The Rise of the Black Plain

At Minos' suggestion, the strongest Gorgons looked at each other in silence, certain they couldn't refuse the offer.

Whether Minos would keep his promises or not was something they didn't have the luxury of worrying about right now. If they didn't accept everything he wanted, they would die at his hands!

Even the most skeptical of the news about Minos' fantastic powers couldn't help but feel that they would easily die at his hands if he decided to act. So, even they accepted that they would serve the Black Plain Empire from now on.

"Then I hope Your Majesty can forgive the insolence of our deceased companions. They didn't know who they were dealing with. Otherwise, none of this would have happened." The eldest of these survivors said with a smile as she made a greeting gesture common to this tribe.

All the others gradually followed their elder's lead, lowering their bodies as the serpents on their heads stopped moving and took on the appearance of braids.

Minos enjoyed seeing how fast these creatures were. 

'As proud as they are, Gorgons have the ability to follow the decisions of the strongest and do what is necessary to continue living.' He thought to himself as he stopped using his 10th technique, but he was already moving to place his seals on the creatures of this race.

There were only 326 Gorgons in this tribe at the moment, so it would only take him a short time to seal each one of them, making their new position in relation to the Black Plain Empire official.

After some time, Minos would finish his business with this tribe, learn the names of some of the elders, and also hear questions from these creatures.

Then he said. "I want most of you to go to the Black Plain Empire. You should join the army post in the End area. Don't worry about how my people will receive you. I have already told you that you should join us and go to that post. There are already people there waiting for you."

"Is that so?" A level 94 Gorgon asked in surprise, seeing how confident Minos was in his plans to have already predicted that they would submit to him.

But they didn't know that the way Minos was now, he could force slavery contracts on most of them and force them to serve him even if they didn't want to...

In any case, he wouldn't need to do that now that he had managed to get them to agree to his proposals.

He said. "As for the strongest among you, I'll send you to a place where you can train with my people. I hope you can strengthen yourselves in the time we have left before the enemies arrive."

The Gorgons were surprised that Minos would give them the chance.

But he wasn't willing to do it to help them, but because he couldn't afford to waste good seeds. Any mid-level or higher Demigod would be very valuable in the war of the worlds!

So the Gorgons soon prepared to leave their old territory, with the largest group bidding farewell to Minos and the strongest elders and shortly thereafter departing for the Central Continent.

After the hundreds of Gorgons left, Minos sent a group of a dozen Demigods between levels 93 and 95 to his Spatial Kingdom, where they could join a fellow tribe member who was there at the time.

Minos wasn't worried that these women would cause him any trouble since the seals he had distributed forbade them from acting against him or his interests.

With that settled, he left the territory of the Gorgons and headed for the territory of the Nine-Tailed Foxes.

...

Two days after arriving on the Continent of Beasts, Minos settled his affairs with the Gorgons and passed through the territory of the Nine-Tailed Foxes, where he met the new leader of the tribe, who had taken over Bella's duties after her departure.

This level 89 Fox, who had allied herself with Minos in the Ancient Dragon Spatial Kingdom, led the tribe very well, but when she met Emperor Stuart, she couldn't help but mourn the death of her predecessor.

But Bella had died honorably, fighting for the good of the Spiritual World after helping to uncover the truth about the alien threat.

She may not have been the most important member of Minos' crew, but she had been a part of it and had contributed much during their years of travel.

After remembering the woman, the new tribal leader spoke to Minos about his people's current plans, as well as the Black Plain Empire.

In their conversation, Minos made it clear that the doors of his state would be open to members of the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe when the war began.

Those who wished to fight alongside the army or even seek refuge in the empire would be welcome from now until the conflict began.

As of this morning, when Minos left the tribe, no decision had been made as to what they would do. However, the current leader of the tribe made it clear that he would send elders to join the battlefront with the people of the Black Plain Empire when the aliens came to the world.

With that visit settled Minos made his way to the Phoenix Tribe, where he had just arrived and was now being greeted by the elders of that race.

...

"Minos, I didn't expect you to reach the 10th stage so quickly!" A level 97 elder said, grinning from ear to ear in his humanoid form.

Next to him were some of the strongest people in the area, all of them happy to see Minos in their territory and even happier about the level of cultivation he had reached.

Everyone there was already aware of Minos' recent accomplishments on the Central Continent and his true strength. 

Because of this, they knew that Minos could be one of the main names in the war of the coming decades, who would probably join the strongest in the world to defend the planet from the alien invasion.

Even though they had a good impression of Minos before, they now saw him in a much better light!

"It's really a surprise that you've grown up so fast... But it's a good thing. With those damn aliens coming at us, we're going to need young talents like you on the battlefield, Minos!" A woman said with an excited smile.

"I will do my best when the time comes," Minos commented. "But before that, I'd like to know if the Phoenix Tribe is interested in sending high-level experts to my state. Given the proximity of the Central Continent to the North Sea, I imagine the war will begin on my territory."