The Rise of the Black Plain

"Good! I'll monitor this person called Abby. If she proves to be valuable to the guild as you believe, I'll approach her to test what you have in mind.

For now, I'll wait to see what she can do as she grows as an external member." The Commander made up his mind, interested in the possibility, but also cautious.

He would never waste the black liquid on Abby without being sure of her abilities. Minos had once again done a good job for the guild, but the Commander wouldn't trust the young man blindly. In order for them to get the chance to test the black liquid, they would have to prove themselves through service to the guild!

"Take care of the situation with Minos and his group for me." The Commander stood up as he said this to the General. "Give them back the position of Junior Officers, as well as the benefits they had when they joined the guild.

As a punishment for being absent to the point of having their records erased, give them 20 mandatory missions."

He looked at Minos and said. "Unfortunately, what you've earned, such as merit points and other things, cannot be restored. But with your current strength, I think you'll be able to make it on your own." Minos accepted the situation and thanked the man. "Thank you for your decision, Commander."

The Chief Commander left without looking back, leaving Minos' group and the level 114 General behind.

"Come with me. Let's resolve this situation." Said the alien as he made his way to the Records Hall to settle the group's situation.

Halfway there, he warned them. "Be careful when you return to your guild routine. Whoever did this to you will not accept your return easily."

This alien had nothing against Minos' group. He would act to help or harm them, depending on their actions. If they did well, he would even give them advice. But if they made mistakes, he would castigate them. That was the person he was.

Aware of how important everything related to the Black Heart mission was, he wouldn't treat the group badly just because Minos dared to ask the Chief Commander for help in solving the group's current problem.

"Thank you for the advice, General. We'll be careful." Minos replied.

"You did a good job with that traitor. Unfortunately, his signal disappeared after the day we left The Obsidian Shore, and until today, we thought he had died after being affected by the black liquid.

I just didn't expect him to survive for so long after that. How did you find him?"

"He found us, General. I think his grudge against me, the one responsible for him ending up like that, made him come after me. I left a trail behind me when I went north in the past, so he must have followed it all the way to the far north of the continent."

"So that's it..." They arrived back at the Records Hall after Minos' explanation, before the General went directly to the superior of this post in the inner city.

As soon as he explained what had to be done, the General heard a refusal from his colleague of the same rank, showing that such a decision was against the rules of the guild.

"The Chief Commander himself sent me here. Are you going to stand in our way?" The man at the head of Minos' group asked in a harsher tone as he displayed the symbol of their leader.

The other General heard this as he looked at such a thing, aware that the general in front of him was the Chief Commander's right-hand man and occasionally acted on behalf of their leader.

'Why would the Commander make such an exception for this boy?' he asked himself silently, imagining there was more to it than he knew.

The alien behind the Records Hall smiled and said. "Why didn't you say so before? What does the boss want us to do with their records?" "Give them back the records with the privileges they had when they joined the guild, their rank as Junior Officers, and 20 mandatory missions of a similar level to their rank to be solved urgently."

The person in charge of the hall used his station's system to create new records for Minos' group.

"You've been invited to the guild before, right? If I'm not mistaken, the person who invited you has passed away." This guy said as he registered the situation while switching his gaze between Minos and the screen of the device he was using.

Minos narrowed his eyes and said. "It seems that everyone knows about my previous registration."

The General said nothing to Minos and concluded what he had to do and posted the message that these six would have to perform 20 individual missions at the Junior Officer level.

These missions would be selected by another sector of the guild, so for now, they only had this warning sign on their record to complete once someone pointed out exactly what these missions would be.

"All right, everything's fine. Their records have been cleared. Now all you have to do is absorb your new parasites." The Records Hall guy said as he showed the Chief Commander's representative that everything was fine.

"You may proceed to the post in charge of the Flashdrain parasites. After that, you can return to your guild activities." The General who had advised them a few moments ago, said before watching the group leave after thanking them once again.

He stood behind the head of the Records Hall and listened. "Can you explain this situation? It's not normal for the boss to help people like them."

"Just don't get involved with them. If you don't have a personal reason to be against Minos, don't put yourself in that position. This boy is not simple." He left with these words, leaving the colleague of the same rank with many thoughts in his head.

'He's not simple, is he? It really seems to be the case.'

...

After the registration was done, Minos and his companions went to the place where they had to absorb new Flashdrain parasites.

They were all less angry now, while Minos' cultivation had returned to normal for him.

"What are we going to do about this?" Otis asked his master.

Minos was no longer so nervous, but he was angry and felt that he had many problems to solve. "Let's absorb our new parasites before we regulate our situation. The most important thing now is to complete the 20 mandatory missions and find out who exactly is on Jembei's side. Once we've done that, it will be time to take action against them!"