The Rise of the Black Plain

By taking Aarav to his Spatial Kingdom, Minos shocked this old Spiritual world expert within fractions of a second of their arrival in that region of space.

As soon as he noticed the auras around the large area where many plants covered the horizon, Aarav sensed the number of Divine Medicines Minos had.

"That... That's not right." The old man opened his mouth, and his expression changed significantly.

"I am sorry, elder, I had to tone down the information I gave you. I had to protect myself until I brought you here." Minos said as he saw the white-haired old man staring at him in horror.

"With these medicines, you could protect the entire world... Why?" Aarav asked the obvious.

Minos understood exactly what was on the mind of this old level 99 Demigod and closed his eyes with a sigh. 

"It's not that I'm selfish and don't want to help our world. What do you think would happen to me and my family if I started distributing Divine Medicines? I'm already taking many risks by promising just a few of them. Imagine if people found out how many I really have?"

Aarav was thinking about this when he heard Minos' voice and returned to reality.

For a moment, he thought that the problem of the Spiritual World could be easily solved with what Minos had. But when he thought about it from the perspective of the brown-haired young man next to him, he immediately saw images of a chaotic Spiritual World forming in his mind, with all the powers fighting over who would get the medicines in this place.

If information about these medicines were to spread, the aliens would not need to try to conquer this world. Much of the planet would perish in the war to decide who would have the chance to absorb the Divine Medicines!

Most likely, profiteers like Maximillian would try to steal the medicinal power of such plants during the meditation of the first one to start cultivating to advance to level 100. That could result not only in the loss of level 99 experts but also in the waste of medicines and the deaths of people who could reach level 100.

Thinking about it, Aarav couldn't help but sigh with regret. "I know it would have been dangerous, but shouldn't you at least try to bring more level 99 Demigods here besides Willow, Henry, and me?"

"It's hard to say how many people I could help. Maybe the three of you are enough to make some powers suspicious of me... Who knows what would happen if I brought in a fourth peak Demigod?" Minos asked as they began to walk towards the place where some of the Divine Medicines of this Spatial Kingdom were kept.

Some of the temporary residents of this space didn't stop watching them, knowing that Minos would soon bring people to level 100, which could lead to opportunities for everyone there.

Aarav ignored the stares of the many Sages and Demigods in the area and understood Minos' justification. "We are greedier than we should be for our own good... However, at least you're trying. That's enough. I shouldn't complain."

"It's good that you understand," Minos said as he showed the old man around. "Anyway, I'll bring them here soon. But for now, you should find a place where you can go into seclusion.

But we don't have a special area for that here. Some of my experts are here to develop our new technologies or to cultivate. So we need your progress to be as beneficial as possible for them so that they can improve faster. That means you will be watched during the whole process.

I hope you don't mind."

Aarav already knew this and didn't see any problems.

As soon as Minos had collected his medicine, he found a place with no giant skeletons and began to meditate without further ado.

Seeing this, Minos looked over to where Titus and some other men he wanted to work with were.

He went over to them and said. "I want you to get ready. I will solve some problems in Dry City for the next few days, and then we'll start our experiments."

Titus was excited to hear this, eager to be Minos' main guinea pig.

Minos then looked at a Demigod who was standing there, an expert in creating techniques. He said. "I have some models that I want you and your group to analyze and try to make sense of using what we already know about aliens. Think of it as creating spiritual techniques for aliens."

Minos gave the man what he had already cataloged, the things he had received from the curse he had encountered earlier, and some of his thoughts. He had come to conclusions by looking at these methods and combining them with his knowledge as well as his recent experiences in the Dragon Tribe.

He would work with that level 94 Demigod's group, but since this was something that needed to be tested and basic structures created, he would let such a man's team work on most of this project.

He would talk to a few people in the Spatial Kingdom until he gathered the group that would return to Dry City.

Isabella, Kendrick, Rowan, Lily, Hollie and Sarah's husband had benefited greatly from Minos' advance. They had already finished their seclusions after his departure months ago. It was time for them to return to Dry City after almost a year in the Spatial Kingdom.

...

After Minos returned from the Spatial Kingdom with the rest of his family, he didn't immediately attend to official business but instead took time out for a large family dinner.

After several recent successes, the family needed to celebrate for at least one evening.

That was especially true for the members of the Stuart family, who were growing stronger and stronger, their children having progressed during their year of seclusion in the Spatial Kingdom, but even Sarah's husband, George, had become a Demigod.

Isabella had finally overcome her disadvantage compared to Gloria, Ruth, and Abby. She was now at the same level as those three, level 87.

Minos and his family would celebrate tonight and not get back to solving their problems until the next day when the Emperor and his wives would return to dealing with the many 10th-stage specialists in their city.

It would be their job to deal with mid-level and high-level 10th-stage people for the next few days, something necessary for Minos to get Willow and Henry to his Spatial Kingdom without attracting unnecessary attention.

That wouldn't be too difficult. On the tenth day after Minos' return, he would contact Willow to take her to the Spatial Kingdom. Henry would go there in the next few days, having already accepted Minos' recommendation to wait for the right moment.

With that, it was finally time for Minos to start his experiments on Titus!