The Rise of the Black Plain

After entering the tunnel below where the corpse of the giant being was, Minos let his body slide down the area's walls, which followed the shape of a giant slide.

This tunnel took him directly to an alternative exit, which seemed to be building as he descended at great speed.

The constructions on that island could change, and this was happening right in front of Minos as he saw the tunnel he had passed through earlier changing to take him off that island.

As he descended at great speed, Minos saw water appearing in his path, noticing that the invisible 'dome' from earlier had disappeared with the disappearance of that mummy.

He was not surprised by this and soon began to swim back to where his yacht was.

He had taken the most valuable things on that island, so he wanted to escape as soon as possible. But Minos wasn't too worried about being intercepted because besides there being other things in that place, there was no indication that he had anything on him.

He was leaving, but many other beasts had begun to do the same as soon as the water invaded that island.

The place seemed to contain unimaginable secrets. But it was also hazardous, and several beasts had already perished there in the few minutes since it had stopped sinking.

As such, realizing that their elders would finally be able to survey the area for themselves, many beasts decided to leave, covering Minos' exit.

There was still a very powerful feeling in that place, as every square in this lost city was actually the tombs of an ancient cemetery.

There was enough there for years of investigation, so without much trouble, Minos arrived at his yacht, which was filled with water inside its compartments due to the momentary absence of its owner.

Arriving there, Minos immediately did his best to expel the water inside his yacht until it decreased its mass enough for him to float it to the surface.

'Time to go my way!' He began his upward trajectory as he thought about the mysteries that not even Henricus Longus knew.

'One day, I will unravel all there is to discover in this world!' He made up his mind, eager but also a little afraid.

Amid Minos' departure, the elders who had left their positions in the darkness zone were beginning their investigations on that island, ignoring everyone leaving in the surrounding area.

"Hurry, we can't delay locating the most valuable thing here!" One of them said.

"We must be nimble. Soon the damned Darren will finish awakening and will surely come here!"

"Finish awakening? It must already be awake. Didn't you feel that spiritual fluctuation earlier?"

"Before the island crash? That wasn't it!"

"Oh, it was it, I'm sure. It's coming here with its bloodlust."

The beasts there continued talking among themselves, encouraging each other to move fast with their actions so as not to miss out on the best there.

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Three days later...

After departing from the ocean floor again, Minos found no difficulty passing through the zone of darkness as earlier.

The most powerful beasts in the area were interested in investigating that island, so he had relative ease in getting back to the surface.

After that, he traveled without facing any unnatural problems, only having to deal with the intense marine phenomena that constantly took his attention.

It was very difficult for him to find time to cultivate and train while traveling alone by yacht. So besides eating, Minos had been doing nothing besides watching his surroundings and controlling his yacht.

Luckily, this could also be considered training since he constantly had to use some of his skills to protect his yacht.

Anyway, after the short distance he had traveled these days, Minos had finally reached the last city on his way to the Seraphim Ancient Sarcophagus!

Unlike the City of a Thousand Races, which was a place open to beings of all species and gigantic, this place was smaller and part of a tribe of sea beasts nearby.

Because of its position in a tribe's territory, this city was above the zone of darkness and, therefore, more accessible to beings traveling on the surface.

Thus Minos had entered this city without experiencing the dangers of traveling through the zone of darkness, where he only had to pay the heavy local entrance fees.

Because it was the territory of a tribe, which was not so friendly to humans, Minos had had to pay for Saint-grade medicine to enter this city, having been allowed to stay only one day.

That had been 6 hours ago, so he had only 18 more hours left in this place.

So Minos had been quick in his goals there and was already on the property of the spiritual judge he wanted to use to confirm his and the shark's agreement, someone he had picked up in the Spatial Kingdom the day before.

In that place that seemed to be a small part of a large coral, they were inside a store where a member of Sea Folk lived and acted as a spiritual judge.

Not all Sea Folk lived in their empire; there were even dissidents of this race who lived in exile around the ocean.

This one about to receive Minos and that shark was one of these. As such, it had obtained permission from this tribe to live in this city.

It then called out to the two individuals while looking at the shark in its humanoid form with curiosity.

That shark looked back at that level 89 being, an individual with a body relatively similar to that of a human, even in its original version.

It had arms and legs, and its fingers were like a human's. However, its skin color was green, its headpieces looked like tentacles, and its face looked more like a beast's face than a human's.

"Human, shark, what do you want with me? Are you here to sign a Soul Contract?" It asked.

Minos nodded and said. "Senior, my traveling companion and I have some business to make official. I hope you will be able to help us.

The payment, of course, will be generous."

After seeing Minos placing some medicine in front of it, that being nodded its head, agreeing. "Very well. Do you already have a preview of the contract? That will make things easier."

Not only humans could become spiritual professionals. Some races with favorable characteristics allow their members the possibility to become professionals.

This, of course, was not something everyone could have, nor did it give endless possibilities, as with humans and elves. But it was enough for one traveling through the Spiritual World to find sea and land beasts offering the services of spiritual professionals.

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