Bab 1608: Interrogation 

"So you are from the Flaming Empire?" One of the first level 79 beasts to look for Minos to do business in that tribe asked upon hearing a bit from him. "I didn't expect to find a merchant coming from that state... Not many of your countrymen come to our kingdom."

"Hmm, that's natural. Veora Kingdom is a high-level state that is not at all easy for people from my state to visit or do business. There are no teleportation arrays or wormholes between our states, so many of us don't risk traveling through a territory where there are so many 9th and 10th stage beings like this." Minos commented in response to that being in humanoid form.

"And why do you risk yourself doing that?"

Minos gave an answer that would be good enough to cover his tracks. "This is naturally a risky move on my part, but it's also how I take advantage of opportunities.