The Rise of the Black Plain



After arriving at a local port, Minos registered his yacht at border control, where he paid a high fee for his and Starclaw's entry, as well as his yacht's stay there at a pier.

After leaving a few thousand high-grade crystals at that post of the imperial guard in Grinia, Minos, and Starclaw got their permits to enter the continent.

Such a thing served for them to have a method of justifying their entry into this place and discounts if they were to move to other empires.

Upon arriving on the Divine Continent, one must pay a fee equivalent to one's cultivation level to access that territory. But when moving internally on the continent, from one state to another, there were also fees to pay.

If one didn't have their entry ID, they could be arrested and penalized with fines and risked having to again pay the entry fee when passing through the local borders.

But with the IDs they had received, the two could move smoothly across the continent, and to go to other states, they would only have to pay 1% of what they had paid today.

Besides this function, everything a person bought or sold on the Divine Continent would be recorded on these ID items, which all local businesses followed to the letter.

Without an ID, one would not be able to buy anything. As for selling, most people on this continent wouldn't buy things from individuals without an ID, so it would also be complicated.

Minos and Starclaw were warned about this when passing through that post, so they both carefully saved their IDs. 

After leaving that port that was not in a city but near a local imperial guard barracks, a few kilometers away from the nearest city, Minos and Starclaw immediately headed through the woods, planning to travel east.

"The headquarters of the Longus family is probably in the central part of the continent, where the largest forest in the Spiritual World is," Minos said while standing on top of Starclaw, who was flying in her bestial form.

The former emperor of that continent had thought up the borders between the three empires of the Divine Continent. He had defined the borders of his sons' domains using the great forests in some parts of this continent.

In these places, plant life was so developed that it would be complicated to build human cities. At most, one could build a small village, and even then, their group would have to be very careful when moving as the vegetation itself would be a danger.

This would also make it difficult for conflicts to occur on the borders, which would force his children to resolve conflicts either within the heart of their domains or through dialogue.

Knowing this, Minos thought the forests that the man from the Longus family who left the message in that picture of Henricus Longus referred to were in this area.

There they could hide from the world and live relatively well since the area was vibrant, and as long as one did not go beyond some limits, one could live in seclusion.

"We are going there. But pay attention on the way. We're in the Divine Continent now, so even far from their headquarters, people from the Longus family might lurk in our path.

They will probably recognize me easily." Minos said as he looked at the surroundings of the woods they had entered upon leaving that port.

The density of spiritual energy in the air there was incredible. It was almost as strong as that of the Spatial Kingdom, and there was no shortage of Laws to be understood.

In certain parts of the Central Continent, some people would not be able to develop their cultivation comprehension due to the absence or even lower concentration of some Natural Laws.

But this place was different, and even in a nearby forest with one of the continent's boundaries, Minos could already sense the local spiritual richness.

However, this would only intensify as they moved further inland!

"OK!" Starclaw said as she looked at the surroundings carefully, sensing many sentient plant beings, but also 9th-stage beasts and humans in the vicinity.

The average level of the Spirit world was between level 49 and 59, but the average level of this continent was above that level. 

Only young people still growing on the Divine Continent had a level below 60. Most of the population was stronger than that, and the limit that the least talented on this continent faced was level 69.

As such, unlike the Central Continent, where many level 49 old people existed, the base of the older-aged population in this area was close to level 69.

But as Starclaw saw this place for the first time, she and Minos would soon encounter the first half-breeds in their path.

Some were hybrids of different beast races, but most of them were half-breeds of humans and beasts, so this was the easiest group to spot in large numbers.

When he came across the first of these flying in the vicinity, Minos watched him momentarily, seeing it for the first time in person.

He looked at a man with large white wings flying alone toward a nearby town.

'Seeing one of these beings in person is really impressive.' He soon took his eyes off that winged man, but still thinking about this person.

Half-breeds had various body forms, even below level 70.

Below that level, they usually couldn't use their beastly body, but they could use variations of their beastly characteristics.

A descendant of a bird, for example, would have wings even in their humanoid form, the natural form that every hybrid was born with.

In this case in point, they could only retract their wings when they reached level 70 when they could freely manipulate their bodies to become more like humans or beasts.

While Minos and Starclaw were thinking about similar things, curiously observing their surroundings, someone was watching them from afar, wide-eyed and somewhat shocked.

This being was a half-breed between humans and a type of beast, so it was almost 3 meters tall, with an extremely muscular body and dense fur on his arms, chest, and back.

He swallowed his saliva and activated the communicator in one of his hands.

"Folks, I believe I have found Minos Stuart. I'm going to approach him." This hybrid of human and a type of monkey, level 84, said before beginning his cautious approach to those two.

However, just as he began to do so, Minos noticed a suspicious movement and looked in the direction of this individual.

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