After hearing the protests of those individuals, Minos did not go back on his plans. Instead, he just stood there in his place, quietly, waiting for the end of this preparatory meeting.
And upon realizing this young man's intention, those people had nothing to do but accept his decision. That was their joint action, and neither side could force the other to do things they didn't want to do.
On the other hand, they had no way to stop this young man from following his plans and, as such, could only hope that everything would turn out well.
With this in mind, it wasn't long before that meeting was over and the division of the groups was done. After they had finished sorting this out, those eight experts from the Miller family split into three groups.
