The Rise of the Black Plain

"As for the Black Plain, on the other hand, that young man can literally devastate our entire region in a few years!"

"He'll even be able to do that on his own!" Linette said while she had a resolute look in her eyes, sure that such a thing would happen if Minos were not stopped in time.

They all knew about the things Minos had said about, that is, wanting to stay on the Black Plain. After all, that had been published in the Night News. But none of them believed that young man's words.

If now that he was only at level 52, he could already make such a mess, then what would it be like when he reached level 59?

To make matters worse, by Minos' progression rate, he could reach that level in about six years!

That was terrible!

Consequently, that woman could not fail to point out the differences between the old enemies, who were, yes, fearsome, but not a threat to the states, and the new, totally uncontrolled.

And the opinion of most people in that place could not be different from hers.

Many had already had members of their organizations killed by that group's assassins. However, the dead were already dead, and they had to protect the living in any way they could.

And at this terrible time, making a deal with the Scourges of the Devil did not seem to go against that noble goal of protecting the interests of their families!

So, the Snow family representative had practically been left alone without support in this place.

"This..."

"Still, I believe it is too risky for us to do such a thing!"

"What guarantees us that his companions will not attack us soon after? Or will every single assassin in that organization sign Soul Contracts with us?" He asked in doubt.

"We have no choice here..." Someone said in a low voice, feeling bad for that old man's position.

"Enough!" Thomas said in a harsh tone, looking straight into that person's eyes. "We cannot accept a refusal from the Snow family that did not even send their level 59 Spiritual King!"

"You want us to refuse that organization's help, but your strongest member did not even come here?" He said, looking at that man and then at the Walker family representative.

The Walker family representative had been in favor of this partnership. So, Thomas could not complain directly to that person about their lack of commitment to the Counter-Revolutionary Statute. But still, he had taken the opportunity to show his dissatisfaction with the fact that other regional peak powers were not giving the matter the necessary urgency.

Now Minos was stuck on the Black Plain, surrounded by enemies. But what if he regained his territory and decided to march against the regional borders in the future?

Well, if that happened, each of the local states would end up losing a lot. After all, if Minos were to win this war, this entire region would be at the mercy of his will!

And Thomas could not help thinking that this would happen every time he noticed the negligence of the local states.

He could even understand the motivations behind each one. That is, the Kingdom of the Waves was going through a delicate moment in its recent history, and soon a new king would take over. The Snow Kingdom, on the other hand, had a king who served more as a protector than an actual ruler.

But even though each side was protecting itself in its own way, it showed how much these influential individuals underestimated Minos.

The Walker family ancestor probably thought he could maintain the power of his state while his neighbors would be weakened. But would that indeed happen?

Because even if the other states were weakened, such a thing would not be beneficial to the Kingdom of the Waves if that state itself was destroyed!

As such, Thomas was quite stressed to listen to refusals from someone who was not even engaging or not giving proper importance to the local problem.

"Tsk!"

After waving his arms, irritated, that king finally became silent as he tried to breathe more calmly.

Meanwhile, Linette approached that representative of House Snow and said in a low voice. "Look on the bright side, supreme elder, if we ally with the Scourges of the Devil, it is almost certain that some of them will die fighting Minos or some of his soldiers."

"Oh?" This representative, the supreme elder of House Snow, opened his mouth in surprise, thinking of this important detail that he had not pondered due to his hatred for those assassins.

'That is indeed true!'

'That brat Minos is a monster, and it's almost certain that some of his opponents will die!'

'On the other hand, even if not all of those high-level assassins from that organization are killed with this, at least some of them should be seriously injured...'

'That will already give us the necessary space to act against them later.' He pondered this more calmly, thanking that woman for giving him something more important to consider.

"All right."

Hearing that, everyone there felt more relieved that even the Snows would embark on this temporary alliance.

With this, things would have a better chance of working out, and the possibilities of their lives ending in the next few weeks would undoubtedly diminish!

"All right, everyone. Let's make the proper preparations to make this deal happen. In the meantime, let's continue with our previous plans to put pressure on the Black Plain."

"With or without the help of the Scourges of the Devil, we must not diminish our actions."

"The wealth and, consequently, the frequent increases in the power of the Black Plain come from the crystals obtained from selling resources from that territory to Stone Island."

"So, we have to put even more pressure on the enemies, take territories, increase naval attacks, and disrupt the enemy side's capitation of crystals."

"Once all that is done, even that brat won't be able to remain as strong!" King Brown said this with a lighter tone, in a better mood due to the resolution of that previous matter.

"Yes."

"Hmm, let's do that."

"The economic problem always has the power to bring massive changes..."

Several comments in agreement rang out over there, with everyone agreeing on that point without any dispute.

"But Thomas, I heard that the enemy got more people over to their side recently..."

"Is that true?" That woman with half red, half white hair asked.

She had heard disturbing news coming from the Brown Kingdom. So, she could not stop wondering about it now that she had finally reached this state and had the opportunity to come face to face with Thomas.

And while everyone was watching him, King Brown answered such a thing with an expression of humiliation on his face. "Unfortunately, three of my vassal families felt that standing with the enemy was more worthwhile than us."

"The Miller, Austin, and Parkinson families betrayed us for months while working as internal agents and then killed thousands of our own when they finally gave up their cover." He said this with disgust, feeling terrible that he had been fooled by people he had known for so long.

As Thomas turned red with anger and shame, the people in the surrounding area lamented all this, feeling that this had been a significant blow to the reputation of the Brown Kingdom.

But before they had a chance to say anything about it, that individual's voice resounded through that tent again. "That's a shame, I admit it!"

"But if I were you, I wouldn't judge the situation of those three families so quickly!"

"For six years, that brat did whatever he wanted in our region without being noticed, without us knowing about his comings and goings."

"Who can guarantee that he has not been in your states acting?" He looked at the representatives of those three royal families who ruled the states to the north.

And then he looked at James and said. "He was for several months in your kingdom..."

"What are you saying?" James stood up from where he was, not liking what that king was talking about.

"Take the case of Stone Island. Over 70% of the families in that place have declared support or neutrality towards the Black Plain..."

"I'm saying that if that brat could have done that in such a place, who can guarantee that he didn't do the same in the other states?"