The Rise of the Black Plain

Chapter 2811  Decisive Moment

Mid-afternoon the next day...

In the royal palace in the kingdom's capital, a frail-looking, hunchbacked man, using a cane to move, had his eyes turned towards the ground, walking slowly down a long corridor.

Surrounding this man were five guards, three of them undead in a defensive position, while the other two were people still alive, also there to take part in the routine of the old man with the very well-made clothes and great rarity.

As he made his routine way, however, the royal necromancer stopped and suddenly did the unexpected. He turned his face to the side and opened his eyes, revealing a darkness on his face that stole some of the ambient luminosity from there for the moment, evoking darkness in his domain of influence.

"First General..." Murmured one of the two living individuals as he felt his body become extremely rigid with the powers of this defiant figure.

"That's the Macabre Horde." The old man ignored the two guards suffering under the effects of his powers, being more interested at the moment in the situation of that undead collective, clearly heading towards his city.

'Is she trying to escape?' He frowned as he shifted his body position, understanding more or less the origin of what he had just realized.

'Tsk! It won't work. Before you were lucky, and some factors went against our expectations, but now... Now you'll fall!'

The fallen shoulders of the kingdom's old war general rose, resulting in him becoming even taller than his guards, but also in the strengthening of his aura.

He looked at one of those individuals who was alive and warned, "Send someone to Eternal Death. We need to act. We can't delay in combining our actions! This could finally be the end of Mylecent and his rebel menace!"

One of the two men was shocked to see such a strong state of spirit in the First General, but after two breaths of admiration, he left in a hurry to take the information to Eternal Death.

The old man from a moment ago no longer seemed so vulnerable, finally showing the powerful aura and appearance of someone of his status.

A level 125 Celestial!

He said to his remaining guard, before moving off with his three corpses, "I'll prevent her plans, but the Macabre Horde is complicated. Work to ensure that we have an alternative to my failure. Under no circumstances can we accept Mylecent escaping this time!"

The old man disappeared with his corpses before the guard could give any answer.

...

Meanwhile, in another high-powered part of the capital city, Eternal Death was looking in the same direction as the First General, sensing the special spiritual fluctuation of the Macabre Horde.

'That woman really dared to hide in my city.' The continent's most prestigious expert pondered in silence, still undecided on how to approach the matter.

She had been feeling special chills lately and by feeling something similar today; she understood the origin of the growing feeling of dread in her heart. Realizing the connection between the problems, she didn't take the same plan as the First General.

"Close off the city streets and watch out for escape movements. Mylecent will try to escape just as she did at Cursed Rock. We'll catch her in the middle of her foolish attempt to escape!" she addressed her group, staying in position at her post, even with the current news.

'You'll pay for what you did to me back then, Mylecent.' She clenched her fists as she thought about the past. But even though she was in the 13th stage, she wouldn't underestimate that level 124 woman. For Mylecent to have survived so far and hidden in this very city was a testament to her competence and danger to everyone, like Eternal Death.

'I made a mistake letting you live and thinking about your mistakes. The next time I meet you, I will end your life.' As she thought, a black crown formed on her head, emitting a malevolent energy.

...

Later, in the middle of the night, Minos, and his group were at a lakeside estate, where a small, luxurious boat was waiting for them on the edge of the lawn that faced the lake.

After entering a property in the area where an event was taking place, they made their way to the back of the property, where they quickly took down the guards and witnesses in the area.

They were quick to revive the corpses, bringing them under their control as Hell Lifelings. Then, as quickly as they could get there, they hid on the yacht in their path, positioning themselves to wait for their opportunity.

"That was easier than I thought... Is it really going to work?" Ruth couldn't help asking her group.

Minos said, "Hell Lifelings and ordinary living beings have almost no distinction. Perceiving them will be almost impossible."

Abby agreed. "Our mission is not to fool all our enemies. Just the people on this estate and those who get in the way of our boat. Maybe we won't have to fight the strongest in the area."

"Sigh! I hope we continue to have the luck we've had since we arrived in this city."

Minos said to them when he heard Gloria's murmur. "Let's be silent now. Try not to use your powers or try to understand what was going on around us. Let's turn our eyes to just the Hell Lifelings in position."

The three did as he wanted, soon feeling as if they were in the shoes of his subordinates, seeing through the eyes of those men. But they weren't in control of them. They were merely watching and listening to the surroundings of some of their chosen ones, thus remaining vigilant without exposing themselves.

Meanwhile, the party on the property they had invaded continued without anyone realizing that a group like theirs had invaded the place and taken over their boat.

The last hours of the night would pass and gradually a new day would dawn in the capital city. Minos and his women would remain in the same position, waiting for tonight, when it would be time for them to move all the gears of their plans.

But even though they were still standing in the same place as the night before, they were alert and aware that the local forces had already spotted the signs of the Horde Macabre. They also expected Mylecent's group to be nervous, preparing for their next move.

'Now you just have to wait. The pieces of this puzzle are fitting together.' Minos thought to himself as his eyes shone in a supernatural light.