The Rise of the Black Plain
Chapter 98 - 98: Arrogance!

Another five days passed quickly, and by now Minos and Ruth had already traversed almost the entire forest they were in. This area was one of the last where they were able to engage in fights and train with wild spiritual beasts.

Beyond this place, they would reach the most urbanized region of the Cromwell Kingdom, where such natural forests were basically scarce.

Practically all the terrain after the point where the two youths were, was a great plain. And with that, the population of these areas took advantage of almost all the land between the cities to cultivate various spiritual herbs.

After all, that was the speciality of the Cromwell Kingdom.

As a result, Minos and Ruth would have less time to spend on their training and more in traveling during this final part of their journey to the kingdom's capital.

At this moment, Minos sat in the middle of a mountainous area within the forest. Several large trees surrounded the duo as they were busy in cultivation.

Just a few minutes ago, the two of them had another round of fights, in which Minos had once, again, tasted defeat...

This was something the two of them had been doing whenever they didn't encounter any spiritual beasts to fight against. This hat was an excellent way to increase their mastery in their respective techniques since using this opportunity they could understand new ways of fighting and also gain much experience.

After finishing his cultivation, Minos turned to look at Ruth. She, too, had already finished her cultivation session and was massaging her great eagle, which was lying near a tree.

Seeing that Minos was staring at her, Ruth smiled and playfully teased him, "Are you simply admiring me, or do you want to get beaten up once again?"

"Hmph, if it was a proper fight where I could use my sword, the results would not be so one-sided," Minos retorted and said in a playful voice while brandishing his low-level grade-2 sword.

Upon hearing this, Ruth was amused as smiled gracefully and replied, "Haha! That's just an excuse!"

Just as the two were about to continue their banter, a voice suddenly sounded not far away when someone asked, "Oh! A low-level grade-2 sword! I don't have one, brat. How much do you want for it?"

Upon hearing this, Minos and Ruth glanced in the direction where the voice had come from. Shortly after a few moments, a young man with long green hair appeared, dressed in noble clothes of white and black colors.

Accompanying him was a two-meter-tall man wearing blue armor and holding a spear in one of his hands. His rustic look would surely make people stray from crossing his path.

Probing into these newcomers' cultivation, Ruth frowned and whispered to Minos, "This young man is at level 42, and his apparent guard is at level 50."

"Oh? Can you handle someone like that?" Minos asked carefully after considering the situation.

"I can hold him off for a while, but I won't be able to completely defeat him," She responded seriously.

If this man happened to be subordinate to some noble family in this part of the Central Continent, then the probability of him having Silver-grade techniques was almost zero. And even if he were associated with one of these families, he would at most have one of such techniques.

So, with this perspective, Ruth was very confident of being able to hold someone of that level for a while. But that was the extent of what she could do. After all, the difference between her cultivation and that of the man was simply huge.

Just to give you an idea, someone who was at level 50 had almost twice the amount of spiritual energy compared to someone at level 46!

Meanwhile, as two newcomers approached Minos and Ruth, the young man spoke up with a smile on his face. "Well then? Tell me your price, I, Leroy Chambers, am willing to pay you handsomely!"

Minos then said. "It is not for sale."

Hearing this, Leroy looked at Minos for a second before confidently smiling and remarking, "Brat, I assume that you must be going to the Spiritual Tournament, right? Let me enlighten you, someone at your place has no chance of getting a good position in this competition, and you cannot use this weapon either."

"If you hand over your weapon to me now, I can consider taking you under my wing as my subordinate in the Flaming Empire in the future!" Leroy proclaimed aloud as if there was no chance that he was going to lose the Spiritual Tournament.

Upon hearing his words, both Minos and Ruth had a strange looks on their faces. 'What arrogance! This guy thinks he had already won the competition even before it began!' the two thought, a mixture of pity and contempt rising in them for this green-haired young man.

Such people never made it to the top!

In fact, this young man would probably die prematurely because of being arrogant and rash at his current level which would only inevitably lead him to face disaster by underestimating strangers, sooner or later.

Minos then simply said. "If I wanted to go to the Flaming Empire, I wouldn't need your help for this..."

Meanwhile, Leroy's bodyguard, Jeff, grew more and more irritated after hearing that Minos was refusing his young master's kindness.

He then said aloud while using his cultivation to exert pressure on Minos and Ruth. "This worm does not seem to understand the situation he is in, young master. There's no use talking to such ignorant people. Let's just take what we want!"

"Hmm, on second thought, this sounds like the best way. In fact, I have taken a liking to that girl. After we kill this brat, I will destroy her cultivation and make her my slave!" The young man said with a luxurious gleam in his eyes.

Upon hearing someone speak something like this about Ruth in such a manner, Minos felt an intense hatred rising in his heart for Leroy. While he did not know what the future held for him and Ruth since their relationship was still very premature and they had just started to know each other.

But regardless of what happens later, she would still be his friend after considering everything they had already been through together.

As for Ruth, she had never heard anything and was utterly disgusted by what this young man with green hair had just commented. She was always a person who valued her sexuality and her freedom.

In a single comment, Leroy had successfully stuck Ruth's nerve, to the point where she just wanted to tear his head off.

A moment later, Minos whispered to her in a low voice, "Try to hold off his guard. I will deal with this bastard quickly."

After hearing this, she nodded her head in agreement and prepared herself to fight. Even if she wasn't going to deal with Leroy, Minos taking care of the hideous scoundrel was more than enough for her.

At the same time, on Leroy's side, he observed how Minos and Ruth had acted, and then a thought crossed his mind just before he prepared himself to attack Minos. 'These two seem to be more than just a guard and a young master... I think it would be better to keep this guy alive while I enjoy his girlfriend! Hahahaha'

Leroy then commanded. "Jeff, deal with this beauty quickly, but be careful not to cause much harm to her body."

"Hahaha, alright, young master," Jeff said with a smile on his face.

Minos tightly gripped his sword with both hands and started moving towards Leroy.

Devouring Art!

Indestructible Body!

Spatial Sword!

With all three of his techniques activated at the same time he had come close enough to Leroy.

Simultaneously, while a black ring began to circulate a few meters high in the sky above Minos, Ruth, who was a few meters far from the young Stuart, also activated her techniques and continued to attack the guard, Jeff, with all of her strength.

Instant Steps!

Fists of Pain!

And, at the same time that the two saw Minos and Ruth rushing towards them and activating their techniques, Jeff and Leroy had also done the same thing. And since both of them had all of their techniques as Black-grade they were very confident!

'Let's get this over with quickly!' Leroy thought with a smile as he simultaneously activated his movement and attack techniques.

Jeff followed suit as he started running towards Ruth.

He was aiming to attack directly on the girl's neck, where he intended to destroy her cultivation and resolve this problem quickly.

Devil's Claws!

Black claws started to materialize in their hands as Jeff and Leroy moved quickly.

At the same time, Minos maneuvered several movements with his sword, sending several blades of air towards Leroy while using a considerable portion of his energy.

Swooish!

Swooish!

The sound of air being sliced filled the surroundings while a fist over 2 meters long and 1 meter high soared through the sky, rushing towards Jeff's chest.

This was Ruth's attack, which she intended to use to hold Jeff, while Minos dealt with Leroy!

Rumble!

Feeling the power behind Minos and Ruth's techniques, the two enemies suddenly had a change in their expressions as they finally understood why these youths had disobeyed them earlier!