Three weeks after Minos' orders to the sentient plants of the Black Plain...
At this moment, a soldier who had just collected data with some of these beings ran through the imperial palace's corridors, heading towards where the emperor was supposed to be.
Entering Minos' office without waiting for permission, such a person arrived there shouting what he had managed to obtain. "Your Imperial Majesty, I bring news about a group of about 100 enemy Spiritual Emperors!"
After those words, Minos and Abby, this woman with Sarah in her arms, looked at that man and were silent for a few moments.
Minos and Abby frowned as little Sarah continued to learn the routine of an emperor, something her father had made sure she saw since now.
Minos then asked. "What?"
The soldier promptly answered his leader. "One of the plant organisms has just reported that it has identified about 100 Spiritual Emperors camping in an area of the Red Valley."
"Is that so?" Abby asked as a smile formed on her lips, considering what this meant.
Minos had been acting against enemy Spiritual Emperors to feed his black hole. To do this, he mostly used the information from the sentient beings in his state, who had been doing a magnificent job so far.
Then, now and then, during the last few weeks, information about enemy groups would come to him. In this way, he naturally hunted down these poor fiends who were challenging him.
Since he could teleport to the nearest enemy lairs, so far, no one had managed to escape the joint actions of him and the vegetables of the Black Plain.
So Minos rose from his chair and prepared to leave, leaving behind the black hole he was 'fattening.'
You could not use teleportation devices while he controlled one of his black holes. So Emperor Stuart always left his third black hole in Dry City, in a local cultivation room, inside the Black Hole Bomb.
Then he would produce new black holes when facing enemy groups and later make the third one devour the subsequent ones, thus becoming stronger.
That way, only his return would be hindered by the black hole, while his outward journey was as fast as one could manage in his condition.
But it did not matter. After all, his speed during the outward journey was what mattered in such situations, and he was not limited at such times!
"Be careful, my love." Abby said to her husband as she kissed his lips, while little Sarah was 'squeezed' by this blue-haired woman's breasts and Minos' chest armor.
"Bye, daddy!" Her little hands touched Minos' jaw before he kissed her forehead and left for the teleportation port of his army headquarters.
...
In the blink of an eye, Minos was already in the Red Valley area at one of the outposts of the Black Plain Army.
In this place that bordered Albano and had long valleys that spanned tens of kilometers, Minos secretly left one of the towns in the area, heading towards the enemies' location.
Sentient plant organisms were very good at tracking things, so Minos had the exact location of his targets. That way, he flew as fast as possible, quickly closing in on the 100 or so individuals.
As he was doing this, someone else nearby was paying attention to him as he meditated inside a local cave.
'That must be Minos Stuart? His cultivation seems solid for a young man of his age...' A young-looking, black-haired man, sitting in a lotus position, silently thought as he sensed Emperor Stuart with his soul sense.
But even noticing the famous troublesome young man from the northern region, this man did not move, only considered what would happen next. 'He will deal with the enemies nearby...'
"Well, we're not funding that young man, so he can quickly take revenge anyway. So, it doesn't matter." He muttered in a low voice, feeling that it was good that Minos would exterminate the opponents in the vicinity.
It would be better for his group if the chaos lasted a little longer.
They were not funding Abe out of kindness or pity for that poor exiled prince. Opposite, they didn't give a shit about such a person. What they wanted was for their interests to be completed. But this was yet to happen, so it would be better if the revenge of that former heir of Vogel lasted longer.
With that in mind, this level 80 Spiritual Sage quietly continued meditating in that cave, aware that Minos would probably eliminate all those people.
'Is he going to use that again?' Then, he remembered the black hole, something impressive but which did not catch his attention.
After all, even though that thing came from two Golden-grade techniques, and he could feel it, that was not much for him. As someone from the Eastern Empire, techniques of that level could be felt in many talented young people. Hence, he would not move against Minos just for that, risking alerting the Spiritual Church to his group's plans...
On the other hand, what could a black hole created by a Spiritual Emperor do against him, a Sage?
The difference in powers was giant. The laws he understood were much more profound than those people devoured by Minos' fusion. Besides that, he had two more techniques, meaning a considerably higher combat proficiency than those fools who were losing their lives locally.
So this man was reassured about his situation, or rather the position of the organization behind him and the little danger that Minos posed.
...
While being watched by someone he did not know was around, Minos reached his destination, the vicinity of a temporary camp in this border region.
Upon arriving there, he immediately sensed the auras of his opponents, none of whom were stronger than level 69, which would result in relatively weak opposition to him.
But Minos was not to be trifled with. As he looked 200 meters below his position and saw the people working there, some boning beasts from the Black Plain, he immediately began to combine his techniques.
There was no reason for him to have pity. These people were invaders, they had killed beings from his forces, and he no longer had any interest in interrogating them.
He knew that the vast majority of the enemies were mercenaries who knew nothing. So seeing this group, Minos had no reason to waste his time trying to extract information.
He quickly created his black hole and hurled it in the direction of that small camp, but without retreating to the Spatial Kingdom.
He currently had more energy than when he first managed to produce such a thing. But not only that, these opponents were relatively weaker than him. That is, he could use a smaller fraction of his powers to form the black hole.
Because of that, even after his fusion, Minos could still deal with the black hole with enough energy to protect himself and deal with the situation.
In this way, as they saw an individual floating in the sky, some Spiritual Emperors saw a dark dot coming towards them, not knowing what was about to happen.
But they all felt the natural fear one would sense when being under the gaze of a predator!
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