The Rise of the Black Plain
chapter-2639

After the initial meeting with the Stuart family in the Spiritual World, Vico took his leave to visit the territory of the Eastern Empire.

He certainly had many things to do in the Black Plain Empire and would spend most of his time with the people of Minos to bring them up to date on more details he hadn't talked about yet. But before that, he had his own interests in the Spiritual World, curiosity and matters to resolve.

As he had the entire year ahead of him to interact with Minos' family, he left them after a few hours of conversation, leaving Maisie to talk to those people.

Maisie had already talked to him over the days when they had traveled through the Universal Wormhole, so she knew several more things that she could pass on to the others over the next few days.

While Vico was already away from Dry City, Rowan met up with only his blood relatives and his wife, leaving the other companions aside for the moment.

In the living room of the emperor's residence, Rowan looked at the relatives on his father's side of the family and those on his mother's side.

Maisie, Oswald, Patience, Talia, Vince and Elise were in front of him, while Kyla was next to him. The rest of the staff were in another part of the palace, while he thought about how to divide up the few vacancies for the trip to Zocarro.

"I can assume that Abby's relatives are all going to Zocarro. But what about Gloria's relatives?" Rowan got straight to the point, wanting to start counting who would go and who would stay, not only to keep track of the vacancies but also to know the allied force that would leave their reach at 2 years.

Maisie nodded affirmatively and said, "Abby's mother and father will join Vico and Callie to go to Zocarro. Senior Aurae will also be going. With Gloria's relatives, I'm not sure yet. They have the same doubts as the rest of us. But if her father and mother don't go, it's possible that one of her cousins will use the opportunity to represent the Frost family."

As much as they all lived in harmony these days, they still had their families and backgrounds and would certainly try to preserve some of their individuality.

Preserving their individuality wouldn't necessarily lead to confrontation, but it could generate competition on certain issues.

"So four to five places are already satisfied with just those names. Great-grandfather Oswald will join them, so we have one more..." Rowan said, as he had a thoughtful expression on his face. "Who else among us should go?"

Oswald scratched his beard and said. "I think Talia should join the group that's going." He looked at the black-haired girl, very similar to Ruth. "I imagine Vince and Elise will stay, right?"

"That's our intention," said Elise, imagining that she couldn't miss her first great-grandchild growing up and her grandson Rowan would still need them.

If Rowan was already a mid-level Demigod, at least, and his son was already a grown man, she would sincerely leave with her husband for Zocarro. But since that wasn't the case and it would take a few more decades for these changes to take place, she intended to stay.

Vince wanted to stay by his wife's side, so he agreed with her as he looked at Talia. "Daughter, you must join Senior Vico's group. Join your sister and prepare the ground for our arrival in Zocarro." He said in an advisory tone.

Talia clenched her fists, curious about that world and missing Minos a little. She hesitated as she looked at Kyla, but seeing the smile on the woman's face, she accepted.

"All right. I'll go and wait for the rest of you."

Kyla looked at Rowan. "Counting Talia and old Oswald, we have six to seven vacancies filled. Who else can we give the opportunity to join them?"

While the Emperor seemed to contemplate about this answer to her question, Patience said, "Lee and Alison are Minos' disciples, the only ones outside the family who learned directly from him. Perhaps we should give them the chance? They're already level 90 Demigods and their youngest son is already 20."

"We can talk to them, but there's a chance they won't accept." Kyla knew them very well, being their best friend.

Kyla had known them since the beginning of their lives and Lee and Alison's cultivation journey!

"It's true. They're quite happy with their situation in the Spiritual World and their two children are still young. The strongest of them hasn't even reached level 50 yet. I don't know if they would leave the planet with them being so weak." Rowan stated.

He had become a close friend of those two because of his wife, so he also had his doubts.

"There's Peter and Mia. They stood shoulder to shoulder with Minos in building the empire." Kyla quoted.

"No, they wouldn't. Even after having her talent increased by Minos, Mia hasn't improved her cultivation speed that much. She's only at level 80 and it would be difficult for her to survive the trip to Zocarro. But without her, Peter would never go to that world," Vince said, since his current role constantly put him in contact with Peter.

Maisie pointed. "Then I think we should send Starclaw and Ivy."

Everyone there understood the recommendation of the level 95 beasts, Starclaw. She was one of Minos' mounts, but also a war hero. She definitely deserved a chance to travel to Zocarro. But Ivy didn't have such a well-known relationship with the family leader.

Few knew that Ivy, Maisie's best friend, was one of Minos' lovers.

Maisie explained. "Ivy is someone I trust completely. I've known her since we were juniors. That's why I'm sure she'll work very well to welcome the rest of us in the future.

Her talent is good, and she studied to lead her own family. She'll be a good advisor to Kendrick, Lily, and Hollie."

Oswald could do that too, but he was older and a cultivation enthusiast. But not only that, from what little they knew of Zocarro, it was very likely that the family and the Minos faction would need more than one capable of advising, given the external missions and the responsibilities of each.

As such, it was interesting to have more than one capable advisor.

They also needed warriors, so someone like Starclaw was much needed.

They talked it over and accepted Maisie's recommendation, reaching almost half the number of people who could go with Vico and Callie.

"What about the rest of the vacancies?" Talia asked curiously.