The Rise of the Black Plain

After arriving in Dry City, Peter has been living very well lately. He was a young man from an ordinary family who had failed to be in any noble families in his kingdom...

Therefore, he had gone through many problems to reach his current level.

Until he met Minos, the young Peter traveled for many months while training and doing various mercenary services during that time. For all these reasons, he enjoyed his short time in the Black Plain Army even more.

He had been assigned to Minos' forces as soon as he arrived in the Dry City, receiving Sergeant's position immediately. As a result, he had already received his first salary of 800 low-grade spiritual crystals!

He had never gained so many crystals so quickly in his life before. But that was not the best part. No, when entering the Black Plain Army, Peter now had the right to learn any Black-grade technique from this force's exclusive library.

And, of course, he had to leave his techniques behind to increase the availability of techniques of that degree to future army members. He also handed over his Blue-grade techniques to the Dry City administration, making them available to ordinary citizens.

That was the system that Minos had implemented for the soldiers. In exchange for receiving Black-grade techniques from the most varied specializations, they only had to deliver their previous Black-grade and Blue-grade techniques.

That was a good exchange for both sides since most of these people didn't even have any Black-grade technique, but now dozens of them were at their disposal!

As for the Blue-grade techniques, none of them would look at them again after learning better-classified techniques. So, neither Peter nor any other soldier had complained about this system, in which each party gave something and received something else in return!

But Peter was also very excited about the prices of items sold within the city. It was all a lot cheaper than in the places he had already been. Because of this, in the period of just over a month, since he arrived here, Peter had already decided to return to his hometown, in the Kingdom of the Waves, and bring his family here!

He hadn't seen them in about two years, so he had to do it as soon as possible. His family did not know if he was alive or dead, and he was also unaware of the situation in which they were.

After all, there would always be unknown risks in this vast world.

If he had joined one of the Flaming Empire sects, he would have managed to inform his family. However, this was not the case. Therefore, he was already preparing to speak with Minos about his trip to the Kingdom of the Waves.

He was now a subordinate of the young Stuart. So, he couldn't leave without permission.

Hence, he woke up this morning and then went straight to Minos' office, in the mansion in the center of the city.

Peter was not living in the visiting area of that place, as he had already found a small apartment on the west side of the town.

And with the salary of a Sergeant, he had managed to get this apartment in one of the areas affected by one of the low-level grade-2 gathering array, which was in operation in the city.

So, it was one of the best places to live in the Dry City, and Peter would not have to live as a guest at Minos' mansion.

After a while, Peter passed numerous people as he walked, the majority of his route along the city's main avenue, which connected his region to the central business district, which contained most of the city's public buildings.

The Dry City already had more than 100 thousand inhabitants, so the movement of people on the streets was increasing. But not only that, the city still had a reduced area due to the fact that almost everyone wanted to live in the areas of influence of the spiritual gathering array, so it had a considerable population movement and concentration.

To give you an idea, even after reaching the 100 thousand inhabitants mark, the Dry City had barely recovered all its previous area from before the arrival of Minos.

So, the place had a flow of people and spiritual beasts, very big at the moment, which gave a feeling of being much bigger than it was!

Grrr!

Beasts' sounds could be heard while some carriages passed the street at a reasonable speed. That's right, now not only did Minos have this means of transport, but several citizens also had it!

That had happened after the population of the Yellow City was absorbed by the Dry City, which brought the wealthiest people there. And although they were not so extravagant, several merchants in that city had simpler carriages.

Finally, after walking through this bustling city, Peter arrived in front of Minos' mansion.

Many soldiers were already coming and going on the scene, even if it was early in the morning.

The sky was blue at the time, and there was a medicinal smell in the air, which was not strange since the stores of the two alchemists in this city were a short distance from Minos' mansion.

Anyway, the weather was perfect today, neither cold nor hot, as if it were a spring morning.

Finally, Peter went through the mansion's garden and went straight to the administrative area.

Shortly after that, he finally arrived in front of Minos' office, where secretary Mia was already working. She was wearing a red dress, while her hair was tied up in a ponytail.

Mia was getting more and more beautiful, highlighting her sensual body even more. 'Ahh! It's always good to see Ms. Mia...'

Sensing that someone had arrived, Mia quickly turned her head forward and then saw the young Peter. He was wearing the typical outfit provided to Sergeants.

It had a golden tree symbol on its left shoulder, while some bands indicated the rank within the army on the part that was close to its right shoulder. There was also the name that the soldier preferred to be called at the height of the right chest, entirely in black.

Mia then looked at him asked with a friendly smile on her face. "Ehh, Sergeant Peter, what do you need?"

"Hello, secretary Mia. I am here to speak to Mr. Minos." He said formally. Although he only called Minos by name before, he was now his subordinate, so he should use a more formal way when referring to him.

Of course, if they were alone, Peter would not care much about it since the two were almost the same age, and Minos did not seem to care about this.

"Oh? Well, wait for a moment. I'll see if he's available." After saying this, Mia immediately entered Minos' office while Peter waited outside, at the reception.

After some time, he was finally released and soon went on his way to meet the young Stuart.

Minos, who was sitting in his chair while reading some papers on his desk, looked at the young man who had entered his office and simply pointed to a chair and said. "Sit here."

"I heard you wanted to speak to me. Did some problem occur?"

After sitting down and listening to this question, Peter shook his head in denial and started to speak. "No, on the contrary, everything is going very well for me here."

"And because of that, I wanted to travel to my hometown, to bring my family here." He said with a smile on his face. That was a place that was perhaps even better for him and his family than one of the sects of the Flaming Empire.

After all, he had only a Black talent, which would be ordinary when he got anywhere in that empire. But this was completely different in the Black Plain, where he was one of the few with such talent. So, he had a treatment that could even be better than if he went to one of those sects that organize the Spiritual Tournament!

More importantly, his family had only Blue talent, so it would be dangerous for them to live in an empire. But living in the Dry City would be different, here they would be free to live their lives in the best way, having all kinds of support from the government of Minos!

"Oh... It's fine. I will tell Mia to prepare a notice for the Black Plain Army headquarters, allowing you to leave for four months. Is it okay for you?" Minos asked with a smile on his face.

That was the kind of thing he wanted. If each new inhabitant of the Dry City endeavored to bring their families here without drawing much attention, of course, it would be perfect for Minos.

After all, his territory was quite large, and he would undoubtedly need millions of people in the future!