The Rise of the Black Plain

After a few days of traveling alongside Maris, closely followed by three Spiritual Sages, Minos finally came across the first human group in the Flowers Kingdom.

While walking through a forest beside that beautiful humanoid version of a spiritual beast, Minos heard typically human sounds coming from a few hundred meters ahead.

These sounds were not voices, as beings of other races could produce sounds very similar to those of humans. These sounds were the noises generated in any human camp, something unlikely to be noticed in areas where beasts gathered.

Beasts hardly ever stayed in their humanoid forms, as these were their weakest forms. At the same time, they didn't gather in camps as humans did.

Consequently, noises from campfires, bipedal footsteps, pots, plates, and cutlery would rarely be noticed in a group made up of non-humans.

Upon noticing such sounds, Minos became interested and promptly indicated to Maris that he wished to meet with these people.

This spiritual beast gave him an ugly look since, for a man like him with intact virility and great talent, it would be stupid to force a meeting with the women of this kingdom.

But Minos paid no attention to its attempt to prevent his own demise, and Maris had no choice but to follow him.

They then walked for less than a minute until they came close to that camp, to the point that they could see that place clearly.

They saw several women in that camp, some dressed as warriors, doing vigilante work. In contrast, others had activities within the camp, some as cooks, others looking like noble leaders.

The Flowers Kingdom was a powerful state, but even in places like this, people of low talent would keep society standing with their low-paid jobs.

Because of this, most people in this state were not high-level warriors but weaker cultivators, many of whom were between levels 40 and 60.

In this case, women of levels 40 to 50 were in that camp doing housework, cooking, and keeping the place organized.

Meanwhile, most women between levels 60 and 79 kept watch over their surroundings, while a few between levels 70 and 79 either commanded or advised.

But to Minos' surprise, there were men there, most of them low-level, but a few powerful cultivators.

The low-level men were like the low-level women, servants, and individuals who, even with their masculinity, would not attract the attention of women of the royal family.

It was not worthwhile for women of the royal lineage to copulate with men of low talent. So the many individuals with these characteristics who lived in the kingdom were not threatened by the local situation and were responsible for this place continuing to exist.

After all, men were needed in reproduction, and a state, with or without specialists, needed people in mining, agriculture, etc.

So in the Flowers Kingdom, there were also free men, individuals who owned their masculinities.

However, they were the smallest part of the population and usually did not live in the most important cities of this state.

In the Kingdom of Flowers, there were a few cities where men of low talent could live as anywhere else on this continent. These were the only cities where the male presence was not insignificant in this state.

In the rest of the cities, one would practically only find men like those high-ranking individuals in that camp, eunuchs, fathers of noble warriors from the local royal family!

Minos noticed these men without their male parts. All of them were overweight, bald, and dressed in white clothes.

'Sigh... I hope Oswald and Harold didn't become that.' He thought as he had just watched that camp, waiting to introduce himself to those people.

As he watched beside Maris, Minos noticed the high-status women there, all more or less similar in their physical features.

They were tall, in the range of 2 meters tall, muscular, in proportion to their heights, and had a special aura, which made Minos understand, even without prior knowledge, that they were of royal lineage.

'The royal family of this state really has many members...' He sighed as he noticed the wonderful effects of having the ability to reproduce without much difficulty.

Because of the royal family's lineage ability, the women of this family could have dozens of children during their lifetime.

Of these children, sometimes men would be born and naturally not have the same ability. But among the women, they would all have and eventually become the mothers of entire legions.

Because of this, in this state, all noble families were direct descendants of the royal family, and their members could be considered heirs to the kingdom.

More than 3,000 women currently in this state had this status, which made this place dangerous for men like Minos but also practically guaranteed the continuity of the ruling family.

Upon realizing this, Minos sighed, being a little envious since he himself would love to have a few dozen children to ensure the future of House Stuart.

Finally, sighing, he closed his fists and stepped forward, intending to show himself to those camping ahead.

Maris did the same as him, following him, not so much fearing this group, which was not so strong, but knowing that even so, there were dangers.

'If you want to kill yourself, so be it...' It imagined before seeing Minos leap into the air, heading toward the middle of the camp.

In this way, Minos suddenly invaded that place, surprising everyone with his arrival right in the middle of the camping area.

"Natives of the Flowers Kingdom..." He said, intending to introduce himself.

But as he did so, some women noticed his unannounced entrance, as well as the failure to secure the guard of the noblewomen there.

"Hey, who's that? Where did he come from?"

"I don't know! I was scanning the surroundings, but I didn't see him!"

"How can that be? He's just a..."

"What? A Spiritual Sage? A Sage Beast?" Someone saw Maris landing next to Minos and was surprised, not expecting either of them.

They had just suffered from a small secondary ability of Minos' 8th technique, which not only created an avatar but also could expose some of the cultivation of such a soul projection.

Minos had the Space and Time Avatar, so he could use some of the domain features of that projection even without showing it to everyone.

That was a feature common to all soul techniques, which made the souls of their users gain traits of the technique.

Through this, the space and time around Minos were unconsciously influenced by him, and perceiving him without knowing his exact position or having a clear view of him could be quite difficult!

So he had invaded that camp without drawing attention to his plans, making all the women and men in that place raise their guards to him.

"Stranger, who are you? What is your intention to sneak up on my group?" One of the strongest noble women there, level 77, asked, as her senses told her that this was a complete man!

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