The Rise of the Black Plain

"It seems they want to take you by force, young Minos," Maximillian said, realizing this young man's situation.

This Demigod looked into the eyes of that level 93 young man and questioned. "Is that because of young Minos's recent trip?"

'Don't answer, Your Highness.' One of those guards advised Janus.

Maximillian moved a little closer to those three and made his mighty aura appear for all the millions of inhabitants in that city to notice his presence.

'Level 99?'

'Incredible!'

'This time, we will surely be destroyed!'

'What's going on? Why are so many experts searching for our city?"

"Is this the end?"

Citizens around Dry City began to worry, fearful, as they sensed Maximillian's terrifying aura.

Meanwhile, the strongest in the government and Minos' family were already moving toward the location of those people, sensing that he was among the compelling individuals.

"Why are there two level 99 cultivators next to Minos?" Maisie asked her mother as she flew alongside Dillian and some elders from the Gray Clouds Sect.

"I don't know, but it shouldn't be simple." Patience said, worried about the problems her grandson constantly brought.

Meanwhile, each of the high-level Spiritual Saints in the surrounding area had worried expressions, gradually seeing Minos standing next to a spiritual beast in front of three Demigods being oppressed by a single man.

"Answer, or I fear I will not be able to allow you to return from whence you came, even if one of you is a prince!" Maximillian said, causing those three to break into a cold sweat, fearing this man with a golden trident in one of his hands.

Janus was the weakest and most fearful for his life, and right after being oppressed for a few moments, he opened his mouth. "Fine! Okay, I speak!

We are here because of Minos' recent disappearance. We suspect that he found the map of the Seraphim Ancient Sarcophagus and would unleash on that island a great evil upon the continent.

We wanted to stop and punish him for getting involved in something so dangerous to the mainland!"

"So it's related to me after all..." Maximillian lessened the pressure on those three but still maintained something to keep them from running away.

As he was thinking, Janus' two bodyguards had similar thoughts in mind.

'That man is as strong as His Majesty!'

The prince himself was thinking about this, wondering where this man had come from and why he was helping Minos.

Maximillian looked at Minos and asked in his mind. 'They belong to the same force as that man I killed, right? Are they powerful on the continent?'

Minos nodded his head, indicating that it would not be good to kill them there without considering the pros and cons first.

"Very well, I will not harm you now, but you will accompany me for the next few days. Moreover, even if I release you later, understand that acting against this young man's empire will harm you. Minos is my friend, and I will not allow Demigods to act against him while he is so weak."

Maximillian uttered, putting smiles on the faces of many people in the area while those three turned pale.

"From now on, the Black Plain Empire has Maximillian Flamen's protection!"

No one in the surroundings, not even those three, could easily associate this man's name with the historical figure millions of years ago. So that merely gave him a name, something that for some time no one would know of his true origin.

However, one thing was obvious to all those people in Dry City. One way or another, Minos had allied himself with a powerful cultivator, and now his state had the protection of a fearsome level 99 Demigod!

This was an incredible breakthrough, and even those three from the Eastern Empire couldn't help but think twice more about their plans against Minos.

A single level 99 Spiritual Demigod passing through the Central Continent was the equivalent of a 33.3% increase in the number of experts of that level. Even the other three at that level would have to be careful when acting and certainly could not casually target the domains protected by such a person.

But Maximillian was not alone. He had Darren by his side, which immediately made those three feel that even if Vico were there, they would still have to leave Minos free for at least some time longer.

'Damn it! How did he get this?' Janus wondered, staring uglily at Minos as this emperor smiled and waved to his subordinates and relatives.

These people were even more shocked than Janus and his bodyguards since they didn't know what exactly Minos could accomplish on this trip he was making earlier.

As such, this return of his was shocking!

"Senior Maximillian, please release His Highness Janus. Otherwise, I fear that the strongest person on the continent will be involved in a way you may not want..." The level 98 man said, trying to obtain at least the freedom of his young master.

Maximillian heard such a phrase, 'the strongest person on the continent,' and smiled. "I am looking forward to meeting him. But for the moment, I doubt he will come to me. So don't try to play games with me. I can make them suffer in many different ways."

Gulp!

'Let's hold off for now, old Falto.' The level 97 man said in the mental connection with his leader, not liking to oppose that person who seemed to have the support of that level 99 beast.

Then, as they stood in silence, Maximillian turned his attention to Minos and said. "Young man, I will stay in your city for a few days until you update me.

Unfortunately, this fish must not know much about the land situation, and these three are unreliable sources of information."

"The senior is welcome in my city to stay as long as he wants..." Minos smiled, making a gesture of thanks. "In any case, I will have my men gather all the information you need. In the meantime, my family and I can answer your simpler questions."

He then nodded toward the group of the strongest in this city, introducing them to Maximillian.

After Maximillian told Darren to observe those three, he soon followed Minos' group to the imperial palace, where not long after, this fellow introduced him to everyone.

"Folks, this is Maximillian Flamen, Pope Maximus' rival. I found him in the Seraphim Ancient Sarcophagus minutes ago!" Minos said, shocking everyone on his property.

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