The Rise of the Black Plain

The moment Minos spoke his words upon arriving in Dry City, not only in that place, but in the entire northern region of the Central Continent, everyone heard his voice in their hearts.",

Even those who had no faith in Minos somehow listened to him, for after all his past deeds, he was now considered a legendary figure in this world. Even though he was presumed dead, many people thought of him constantly, wondering what things would be like if he were on the continent.

This was a belief, a way to put one's wishes in the hands of a figure who could gather all the power of those people.

Millions of people all over the domain recognized Minos' voice and stopped what they were doing to look at the sky, tears of hope streaming from their eyes.

Only those within his Spatial Kingdom didn't hear his voice.

But even those inside the quasi-Spatial Kingdoms made of black holes clearly heard the voice of their supreme leader.

Dillian, who was currently in the imperial palace of the Stuart family, heard that voice and a smile appeared on his face for the first time in years.

"Your Majesty?" He asked aloud as Minos crossed the spatial barrier between the Dry City and the outside of the quasi-Spatial Kingdom.

Minos saw the many changes that had taken in the city after entering it, from the large number of new inhabitants, not only humans, but various beast races and hybrids, to the improvements of several of his subordinates.

One of the first he sensed was Dillian, who he hoped was still alive.

Minos' subordinates left their places and quickly appeared in front of His Majesty, all of them surprised by his sudden return, but also by their leader's majestic level 99 aura.

"Your Majesty!" Dillian kneeled before Minos, overjoyed to see their leader, the hope of the Spiritual World.

"I'm sorry I couldn't come earlier, but it's good to see you again. Anyway, now let's talk about something more urgent. What's the status of my family? How many casualties have we had?" He asked as he looked at the most important people there.

Dillian quickly pulled himself together and said. "The family is still well. We have lost many soldiers, subordinates and allies, but the family is still solid. Fortunately, none of Their Majesties and Their Highnesses have perished in these years of war, Your Majesty. They are in the Spatial Kingdom preparing for the last battle."

"That's good to hear." He felt relieved.

"All right, everyone, don't worry. Ruth and the others are destroying the Irpoll aliens as we speak. I'm going to find my family and follow them after the bloody invaders. By the end of the day, we'll have the Spiritual World back under our control!" He proclaimed, just before disappearing from the area, using his Spatial Kingdom's ring to teleport to the place he hadn't been in decades.

The men who stayed behind were even more moved by Minos' departure, feeling that things were finally going to get better.

They had many doubts, of course. But Minos was with them, and that was all that mattered.

Now nobody could intimidate them!

...

As the population of the Black Plain Empire changed their mood 'just' because of Minos' arrival, he arrived in the Spatial Kingdom and came across this beautiful and pleasant place he hadn't seen for a long time.

He saw all his family members cultivating on the outskirts of the area, some friends and allies, but he also felt the aura of the place, much stronger than before.

This resulted from integrating Fah'um of Dunov's corpse, something that had improved the spiritual richness of the area. Even so, the Stuart family's cultivation sanctuary lost out to even the weakest and poorest desert in Zocarro.

While he silently noted this, the strongest among the people there noticed the entrance of someone they hadn't expected, and left their meditation state to see who was behind it.

Abby and Gloria opened their eyes and felt Minos' aura, but also his smell. They couldn't help but move in curiosity, not understanding how.

"Minos!"

Minos' aura was unmistakable. No matter how much stronger he became, his 'signature' could never change.

The two women realized it was him and did not hesitate to hug him as several people in the Spatial Kingdom heard the name they occasionally thought of, mourning his departure years ago.

Rowan, Lily, Hollie, Kendrick and Sarah opened their eyes to see Abby and Gloria hugging their father, all of them quickly getting up from where they were to go to his side, full of questions in their hearts.

"I'm sorry I was away for so long," Minos explained as he saw the dozens of shocked eyes looking in his direction, understanding that they had a lot to talk about and ask. "We'll have some time to talk about everything that happened in the Spiritual World and what I've been doing in the meantime. For now, keep your thoughts to yourselves. I'm just here to reassure you and let you know that the war is over."

"Is it?" Maisie asked, clasping her hands together, finding this all very difficult.

"Before I came here, I wiped out the Irpoll aliens in The Adamant Land... Ruth and the others are exterminating the aliens right now. Now that I've seen them here, I'm going to join them in cleaning up our planet. The war isn't over yet, but it will be by the end of the day. I guarantee it."

Oswald smiled when he heard this and felt a great weight on his shoulders disappear.

Minos spoke to each of his children there, regretting his absence and apologizing to Lily for not being able to protect her mother, Isabella. All he could do now was to finish avenging Isabella's death.

"Will you come with me?" He asked his children.

"Won't it be dangerous?" Hollie asked, her voice trembling.

"No. Enemies are not too weak for your old man, Hollie." He played with her. "Come on, all of you. I'll let you see the end of the aliens invading our world."

Minos' five children, Abby, and Gloria left the Spatial Kingdom with him, heading back to the Dry City, from where Minos would soon open a wormhole to the south of the continent, where he had already heard the enemies and gods of the Spiritual World were.

Dillian and some important men from the Dry City would join the group and travel under Minos' protection to the major battlefield of the Spiritual World!