After departing from Dry City, the two spiritual beasts in Minos' group flew toward the Flooded Valley, the first stop they would make.
With the annexation of the southernmost part of the Kingdom of the Waves, the Flooded Valley had become a border area of the Black Plain with that state. And since the leading tribe of that territory was allied with Minos, naturally, the beings in that forest were helping to contain possible illegal migrations through that territory.
But not only for this, he wanted to make a stop in that territory. No, that young man already knew that the leader of the Feathered Serpents was already at level 59, the furthest it could go naturally without outside help.
Nevertheless, as a leader concerned about having subordinates and high-level allies, Minos wanted to take Virtus to the Spatial Kingdom and help that serpent reach the 7th stage.