After the previous 'negotiations,' a few weeks passed, and the Assembly of Vogel and the Gray Clouds Sect sent the promised people to Minos.
With that, Emperor Stuart promptly sent the 600 high-level Spiritual Emperors and 6 low-level Spiritual Saints to the outermost areas of his state.
The job of these individuals would be to take care of the affairs of these areas where the empire's population was suffering the most from the recent terrorist attacks.
Abe's group had been trying to avoid the central area of the Black Plain, where most of Minos' forces and his black hole were. Thus, these outer areas, such as the old Brown Kingdom and the Cromwell Kingdom, were the ones that were being attacked the most.
But now and then, cities in the core of the Black Plain were facing problems, with terrorists making attacks against the cities ruled by the Dukes of this state, such as Peter, Lee, and Alison.
Unfortunately, cases like these, with sudden attacks, deaths of innocent citizens, and destruction of essential infrastructure, have become common in recent months, terrorizing the entire state.
Minos was doing his best to try to contain the enemy's acts. Still, it was not easy to catch terrorists stronger than the average local experts, and those people usually fled.
So, at most, he could use measures like the one above to contain the worst of the terrorist attacks while waiting for the time needed to get stronger.
Amid this, the ordinary people living on the Black Plain continued to lead their lives despite their fears. But the migrants who left from other states in this region to the empire and from high-level kingdoms were already decreasing in quantity, fearful of the local situation.
Many of these people wanted to migrate to the Black Plain Empire because of this area's opportunities. But amid a conflict where the opportunities were 'weakening' and the risks were increasing, many of these people preferred to wait longer before making up their minds.
And so, local progress was beginning to be delayed, creating even more negative consequences for Minos!
...
While Minos and his family were dealing with the complicated situation caused by Abe in the Gray Clouds Sect, Lance was talking about him at this very moment.
In fact, Lance had gotten used to talking about Minos almost daily, as his hatred for this person was not small. Not only for what Emperor Stuart had done to Ivory but also for his repeated victories against this young master Terry.
Lance Terry had not only tried to kill Minos on that occasion when he used the Saints Killing Sect. He had tried to manipulate people from that sect again to go after Minos, but upon failing to succeed, he had arranged to hire mercenaries from the
Evergreen Empire to attack Emperor Stuart on the Black Plain.
It was only unfortunate for him that such individuals had been defeated by being mistaken for terrorists...
Subsequently, Lance learned about the current problems of the Black Plain Empire, which brought him to the conversation now.
"We must use this opportunity to deal with him." He said to his advisors with an ugly expression on his face.
Recently, Ivory, who was still at level 71, had left for Minos' empire to join this man's efforts to deal with the terrorist attacks. So, Lance could not help but have an ugly expression on his face since he would rather have his 'goddess' close to him...
His subordinates in the office understood what he wanted, and one of them said. "It's really a good opportunity. With these attacks that the Black Plain has been suffering, it would be easy for someone to mistake our action for that terrorist group."
"In the worst case scenario, if we impersonate the men of this Abe Vogel, all the blame will fall on him, and we won't have any risk of suffering from punishment!" An old man said, feeling that the heavens were being fair to him.
After hearing this, the other people there felt that this was an opening for them to take advantage of, deal with Minos, and secure Lance as the future sect master!
Lance was currently vying for this position, going after supporters and allies to ensure that he would have everything he needed when the time came for Oswald to leave. But even though he did not know Minos already had an agreement with his grandfather, Lance knew of the danger posed by the emperor of the Black Plain.
Minos had advanced too fast and was already several levels above his level when he had passed through the Flaming Empire. So for Lance, who had not improved even one level in those years, the risk that Emperor Stuart posed to his interests was not small!
Therefore, he had no other possibility but to take these measures!
...
Back on the Black Plain, old Joey, currently at level 59, was at this moment together with a group of army seers.
Seers could see 'hints' of the future, things that were hardly 100% clear but could help a lot in times of trouble like the present.
As Herincus Longus himself was a great seer in his time, this man had left Minos several Silver-grade techniques of this profession and even one of Golden-grade rank!
Through these techniques, Minos had, from his earliest days on the Black Plain, trained people to become seers in his army.
Because of this, many years after his rise to power in Dry City, he could count on hundreds of seers in the ranks of the Black Plain Army, with the best of them being already a 7th-stage cultivator.
With that, the local army had a low-level grade-3 seer, someone who was constantly used lately for 'hints' regarding enemies.
At this very moment, Joey and his companions were talking to some of these relevant professionals, getting 'directions' on where to go.
"Lieutenant Joey, I see some confusion, flames, and running going on in Omene. That should happen within a range of a day and a week..." An elderly-looking man said this while his eyes were whitened, with the Orbs of Fate glowing in front of him.
Upon hearing this hint, Joey wasted no time and wrote down such information before standing up and thanking that man. People in the surrounding area were also doing similar things, rushing to relay this information to the army command while letting those professionals rest.
Seers could get glimpses of the future, but this was something limited that could not be done continuously. So after a vision, one of these professionals would need to rest for hours, or days, depending on their vision level.
A vision made about a decision a person needed to make, for example, was usually simpler, and naturally, the seer's recovery was faster. But something that involved aiming the future of something more general, such as the security of the empire, was somewhat more difficult, which led to a longer recovery time for these people.
Because of this, it was impossible to repeatedly use the service of such people, although they were relevant in situations like the present one.
In any case, Minos was using his specialists as best he could, doing as much as he could with his forces to alleviate the adverse effects brought on by Abe.
And so, the days of terror on the Black Plain continued...
