The Rise of the Black Plain

As Minos saw the elven vessel in front of him, the ship's crew, which was going to the Western Empire, also saw the human yacht traveling to the Ancestral Sea.

On that ship made of trees, which impressively seemed to have its own spiritual root, the small crew of ten immediately began to watch the human traveling alone with interest.

Unlike Minos, who needed to use artifacts to observe them, these beings with blue-green skin, large eyes, and pointed ears could clearly see this human watching them.

Not only this, the sensory ability of elves was so superior to humans at the same stage as them that even more than 20 kilometers away from Minos, these beings could sense his level!

The leader of that group and the strongest one there, level 84, was not only sensing the only spiritual fluctuation on that vessel, but she could also clearly tell that Minos was showing a different appearance than he naturally had.

"That seems to be a very highly rated human yacht... Why is only one human traveling on it?" A male elf, so pretty that one would only say he was a male due to the absence of breasts and his height, 2.2 meters, asked his companions.

Another being of the same height, the average height of males of that race, said. "A weak human, by the way."

"Perhaps he is of good origin." A 1.8-meter tall female with hair the same color as her mates, blond, said.

Their leader then said. "Watch his attitude, but don't do anything now."

Elves normally would not act against any being in their way, but this was the violent Spiritual World, so they would be sure to watch for any strange things in their surroundings.

Even with all their arrogance, these beings knew they could be hurt and killed by clever enemies using traps.

In this situation, finding a human traveling alone on the Ancestral Sea, being so weak and in such a good ship, they couldn't help but look at him strangely.

Minos noticed those beings dressed in high-quality clothes made of silk, but which he knew were as strong as metal armor.

The elves also produced artifacts similar to humans.

But they were much more talented, so they could develop things with higher added value, even using fragile materials.

'They are watching me closely...' Minos could not yet sense the level of those beings, but he judged that they were not weak.

To travel safely through an area like the Ancestral Sea, a crew must at least have Spiritual Sages in their group. With this type of cultivator, most dangers would no longer threaten these beings' craft.

Below that, there would be countless dangers that weak crews could not even fathom!

That was the way it was strange for these elves to see a single level 77 individual traveling alone into the Ancestral Sea.

And so both vessels approached each other with the passage of a few minutes, enough for Minos to finally probe those in the group of elves.

'As expected...' He thought before stepping out of the cockpit of his yacht to take a closer look at those elves.

They looked exactly like the beings of that race that Henricus Longus had seen in life and exhibited magnificent auras as if they were fully connected with nature.

At the same time, these elves were relatively young, despite their cultivations, only a little older than Minos.

Seeing this tall, muscular-looking human up close, who they knew was not his actual appearance, some of the younger ones looked at Minos strangely, feeling slightly offended.

"Human, why do you wear a different appearance than your original one? Are you by any chance ashamed of yourself?" One of those full of self-pride asked.

Minos looked at those elves in silence for a few seconds and said. "That's about it... Not everyone is born with the gifts of the beings of your race, elf."

"Oh? How nice that you recognize the differences between..."

"Voron!" The group leader roared, intending to silence that youth under her protection.

After the voice of this level 84 expert, everyone in that group was silent.

She looked at Minos and said. "Human, why are you traveling alone? Do you know where you are going? That place holds unimaginable dangers. You will encounter death if you are alone."

"If it is death that is in my freight, it will be the one I will face," Minos replied without caring whether or not these beings were chosen of heaven. "Anyway, thanks for the warning. Anyway, you don't need to worry about me. I am not here on your account, nor are others hiding in the surrounding area."

Minos knew that these beings were probably defensive about him because his circumstances were strange, something that could indicate that he was a danger. So he immediately decided to say that and perhaps ease the tensions between those talented beings.

Those in the elven vessel frowned upon hearing this, noticing that the human in the other vessel understood well what was on their minds.

"Human, you don't seem surprised. Have you met with elves before?" The leader of that group found this human's behavior strange.

Elves were very sensitive to emotions, so they could all sense that there was no surprise in Minos, and he didn't seem to fear them either.

Considering his words, if he really was alone, he should at least have some fear of them because anything could happen there.

His not being in the least bit defensive or fearful alerted all these beings!

Minos smiled bitterly, considering his lack of control over some of his actions.

Not just anyone could impose some fear on him so that he would act fearfully!

He then said. "No, you are the first. But I have heard many stories about your people... An ancestor of mine gave me the grace to show me some of his memories."

"Oh? You have people with such ability in your family?" The leader of that group misunderstood Minos' words, thinking that this human belonged to a powerful organization with Spiritual Demigods in its ranks.

...