The Rise of the Black Plain

After hearing the question from one of his soldiers, King Vogel was momentarily silent, considering the tragedy and the previous situation.

'That fellow almost died from simply touching that thing...' He clenched his fists, having no idea how to stop the advance of Minos' black hole. 'How could this happen? How does a sacrifice bring these consequences?'

He could feel that the black hole in front of him worked through a strong force of attraction. But he had no idea how to produce something that would counteract that.

If that thing was material, they could simply use the idea of that Spiritual Saint to push that thing back, pressing it with their powers. But since the thing did 'not' have a body, how would they act against it?

In this situation, he noted that such a region of space did not seem that difficult to deal with as long as they stayed away from the edges of it.

"Everyone here, listen to this." He shouted. "Let's evacuate the area and maintain a safety perimeter of this thing. I believe we will avoid human loss if we do that."

One of the high-ranking members of the local Church post agreed that this was the only way they could act right now. "Let's do that while we think of something. I'm sure there must be an explanation behind it, something that will help us save the city."

"Yes, I don't believe that something that forced a low-level Spiritual Saint to sacrifice himself is impossible for us to solve..."

Several comments arose in that area while the weakest of these Spiritual Saints were already flying off to carry out the king's orders.

Meanwhile, Abe was with his group around where the king was, shocked by this event.

"Your Highness, I am feeling bad about all this..." One of Abe's advisors said in a low voice.

The prince's bodyguard then solemnly asked. "Do you truly think Gregory caused this situation?"

"I don't know, but he had the same level as the person who sacrificed himself here. But, on the other hand, if those people know about something we did and he found out, I think it's quite likely that he would do something so drastic." Such an old man with a white beard nervously said.

Abe clenched his fists and commented. "I want one of you to go and analyze Gregory's vital status. Then, if he has died, make all preparations for our escape and alert the rest of the family."

He looked at his bodyguard. "In the meantime, we will stay here to monitor the situation. Even if he has sacrificed himself, something else has happened in this place!"

"Yes!"

...

While the situation was chaotic in that part of the Vogel capital, Minos and his wives were in the Spatial Kingdom looking at each other, slumped on the ground.

Abby and Ruth were exhausted from the previous fight, while Minos had almost no energy left in his body because of the fusion of his two most important techniques.

Only Gloria was better, being only a little sweaty from the intense exercise she had practiced fighting in that basement that now no longer existed.

"Minos, what were you thinking?" Abby asked as she looked at her husband, who had been bold enough to send them here and not come along with them.

Minos took a deep breath and saw the look on his wives' faces. He knew that what Abby and those two wanted to know was not what technique or fusion he had used. But instead, why he had risked staying behind.

"We can't stay here until we reach level 70. That wouldn't be good for our plans, the Black Plain, or our baby." He said as he looked down at Gloria's belly. "So, for us to get safely out of here, I had to do something at the site of that man's sacrifice."

"If I hadn't acted to limit the damage from his act, hundreds of thousands would have died, and it would be tough for us to justify the situation and escape bigger problems later."

"Oh? And what you did have changed that?" Gloria, who had not yet seen the effects of the black hole, asked in doubt.

"Probably..." He said, still exhausted. "I did a fusion and threw a black hole at his sacrifice. That must have swallowed the sacrificial explosion."

"But what about the area that was probably swallowed by the black hole?" Ruth questioned that.

He replied. "Don't worry. While that sacrificial explosion could affect that entire city, the black hole at most increased by a few tens of meters in radius. So, at most, a few blocks were affected by it."

After hearing that, the three understood Minos' movement and felt better.

It was a shame that the people in the vicinity of that area where everything had happened had been affected. But the culprit of it all was the Spiritual Saint who had decided to sacrifice himself!

Their plan was only to capture him, so all those deaths could have been avoided. But with the sacrifice, all those people would already have to die alongside many others in that city.

Thus, Minos' act significantly diminished the local tragedy's scale!

Understanding that, none blamed him or felt remorse for acting as they had.

"I see..." Abby sighed as she grabbed some fruit from her spatial ring.

Ruth did the same as Abby, already sitting in a specific position to meditate and regain her energy. As for Gloria, she went to help Minos since she did not have to worry about herself as much as they did.

"Sigh..."

"Now we have many things to do," Minos commented as he felt his wife helping him eat. "But first, I have to recover a bit..."

Unfortunately, there was no one there besides them to help Minos recover using the Devouring Art. So, he could only use traditional methods and do it slowly.

"What are we going to do now? That area will probably be full of experts." Gloria commented as she put something in her husband's mouth.

Minos chewed on it and said. "First of all, you all will not be able to return with me right away due to the action of the black hole. So, I need Abby to do something for me, and I will handle the situation outside by myself."

"But..." Gloria hesitated, not liking that at all.

"Don't worry. I believe there will be Church people outside, and I'll have the black hole with me." He smiled at her, even though he was pretty weakened. "I won't accuse anyone immediately either, and I'll find a way to talk to the Church Spiritual Saints first."

"After that, we'll see the hardest part of it all..."

"Do you think King Vogel will accept it that way? Part of his city was destroyed in the process, and everyone will see you as a threat because of that black hole." This redheaded beauty commented while Abby and Ruth already had their eyes closed, meditating.

Minos nodded in agreement, knowing that the situation was not one of the most interesting. "I'll try to fool them. But at worst, if they force me, I will use my mass destruction weapon."

"But it's their choice. I will destroy their city only if they so decide." Minos said without much emotion, psychologically ready to do the worst!

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