When Minos activated the ring of the Spatial Kingdom in that area, the Ancestral Sect master trembled as he felt all the hairs over his body shivering.
That majestic energy was something he didn't understand. As he felt it, it was as if he were in the presence of a superior entity.
However, while such energy surrounded the large skeleton, this man did not stop paying attention to everything, even though he felt genuinely fearful.
'What is it?'
Before he could even probe further, such energy finished covering the skeleton, and then it was teleported into the Spatial Kingdom, leaving behind a large hollow space within the red freezing gel.
"What?" That man shouted in shock, seeing the skeleton that had been there for millions of years disappear overnight as Minos continued.
'How can that be? Where did he send it?
That can't be a spatial ring! There wouldn't be such a great storage space in this world for such a job!
Besides, there are no teleportation arrays with that much power!' He shouted in his mind, not understanding the absurdity that had unfolded before him.
This man knew about medium-level grade-4 items because some Immemorial Graves Sect books discussed their power. But he had no idea how powerful high-level grade-4 items were and thought such a thing couldn't move a skeleton of that size.
Minos looked at that man and smiled once more but said nothing. Now that he had already taken those bones to the Spatial Kingdom, he would just sign the agreements with the man in front of him and leave for his state.
"Sect Master..."
"I will wait for the spiritual judge while I walk with my family." Minos just said that, heading towards Sarah and her mothers.
"That..." That man stayed behind, talking to himself, extremely curious.
But as someone intelligent and experienced, he knew there was no point in insisting. Not only that, Minos had done something shocking in front of him, which went far beyond what people in the Flaming Empire knew.
In possession of this knowledge, his respect for Minos increased twice as much, and he rushed to find a spiritual judge to seal the deal between the parties.
Maybe he had lost in this negotiation. He wasn't sure. But this sect master was sure his sect would have great results in the long run.
Minos and the Black Plain should have a great future ahead of them. So being associated with them would be enough to ensure the Ancestral Sect's advances.
Minos and his wives would spend the next week in this place, getting to know the surroundings while waiting for the spiritual judge.
Eventually, this would be resolved, and the five would return to Dry City!
...
After returning to the core of his empire, Minos immediately called Laura, the leader of the Immemorial Graves Sect, to the imperial palace to talk about the things he had recently obtained.
Through this, she got several lost items from that organization and returned to the Endless Snow Mountain Range grateful, promising to discover new things and strengthen her people.
Minos would not attach much importance to this since for him, none of it was new. Only the techniques were relevant and would make more people in that place able to protect those bones by getting stronger with the right techniques.
Anyway, with that, he turned all his attention to his state until he had his peace disturbed two weeks after his return to Dry City.
...
In the capital of the Black Plain Empire, the envoys of the Ancestral Sect were already living in Dry City when a group of three level 79 Spiritual Saints arrived there.
When the Black Plain Army soldiers identified these individuals, they immediately realized that they were the same people who had offered help against Mortimer, members of the Blood Triangle Pirates.
They were a little late on their six-month promise, but no one in this empire would complain about that. If these people had never returned, it would be much better!
But since they were there, Minos' group of men soon escorted them to the core of Dry City, where the sovereign would receive such a group.
At that place, Minos was in the imperial throne hall beside his wives, attending to local affairs.
"So they are back?" He asked one of his soldiers.
"Yes, Your Majesty. They are almost here." The level 67 individual said as the Spiritual Saints of the Gray Clouds Sect got serious because of the trouble they might have with these people.
"What shall we do, Your Majesty?" The strongest one there asked.
"Let them come in. Let's see how things develop." Minos replied, knowing those people would know about what happened recently in the Flaming Empire.
Thus, everyone in the surrounding area stood silently, waiting for those people to enter.
That would not take long, and soon the three individuals who had previously been in this city would stand in front of Minos and his family.
"The Stuart family is even stronger than before, Your Majesty." The woman, the leader of that group, said, smiling but not so sincerely.
Minos readily understood that she was referring to Abby and Ruth's advances but also his displays of power. "Hmm, you are generous in your words... In any case, I thank you for returning to my city after the six-month period.
Now I have an answer to give you."
"And what would that be?" In a bad mood, one of the two men asked since he did not expect this person to accept their proposal.
They had been late solving some problems. In fact, they were solving some problems in their organization when they received some strange news regarding Minos. Because of this, they urgently came to this place, expecting the local sovereign would not easily accept their proposals.
Minos replied, as his eyes narrowed. "I solved Mortimer's problem... Because of this, I will now be busy dealing with the development of my state, which is about to change levels as a whole.
You should know that, after all, you are part of an arm of the Spiritual Church."
Upon hearing that, the eyes of those three narrowed along with their brows coming together.
What Minos had just said was not information that just anyone held. In fact, only high-ranking members of the Church or powerful individuals, something this emperor was not yet, knew about. So naturally, they were surprised.
They looked at each other and realized that Minos must have had good influence within the Church to know this.
Since they didn't know how to handle the situation, they stayed silent, leaving it to be dealt with when they returned to the Evergreen Empire.
Minos said. "Due to my circumstances, I will have to decline for now. But if you are still interested in the service in about ten years, I will be less busy by then..."
Those people closed their eyes and bitterly smiled, accepting Minos' temporary refusal.
They would then leave that dangerous place even for them, promising to return a few years later to try again.
But next time, they would send really powerful people, who they didn't believe Minos could refuse offers!
