The Rise of the Black Plain

Chapter 2822  Alliance at the Last Minute

After more than a year of sailing in search of his enemy, the Sea Serpent was feeling his enemy's aura more strongly, something far beyond the sensation he had been feeling for the last few months.

His mood was improving, finally bringing him to where he could change his life and enter the 13th stage!

As he sailed ahead of his group that day, he caught sight of someone powerful sailing towards him. This, however, was not the holder of the Nautilus' Compass he was approaching, who was probably only a few days away from him.

The level 124 individual approaching them was not a native of Zocarro, but he had something about him that caught the Sea Serpent's attention, making the sea lord stop in his tracks and turn his attention in this guy's direction.

"Who are you? What do you want in my domain?" the white creature asked, looking with narrowed eyes at that creature at the bottom of the sea, an unusual area for terrestrial beings like that to come from.

"My name is Orcel, dear serpent," said the broccoli head individual, while he had a smiling look on his alien face. "I come from afar and have no interest in your domains. But I feel our destinies are connected. The one you seek is the enemy I am hunting."

Orcel didn't know who the Sea Serpent was, nor the relationship between Minos and this underwater creature. But when he marked Minos with one of his microscopic pores, which was aimed at the same target as the Sea Serpent, he felt the aura of a strange creature in Minos' body.

Minos had been marked by the Sea Serpent during his escape from the Violent Sea before arriving in Uzira. It was still in his aura, which is why the Sea Serpent could track him.

It was precisely this mark that had led Orcel to the Sea Serpent today. He was heading towards Minos when he sensed the same aura he had perceived in his enemy during the last phase of Devdar's inheritance. Before taking his chances with Minos, the broccoli-head alien approached this native of Zocarro.

"How would you know who I'm chasing?" The Sea Serpent was no junior. He was experienced and skeptical enough to doubt the intentions of others who approached him like that.

"I don't know what you know about him or what you want from him, but my enemy has been marked with your aura. I met this person a while ago, Minos, and I sensed your aura in him. At the time, I didn't give it much thought. But since I started chasing Minos in this world, I could notice your aura getting stronger and I remembered what I had felt back then." The alien explained with a calm look, while surrounded by 12 high-level creatures of the 12th stage, the Sea Serpent's subordinates.

He suggested. "Why don't we ally ourselves against him? I'm only interested in Minos' death. You can take whatever interest you have in this hunt. You can even kill him. I'll help you achieve that."

The Sea Serpent remained impassive, staring in silence at the enemy offering him an alliance.

It was tempting to team up with powerful figures. But he still wasn't convinced.

"Why do you think I need help? Look at my group. Only a Celestial could challenge us!" said the white creature confidently.

Orcel plastered a ridiculous smile on his face. "You really don't know your enemy, do you?"

The look on the broccoli-headed alien's face irritated the Sea Serpent.

"I haven't had time to get to know him... I don't even know if he's the one you're talking about."

"Yes, he is, but let me warn you. Minos isn't normal. He has powers that are almost omnipresent. I can assure you that he knows you're coming to him now. And he must be strong enough to defeat you."

"If that's the case, what difference would a single extra Supreme make?" Sea Serpent asked.

"I'm not normal like you... So much so that I know Minos is involved in the inheritance of a True Celestial!" Orcel revealed the crux of the conversation, changing the look on the Sea Serpent's face from skepticism to interest.

'Either he knows about the Nautilus' Compass, or this Minos guy has another part of a True Celestial's body...' The Sea Serpent considered the possibilities. 'In either case, I need to make sure this Minos guy dies and then kill Orcel! n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

With two body parts of a True Celestial, I'll not only be able to advance to level 125, but already enter the Upper Realm with a higher status than newly promoted ones!'

"All right," said the Sea Serpent in a different tone from earlier. "You have my attention. How do you plan to contribute to the fall of Minos? How would we do it together?"

Orcel smiled as he finally got what he wanted. 'I'll use these fools as long as they're useful. I'll kill those who don't die in battle when it's all over!'

"You made the right choice, haha. Here's my plan..."

...

Meanwhile, to the west of where the Sea Serpent and Orcel were, Minos was in the control cabin of his ship, looking out over the deep, dark ocean floor.

From his prominent position, he could see his crew members working with the ship's sensors, while the colored part of their eyes glowed an intense gold.

His wives sat beside him, silently scanning the horizon for signs of enemies, aware that they were not far from the hard battle that Minos had warned them about.

Then, amid the silence of the cabin, where only the sound of radars filled the space with information, Minos changed his expression and said.

"Qhava's envoys are coming to us. They've left Hell and have already discovered that we're not in Uzira," he said, as his eyes stopped glowing. "They're already sailing the Violent Sea, fast approaching us."

Abby clenched one of her fists and questioned, "How long do we have?"

"Days, maybe weeks," he replied in a worried tone. "They're using a tool compatible with the 13th stage. They're swift and will cross the sea quickly."

The entire cabin of the ship fell silent after these words, each one there taking a deep breath as they thought of the aspirant Devils approaching them!