The Rise of the Black Plain

Boom!

After Minos' kick, the body of the level 95 Demigod crashed into a part of the royal palace, destroying several walls and pieces of furniture until his body came to rest in front of a member of the royal family who was hiding there.

"Aaaaagh!"

This person opened his mouth in a loud scream as he saw the body of one of the strongest members of his family die in front of him.

This level 95 Demigod didn't die instantly, but Minos' kick so badly injured him that he lost consciousness as his body convulsed in agony!

All the other Demigods around the royal palace looked at the spot where one of their strongest had fallen before turning their attention to Minos.

'Damn it! Can that bastard do this?' The other level 95 Demigod in the area wondered as he looked at Minos, his face already pale with sweat dripping from his forehead.

Ryan then said to everyone. "Members of the royal guard, surrender now. His Majesty Minos Stuart intends to accept anyone who decides to surrender to the Black Plain Empire."

"Are you sure about that, Ryan?" The other remaining level 95 Demigod asked. "I'm afraid we must consider our future. If we're going to live as slaves, we'd better think about our situation before we make up our minds."

But then Minos looked in the man's direction and said. "I have no reason to enslave you. I'm offering you a chance to live under my command, just as Vogel did at the beginning of our relationship. 

I suppose that's acceptable, isn't it? I have no reason to treat you worse than those individuals. Especially in these times."

"And what's the cost of all this?" A level 94 woman asked, aware Minos had to gain something beyond this state. He couldn't be there just to subordinate them. There had to be a deeper reason for him to target them that day.

While the subordinates of the Veora family thought about this, the local crown prince slowly tried to move away and leave the royal palace.

Having spotted the three wanted men his family had been after for a long time, he could imagine what Minos wanted.

'You wretches! I didn't think you would lead us to such a great loss!' Thought the Crown Prince, who was currently at level 90. 

Minos then replied while keeping the space around the royal palace stable, making it impossible for any rats to escape.

"What I want right now are two things. The idols owned by your family and the heads of all those with royal blood." 

Gulp!

Many fearful sounds rang out around the place as men, women, old men, and children felt shivers run down their spines, knowing that the enemy had no mercy.

Minos had a reputation for being ruthless and merciless, and he had wiped out entire families for lesser reasons than this.

So there was no hope for these people of royal blood!

Even the children in the family sensed that the end was near!

Minos finished. "After that, just cooperate with the empire. These three will be in charge of this area in the future, so learn to work with them."

The three relatives of the Goddess of Life felt that many eyes were focused on them and just continued in silence, waiting for the situation to be resolved.

"Are you going to kill everyone with royal blood?" A level 93 guard asked in a deeply concerned tone.

"All Veora up to the third degree of relationship must die. The rest will be allowed to live with some restrictions." Minos announced, causing some guards to sigh, as they had no friends or family related to the royal family.

But others broke into an even colder sweat when they saw that Minos would kill some of their loved ones.

"If that's the case, Your Majesty will have to step over my dead body! I won't lower my weapons to someone who openly says he's going to kill my wife!" A level 94 man shouted as several others rose up against Minos.

Those who didn't want to lose loved ones moved away from the others, quickly separating the sides, one promising to ally themselves with the Black Plain Army and the other, ready to fight.

Minos looked at the 15 people who could have surrendered to him but chose to rebel and said. "Very well, you have chosen to die with your former rulers. That is a noble choice."

With that, he fused his techniques so quickly that hardly anyone near the royal palace saw his movements when a black hole the size of a chariot appeared above the royal palace.

The moment such a thing appeared above that place, all the people up to 3 kilometers away from Minos felt a chill in their souls and realized the power of that terrible essence.

Such a black hole was so powerful that Minos would have defeated King Veora earlier without even moving if he had used it. With something like that, he could even challenge level 97 Demigods!

Minos' control over the black hole had greatly improved with his recent changes. The moment he made it appear, he made everything and everyone in this place lose control of their realities.

He chose who and what he wanted to keep, using Ryan's hints while covering everyone in the vicinity with his spiritual energy.

He then made such a black hole fall over the palace as it grew in size, swallowing the whole place in the blink of an eye!

Minos could now absorb whatever he wanted with his black hole, which meant that not everything that entered that part of space would be consumed.

After leaving the black hole covering the Veora family's royal palace for about two minutes, Minos removed the fusion from that place, revealing a palace still intact while many frightened people were still around.

These people had witnessed the end of all those with royal blood and those who would rather die than submit to Minos!

As these individuals fell to their knees, some pissing themselves, others shitting themselves, the men who were outside the palace when it all happened couldn't help but turn pale.

As much as they were alive and would be part of Minos' forces after that day, they couldn't help but feel a fear of death, being so close to someone who could easily kill them all.

Minos then said to those who had already received his seal. "Bring the power-gathering idols to me. I'll settle into my new palace while you take care of this."

Ryan immediately accepted these orders from Minos, while those who hadn't yet made a deal with him stayed behind to sort out their situation.