One week later...
A few days after Minos' party arrived at the resting place of the ancient dragons, Forrest finished absorbing the essence he had collected for his party in the river of bones.
As Minos expected, he reached the peak of level 93, and in a few weeks of cultivation, he could reach level 94.
After he finished absorbing this precious resource, the whole group returned to explore the Dragon Graveyard.
This time, unlike the first level of this place, Minos' group had good results exploring levels 3 and 4 of this underground place. Not only had they found high-level artifacts, riches that dragons usually buried with their loved ones, but they had also received some preserved bodies.
They had found 3 bodies of 10th-stage dragons that had not completely decomposed, which could be helpful to the beasts that could devour them, the production of items, or the regeneration of spiritual roots.
Minos had kept one of these corpses to take back to the Black Plain Empire, and Forrest had kept one to make cultivation items for his faction. The beasts of the Continent of Beasts would naturally take the corpse they got back to their tribes, where they would divide such a resource among their people.
Afterward, they found one of the portals to this area they had entered a week ago and headed for another special pocket.
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Arriving in a new part of this space, Minos and his group soon began searching for the team Maximilian had sent to help his beasts take revenge.
But while searching for the tracks of these enemies of the foxes and the phoenix, their group suddenly found someone else's tracks!
The moment he noticed the remaining spiritual fluctuation in the forest area he was in, Minos and Forrest looked at each other and muttered the same thing.
"Those elves."
That's right. They had just found traces of the group of elves they had stolen weeks ago!
But before they could decide whether or not to go through with this elf problem, the hybrid from Minos' group said. "They've spotted us, and they're not alone."
This was the smallest pocket of space their group had passed through so far. Noticing the tracks of such a group, they soon realized that their former rivals were nearby and had already sensed their position.
As they focused their attention on the group about 4 kilometers away from them, everyone in Minos' team sensed more people than there should be in that group moving toward them at once.
Minos then ordered his men. "Raise your guard. They may have new allies!"
Immediately, the group did as they were told, as the enemies appeared in the area, quickly surrounding them on all sides.
The moment they came face to face, the elven group looked at Minos' and noticed the advances of these people who had robbed them earlier. But Emperor Stuart's team did the same, seeing that although these rivals had lost much to them, they had turned the tables and made new advances.
Moreover, while the elves looked at the beasts allied with Minos, this emperor's group looked at the humans sent by Vico to this Spatial Kingdom.
The three sent by Vico, currently at levels 91 and 92, were focused on Minos, their target there.
They did not care about the rest of Minos' group, not even Forrest, a member of the Spiritual Church. All that mattered to them was the head of Emperor Stuart, who had caused all the current calamity on the Central Continent.
"Minos Stuart!" The weakest clenched his fists.
"Minos, I will take your head to His Majesty Vico Travisani!" The strongest of the three shouted as she looked him in the eye, catching the Emperor's attention.
"Vico? So you are from the Eastern Empire..." Minos said, understanding why these groups had united against him. "Ambassador of Vico, we are not enemies. Your emperor's problem with me is a misunderstanding."
"Tsk! Are you trying to escape the consequences of your actions, Minos?" One of the three asked, sensing their enemy was cowering before them.
But Minos said. "I would rather not fight nor increase my enmity with your people. But if you wish to die allying yourselves with these dirty elves, then so be it."
"Dirty? You are very good at speaking lies and insults, damn you!" One of the elves shouted. "That's easy for someone who ran away after robbing us! Who's the dirty one, Minos Stuart?"
Forrest looked at the group and said. "Where is the rest of your party?"
Not everyone who had faced Minos' group that day survived. Some had died from injuries sustained in that battle or from losing their restorative and protective items from the earlier theft.
As such, the two elves' group was furious and wanted revenge, not just for what they had lost in that robbery!
They wanted revenge!
"Tsk! The same place you will all be going in a few moments!" One of the elves' allies said before charging at Abby.
Because of this woman's ability to fuse techniques, their group suffered so much that day. Knowing that it would be a huge risk for her to fuse her techniques again, the group didn't wait for the conversation to end and moved immediately, with several of them attacking her.
Seeing this, Minos didn't hesitate and showed them all his current abilities!
Dragon's Gaze!
Circulating his spiritual energy through his eyes, Minos suddenly let his terrifying aura rise as he attacked the enemy group, especially the bolder ones who tried to hit Abby.
"Die, vermin!" He said as everyone in the enemy group felt the pressure of Emperor Stuart's new ability.
Minos was already at level 85, so even the level 91 men felt the terror of this ability.
Noticing this, Vico's men immediately grimaced, seeing something new in this enemy, something shockingly powerful.
"Shit! The bastard must have found something incredible in this place!" One shouted as he raised his mental defenses to the maximum, trying to withstand Minos' mental blow.
Meanwhile, several black rings appeared around this group, with Minos already using his Devouring Art technique even though Ruth's ability was already in contact with his body.
Ssss!
His allies did not stand still, and one of the first to act was the phoenix, already in its bestial form, as it used its fiery flames to strike at one of the enemies in the area.
The two foxes took the lead in defending Minos' women, who had critical support skills for the group.
Forrest and his group of Demigods did not hesitate to use their deadly powers to attack the enemies who were pressed by Minos' skills and techniques.
He was opposed to the war against the Western Region that Maximilian wanted his organization to wage. But he would not hesitate to act in the face of enemies trying to kill his allies!
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