The Rise of the Black Plain

After three weeks of traveling, Minos and Ella arrived near the capital of the Flowers Kingdom, a large coastal city of over 3 million inhabitants.

Upon arriving, they were met with a glorious view of the local waterfront, which was 'u' shaped and had calm waves, almost like the place was a lake rather than an open sea.

The natural beauty was incredible, and one could easily see the colorful coral reefs not far from the shore, where also some boats were standing here and there, with women working.

Minos saw this part of the Flowers City from above as he slowly lowered his altitude beside Ella to pass through one of the entrances to this beautiful colorful city.

Like most Central Continent cities, this place did not allow people to fly under the local skies.

Following the local rules, Ella promptly directed Minos to the ground, near one of the entrances where the queen's guard kept track of all who entered.

Amid their descent, Minos put aside the beautiful local waterfront to pay attention to this city, which had a classical building style that matched well with the local natural features.

He was a little anxious as he arrived at this place where Spiritual Demigods lived, these experts that even he had to admit how impressive it was.

'Will I be able to solve this quickly?' He wondered, feeling that the journey to this place had been faster than he had imagined.

But the truth was that Minos had only traveled quickly through the Flowers Kingdom because, in addition to that place being small, the size of Stone Island, he had traveled utilizing teleportation arrays from the Black Plain to the border of such a state.

If he had traveled without such means from Dry City to this place, Minos wouldn't even be there yet. He would still be by the Flaming Empire!

Since he already knew the state of Isabella, Emperor Stuart hastened his steps and quickly moved into this kingdom of women.

On the other hand, he had become too strong for ordinary women at the 8th stage to stand a chance of causing him trouble. Therefore, he overcame his challenges more easily than he had anticipated before coming to this state.

With that in mind, Minos now considered how much longer he would stay, having already arrived in the capital, where he should face his last challenges.

'Harold is probably fine, so after I win the challenges of the queen's daughters, I will fulfill my promises and be able to leave.' He looked at the well-dressed women at the customs post, where a group of royal guards was already waiting for him.

"Your Majesty Minos Stuart, Her Majesty wishes to meet you." A level 89 woman said this to him as he nodded in understanding.

"I am glad to hear that..."

Ella was nervously standing next to Minos, eager to meet the queen, whom she had never seen up close.

So the two entered the capital, heading towards the royal palace of the Mcbride family, the royal home of this domain.

Minos would pay no attention to the surroundings as he was directed towards the royal palace, only paying attention to the various auras above level 89 in that city.

He could count 15 Spiritual Demigods just by walking through the local streets!

'The aura of Demigods is really different...' Minos thought as he felt the spiritual pressure of these beings, which naturally created zones of high concentration of spiritual energy in their vicinity.

To get an idea, if a Spiritual Demigod fell asleep anywhere in the Black Plain Empire, anyone in that region, including Spiritual Saints, could cultivate near them with immense ease.

The effects caused by the presence of one of these experts would be so great that, for some people, cultivating near them would be almost equal to going to a Spatial Kingdom!

The only difference was that Spatial Kingdoms could hold tens of thousands of people, and usually, any spaces within them had the same properties.

Standing next to such an expert would only have those effects if they didn't contain their aura and if someone was within 50 meters of them.

Minos was overwhelmed by these impressive auras and could not pay attention to the beautiful city of the Mcbride family.

And so, he and Ella came face to face with the beautiful royal palace, a place that looked like an ancient temple, very well-flowered but spotless so that one would not find a single leaf on the ground.

Minos entered there and soon removed the auras of the Spiritual Demigods on the way there from his mind, not taking long to sense the aura of a level 93 person.

'That must be the queen...' He thought as he realized the most powerful aura he had ever felt.

This woman's aura alone was almost three times more abundant than the aura of some of the level 90 elders he had felt moments ago!

"Your Majesty Minos Stuart, welcome to my city!" The Queen of the Flowers Kingdom, Hannah Mcbride, level 93, said just before the grand doors of the royal throne hall were opened for him to enter.

Minos and Ella saw that beautiful woman seated on a golden throne, with a tiara of precious stones adorning her brown hair. At the same time, she wore a red and dark gold dress.

Minos realized this woman's body was very different from the others he had encountered so far, with her appearance being much sweeter and more beautiful.

It was as if she was not one of this kingdom's evil, man-castrating women.

But she was someone with that lineage. The problem was that after losing her innate abilities after breeding many times, this woman's body had returned to its natural condition.

Minos could sense this without anyone explaining it and was not so surprised by the queen's appearance.

Ella and Emma had told him some trivia about the innate ability of women of royal lineage in this state. So he was aware of these less critical points about these women.

After a few moments of silence since Hannah's speech, Minos smiled and said. "It is good to meet you, Your Majesty Hannah Mcbride. You are indeed powerful and beautiful, as everyone says, hehe."

She smiled at Minos' compliment and said. "It seems that you are not so different from the rumors either... It's just that I'd like to see some of your skills in practice to make a final decision on that."

"I believe Your Majesty will see that soon enough."

"Indeed..." She became a little more serious as several people stood on the outskirts of that royal hall looking at Minos.

Among those people, some 10th-stage eunuchs were there beside the queen's sisters and aunts and some of her daughters.

The queen had many children in her life. But less than half of them were females. At the same time, the royal lineage did not follow the traditional rule of this world in this state. Unlike the older children having a preference for succession, the younger ones were the ones who had it in this place.

Therefore, only the youngest daughters of the queen were around. Among them were the two women at the 8th stage who were there to meet the man who might soon breed with them!

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