After hearing from the Empress of the Black Plain Empire what Minos was planning, Aurae went to where Emperor Stuart was supposed to be, leaving Abby behind.
It didn't take Aurae long to figure out where Minos was, but it was too late to do anything about it when she reached him.
Arriving in the area of Brown, where Minos had arranged an extensive meeting with the citizens of the empire who wanted to surrender, Aurae found an empty place, while a black hole capable of swallowing lower Demigods was near Minos.
She couldn't distinguish the energy in Minos' black hole, but she sensed that much of it didn't come from the young level 89 Sage. In her opinion, it had come from the 2 million or so people who were supposed to be there.
Seeing that only a few hundred people were there but were all wearing symbols of the Black Plain Empire, the elf looked around, her eyebrows furrowed.
"What have you done?" She asked in a somber tone.
The silence in the area and the way some of the people there seemed to be there, not to organize the previous event but to record everything that was going to happen, disturbed her immensely.
Minos looked at Aurae, not so surprised that she was there since his government had expected her to come to him at some point.
"Lady Aegolor, I did not expect to meet you under these circumstances..." Minos said as he controlled his black hole, shrinking it even more while preparing a suitable device to store it.
"By the way, congratulations on your breakthrough. The Spiritual World is counting on your strength." He smiled at her.
Seeing Minos' attitude, this level 100 woman questioned him. "Minos, don't you want to explain yourself? Did you kill all the people who were here? Aren't you afraid that this will cause a widespread rebellion?"
"Rebellion? We don't have time for that, lady. That's why I solved the problem at the source before it could cause any more problems.
My state has laws. I've never hidden them from anyone. If someone has come here to take advantage of the opportunities I offer but doesn't want to follow the local rules, they have two choices. One, leave immediately. We don't force people to stay. Or two, accept the local laws or pay for their crimes.
I will punish anyone who breaks my laws! This is my commitment to the Black Plain Empire and the war heroes who gave their lives for this state!
If you want to join us, you'll have to expect this. Today, I didn't kill any innocent people. But I have punished over 2 million traitors who took advantage of the empire's services but wanted to side with our enemies.
As we speak, I have hundreds of thousands of soldiers expelling the families of these traitors from my domains. They have already lost all their property and investments in the empire and will be forbidden to return or use the services of the state for eternity."
As Minos spoke, a man from the local government used a recording array to broadcast the local supreme leader's words live to the largest cities in the empire.
Minos had broadcast everything that had happened there before Aurae's arrival, and it was still on the big screens in the empire's largest cities.
At the moment, his words reached at least 200 million people north of the Central Continent.
Over the next few days, newspapers throughout the region would report on the event from the empire's point of view, with reports from the journalists Minos had invited to cover the entire trial that afternoon.
Yes, it was a trial, but it was also an execution. Before Aurae arrived, he had read the laws of the empire and the crimes committed by the people who had appeared in this place today.
After finding them guilty of the crime of treason, he did not hesitate to punish them for using the black hole to kill more than 2 million living beings.
Understanding everything that had just happened, Aurae couldn't help but feel a little frightened by such brutality, seeing that Minos was more determined than ever.
'The rumors said that he was ruthless, but I never thought it would be like this.' She looked at him in silence, realizing that there was nothing she could do for the dead. 'But I don't think there's anything to say to him. People who sign agreements when they come to this state must follow the local rules.
If they are foolish enough to break imperial laws while they have such a strict ruler, well, that is their problem. '
"Sigh... You're very hotheaded, Minos Stuart. Your people won't like this at all." She sighed but didn't press the issue because he was right.
This was Minos' empire. Everything that existed there was only possible because of his decades of effort. Even though many people had given their sweat and blood for this place, without Emperor Stuart, nothing in this area would be the way it is today. The northern region of the Central Continent would still be the same as it was more than 60 years ago if he hadn't made all the decisions he did!
Anyone who came to this state should accept the local rules.
Wasn't it natural that violators should pay for their transgressions?
'It was just a shame that so many people had to die in a moment of fragility and that such a delicate matter had to be given such prominence.'
"The Black Plain Empire is focused on developing and becoming the bastion of the Spiritual World if necessary. We will develop our technologies as much as possible and eventually win the war against the aliens!" Minos said with great determination as he looked at Aurae and had his image and voice broadcast throughout the empire.
When the person responsible for the transmission signaled that everything was over, Minos went to Aurae's side.
"Hunting criminals is not an easy or efficient task, Your Excellency. I'd rather frighten the rebels in my state than deal with them individually." Minos explained to her. "Some will hate me for it, but I think most of the disgruntled will leave the state after that.
That will reduce the number of people and problems my men will have to chase in the coming years."
"Oh? You don't seem so hasty now." She understood his motivation.
Whether the plan to scare off the traitorous rebels would work or not was another question that only time would tell.
In any case, since Minos had already broadcast everything to the entire state, it wouldn't make any difference for her to interfere.
"I would have thought of another solution if I were you. But since you've already done everything your own way, I wish you luck. In the meantime, we need to talk about alien technologies. Minos, what do you think about a partnership between the Black Plain Empire and Elves Island?"
