While the two kingdoms receiving Minos' 'proposal' had different reactions, Elena Neel, level 63, and her group arrived at the Endless Snow Moutain Range.
At this place, the ten Spiritual Emperors went directly to the headquarters of the Immemorial Graves Sect. At the same time, they quickly sent out warnings for the other two sects in the vicinity to attend to meet them.
In this way, that blonde woman native to Stone Island soon met with the leader of that sect that Minos had previously visited, Laura Cox, who was currently at level 65.
This woman had seen the rapid development of the Black Plain before Minos' trip to the Flaming Empire. And at that time, she had already decided to subordinate herself to him.
He had exposed his intentions to return to her sect cave and somehow use those skeletons, so she could not stand against him since her forces could not compete.
The Black Plain Army was powerful on its own. Thus, a contest would result in calamity for the Immemorial Graves Sect.
Since she was smart and would not fight a losing war, she joined Minos as a subordinate, bringing that organization into the network of influence of the Dry City government.
Because of this, she had been able to access the two highest-level cultivation rooms in Dry City and had achieved significant advances in the years that had passed.
Also, because of this, today, she had a more cordial relationship with Minos and his forces, despite her disagreement about his violent methods.
"Elena, good to see you again." She greeted that blonde beauty by placing a kiss on the right cheek of this Black Plain Army Captain.
"Hmm, you are getting younger as your strength progresses..." Elena commented as she blinked one of her eyes at Laura, making this woman blush as she remembered the things the two had already done...
Laura then touched on a serious subject to remove her awkward relationship with Elena from the conversation. "What do you intend to do here this time? What are his orders?"
Elena became more serious and said. "We are going to take this area of the Endless Snow Mountain Range as an outpost of the Black Plain Army and absorb the organizations in that area."
"Oh?" Laura was surprised to hear that. "What exactly is the purpose of that?"
"To stop local conflicts, protect what's in that area for the army's interests, and ensure regional control by the Black Plain." Elena was direct, knowing that this woman was part of Minos' sphere of influence.
"On the other hand, this location is closer to the capitals of the Kingdom of the Waves, Kingdom of the End, and the Snow Kingdom. So if we have a post with a teleportation port here, we can send troops to those areas faster."
The Black Plain could not yet produce teleportation arrays that could cross the region. So the government of Minos needed outposts throughout the region to connect certain places to his capital.
He did not yet have a well-developed network to quickly go from one side of the region to the other in a short time, but this was in his plans for the near future.
Wormholes would be much more interesting for long-distance travel, but such an alternative demanded 9th stage cultivators. So investing in arrays was well worth it for him, even if something like a wormhole port might appear on his territory one day.
Everything Elena said was true, and Laura believed it, quickly imagining what a well-connected northern region would look like.
'That will increase regional security against outside threats...' She pondered over this, which was her greatest fear.
Previously the northern region was a 'dead' place for most of the Spiritual World, unattractive to influential people who might have interests in what her sect protected. But with the changes brought about by Minos, more and more experts have been visiting the region.
Hence, in this woman's opinion, it was only a matter of time before trouble approached her sect.
In this case, knowing that Minos was trying to improve the region's security was of great importance to her!
Anyway, soon all the representatives of the other two sects in the Endless Snow Mountain Range arrived at her sect, quickly joining them in a prominent business area.
Recently the parties involved had not been on good terms with each other. Still, they were pretty respectful towards Minos' organization, which could destroy them at any time.
That was not only due to the Black Plain Army's raw power. No, it went far beyond that. After all, a 'weapon' might exist, but its owner might not use it. So what was usually scary was not the 'weapon,' but its owner's ability to use it!
And as everyone knew, Minos was very capable of using his forces to oppress those who stood against him and tried to sabotage him...
Because of the fame, he had made for himself, Elena and her group had no difficulty presenting the new regional reality to those leaders of the few sects in this region.
As for these people, they naturally accepted everything since they had no options.
What could they do against the wishes of an organization with hundreds more experts than they did?
Only the group sent by Abby was capable of annihilating them all if Elena wanted to!
So without difficulty, her group explained what would happen and 'won' the approval of the local leaders as well as the assurance that they would cooperate.
...
Two days later, the whole region was already aware of the actions of the Black Plain Army in the Brown Kingdom and Cromwell Kingdom.
The news was spreading fast in this region with as many Spiritual Kings as it currently had, but also due to the emergence of new regional journals.
The local purchasing power had increased recently, so more people were investing their resources to stay abreast of the news. Consequently, more such organizations sprung up regionally to meet the demand for such a service.
With this, as some individuals were not so satisfied with the reality that Minos wanted to bring to them, such people naturally 'leaked' the information about what was happening in their kingdoms.
The result of this was already spreading throughout the region, with the five major regional periodicals carrying the news of Minos' desire to form an Empire and the risk this posed.
Would he end his desires with those two troubled states? Or perhaps this was just the first act of regional domination?
Many of the periodicals made a point of bringing up this doubt in their articles, and now a good part of the more than 2 billion inhabitants debated the future they feared or desired.
Some were already celebrating in the streets, while others began reviewing their actions and plans to find a way out in case they had to give up even more strength.
But just as in the Brown Kingdom or the Cromwell Kingdom, the noble families celebrated such news without exception!
