The Rise of the Black Plain

As they entered the atmosphere of the planet where Minos had borrowed the spaceship they were using today, the forces responsible for controlling the entry and exit of living beings from their planet soon identified the group. Novel Fire - novelfire.net

Before the group even landed, one communicator on the group's spaceship emitted the voice of one of the local Sovereigns.

"Your Majesty Minos Stuart, welcome back to Ciri TF. We, His Majesty's humble guards, are once again at your disposal."

The voice of the same level 100 cultivator that Minos and his companions had encountered just over three years ago sounded through the speakers of their spaceship.

Minos and his group were not surprised, as Vico, Callie, Abby, Gloria and Minos' children heard for the first time an alien language, different from those spoken by Irpoll and the natives of The Adamant Land.

They had all learned all the languages Minos knew in recent years and understood the friendly words that one member of the local forces said when he welcomed them to the planet.

As soon as they landed at the same port they had left years ago, Minos walked down the ramp of the spaceship ahead of his group, soon spotting a group of alien guards waiting for him.

"It's good to see you again, Your Majesty, seniors," the same alien from that time said as he greeted the Sovereigns from Minos' group, seeing that he had succeeded in his plans and added a few people to the group.

"Friends of Ciri TF, I would like to meet with the leader of your civilization." Minos got straight to the point, making those guards change their smiling expressions to worry about what these powerful beings wanted.

The leader of Ciri TF was a level 105 Sovereign, but such a being had cultivated in an area where the limit was level 110 before returning to his world. Compared to Minos and the Sovereigns who had cultivated in Zacorro, that individual was not strong at all!

"Doesn't Your Majesty wish to return to Nemo Colony?" the leader of those guards asked, preferring Minos to continue on out of Ciri TF.

"I will certainly go to Nemo Colony. I'm taking my companions to Zocarro."

"Oh? I'm happy for you."

"But I want to have a few words with your leader before I leave. I've resolved the situation on my homeworld and left my civilization ready to recover and expand from the war we faced. In the future, I'll send some of my friends here to assess our civilization's situation, but until then, I'd like to have Ciri TF's support."

"So that's it." The strongest of that group of local natives sighed in relief before directing the group of newcomers. "Please follow me to the imperial palace."

Their group set off after the level 100 alien, crossing space for a few minutes, until they reached the other side of the planet, where they soon sensed several level 101 and 102 auras, but also some level 103 individuals.

There were only two level 104 cultivators and one level 105 cultivator on the entire planet.

Kendrick, his sisters, Vico and Callie examined the strength of this civilization just a few weeks' journey from The Adamant Land, realizing why Minos needed to go there today.

But noticing how respectful the local guards were towards the group, they realized the strength of Minos and the group's Sovereigns was far greater than what they had seen in the Spiritual World!

While they were considering this, they arrived at the imperial palace, where the strongest realized their group, but also how strong Minos and his five Sovereigns were.

Each of them was letting their auras show as they really were. So there was no way the local Sovereigns couldn't sense the group's genuine power.

The emperor of Ciri TF saw the doors of his imperial hall open for Minos's group to enter, standing watching these experts.

"Your Majesty Minos Stuart, it's good to meet you in person." The level 105 Sovereign, alongside his level 104 advisors and warriors, said in a courteous tone, welcoming this powerful person whom he knew it would be best not to anger.

His civilization was not in the dark about Minos' journey. They had observed from afar many of the things the group had done as a precaution against the presence of such a powerful group passing through their galaxy.

Aware of how Minos had exterminated Irpoll and The Adamant Land, as well as beginning the colonization of the ancient world of the Mechanic Empire, this being knew what the level 99 young man in front of him was capable of.

Minos greeted the local emperor back before getting down to the business of his visit. "Today I'm here to propose a deal to you, Your Majesty. Help my empire expand its operations across the galaxy and avoid powerful enemies and I will help you with cultivation resources and opportunities for your state.

My group here will go to Zocarro with me, but in 100 years at most, I will send some of them to return to this galaxy and analyze the situation of my empire. Depending on how things develop by then, maybe they will bring with them cultivation resources from Zocarro for you and there will be one or two vacancies in our group for Your Majesty's chosen ones to accompany them to Zocarro."

"Oh?" The emperor listened with interest, obviously interested in both the resources and the possibility of sending beings of his choice to Zocarro.

He had no method of going that far out into the universe, given the cost of the journey, the danger of the road, and much more.

For Minos, it was easy to go to Zocarro, since he had left that world. But for someone who had never even been near that wonderful planet and only had rumors of worlds like it, getting to Zocarro was extremely difficult!

Besides, because Minos and his people were stronger than Ciri TF, the emperor couldn't refuse an offer like that!

"Helping Your Majesty will be our honor," he said after thinking for just a few seconds, imagining this would be the way for him to expand his empire and become even more powerful!

Minos smiled and approached the local monarch for the two to sign an agreement sealing their promises and duties to each other.