The Rise of the Black Plain

As Minos finished eating, he saw the level 79 woman looking at him, probably interested in continuing this journey as quickly as possible.

"Why don't we go directly to the capital via a teleportation station?" She asked, trying to understand this man's motivation in wanting to travel slowly through this state.

Minos continued to clean his teeth by using his spiritual energy to destroy the impurities and food debris on his teeth. Finally, after a moment in silence, he commented. "I don't even know where my grandfather is yet, and from what I hear, the queen seems to be waiting for me, saving Harold for me. So why rush?

I can slowly get to know this wonderful state and beat warriors like you on my way."

She pressed her teeth against each other at these words, knowing Minos was right but hating her position as this fellow's guide and expense payer.

Minos had no mercy on her. Every time they had the opportunity to stop in a human-dominated area, he would eat banquets in grade-4 chef restaurants. The inns and hotels they stayed in? They were all the most expensive, where the daily rate cost dozens of high-grade crystals.

Little by little, she was losing her fortune...

'Bloody bastard!'

Minos then said. "Anyway, let's continue our journey."

"Where do you want to go now?" She prepared to leave, interested to know the destination ahead.

Minos had learned about the local map while traveling alone through Maris and Emma's map. And now that he was by the side of this woman, Ella, he had some destinations of interest to go through.

Minos didn't have a lot of business to do around this state since he had already done that through those three women who had signed agreements with him weeks ago. But the Flowers Kingdom was a wealthy state in natural resources.

So with the wealth he had already accumulated in this place and had on account of the Spatial Kingdom and the Black Plain, Minos had plenty of crystals to spend around.

The cities he wanted to pass from this state were precisely places for him to buy items for his forces!

He then replied. "Let's go to Zerora."

Zerora was a city where men and women lived in the Flowers Kingdom. But its main point was not this fact, which, yes, was important. Instead, the highlight of this city was the significant presence of array masters and beast tamers.

Minos was interested in these two things and soon directed his interests to that place.

"All right..."

...

Two days later...

After traveling through the dense forests of the Flowers Kingdom, Minos and Ella arrived in Zerora, near the coastline from where they were previously.

Most of the cities of the Flowers Kingdom were located along the coast of this state, in places where the natural defenses were exceptionally good.

Minos had noticed this, but also the artificial changes made by the women of this state, which were somewhat different from what was around this state in the time of Henricus Longus.

That had been relevant for Minos to notice new things and learn points that could be useful for his state in the future.

Anyway, upon arriving in that city, he once again found a very flowery place, a hallmark of all cities in this state.

In addition to a more significant presence of men in this place, Minos soon noticed many beasts in this city.

Several saints and stronger beasts walked the local streets in their humanoid forms. In comparison, other weaker beasts lived free in this place as if they were ordinary citizens.

The city itself had been designed for its commercial and government buildings to receive this kind of being, as long as they were within certain limits, of course.

No building could accommodate beasts in their natural forms above level 70, nor was there room for dragons and naturally great beings. But a beast like Kyla, for example, could enter practically all government and commercial buildings in this city.

The only ones without accessibility for such beings were those residences where humans or beasts in their humanoid forms lived.

But this city had several natural parks for beasts to sleep in for a few days or even live in.

Minos noticed this while walking around beside Ella, impressed by it all.

'That's interesting... I can develop something like that in my state when I return.' He considered, taking into consideration the fact that he, like the queen of this place, had dominion over the beasts of his state.

But his thoughts were interrupted by the striking voice of Ella, this tall, strong, but gorgeous woman. "Where shall we begin your journey in this city?"

"I want to buy some low-level grade-4 arrays for my city, so let's go to an array masters store." He said to her, without looking at her, observing the surroundings with interest.

"Grade-4, huh? You will waste your cultivation resources...

You will regret it when in the future, you can no longer leave the kingdom and miss those crystals." Ella told him, though she started directing him to the appropriate place.

"That is a problem for me to care about, not you, my dear, Ella," Minos said in a humorous tone, causing that woman to look at him significantly.

"Minos, what gives you such confidence? Seriously, tell me what. For I cannot understand you." Ella stopped and took hold of one of his wrists, looking at him thoughtfully. "Defeating me or others like me doesn't compare to a victory against one of the princesses.

Two princesses are at the same stage as you, so they may challenge you.

One is at level 76, and the other is at level 78. But unlike us nobles, they have almost complete sets of Golden-grade techniques!

Do you think it will be easy to beat either of them?"

Minos heard that and said. "But of course, it won't be easy. But I will win since they can't kill me, as that would make all your games useless.

But I can do that, even though I don't have the strength to defeat the strongest of them in a fair fight."

"What?" That woman frowned, not understanding the meaning of that. "If you can't beat her fairly, how will you be able to kill her? Are you crazy?"

Unfortunately for Ella, she didn't know about all of Minos' capabilities. She was in the dark about this fellow's fusions, which could even threaten the lives of high-level cultivators of this state if they weren't careful.

Minos was fully confident that he could get someone to interfere in his final challenge to prevent the death of someone important in this state, so he was confident in his passage through the Flowers Kingdom.

"Anyway, talking about it will only upset you, Ella... But don't worry. You will witness all my deeds against the royal family, hehe." He said before entering an array masters store.