A few days later...
In various parts of the Black Plain, chaos spread as high-level battles took place, creating several war casualties.
In such territory, the more than 350,000 enemy Spiritual Generals, the combined forces of the five regional states, it was fighting against the local alliance, which had about a third of that number.
Following the arrival of reinforcements from the other regional states, coming here through the Counter-Revolutionary Statute, the enemy forces of Minos had finally begun to advance against the Black Plain!
Previously, they were still making the proper preparations and details necessary to add numerous troops that had not been involved in the war before.
But after a period of preparation and adaptation, each of the newcomers had understood what they were supposed to do. So, with this, the time had finally come for them to use their numbers to put even more pressure on the Black Plain!
The Counter-Revolutionary Statute was a costly device to maintain. Because of this, it was intended to resolve conflicts quickly.
An example of this was the case of the Kain family rebellion, which was crushed a few days after the arrival of the enemy Spiritual Kings in the war.
With that, the troops under the command of some level 59 Spiritual Kings were already advancing with all their might against the Black Plain, intent on taking a large piece of that territory in the coming weeks.
They knew that the case of Minos was different from that of the Kain family, which had been quickly resolved after regional involvement. However, they knew that they could not let this conflict last too long.
It was unviable economically speaking, and Minos was not slowing down his improvement rate!
And as the consequences of all this were tragic, as soon as the experts of the Scourge of the Devil organization had arrived in the Brown Kingdom, the current action had begun!
With such an extra power, the Counter-Revolutionary Army on the Black Plain had reached the incredible number of 400 Spiritual Kings, with 5 of them being at level 59 and more than a dozen at level 58!
As for the Minos side, well, that one did not even have 30% of those numbers!
And with all this, rivers of blood were already forming in certain parts of this territory, transforming the still sterile soils into places with more and more nutrients.
...
Boom!
"Ahhhhhhhh!"
"Damn it! Don't let them get away!" One of the Elite Squad soldiers screamed with all his might while having the blood of himself and other people splattered around his body.
Meanwhile, the survivors of that group from Dry City who could continue fighting ran after the enemies currently in retreat.
After more than an hour of fighting, their side had lost considerable numbers of people to be able to eliminate a little more than half of the opposing group. But when the fight was finally getting more balanced, the enemies had started their retreat.
That frustrated some of those survivors, who had lost a much more significant portion of their group in this fight.
With this, the survivors were doing what they could to stop the enemy's retreat in an attempt to at least completely exterminate these opponents.
However, it was not easy to kill all the fugitives, especially when these enemies were determined to retreat and more numerous than they were.
In any case, amidst the terrible war background, full of mutilated bodies, people screaming in pain as they took their last breaths, sounds of explosions and battles still reverberated through the area.
Some ran with everything they had. Others attacked as best they could.
Meanwhile, others held on in pain and fear, waiting for this hell to end.
For some, death would be the liberation from their present situations.
Others were too attached to life and could only hope that Dillian's high-level abilities would one day make them whole.
Boom!
"Ahhh!"
Swooish!
"Kill them!"
...
While similar situations to the one above were occurring around this territory of the Black Plain, elsewhere, Minos' forces had been unable to hold their positions.
And with the enemies' victory, in order not to lose even more lives, many groups from Dry City had to retreat, giving more of this territory to the enemy forces.
However, despite many losses among the ordinary soldiers and the outer areas of this territory, good results were also being reaped.
With the highly proficient Spiritual Kings on the Black Plain side, Minos' forces had already dealt massive blows to the group of enemy experts.
With the cooperation of experts like Celeste, Angela, Emlyn, some elders from the Miller family, and the few allies coming from the Cromwell Kingdom, Minos' forces had decimated dozens of opposing Spiritual Kings.
With that, the battles around this territory, at least, were bringing some significant results for Minos, even considering the massive losses!
...
On the other hand, while the Black Plain was experiencing the beginning of a tragic period in its history, Minos was taking action!
After roaming the battlefield, having killed many on his way, this young man had finally reached the location of the enemy leadership, where he intended to eliminate his targets.
Minos' enemies had not gone after him since if he had the position in his favor, there might be people in the vicinity to 'supply' him with their energy.
And as it was not in the interest of these people for this to happen, they could not go to Minos.
For this, they had placed a large army between them and young Stuart, something to bar people who might be able to accompany this young man here.
With that, Minos had reached the place where only those regional top-level experts were, a place without any other people present.
Upon arriving there, Minos immediately saw three people, two men he already knew and a woman with red and white hair, who reminded him of someone.
However, as much as his eyes could see no more than this, this young man felt that there was something else there...
He then looked at those three people that were in fighting positions and said to that woman. "Who are you? Are you by any chance from the Carline family?"
"So, you are the lad Minos..." The woman that had a similar appearance to those well-aged ladies in their early old age said that. "You are right, lad. I come from House Carline."
"Why?"
"Are you going to surrender?" She asked, feeling a little more confident, seeing that Minos had not simply started fighting, having shown the slightest bit of respect to her.
"In the past, I've had a good impression of two of your descendants. So, I don't want to kill or destroy their family over something that can be talked about..." Minos said in sincerity, focusing on that woman but cautiously sensing each of the people in his surroundings.
"Oh? Talking like that, you don't even sound like someone capable of killing tens of thousands..." She said in a harsh tone as she cited what a calamity he was.
"Tsk!"
"Don't listen to that bastard, Linette."
"He knows his situation won't be good today, and he's talking nonsense to buy time!" Thomas shouted while also buying time for their side.
However, Minos paid no attention to that and merely said what he wanted. "How about this? If you and your family back down now, I promise there will be no consequences for your organization when I win the war."
"I can even forgive any losses that your people may have generated in the last few hours."
"So? Would you be interested?" He asked that woman as he smiled at her. "I am also willing to welcome you as allies, but we can discuss that further..."
After hearing this, the three who were face to face with Minos were surprised by the boldness of this young man to propose such a thing in this situation.
"Humph!"
"Our family has a name to protect!"
"We will not abandon one of our own in the middle of a battle!" She said in a severe tone, unhappy with Minos' indecent offer.
But Minos was not convinced. "Are you sure of that?"
"Because if so, I'm afraid the whole process will be much more painful for your side."
"I will give no second chances, and eventually, the only thing your family can be will be my subordinate!"
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