"What? How can you say that, Minos? I thought we were friends!" Viola exclaimed with a bit of annoyance, realizing that this young man in front of her wasn't playing with the whole thing.
The whole time she and her mother had thought that this entire matter of prison and the spiritual arrays around their necks was something used by Minos just to show his power...
But at no time had these two thought that this young man would want to restrict their liberties!
"You are disappointing me, Minos! A young man as promising as you, I can't imagine you growing up to become a dictator…" Mirya complained to him in a stunned tone.
Meanwhile, Abby looked at the two without any fuss, just thinking that they would soon change their minds.
As for Minos, he laughed and said. "Calm down, hehehe. What about this? As Mirya is very strong, I can't let you move around my town with your cultivation at full before you make a decision and accept the local rules."
"That way, I'll let Viola regain her power, and you two can see the opportunities in this place on your own. With that, you can at least know a little better what I'm offering."
After hearing that, Viola's expression improved a little, and she asked right away. "You said my mom can't have her cultivation released until she makes a decision? Does this mean that even if we don't accept to enter your forces, we can live here without these necklaces?"
"That's right, even if you decide not to join my army, as long as you know the local rules and follow them, you can live here until some of my problems are resolved, and I'm able to free you..."
While Minos was talking, suddenly, Mirya interrupted him. "Are you serious? Regardless of whether I accept it or not, what will happen to the City of Waters in my absence? Do you think the Stokes family won't notice this?"
The young man then nodded his head at her and began to explain. "If you don't accept, I'll have to take some risks and send one of my soldiers to replace you in that town so that we get as little attention as possible. But if you agree to join my army, we will sign a Soul Contract. After that, you'll go back to that place, and we'll start our agreements."
"Soul Contract again?" Mirya muttered under her breath. "And here in this place is there a medium-level grade-2 spiritual judge? Because if you don't, it won't be easy for us to get one of those in no time, even if I was willing to do it."
"Don't worry, I have a problem similar to your case, and I've already used some of my contacts to send a spiritual judge with that rank in less than four months." Minos said with a smile on his face.
He had used his contact with the Cohen family to get someone to validate his agreement with Celeste. Therefore, he had already received a deadline from that family, which was sparing no effort to resolve this issue.
After all, at the time, Minos could already be considered a business partner of considerable influence within that organization due to the deal he had previously made with Todd.
And as this sovereign wanted to sign the contract with that woman as soon as possible, he had made it clear to the Cohen family of his willingness to pay an above-average amount to the spiritual judge who decided to serve him in a short time...
"Similar problem?" Viola asked doubtfully.
"Hehehe, if you're curious, after we're done here, try visiting..." After that, Minos gave the address where Celeste and Neal were living so that these two women could visit them.
'It will be good for Mirya to see that someone much stronger than her will join my army soon…' Young Stuart thought to himself as he watched Viola and Mirya's worried expressions.
He couldn't just allow them to leave the Dry City without a deal with him. After all, even if they were on good terms, at the end of the day, they weren't people who would die for each other...
Hence, information about the Dry City could easily leak to one of the great regional powers, causing a problem at a crucial moment for local development...
There was a big difference between a nobleman who learns about the Dry City and ordinary people who would typically pass through this place from time to time.
The second type would have no means of communicating with influential powers. Even if they made an effort to do so, there was a high possibility that such people would be discredited or gain nothing for their actions. On the other hand, the city of Minos had precisely the kind of opportunity sought by ordinary people!
As for the first type, well, if a nobleman knew about this place, then a tiny mistake would be enough. In a few weeks, armies would be surrounding this territory of Minos...
That's why the only nobles allowed to enter and leave Minos' territory were those directly dependent on local success, as in the case of Elen Nash or Todd and his grandfather.
"Anyway, think about it and come back to talk to me as soon as you are sure of your decisions. As for that other matter related to the Stokes family, we'll settle that later."
Afterward, Minos asked a soldier to release the array sealing Viola's cultivation and then asked Mia to arrange an apartment for these two to live in the city. Lastly, those two women left the government mansion behind, with sad looks on their faces, as if they'd made a significant mistake.
"This Minos is truly shameless! I will never sleep with him again!" Mirya commented in an angry tone at the same time that she walked beside Viola, and a policeman walked ahead of them, guiding them.
"Hmm, he certainly is a disappointment! We shouldn't have sex with him again, mother..."
And on hearing this, that man who accompanied these two women couldn't help but be embarrassed, bowing his head and pretending not to have heard anything. 'What an amazing thing! Did the young master really sleep with these two goddesses?'
'No wonder he can do so many things!'
...
Meanwhile, Minos and Abby were still in this young man's office, sitting side by side, talking about what had happened.
"Are you angry?" He asked her as he had his left arm around Abby's waist.
"A little bit, but what can I do? I know we need powerful people in the army and that these two can help a lot."
"I'm glad you understand. But don't worry too much about it. You're my priority, someone I'll never let go of for casual fun." He said in a low voice, slowly pulling her into his lap.
"Why don't we finish what we started earlier? I don't like you to be angry..."
Hearing this, Abby subtly shivered as she began to feel a volume pressing against her buttocks. "But we've wasted so much time already... That way, I'll end up being late for the session with that army poison master."
The thing she had just said was related to the fact that the army already had professionals in all specialties. In this specific case, the army's poison masters were already attending to all the local soldiers!
There were poison masters of four different ranks in young Stuart's army. And each of these individuals had been performing treatments on soldiers of equal power.
Abby, one of the members of the army with the cultivation at the end of the 5th stage of cultivation, had also been doing sessions with a low-level grade-2 poison master.
Such a thing was very beneficial in maximizing the bodily functions of these soldiers, the elimination of toxins, which could speed up cultivation. In addition, there was the obvious possibility of improving the patients' appearance, which was also an excellent thing, as it boosted people's self-esteem.
Anyway, on hearing this, Minos took his girlfriend in his arms and then got up from that place. "It won't hurt to miss just one session. In the future, we will have medium-level grade-2 poison masters, and the results of this type of treatment will be even better. So, this will naturally be compensated soon..."
After that, the two disappeared from that room, having gone to the Spatial Kingdom, where they intended to have fun in the main bedroom of that lake house...
