After finishing talking with the four soldiers who had come to report the matter, Minos and Dillian continued there in the office, talking about how to proceed with it.
The butler was sitting on one of the sofas in that room while he had a worried look on his face. After all, this was no small matter!
The problem was related to the Black Market and the slave trade in the north of the Central Continent!
This involved several powers in the region, which used the services provided by these means on their properties and financed some groups of pirates and criminals.
Therefore, Minos would directly act against the interests of many people by trying to regain Peter's freedom!
"Young master, how many soldiers do you want to take on this mission?"
Minos, who was standing on the side of the balcony in that room, looking out over the city, then answered. "I think 40 Sergeants will be enough, considering that another 16 are already heading to the coast of the Cromwell Kingdom."
Considering that every soldier in the Black Plains Army had Black-grade techniques, each level 42 Sergeant would be a little stronger than an ordinary cultivator, with level 45 Blue-grade techniques.
Because of that, considering Minos' numbers, unless there were many Spiritual Generals above level 46 in their path, it shouldn't be much of a problem for the Minos party to deal with this situation.
After all, people with equivalent techniques and higher levels than Minos' army Sergeants weren't such numbers. Obviously, there were many across the north of the Central Continent. But, he wasn't going to fight the entire continent in this journey, only the power that was with Peter.
Because of this, Minos thought that using an assault strategy, with these numbers, their group could regain Peter's freedom.
Of course, problems could happen, and that was why he was going with them on this trip. After reaching level 42, Minos was confident of fighting and defeating a level 49 cultivator alone and even holding a level 50 Spiritual King!
This, of course, considering that these individuals had, at most, Black-grade techniques.
"Hmm, I see..." Dillian commented in a low voice while doing some calculations on his fingers. That was a significant force for the Dry City, but it shouldn't be a problem if they were away for a few weeks.
A new enlistment of soldiers for the Black Plains Army would soon occur, further increasing the current contingent.
Even although the army only had a little more than 200 Spiritual Generals at this time, with the improvements done in the Dry City, the continual arrival of new residents, and the army's Corporals actively cultivating, it wouldn't be long until that number doubled.
And after thinking about it calmly for a few moments, Dillian finally sighed and then said. "If there was more time, we could send an even stronger group in 1 month..."
"Hmm, but we can't wait, unfortunately..."
After that, Dillian went about his daily chores while Minos went to the Spatial Kingdom. He wanted to talk to Emlyn about the possibility that he might need her help soon, making her prepared if this happened.
But he wasn't just making this visit to talk about serious matters. Tiny Kyla was very attached to the young Stuart and treated him like a real big brother. So, whenever he had time, Minos would see her, feed her, and sometimes even play with Kyla.
The two youths, Lee and Alison, were not always in the Spatial Kingdom, and Kyla felt a little depressed. She wasn't like her mother, who knew that this place, while tedious, was perfect for them.
Sure, she had that instinct, but she also wanted to do other things, like go out and explore unknown territories.
...
After training in the Spatial Kingdom, Minos took some time to rest in this place, and at that moment, he was lying on the grass beside the big house near the lake, which was in that place.
As he looked up at the blue sky of the Spatial Kingdom, breathing in the natural air there, there was a small fox with him, resting his head on the young Stuart's belly.
"Au! Au!"
Kyla then brandished something in her beast language as she looked at Minos with her little twinkling eyes.
Hearing his little friend brandishing something, Minos ran his right hand over Kyla's head and then looked over to Emlyn's side and asked. "What is she saying?"
"She said she wants to go out and see the outside."
"Oh?" he exclaimed as he lifted his body from that place and sat there. He then took the furry body of the little fox and placed it in his lap at the same time as he began to massage Kyla's belly.
"So, you're growing up and want to go out, huh?" He said, seeing Kyla closing her little eyes as if she was enjoying Minos's massage.
"But it's not time yet. You're only level 27. But since you want to hang out so much, I'll let you hang out around Dry City for a bit when you get to level 40 and can communicate in human language." He said as he continued to rub Kyla's fur.
The entry of people into the Dry City was controlled, so it would be relatively safe for her, as long as Kyla didn't go out too long and didn't leave the city limits.
With that, she could kill some of her desire to see different places.
"As for other places, when we are traveling in isolated places, I can let you and your mother accompany me. All right?" He asked as he turned the fox in his arms and looked into her small eyes.
After hearing her mother's translation, Kyla wailed in bliss while vigorously swaying her three tails.
"Au! Au! Au!"
...
A few hours passed, and Minos had already left the Spatial Kingdom.
At this time, the young Stuart was having dinner with his friend Abby in a large dining room. But the two weren't alone. Besides them, Dillian and Eda were also here, sitting on opposite sides, side by side with Minos and Abby, respectively.
There were many delicacies on the table, with some plates of pasta, several leaves, and different types of salads, besides, of course, the meat of spiritual beast.
But not only that, there was a grilled fish file on the table, with an orange color that was very inviting and would undoubtedly make anyone salivate and want to try it.
Fishing was not a very developed activity in the Minos region. However, some fishermen in the Dry City still occasionally managed to sell 2nd stage aquatic spiritual beasts!
And as a big fan of meat from this type of beast, whenever he could, Minos had this option on his personal menu...
Anyway, the four of them were there eating and drinking, dressed casually but still nobly. After all, it was difficult for people brought up by the nobility to ignore some customs.
And as for this occasion in question, since the arrival of the two women of the Miller family in the Dry City, even though they didn't meet at every meal, the group had always dined together, talking about everyday things and cultivating.
And at that moment, Minos decided to talk about something that had been on his mind for the past few days. "Abby, why don't you join the Black Plains Army?"
After those words were said, silence hung over that dining room while the other three people there had strange reactions on their faces. Even Dillian couldn't help but finding Minos's sudden offer odd.
'Ahh! Like his father, the young master always gets straight to the point in these matters…" The butler thought about it, remembering the time he'd followed the late General Albert.
Like Minos, Albert was also very dry in his offers. If he liked someone and saw that it would be good to attract that person to his side, he wouldn't waste a lot of time with small talk. He would simply make his offers, just like Minos.
Or rather, Minos did as his father did...
Anyway, as Dillian reminisced about the past, Abby and Eda were shocked by the young Stuart's proposition. In addition to being sudden, it was utterly incoherent. 'Had he forgotten about the Miller family?' They both thought about it.
And after a while of silence, Eda finally took the initiative and spoke with a stern expression. "Young Minos, are you aware of what you have just proposed?"
"I invited her to my army." He said without any change in his expression as if this was something completely normal for him...
At this point, Eda was quite red, feeling irritated, as if Minos was playing with her. "What you're asking Miss Abby is something that goes against all Miller family rules!"
At the same time, as Eda tried to show how absurd Minos's offer was, Abby was looking at him with wide eyes. 'You ask me to betray my family with this cocky face? Aren't you ashamed?'