Noticing that woman's gaze on him, Minos sighed, thinking how obscene the lineage of these people was that immediately made them think of breeding upon seeing a man like him.
But he ignored those thoughts and introduced himself. "I am Minos Stuart. I am in search of some people in this kingdom. Can you help me with this? Can any of you explain to me exactly the local rules?"
"Minos Stuart?" The eunuchs murmured among themselves, recognizing the queen's target.
Meanwhile, the noblewomen in the surrounding area all felt excited that such a talented person was in front of them.
The local rules said that the first woman to challenge a newly arrived man would prioritize any kind of engagement with him over others interested. So even knowing that the queen probably wanted to get one of the princesses to challenge Minos, those women were inclined to say something and try to get this fellow's genes for themselves.
The same level 77 woman looked at Minos a little differently and said. "Help you find someone? You don't know what you've gotten yourself into, kid.
When you enter the Flowers Kingdom, you won't receive any kind of help. Instead, you will be challenged by women all along your path, who will not only try to overpower you with brute force but will put beasts and trouble in your way to test your capabilities.
The only thing that can help you is your level. Because of the local rules, only women at the same cultivation stage can challenge men exploring these lands...
So usually only end-stage experts visit our state." She laughed, noting Minos' level 71 cultivation once again, which would enable all of them to challenge him!
"Is that so?" Minos smiled at that woman. "So you aren't going to help me?"
A eunuch then explained the local rules correctly to Minos. "Your Majesty Minos Stuart, upon entering the Flowers Kingdom, you have an obligation to accept challenges. Therefore, whenever you are challenged by a noblewoman or a member of royalty, you are in dispute with her until one of the two gives up.
When this happens, the winner can claim something the loser has.
The women of the kingdom will always claim your masculinity.
But you, if you win, can claim a prize that such a woman has the power to give you and also the chance to leave the state.
In that situation, you will be sent out of the state to a location of your choice. However, if you are still in the kingdom within 1 hour of your award, you can be challenged again.
That would be repeated until you have your manhood called out by some warrior or until your departure."
Another level 79 eunuch then said. "Other than the prizes you can receive by winning challenges, no noble, eunuch, or ordinary citizens of the kingdom will give you any help.
You can earn a lot here, but only beating our warriors would give you those opportunities!"
Because of these rules, the Flowers Kingdom was a place of opportunity for talented men.
Normally, only end-stage men, that is, level x9, would come to this state.
Because of their level, they would usually be stronger than most of the candidates able to challenge them, and this allowed them to win several prizes.
As long as one kept winning challenges and didn't leave the kingdom or raise their cultivation stage, they could continually gain resources from the wealthy noblewomen descended from the royal family.
Thus Harold gained many resources that later gave him the opportunity to advance to the 9th stage and even the promise of protection from a local expert.
Unfortunately, at the time, Harold had only gotten a draw, which was hard to happen, but could be called upon by local women in special cases. With that, that woman had allowed him to leave, but with restrictive conditions for him.
Anyway, Minos listened to the words of those men as he saw that several of those women seemed to want to challenge him.
"So that's how it is..." He muttered, pleased to hear those sweet words.
He knew those women probably had higher-quality technique sets than everyone he had ever met. But even so, they were unlikely to have complete Golden-grade sets, as was his case.
And even if there were someone like that, she would not be ordinary or part of a large group. Moreover, he still had several advantages on his side, such as his innate ability, the Dark Sea, etc.
He then asked. "So, who of you will challenge me first? I'm looking forward to getting my first prize!"
Gulp!
Maris swallowed her saliva, finding herself surrounded by opponents, but even so, that human was still provocative, talking nonsense that could lead him to his end.
She knew he was strong, but so were the women descended from the royal family!
Not only that, as long as a challenge was not made official, other women, and even eunuchs, were free to act. Since this was yet to happen, they might end up having to face all these beings, which would be quite difficult for the two of them.
"Humph, you are quite bold, Minos Stuart!" A level 76 noblewoman said before looking at Maris and asking. "Why are you standing next to this human? Don't you know that natives cannot help outsiders?"
"Noble warrior, I have no choice. I made a promise to this human in a life and death situation, so now I am guiding him through the kingdom." Maris said, trying not to look guilty of breaking local laws.
"Life and death situation?" The people in the surrounding area murmured, trying to imagine the problem.
But most there didn't know about Minos' powers, only about his prominent position in the northern region and talent in cultivation. Hence, they simply imagined that he had helped this beast somehow and got its gratitude.
"Well, then I..." One of them didn't mind Maris' little infraction and looked at Minos, wanting to challenge him.
But in the middle of that level 75 woman's speech, one of the eunuchs said. "Miss, is it really wise to do that? Her Majesty has interests in this man."
Minos hearing that frowned his eyebrows. "Isn't the queen a Spiritual Demigod? I believe that is against the local rules, no?"
"Tsk!
You may dream of Her Majesty, but she's not the one to challenge you, man!" One of the queen's great-granddaughters said, annoyed by Minos' thoughts.
"Then why don't you challenge me? Are you afraid? Don't worry. The queen's plans will not be hindered. None of you are strong enough to beat me." He said, causing those women to narrow their eyes to stare at him hatefully.
"Oh? If that is the case, I, Ruby Salazar, challenge you, Minos Stuart." A level 76 woman said, starting the Stuart Emperor's journey in this state, paying to see what this fellow could do.
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