The Rise of the Black Plain

An entire day passed in the Dry City.

In this more than one day that had passed since Ruth's arrival, Minos and the two young women were already slowly trying to adapt to their new routines...

That's because, with the presence of other women of this young sovereign in the Dry City, it was undeniable that part of his day would be affected by it.

And it had already happened the night before when yet another mess between those two women had taken place at Minos' residence. On that occasion, Ruth had wanted to sleep with this young man. Still, Abby had readily rejected the presence of anyone else in her bed.

In fact, Ruth didn't want to share Minos with Abby either, but she had put herself in a position not to demand that sort of thing. After all, the blue-haired girl was already young Stuart's girlfriend, while Maisie's disciple still had the status of just a close friend....

And as was to be expected, the two of them had once more argued!

But even though they almost fought again, this time, young Stuart didn't need to stop them, as when they were starting to get out of hand, the two of them had realized that they were about to make the same mistake as before.

Eventually, Abby had won the 'battle' against Ruth over who would sleep with Minos.

Young Stuart would genuinely like to sleep with both of them at the same time... But since that wasn't possible, he would respect his girlfriend's space and spend time with Ruth at other day moments.

And that was what he had agreed with her.

Finally, Ruth had felt a little sorry about all of this since she had come here to be with Minos and nothing else.

But there was nothing to be done. This young woman had been away for almost three years, and she understood that she would need time with both Minos and Abby to gain more space.

She couldn't just come to this place and think she'd start laying down the rules!

Initially, she had tried this because there was no harm in doing such a thing...

If Abby were weak to the point of accepting such pressure, then Ruth would be happy to pull that woman away from Minos gradually!

And with all that happened the night before, today would be another difficult day for the soldiers of the local army, specifically those who would train with Abby...

...

While Ruth continued to get to know the Dry City a little more and Abby trained with groups of soldiers at headquarters, the population went about their business as usual.

That is, except for a specific location on the west side of this town...

In such a place was one of the outer areas of this city, where many new buildings were slowly being developed for the future services and inhabitants of this town.

But amid this land under construction, there was a property that, despite not being entirely constructed, was halfway to it. Besides, anyone passing by could already understand the purpose of this place.

There was a medium-sized artificial lake at the back of the site, which could be seen through the many glass walls of this building. Finally, some small boats were at different points on that lake. In contrast, other ships of similar models were displayed in front of this place as advertising 'posters.'

"Mr. Ward, look at your future store!"

"We are already finishing the job, and only a few small details are missing…" A man dressed in an ordinary way and with some white hair on his head said this to an overweight person dressed like a nobleman.

The commoner then continued. "We have already placed the boats from your store at the locations, and in less than ten days, we will finish the construction of this place!"

Hearing this, Mr. Ward nodded his head in satisfaction as he walked and looked around this spot. "This place turned out truly good! You guys from the Dry City are quick and good at what you do!" He said in praise, seeing the preliminary results of this work.

'Little Robin didn't let us down!'

'Although she was just out to roam around the continent, she didn't forget her family when she found such an opportunity...'

'Ahh, I didn't fail as a father!' Mr. Ward thought to himself, smiling and feeling very pleased with the suggestion his daughter had made a few months ago.

Robin had contacted her family shortly before joining the Elite Squad, having at that time taken every precaution to attract her family to the Dry City. Finally, after a while, Robin's father, Ward, had managed to visit this town and understood why his daughter was so insistent that he came here.

That is, such a city was a huge opportunity, as there was no shop specializing in the sale of boats locally!

Even if there were, no local Dry City company could compete with a family with centuries of experience, which could even compete with great noble power from Stone Island!

Finally, even though this town had no river, regional rivers ran through the Black Plain, where fishing families usually went to get their products.

Allied to that, the Black Plain had a coast that certainly had a lot of potentials, and Robin's father couldn't help but understand all these things after knowing this place.

With that, he had decided to open a branch of his family store in young Stuart's territory to secure the position of first quality boat seller locally!

At first, he did not expect to sell large ships, not even medium ones, as there was no demand for such a thing in this place today, except, of course, for the local sovereign. Another reason is that the production sites for ships of these sizes needed to be located close to extensive waterways. But, unfortunately, those on the Black Plain were found far from the city of Minos, without protection or opportunities.

Hence, it wasn't worth investing heavily in this region, much less would they move here at once. No, Robin's family's biggest trading partners were on Stone Island, and it could be years before the Black Plain had the potential to surpass such a thing.

For this reason, this store belonging to the young Robin's family would only produce and sell small boats, which had space in the current local market.

And for such a thing, the investment would not need to be large, nor would there be a need for the construction site to be close to major waterways. No, all they needed was an artificial lake to test some functions of their boats and then wagons to transport these things to the places where they would be used!

Anyway, after some time getting to know the structures of this store that were already ready, Ward walked to the outside of this property, where a large sign was being painted.

It said: 'Atwater Ships.'

Seeing his father's name being painted, Ward slowly left that spot as he thought about his return to Stone Island. 'Dad will be pleased with young Robin when he finds out about all this...'

'With this opportunity, maybe he will finally be able to reach level 50, and our family will rise!'

'Ahh, but I can't forget to be careful about my return to Stone Island, or our rivals could discover this place, and they will use it against us!' So, he thought to himself as he pondered what he should do next.

'Well, I already had to stop by the Cromwell Kingdom in a few months, so I'll take the opportunity to visit some friends and cut my way through that place...'