The Rise of the Black Plain

Chapter 2758 Armhands Outpost

A month after the Cursed Rock prison break…

Minos and his group were moving at this very moment, following in formation through the Zocarro night.

Covered in black cloaks, they were passing through an area of dense vegetation where there weren’t many tall trees, but a lot of undergrowth.

One could see stars in the not-so-bright sky at this local time of day, while the wind blew across the group’s back.

After a few weeks since the prison break, the group was recovered from the previous battle and ready to move forward with their plans to establish a branch for Armhands in Uzira. Minos was aware of the most important points of what his group had been through in his absence in detail. He now had a plan for how to move forward with the group, with the necessary steps until he sent a team back to Oqia.

At this point they stopped, with Minos coming face to face with the area that would be their home from now on. To the east of Uzira, in an area of large canyons, he looked down at the freefall in front of him, where the place he had decided he would call home for the time being was.

“This is the place. It’s perfect.” Minos said as he felt the dense energy fluctuations of the area, especially the repellent rocks of this grandiose geological structure.

“We’ll be totally invisible once we manage to build the paths in the hollowest area of this rock.” He completed his thought as the rest of his group stopped to watch the free fall of over 2 kilometers to the ground.

At the lowest point of the canyon, there was a shallow river. Meanwhile, there was almost no vegetation there.

Then, while the group was still observing the area of the new Armhands’ outpost, Minos manipulated the surrounding space.

A black sphere covered everything there, completely distorting the surrounding space, while Minos’ eyes glowed.

Everyone stood still as they saw themselves inside the black hole. They knew Minos had perfect control over that power and they shouldn’t worry. But being inside a space where they could see nothing and feel nothing but their bodies was terrible.

The feeling lasted only a few moments, when each of them felt their surroundings change, finding themselves in a totally different area from where they were a few moments ago.

Gloria saw the inside of the cave where they had arrived and smiled, proud to see how far Minos had come.

‘The skills he has acquired from his techniques are really fantastic. Now the black hole is a joint ability and his control of it is much more advanced.

By uniting the black hole with the spatial distortion ability of that soul fragment, he has brought us into the hollow area of this rocky region.’

Abby and Ruth also understood that they had just arrived underground in that area, from where they were to build their secure base on this dangerous continent.

The winds of war were blowing and rumors of new battles by rebel forces against the sovereign forces of this continent had already reached the group’s ears. But they had no interest in getting involved in the problems of Mylecent and the sovereign family!

As soon as Minos confirmed that the place was safe, he retracted the powers of the black hole, fully revealing the hollow space of the large rock they had entered.

The place had several sparkling crystals here and there, drips at specific points that led to small natural pools of water.

Curiously, the place wasn’t as dark as you might expect. Some fluorescent beings illuminated the surroundings, drawing the group’s attention to the plants and beasts present there.

However, these were 11th stage creatures. None of them dared approach the group of newly arrived Supremes. In fact, they fled to areas further away from the point of arrival of Minos’ group.

With a space of over 10,000 square meters to build on and areas ranging from 0.5 to 15 meters high, there was plenty for them to do there.

Minos looked at his people and said, “This is our new home. From now on, you will work to turn this place into an Armhands outpost. Spare no effort or resources. This place needs to be as good as our headquarters.”

Minos wasn’t kidding. This wasn’t just a post where they would stay for a while. This was to be the support base for everyone coming from Oqia in the future!

The members of Armhands immediately set off to reconnoiter the area, leaving Minos, his wives, Tiolos and Leger behind.

Minos looked at them both and said, “Abby, Ruth and I will be in charge of using the bodies from the Macabre Horde and bringing back individuals who can contribute to the group. You will be under Gloria’s command in the meantime.”

The two nodded in understanding, while Gloria stayed by Minos’ side for a while longer.

He hadn’t yet used the corpses that Minos had kidnapped from the Macabre Horde. But today he finally wanted to begin his work alongside Abby to master the minds of those corpses or, if necessary, remove the black liquid from those bodies entirely.

“Build something sturdy, Gloria. These rocks will hide our presence, but don’t be fooled by their appearances. They are truly weak, structurally speaking. It would only take a low-level Supreme to cut them down to reach us.”

“Right. By the way, should we build an entrance/exit?” She asked, wondering if he would prefer to do without something like that for the time being.

“Let’s wait until we have a place ready, with formations, traps and defenses. In the meantime, I’ll control entry and exit from here.” He said before Gloria left with Tiolos and Leger to work the area with the guild members.

Alone with Ruth and Abby, Minos said to his black-haired wife, “Ruth, you’re staying to support us in recovery and healing. You can leave to cultivate when you’re exhausted.”

“Okay.”

He looked at Abby, getting ready to summon the dead in his alternative dimension. “Are you ready?”

With a nod, Abby showed she was ready when Minos distorted the surrounding area of his arms, revealing darkness, followed by several rapid movements escaping his control.

With a smile on his face, he strengthened the pressure of his cultivation and gravity in that area, paralyzing the corpses already moving to escape him and try to reach the living beings there.

“You guys are really nervous.” Minos muttered as he subtly raised Abby’s cultivation, using his artificial energy reserve to do so.

Abby moved her hands, beginning to manipulate her abilities to control those bodies marked by the darkness of the Drops of Hell.