The Rise of the Black Plain

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"Ahhhhhh!"

Immediately after running towards those three, Minos mentally attacked one of them, making that person feel slightly distracted. At the same time, he had delivered a blow with one of his feet toward Linette's abdomen.

And while Thomas was defending himself from one of the sword attacks that Minos had launched seconds earlier, that woman had been thrown backward, screaming in pain.

Minos' kick had been too powerful. Even though she had managed to free herself from a fatal blow due to her defenses, such a thing had still affected her deeply.

Several of her ribs had begun to crack the moment Minos' foot had struck her body. At the same time, her internal organs had been injured internally.

With that, such a woman had been thrown while blood began to drip from the corners of her mouth, and parts of her beautiful red armor had fused with her body.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

'Damn it!'

'I almost couldn't react in time!' So, she thought in desperation, feeling a pain never before felt in her life.

She was not deadly injured, but with just this one blow from Minos, she was aware that it would be a mortal danger for her to continue in this place.

With that in mind, she was trembling in terror, feeling a lot of pain but much more fear of what might happen if she stayed here.

'Those damn assassins were of no use!' Linette considered this as she tried to do something to leave this place.

As she looked to the sides of this battlefield, she saw those two assassins agonizing not far from her, both doing their best to leave that place. But while under the effects of the Devouring Art, the two were experiencing difficulties in using their teleportation arrays.

And seeing this, this woman could not help but lament the lack of usefulness of those people, who she thought would be the big card up their sleeves on this occasion.

However, the truth was harsh, and her plans had been wiped out when Minos had attacked by surprise and seriously injured those two.

With this development, only three of them could fight. But that number was not enough to take on Minos.

Consequently, this woman was ready to run away!

But while she was thinking about these things, trying to leave this place, she saw from afar the situation of those two kings.

After having received the powerful attack from one of the energy blades sent by Minos, Thomas had suffered to withstand that blow, losing part of one of his hands in the process.

That attack had been far more potent than the one this man had received in the last battle against Minos, in that first battle of King Cromwell on the Black Plain.

Back then, Minos could already fight such people with that power. However, if he did this, the deterioration of his few medium-level grade-2 swords would be accelerated, and he could risk running out of a weapon during the war.

On the other hand, on that occasion, Minos was sure that he could seriously injure Thomas Brown with that final movement of that fight. And he was right about this, as such a king would not have escaped whole if not for London's help.

That individual had done his best to ensure Thomas' escape and Minos' plans had been intercepted.

However, this time Minos wanted to ensure that he killed at least one of these people, preferably Thomas.

Now not only had the number of level 59 enemies increased, but the Scourges of the Devil had also been involved.

Because of this, due to the gravity of the situation, Minos had decided to use his powers a little more, even if this might generate some costs for him.

He was determined to kill at least one of these two!

And because of all this, Thomas had lost part of one of his hands while defending himself from the opponent's onslaught and was now bleeding while screaming in pain.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

On the other hand, as much as King Brown's situation was not good, James' situation was worse than his colleague's.

After being attacked by Minos' mental technique, the ruler of the Cromwell Kingdom had not fallen for the illusion typically used by that young man to destroy his opponents. But even though he had not had his senses completely suppressed, this target of young Stuart's was not doing well either!

After Minos' attack, James had felt as if the gravity in his surroundings had been disturbed so that the light behaved bizarrely.

'What's going on?' He thought to himself, as he felt as if his body was being spaghettified, and he saw indescribable things in his surroundings.

But that was not so serious that he had lost all contact with the real world. After all, if Minos could put him into a fully controlled dream, then such a nightmare would be much more terrifying for James.

Consequently, James was still able to circulate his energies, trying to keep his defenses up, while using some of his spiritual sense to find the teleportation array in his spatial ring.

'Damn it!'

'Damn it!'

'Come on, dammit!'

'Where is that damn array?' He thought in desperation, fearful for his end.

He could not understand what was happening in the surrounding area, and as such, he could only consider that the worst would happen for him if he could not escape from this damned place.

But while they were somehow trying to escape the monster hunting them, young Stuart was running around the area as he acted to eliminate the threats.

He felt that he would be able to kill the two assassins before they had a chance to escape, as long as he continued to suck the energies out of just those two. But, on the other hand, young Stuart was closest to Thomas and James, his main targets here.

With that, he immediately put priority on the one he judged was in the worst situation and decided to put most of his strength into an attack against such a target!

'Unfortunately, that bastard will escape...' Minos considered, pointing his sword at the chest of one of the targets, and lamented that his energies were too limited for him to kill everyone there.

And as the golden blade of his main sword rapidly approached his target's heart, Minos felt the space in the surroundings of three of those five individuals begin to collapse.

'After today, they probably won't try to face me...' Minos lamented in his heart, just at the moment when he reached his target.

Zum!

At that moment, those three level 59 Spiritual Kings of royal origin disappeared from that area under Minos' eyes.

However, one of them had been unlucky!

...

"Hahaha, I finally managed to escape!" King Cromwell said this immediately after appearing in the same courtyard he had previously escaped.

However, as the people in that place were running towards him, this king suddenly felt that something was wrong and looked down at the height of his left chest.

"It can't be..." He muttered, just before he felt something rising in his throat.

"Cough!"

"Cough!"

And then, as he saw the cut through his armor, through which a trickle of blood was oozing from the height of his heart, James' eyes fluttered in terror.

Realizing what had happened the moment he had managed to escape, this man was already feeling a grandiose dread as his vision gradually lost its light.

"Cough!"

He then fell to his knees on the ground, one hand on the height of his left chest and the other on his mouth, through which he was already coughing up blood, feeling his life fading away.

"No!"

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

The people in the surroundings screamed in terror, running towards him as they saw such an individual slowly falling to the ground, his eyes vibrating in a position where there was nothing.

"Quick! Save His Majesty!"

"Quick!"

"We can't fail now!"

Several people there began to panic as the doctors were already trying to save the life of that critical expert.

However...

"His Majesty..."

Gulp!

"His Majesty is already dead!" The best of those doctors there said this as he felt the cut that had destroyed James' heart.

"NOOOOOOOOO!"