The Rise of the Black Plain

Meanwhile, in the Black Plain Empire...

Dry City was still in a tense atmosphere with the presence of the Travisani family men locally.

The Crown Prince and his two guards had not been causing a stir in the city. In fact, they rarely left where they were living locally. But even when they walked the local streets, they didn't get into trouble, nor did they cause trouble.

But even living peacefully in this place, they made everyone in this city live their days in tension, fearful of what might happen in the future.

Most of the population was confident in Minos, but these were Demigods, people at the peak of the world!

So the doubts they had in themselves were not small. Daily, they wondered where the empire would reach, whether Minos would still be their sovereign leader and whether the opportunities would be the same.

They would not leave this place since there was no better and safer one for them. Even with the threat of Demigods, for them, the empire's situation was at least better than any other state in this vast world.

In any other state, there would be less risk of powerful enemies upsetting the order of things. But in any other domain, there would be much more competition, the opportunities for weak and low-talented people would be less, and dangers would be everywhere.

In the Black Plain Empire, as long as one used the official roads, traveling was very safe because all the beasts in that state were subordinates of the emperor and only acted within areas he allowed.

But elsewhere in the Spiritual World, one could never be that safe traveling because the state did not dominate all the beasts in its territory, which led to a lot of insecurity for weak people traveling.

So even though the current Black Plain had many uncertainties, this place was still the best in the world for the natives of this region and also those migrants coming from Rosser, Albano, Vogel, Blackrock, and the Flaming Empire.

That alone was why the local development and growth continued despite threats as great as those three.

They could see the reason for this and were naturally impressed with what Minos had built in this place.

"As weak and undeveloped as this territory is, it is impressive." Vico's heir commented to his men as he ate and watched this city from the top of the Four Seasons Hotel seat.

Those two men looked at the surroundings of this beautiful city and could not disagree.

"If this place were on the same level as our state, the name of this Minos Stuart would be etched in the history of the Spiritual World." The level 97 man said, agreeing with his superior.

"Unfortunately for him, that will never happen." The other, level 98, said, looking at the First Prince. "Your Highness should not give this place so much thought.

As much as he has built something amazing, it will only sustain itself if he stays here and continues to develop. But that certainly won't happen, so this place could become impoverished again in a decade or two."

"That makes sense, but..."

As the Crown Prince went on speaking, suddenly, a spatial crack opened up above Dry City in a position he could see from his room.

Not only did he notice this, but the other two High-level Demigods noticed this, realizing someone was coming.

So when Minos appeared coming out of that wormhole, they immediately moved.

"Minos!"

"Haha, he's finally here!"

But before they could reach Minos, Darren, and Maximillian appeared behind Emperor Stuart.

After departing the Ancestral Sea through a wormhole made by Maximillian, they reached the Black Plain Empire in an area near the capital of the Brown area. From there, Minos created a wormhole of his own and directed his group to Dry City.

When they arrived there, Maximillian and Darren looked around with interest, seeing the home of this young prodigy. But both soon noticed powerful auras in the surroundings, forces beyond what Minos had said existed in his territories.

"Young Minos, it seems you have some visitors," Maximillian commented as he looked in the direction of where the three Demigods would appear 3 seconds after his speech.

Minos frowned his eyebrows and soon felt three powerful auras from people he did not know.

Then he saw the faces of those men already looking strangely at him.

"Who are you?" The level 98 man stood before the prince and questioned those two.

Even if he were to count all the level 99 experts, it would not be difficult for this man to name several of their names and characteristics. Hence, seeing two of these peak experts next to Minos, that man was surprised, not knowing either of them.

Sea beasts were rarer to be seen on land, so those of that origin were harder to know. Hence, those people not recognizing Darren was no big deal. But not knowing anything about that man, a human, was clearly a problem they could not ignore.

They had been to the Divine Continent dozens of times and received regular reports on the status of the local powers, especially their leaders. But suddenly, someone at level 99 whom they didn't know had appeared in front of them next to Minos Stuart.

This immediately worried the two guards of the Crown Prince of the Eastern Empire!

Darren remained silent, not daring to say anything for the moment, while Maximillian looked at those three curiously. But since he was in Minos' territory, he decided not to interfere until the other side acted, just as he had promised.

'Let's see how he handles this situation...'

Minos then said. "I am the one asking who you are. You are on my territory without my permission, unlike my fellow visitors. Therefore, you should identify yourselves!"

The Crown Prince of Vico narrowed his eyes at the sudden appearance of two Demigods at the same level as his father. Still, he gathered his courage and stepped forward.

"Minos Stuart, I am Janus Travisani, First Prince of the Eastern Empire. I am here on behalf of my father, Vico Travisani, to accompany you to our state. He wishes to see you urgently."

"Oh? The Travisani family, huh?" Minos saw that he would have trouble with that family from today on, even if that Demigod's death were not related to him in the future. "Well, I refuse to go to your state now. But, who knows, in 30 or 40 years, I might make that trip."

"Minos, you misunderstand. We are not here to..." Janus was about to speak, but the level 97 man interrupted him.