade-2 items in the rings Minos picked up and very few grade-1 ones.

Furthermore, there were over 100 arrays, over 60 weapons, 131 copies of Blue-grade combat techniques, and 20 Black-grade ones. As for crystals, Minos had managed to add to his fortune over 1.2 million low-grade crystals and 6.8 thousand medium-grade crystals!

That was not insignificant and could significantly help the Black Plain Army and the Dry City itself.

Mainly concerning the techniques collected, since with more significant variability of this for the population, the greater the chances of specialists appearing in that place.

That's because cultivators might have better compatibilities with certain types of techniques, something that could greatly increase these people's fighting proficiency.

Like people with innate skills focused on hand-to-hand combat. For people like that, using techniques focused on that specialization would be most effective.

And only with a vast number of techniques could Minos create the chances for his citizens to make the most of their unique talents!

Besides these more interesting items for cultivators, there were also some more common things among those rings, such as paintings, food, various bodies of spiritual beasts, clothes, things that were part of everyday life for most people in the Spiritual World.

Cultivators had to satisfy needs, individual wants and strive to take advantage of every crystal they could gain from their actions...

Because of that, many things in those rings had no use for Minos, but that could perhaps be popular among the inhabitants of the Dry City.

'Hmm, later I will leave all these items for the Central Market to sell at low cost. That will sell very fast in that place...'

Quickly time began to fly by when Minos and Ebba disappeared over the horizon of that region where the fight had taken place.

...

As Minos headed south, Blake and his bodyguard headed towards the city ruled by this young man, where he could protect himself.

The danger to his life had temporarily diminished because of what had happened. But he couldn't take his security casually.

His older brother wasn't involved in all of this and had never attacked him so far, but that didn't mean Wilfred wouldn't take this opportunity. So, Blake could only run and hide for a while until today's losses were recovered.

"Second Prince, we lost a lot today... What are we going to do next?" That surviving Spiritual King asked as the two made their way carefully through that forest.

"We lost a lot, in fact..."

"But Charles was the one who lost the most! That person is only level 44 and can already do that. Imagine what he will be able to do when he reaches level 50?" He commented with a smile on his face. "And getting to level 50 isn't difficult even for people like me... Imagine for someone like him? Hehe, Charles now has to live in fear of that guy!"

After that, the two also disappeared over the horizon of that forest, heading north.