Quickly, each of the women who challenged him declared themselves losers, starting with the first until they reached the last one who had made the challenge.
Minos made sure to follow the order of the challenges to prevent any of them from using some kind of excuse to undo the challenges already made.
Through this, he defeated seven of them, earning the right to prizes from each of these mid- and high-level Spiritual Saints.
Everyone in the surrounding area was shocked at Minos' handling of the matter, feeling that he was too strong, outside of what they considered normal for reality.
Not only the noblewomen there who felt the worst of Minos' powers felt this, but also the eunuchs, guards, and servants, all of whom had somehow suffered temporarily from his power.
The servants lay on the ground, sweating cold. At the same time, the guards and eunuchs were pale, in disbelief of the strength of this level 71 person, who could even defeat all of them together!
One of the strongest noblewomen there, level 78, clenched her fists and looked at the ground, feeling humiliated but not complaining. 'How could this happen to me? Damn it!
I shouldn't have challenged him! No wonder Her Majesty herself wanted Minos to decide who would challenge him. He's actually a monster that only princesses have a chance of defeating!' She thought to herself, while only the sound of wind in the trees in the surrounding area was present.
The silence in the area was deafening to these people, and when one of them finally said something, the rest thanked her in their minds for this being to end their moment of suffering.
"What now? What do we do?" The first woman to challenge Minos asked him, feeling that it was her duty to present to her opponent in the first place.
At the moment, she felt very stupid, but there was nowhere to run. They had all been tricked by Minos, but he just followed their own rules.
Hell, they had even laughed at him!
Minos looked at that woman, feeling the fear in the surroundings, satisfied with his victory. "Well, I won. Now you seven owe me."
"What do you want?" The strongest of these women, level 78, asked in a low voice, still with her head down.
Minos looked at her and said. "As I said, I am seeking your help locating myself in this place and finding some people. Can any of you help me with that?
I want to find Harold Edwardstone, the emperor of the Flaming Empire, and Oswald Coleman, my grandfather."
The eunuchs there muttered things to their mistresses while the women there looked at each other.
One of them said. "I don't know where your grandfather is, but I know Harold's location. He is in the kingdom's capital, Flowers City, waiting to go through the mating ceremony."
"Oh? So he still has his manhood intact?" Minos asked in surprise while Maris was already at his side, still looking at him strangely but more comfortable with the situation.
"Yes, he does." That woman confirmed before saying. "With that information, I don't owe you anything more."
Minos didn't mind and looked at the other six. "What about my grandfather? Do any of you know anything about him?"
A eunuch explained the situation to Minos. "Your Majesty Minos Stuart, it's not that simple. Miss Sibley only knew of Harold's location and situation, as his circumstances are somewhat special in the kingdom.
On the other hand, your grandfather does not have such a significant status, and people of our levels would hardly have that information."
The remaining six women nodded in agreement, regretting not knowing about it, as this was a chance for yet another of them to be free of any commitment to Minos.
Minos then looked at them and said. "For I demand that one of you investigate the whereabouts of Oswald. You will only free yourself from an engagement with me when you bring me information regarding his location and situation."
One level 77 noblewoman was willing to do this, preferring to commit to something right away than wait for this guy to decide on something else.
That was just a tedious job. Meanwhile, Minos had the right even to take their weapons and armor, items they valued greatly. So, to avoid losing something valuable, that woman had committed herself to this.
Minos nodded to her and looked at the other five. "I want one of you to travel alongside Maris and me until we reach the capital of this kingdom. Your job will be to assist on this journey with cultivation resources and information needed during these travel days."
A level 78 woman was willing to do this, leaving only four of them fearing losing their items.
"The rest of you, if I haven't heard wrong, I can demand anything you have, right? Including your freedom?"
A eunuch stepped forward. "Your Majesty Minos Stuart, please know that the rules of the challenge prevent the challenged from taking away the freedom of the women of the kingdom."
"No problem. I just want your families to help me with a small service." He smiled. "I need a Spiritual Sage to locate a person in the Flaming Empire for me.
His name is Mortimer Burgess, level 80.
This person does not need to act against Mortimer. Just locate him. I will do the rest when I receive his location."
None of these women could do it alone, but several had relatives powerful enough to find Mortimer.
So one of them was willing to do the job.
Minos was pleased and continued. "Besides, I need military and commercial allies. So how about the family of the three of you making some deals with me?
Of course, those agreements would only involve the people led by you, not your superiors in your families."
The three sighed upon hearing that since they could profit from whatever deals they went on, they did not have to lose anything of value to Minos right now.
Some even had Saint-grade medicines with them, something extremely valuable to them!
So Minos' demands were accepted without any major problems, with the tension there lessening considerably after his words.
In the midst of this, the Spiritual Sage was standing next to the two women watching Minos, looking at the two of them.
"Aren't you two worried about that?" He asked.
"Why would we be?" The weaker of the two questioned him instead of answering.
"I mean, Minos is much stronger than these people... Will anyone be able to stop him? I think he will end up gaining a lot on this trip through your state."
The level 86 woman then said. "That's until he meets some of the princesses. By then, he won't be able to win, and his genes will have to stay with us."
"Why do you think he can't win? I know your descendants are powerful and well-equipped. But Minos is out of the ordinary."
"You'll see." The stronger of the two commented, smiling. "Anyway, let's get on with it. They're about to leave."
At that moment, some of the noblewomen who would investigate things for Minos departed. At the same time, he was joined by those other four women, three of whom would take him to their respective families for him to do business.
He did not know where Oswald was, and Harold's situation was not so urgent. So he would first settle that business before continuing with his journey.
Soon, he and his group would set off toward the first city in the Flowers Kingdom that he would have the chance to get to know.
