After listening to Maximilian's advice, Minos sighed at having to make such a choice, leaving part of his wives in the Spiritual World and risking Ruth's life in an unknown place.
Ruth, Gloria, and Abby would be in danger everywhere. Next to Minos, he could try something and say goodbye to them if the worst came to the worst. But Abby's powers were necessary for the powers of the Spiritual World and could possibly be the salvation for many people in his absence.
As for Gloria, if Maximillian went with him to the Mechanic Empire, as seemed to be the case, then this woman could take over the leadership of the Spiritual Church, as she was the leader of the most powerful faction in that organization now.
With Maximilian in the Spiritual World, no one would support an internal power struggle in the Church. But if he was gone, that would change, and Gloria had a good chance of taking over the organization.
That could help Abby, the Stuart family, and the Black Plain Empire, making it worth leaving her in the Spiritual World with the Empress.
Minos saw that he would have to stay away from them for a while and clenched his fists in anger at the weakness that had put him in this situation.
"Alright, I'll follow the elder's recommendations," Minos muttered quietly as he quickly wrote a letter to Gloria and Abby explaining his motives and plans before sending it to the Spatial Kingdom.
Minos saw that he would have to stay away from them for a while and clenched his fists in anger at the weakness that had put him in this situation.
"Alright, I'll follow the elder's recommendations," Minos muttered quietly as he quickly wrote a letter to Gloria and Abby explaining his motives and plans before sending it to the Spatial Kingdom.
Then, he used what little he had left to activate the Divine Seal and summon Ruth to her current location.
Minos didn't have the energy to travel back and forth from the Spatial Kingdom at the moment. But he had marked his wives with the Divine Seal and could summon them easily as long as he had the peace and a little energy to activate such a technique.
As he did so, he showed pain on his face but held on tightly as a seal appeared not far from him.
Ten seconds later, Ruth's body disappeared from the Spatial Kingdom and appeared where the seal was in front of Minos.
"Minos..." The black-haired woman looked at the barely standing man being held by Maximillian.
"Ruth..." He said quietly, fragile.
"Don't say anything. We'll talk later." She supported him while she began to use her healing abilities to ease the problems in his body.
Maximilian sighed and said. "It's time to go. If we wait too long, the enemies could catch up with us, and the worst could happen."
They both agreed, with Ruth understanding that only she could join him on this journey.
So the three of them went to the spaceship waiting for them in the End Area, where only a few people were waiting for Minos to leave.
But there was Kara, her mother, and her stepmother; all of them worried that they might never see this man again.
"Sigh... We should have enjoyed our lives more." Linette commented to the two women beside her. "Now all we can do is survive. That's the best we can do."
...
Meanwhile, in the Spatial Kingdom of the Black Plain Empire...
Ruth had disappeared moments after a letter from that area floated across the sky until Sarah picked it up and saw her father's seal on it.
She gave it to her mother, who was very depressed, and she and the others there waited to find out what had happened.
Gloria and Abby quickly read the letter's contents, discovering Minos' decision, his motivations, and his wishes for them.
They were both sad they couldn't be with him, but they understood Minos' motives. It made perfect sense for them to stay behind and work to protect the family, the empire, and the world from the aliens.
At the end of the letter, Minos asks them to wait for him but also to look after Lily and give the girl's mother, Isabella, a proper burial.
That made their hearts hurt as they remembered what they had witnessed, the tragic end of their harem sister.
"So? What happened?" Kendrick asked in the silence of the room.
Gloria closed her eyes while Abby clenched her fists, feeling it was her duty. She opened her mouth and said. "Minos is leaving the Spiritual World later today. Unfortunately, we won't be able to say goodbye. Gloria and I will stay behind to take care of you and the state."
She looked at Lily. "Lily, your mother... She..." Abby found it difficult to speak as her eyes filled with tears.
Gloria swallowed her saliva and took a deep breath, trying to say what she needed to say without seeming overly emotional. As much as she had every right to grieve and feel bad, she was supposed to be the side that would support and console Lily, who had lost her mother and didn't even know it.
"I'm sorry, Lily; Isabella couldn't resist her injuries," Gloria said as she looked at the brown-haired girl, who already sensed something was wrong.
"What?" Lily asked as she felt as if the world had suddenly stopped, her legs growing weaker, her heart beating faster.
Tears welled up in her eyes as the rest of the Stuart family took the news in stride.
Rowan and Hollie approached Lily to comfort her, while Abby found the strength to say everything. "I'm sorry we couldn't save her, Lily. Isabella unfortunately died on the battlefield."
Gulp!
Kyla heard this, and her mouth fell open; she could not believe that someone so close to her had died like that.
Hours ago, Isabella had been fine, but now everything had changed...
"Sigh... How many will fall from now on?" She muttered as she worried about her mother, knowing that Isabella was much stronger than Emlyn and many others who were ready to fight along the empire and the North Sea.
Kyla's concern was justified, and soon, more news of the deaths of family acquaintances would reach them, including the death of Henry Quinn, Emperor of the Western Empire and God's ally of the Black Plain Empire.
Allies, subordinates, and friends of the family had also died on that first day of the War of the Worlds.
Unfortunately, most people couldn't even take the time to mourn their losses, as news of the enemies infiltrating and spreading throughout the Spiritual World would soon reach them.
Thus began a new period for the entire Spiritual World, marking the end of many lives, the beginning of a war, and the departure of the planet's greatest hope to a distant place.
Minos and his crew would successfully leave the Spiritual World later that day and begin their journey to The Adamant Land with what little information they had and the two hostages who had been in the hands of the world forces for the past three decades.
