The Rise of the Black Plain

Chapter 2843  The Secrets of the 'King of Beasts'!

Minos considered the Celestial's invitation ahead of his group, weighing up the dangers. 'This will certainly take us into the middle of a territory that probably has Celestials stronger than this individual.

Was it worth going through with it? Minos honestly wasn't comfortable. As powerful as this man was, there was a real chance that his group would escape if he refused the invitation now. Otherwise, he didn't know if he would have a chance even remotely similar to this later on. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Not only that, the Celestials who might exist in this territory ahead might notice things that this strange man didn't seem able to notice now.

But even thinking on the logical side, Minos couldn't ignore how the Nautilus' Compass was showing him to go ahead with this group. Even his future perception was telling him that this meeting would probably be more diplomatic than warlike.

'Celestials are so strong that they don't fight unless the motivation is very strong.' Minos realized this answer Pisi would give him a few moments in the future if he asked why the expert who had led the match earlier hadn't challenged Pisi.

Thinking about this, Minos felt a brief epiphany, understanding better the power relations of True Celestials and why Hell was not as chaotic and destructive as one might imagine.

'I see... Celestials don't fight seriously unless it's really motivated by something terrible, whether for good or evil. Probably if this guy knew about the Absolute-grade absorbable weapons I have in my body, he would fight even Celestials to get them. But for minor matters, he would hardly risk destroying his domains and damaging his chances of becoming an Absolute just for something unimportant to him.'

In Minos' new perception, Celestials were so strong and capable of self-destruction that they were peaceful most of the time.

The fact that they could destroy themselves and the universe kept them in check and made them think twice before taking offensive action!

'Politics plays an important role for Celestials... I see the time is finally coming for the retirement they have longed for throughout my journey.' He glanced sideways at his wives and then said, "I hope I'm not disturbing senior and your group. We would love to meet your strength and hear more from the formidable 'King of Beasts'."

The women of Minos were impressed by his positive response to Pisi's invitation, but they didn't object. They stood behind him, watching how the Celestial reacted.

"Haha, very good. Come with us, young space travelers. Our home is not far from here." He waved one of his arms, causing something similar to a carpet to appear, which he then climbed onto with his disciples.

With the man's signal for them to also get on that floating carpet, Minos and his wives began the 45-minute journey to the place indicated by Pisi.

Along the way, they chatted about trivial things. Pisi had made a point of asking what Zocarro was like, since he personally had never heard of such a world. But on hearing that Celestials were rare there, Pisi almost instantly lost interest in hearing about the foreign world of these visitors.

Pisi's disciples spoke a little about their world too, giving Minos' group information similar to what they already had, but from a local perspective that honed them to understand the planet and the region they were in.

They arrived in the area Pisi was taking them to without hearing much more about the 'King of Beasts', apart from a few short comments that were difficult to understand without the larger context.

"Young travelers, Slapis is not the most peaceful place in the universe, but we like to think of ourselves as rational and tranquil." Pisi explained with his usual strange laugh, sounding like he was always speaking sarcastically. "Here we value the record of living beings, collecting essences and special marks from visitors and natives of our world. If you are willing to give us something unique from your people, we will naturally answer your curiosities about the 'King of Beasts'."

Minos expected nothing less. These creatures wouldn't tell them what he wanted to find out just because he asked. An exchange was obviously necessary for the transaction to take place.

So, as they looked at the area around them, where many shiny capsule-shaped buildings stood, with plants perfectly blended into the developed part of the place. People of various races came and went from there, several of them able to provoke impressed looks on the faces of the four travelers.

Abby, Gloria and Ruth didn't need Minos' ability to see into the future to understand why Pisi had asked. Everywhere they looked, they could see hybrids, whether plant or animal, creatures that had come from combining elements from different parts of the universe.

Minos understood he wouldn't have to give a part of himself or his women to satisfy the interest of these people. So he took something from his spatial ring, giving Pisi some essences he still had from the Spiritual World.

"These are fragments of a spiritual root, a kind of root behind a low-level world. It may not be worth much individually, but for a civilization capable of manipulating it, it could be the key to transforming barren planets or poor planets into powerful worlds."

Pisi accepted the fragment of spiritual root from the Spiritual World that Minos gave him.

"That's good stuff. Really interesting." He murmured, before gesturing for the group to follow him to the place where they would find their answers.

In a building that looked like an ancient temple of that civilization, another Celestial introduced himself to the group after Pisi spoke about the origin and interests of these visitors.

"... So you're looking for the 'King of Beasts', huh? Sigh! It's a shame he died. He was a great leader of the beasts of Eater, revered all over the planet. But from the moment he joined the insatiable quest of the True Celestials, he was lost.

These Absolute-grade absorbable weapons are awful. They corrupt the minds and souls of their users and make them willing to do anything for power.

In the end, the 'King of Beasts' absorbed the Divine Tail and became a maniac. We fought for him, but that's why we stood against almost all of Eater, until the planet's leaders expelled him.

Rumor has it that he managed to infiltrate the planet a few times after his banishment, but we can't say for sure. The fact is that his last followers declared him dead after a long period of disappearance."

"He was probably killed in his hunt." Pisi commented at the end of the level 126 Celestial's speech. "After his exile, rumors of him traveling between various planets in The Narrow Discus and outside the galaxy reached us. Among them were Kitania, Tanus, Xaneon, and Irus."

Pisi cited the names of two of the three planets that Minos and his women knew about at the start of their journey on Zocarro, where the remains of the 'King of Beasts' could be!