The Rise of the Black Plain

Chapter 2808  Indirect Contact

When they arrived at the local market, Minos soon spotted a group of traders he wanted them to see.

On purpose, he and his people stopped around a stand to do business, drawing the attention of the nearby vendors with their voices.

The Hell Lifelings followed Minos' recommendation, acting as guards around the group of merchants there to do business with the final sellers of their products.

Ruth observed the surroundings, feigning interest in the products for sale, while her harem sisters made comparisons between some of those products and their items for sale. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Amid this, Gloria kept her skills at work, constantly hiding her family's foreign traits, while the locals treated them as natives of the area.

But not everyone in the surrounding area was noticing. A dealer standing in front of his wares saw the group in their real guise and frowned.

'That's the group His Majesty warned me about,' he thought to himself as he spotted the retracted wings on Minos' back. 'They're clearly hiding their appearances, but they let me see the truth.'

He saw Minos look in his direction, for an instant, meeting his eyes and blinking unnaturally. Minos continued talking and shifting his gaze, giving the impression to anyone else that he was just looking at his audience.

'Was that a sign?' He wondered, for a moment, not knowing if the act of Minos and his group was real or just a front for something else—probably indirect communication with him.

Mylecent was hiding in the city. This man didn't know exactly where, but he knew how to contact someone who could take messages to her and bring her answers.

Several like him were scattered around the city, the eyes, and ears of the rebels in hiding, waiting for opportunities.

Seeing this situation, he couldn't stand idly by. Even if Minos wasn't acting on purpose, he was a friend that Mylecent herself had already made a point of letting her direct allies and indirect underlings know about his actual appearance.

This man made his way out of the fair, leaving the crowd covering the outskirts of Minos' group at that moment, and went to pass on the news.

'He's certainly here to meet His Majesty. Maybe he didn't show me this on purpose, but he's certainly looking for people connected to Her Majesty to let them recognize his appearance!'

As the man disappeared from the area, Minos lifted the corner of his lips slowly, without exposing too much of his thoughts to the various creatures now paying attention to him.

'Looks like it worked.' Abby looked in that direction and sighed, seeing that their target had noticed what they wanted.

Minos knew exactly who the Mylecent group's contact was. He had already seen a future in which things went wrong for his group and their identities were exposed. That man was the one who, in this scenario, would bring help and an escape route to where Mylecent was.

Even knowing who this individual was and how trustworthy he could be, Minos didn't risk a direct interaction. There could be observers from the royal family anywhere. He didn't want to risk exposing his plans just to contact Mylecent.

'He'll take the news of my group to her. That way we can meet without me running the risk of bringing enemies to her.' Minos thought, continuing with his disguise as a merchant, going ahead with business he knew he could honor to satisfy any doubts from suspicious observers in his direction.

...

Some time later that same day...

An orange-haired woman, dressed like a homeless woman, dirty from head to toe and with an aged look on her face, stopped next to a little girl. She saw the child stand up on her tiptoes to tell her something in a low voice and lowered her body, using the walking stick she had with her to support herself and lower her body to the level of the girl's face.

The girl, also dressed like a humble girl, said to the lady as they stood under a small old bridge where a stream ran by.

"The handsome man from the future is in town. He seems to look for the lady," said the girl before looking from side to side and running away.

The orange-haired woman's eyes opened steadily, before she controlled herself and returned to where she came from—a sewer outlet connected to this stream in a not-so-famous area of the capital city.

She walked unhurriedly through a circular tunnel, until she reached a point where the paths split into four, where fetid water had accumulated at some points.

She went ahead along the only path that would lead to her group's hiding place, where she would soon come across a large underground area, where cabins covered the area like a small underground slum.

In this place, wounded people were resting recovering in beds, while a few were watching over the area, keeping watch on the surroundings and communicating with groups far away.

Ysolt passed the guards and went to where Mylecent lay on a large bed, her current appearance not so beautiful, similar to the one she had before Minos freed her. She was aged, her body showing an undeniable weakness, proof of her complicated spiritual and physical situation.

Mylecent was wounded, in pain, and full of problems. Her expression was rigid, but even so, she remained silent, without expressing the slightest sign of pain or complaint. She remained in position to lead her people, listening to the reports coming from other areas of Uzira.

"Your Majesty, Minos is in town." Ysolt's words assaulted the room, silencing all talk in the surroundings, causing Mylecent's gaze to freeze in one position before the woman almost lifted part of her body from the bed and look at her seer.

"What?" she asked, not expecting to hear from Minos so soon.

Minos had been missing for decades, she knew, and the lack of information from him bothered her. But he knew what he was doing, and she had other things to worry about. Sooner or later she knew she would hear from him, but she hadn't expected that now, when he still shouldn't be strong enough to risk himself there, he had dared to come to the capital city.

"He's in the city. We have to send a group to him... I get the impression that he wants to disguise our meeting," Ysolt said in a doubtful tone, unable to see anything more about Minos' future. Fortunately, she was experienced, and his actions seemed to go in the direction she had judged.

"Go to him yourself and see what this is all about. But make sure you take out any absurd plans he has in mind. Let's not risk everything now!" Mylecent said, aware that she couldn't go to him herself.