The Rise of the Black Plain

Chapter 2590  Judgement Tower

The Judgement Tower, famous for maintaining law and order in Athacroft Covert—a region of 12 cities and a few million people—stood majestically with its 33 stories, built on the highest peak near Summerset Falls.

From afar, one could see the majestic structure, over 200 meters high, one of the few of its kind on the entire continent.

Built by the natives of Zocarro over 50,000 years ago, the red structure, capable of withstanding the blows of even lower-level Supremes, caught the attention of Minos and his companions.

"We are close to our goal. But the road ahead is the most difficult. It will be almost impossible to enter the tower's area of influence without attracting the attention of our enemies," said the group leader.

The other General said, "Besides, the defenses in front of us are almost impenetrable. How do you plan to clear the way for us, Officer Minos?"

Minos was already prepared for these challenges. Getting into the Judgement Tower was the most important part of his plans. Without a method to get into the enemy headquarters, turning her level 114 corpse into a Supreme would be of no value to them.

However, he had thought about it for months before proposing this mission/experiment to the Council. And he had deliberately chosen the Judgement Tower!

"Six months ago, I visited this place to check out the local defenses. I confirmed they were quite good, capable of stopping even Supremes, 'normal' Supremes, I would say. But they have one particular weakness."

"What weakness?" The Commander's trusted man asked, his eyes narrowing.

"Actually," Minos smiled. "It's not just one weakness. In fact, there are hundreds." He pointed in the direction where the two companions quickly spotted the sect men they were approaching.

Minos explained. "Every inhabitant of the Judgement Tower is a potential weakness. All I have to do is manipulate a little of the time for these individuals, force them to give certain orders and voilà, we have our entrance to their security area."

The two opened their mouths in disbelief.

"That's it?"

"If that's true, then you have the potential to infiltrate practically every headquarters on the continent!"

Minos smiled at this comment. "Getting in is much easier than getting out. Once we've been noticed, the same method would never work to leave the area safely. That would be a problem in almost every headquarters I tried to break into. So I'm not a perfect breaker.

Minos smiled at this comment. "Getting in is much easier than getting out. Once we've been noticed, the same method would never work to leave the area safely. That would be a problem in almost every headquarters I tried to break into. So I'm not a perfect breaker. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Anyway, the important thing is that we just want to get in. Our exit will be up to the Elder and my corpse."

"Are you sure he won't attack us?" asked the weaker Sovereigns, not doubting Minos' method of invasion. His only concern now was the Supremes they might have to face because of these plans.

As 'easy' as it would be for them to enter the enemy headquarters, the Supremes of the enemy force could sense them at any moment. As soon as they were noticed, they would have three powerful individuals after their heads!

"I can't say for sure that he won't turn on us eventually. But at least in the first few moments after the breakthrough, his rationality should diminish gradually, and the seals on him should also break after a few moments after the breakthrough.

It will make him less hostile to us and more hostile to enemies soon after his breakthrough. But it's likely that we'll soon be in the same 'boat' as the enemies," Minos said, having already run several tests to predict what would happen when his and Abby's corpses grew stronger and got out of their control.

Of course, he didn't have any data on corpses in advanced stages, so he wasn't 100% sure of what he just said. But it was more likely that his perspective was not wrong.

Minos finished, "In any case, you two better be ready to sacrifice your parasites at any moment. I'll be busy watching the reaction of our guinea pig."

The two looked at each other after a sigh, a little worried about wasting their centuries of contributions and raising their Flashdrain parasites.

But the merits they would gain if they succeeded in this mission would be worth any sacrifice!

"You stay with Minos, and I'll sacrifice my parasite first. Let's not get carried away and do it simultaneously. One of us should be enough for the first moment of battle... In case things don't go our way,' said the weaker of the two level 114 Sovereigns.

The Commander's trusted man agreed, before the two looked at Minos and signaled it was time for them to proceed with this human's plan.

Minos told them what he needed from them for the invasion phase of the Judgement Tower. When they had the most important thing in mind, they set off again, still cautious, but more certain about the invasion phase and more worried about the upcoming battle on their way.

The Elder watching them should have no trouble breaking through the enemy's defenses, but they couldn't count on this level 118 Supreme. The guild's goal was to test Minos' theory, and they wouldn't be able to do that the way they all wanted if this Supreme moved too soon or exhausted himself before the corpse showed its potential.

As they moved, the Elder stood in the same place he had been for the past few days and soon saw Minos do as he had warned and turn back the time on some men at one of the headquarters' border posts.

By making the guards in the area believe he and his companions were core members of the sect who had recently returned to the area, Minos saw the way open before him, using his enemies' memories against them.

With Temporal Sands, he could not only see the future, he could manipulate time, go back in time, see the past, and manipulate his targets into experiencing it all.

Using the powers of the Temporal Sands, it would take Minos only two hours from the presentation of his plan to the infiltration of the Judgement Tower!

Arriving at the entrance of the extensive building with no barriers in their way, they prepared themselves while he made the hand seals to bring the corpse's coffin that was in his spatial ring to his side.

The black liquid also appeared in one of Minos' hands, while the three members of Armhands could already feel the auras of the Supremes of that guild probing them.

Even before Minos started, they had already been noticed!