The Rise of the Black Plain
chapter-2767

"What do you mean?" Minos asked after almost 30 seconds of silence, thinking through what he had heard from Mylecent after the initial shock. "How could he have died if he entered the Upper Realm? And how do you know that?"

The questions raised by Minos were fair. Indeed, it made little sense to say that someone who had died had entered the Upper Realm, and also, for someone to know about something that should be extremely secretive and known only to that person.

But Minos and everyone around Mylecent and Ysolt were just ordinary people who had never had contact with Celestials.

Minos was the least ignorant of all, but the individual he had already come into contact with and talked to was a True Celestial and not just a Celestial. He didn't know many things that these two super-experienced women knew.

Mylecent tried to explain, speaking in a serious tone that she rarely had even when fighting deadly, powerful opponents, "Well, it must sound absurd, but that's what the stories say. And as much as I have no proof that he actually did it, the sources we have are very reliable.

Forget the notion of the Upper Realm that you have. This place really is incredible and special. The mere passage of time can't beat those capable of entering it. It's possible to kill them in a fight, but it's not possible for one of them to die of old age."

That much Minos and some of his companions already knew.

Mylecent continued, "But it is possible to enter the Upper Realm without having achieved the status to enter it."

The people in Minos' group frowned in incomprehension.

Ysolt intervened to facilitate the group's understanding. "Legends say that he entered the Upper Realm, mortally wounded by following someone who opened the Gate of Dawn, and enter the Upper Realm according to the rules. That technically couldn't have happened, but he supposedly succeeded and spent a few seconds there, until he was rejected and sent back.

That, however, was enough for him to have all his previously mortal injuries healed. Not only that, he who was only a Supreme of level 124 advanced to level 125 after that, becoming a Celestial.

The legend of Odibrand Redwound only gets more mysterious from there. As soon as he returned to the continent, he finished the revenge that had almost killed him and then founded a new family. Surprisingly, he no longer had any restrictions on making children, even at such a high level.

He lived another 1 million years after his legendary entry into the Upper Realm and had 103 children. In the end, he died. Most of his children have died and didn't leave the same inheritance as him, but some are still alive and are among the strongest families on the continent. Not only that, there are supposedly branches of his descendants even outside Zocarro."

Mylecent finished explaining the history of this singular entity in Zocarro's history. "The critical point about this name is how his heirs inherited his cultivation talent and even improved it over their generations.

You might think that my family is the strongest in Uzira because we've dominated the continent for so long. But we've only achieved this because we've always known who to ally ourselves with. Since ancient times, the royal family has been connected to the heirs of Odibrand Redwound. I can only tell you how successful this story has been so far... I don't need to tell you how terrible it would be to stand against them, right?" She looked suggestively at Minos, while her voice had a worrisome tone of advice.

"Are you part of his bloodline?" Minos asked in curiosity as his companions thought about how problematic it would be to go after a family that could have thousands of members and several of them at the peak of the 12th stage or even the beginning of the 13th stage.

"No. I'm part of a branch of the family that has always preserved the purity of our blood," she said unashamedly.

Ruth and Gloria looked at her curiously, understanding where these words were leading.

Ysolt finished talking about the man by answering the question Minos was thinking of asking. "We don't know how Odibrand's descendants are doing now. But when we were arrested, the family had a level 125 Celestial that we knew."

Gulp!

"A Celestial?" Leger asked in a worried tone, aware of the mission Minos had to carry out.

"How many Celestials are there in Uzira?" Abby asked with a grimace.

Supposedly, the royal family had one, while various stories told of several Celestials being hidden around the continent. But they didn't have good enough information to estimate how much of it was fantasy or exaggeration.

Ysolt couldn't estimate for sure. "It's hard to say. Celestials are a step up, so I can't predict anything related to them. But there must be at least half a dozen Celestials in Uzira. And almost all of them are allies of the royal family." She added this detail, aware that this group had no choice but to side with them, even with this information.

Minos' group had a necromancer, so either they would be exterminated or they would be forced to join the family through Abby, marrying a member of the royal bloodline... That certainly wouldn't happen before they fought to the death, so Ysolt wasn't worried about informing the group of the reality and risking them wanting to surrender to the royal family.

Minos' three wives and he himself thought about it, each of them worried about different things.

'This is going to be complicated. If one of them notices the body parts of a True Celestial on me, I'll be in trouble.' Minos considered, feeling that he had to hasten his journey to the Violent Sea as soon as possible.

'I'll see about that after I get to the Peak of Dawn. I'll try to resurrect the old First Elder Juma and have him by my side before then. Until then, it might be interesting to hide until Abby improves two more levels.'

After some time in silence, he said, "I'll consider your suggestion. For now, that's not something I have to go after. So let's focus on getting a seat at the table of this city's leaders. I'll help you with your plans after that."

Mylecent finally smiled at hearing about less complicated things.

She honestly wasn't afraid of challenging a Celestial from her family who was against her. But challenging several Celestials at once was something even she wouldn't dare.

Fortunately, Minos had some common sense in his mind, she imagined...