The Rise of the Black Plain

Arriving at the entrance of the island floating in the middle of the Ancestral Sea, Minos saw that there were some people there.

"A newcomer?" One of the Demigods there looked at Minos while several other men turned their attention to Emperor Stuart.

"Spiritual Church, as expected..." Minos muttered as he spotted Maximilian's men there. 'Of course, he would send people to take care of this place for him.'

When he recognized the origin of the mid-level and high-level Demigods in the area, these men realized who the newcomer was.

"Your Majesty Minos Stuart..." The group leader in charge of this place, level 97, muttered as the others relaxed a bit, some even dropping their weapons.

"Make way for His Majesty!" A level 96 man shouted to the Demigods in front of the entrance to the magnificent ancient resting place of the Spiritual Church.

"Your Majesty, His Excellency warned us that you would come here. Don't worry, we won't cause you any trouble. You can take whatever you can get from this place." The old level 97 expert said to Minos. "I thank His Excellency Maximilian. Please send him my thanks if you can." Minos was pleased to see that such a God stood by his words, relieved that he didn't have to act in this place. "But of course. Good luck on your journey in this place." The strongest Demigod in the area commented as he watched Minos enter the Seraphim's Ancient Sarcophagus. "Some of us have tried to take things from this place, but it didn't end well. Be careful. Someone like you will be crucial in the war of worlds."

"Thank you for your concern." Minos looked back and waved one hand as the large doors of that place closed, and he was already in the area of the former resting place of the experts of the Spiritual Church.

The men outside the building continued to look in Minos' direction, wondering what would happen.

"How much time are you giving him?" One of them asked the leader of the group.

"That depends. If he tries the weaker sarcophagi, he might spend some time here gathering resources. But if he tries for the best ones, he might be forced out of the building in a few hours..."

...

While Maximilian's men were talking about Minos and already placing their bets on how long he would last in this place, Emperor Stuart walked leisurely into the building. Minos smelled the dust in the air and also noticed the dense energy and presence of the Laws of Nature in this area, similar to what he had encountered decades ago when he first came here.

Looking at the various sarcophagi in this rectangular area, he noticed that most of the 99 coffins he had seen on his first visit to this building were still there.

This time, he wasn't in as much of a hurry as he had been when a level 99 Demigod was chasing him. Minos looked at where the last descendants of the Seraphim who had the wings of those beings were.

Sensing the numerous traps near these sarcophagi, something common to many of these coffins there, he couldn't help but think that Maximillian's men had not used the tests in the area.

'It looks like those people didn't manage to pass many of the tests and heirlooms in the area.' He surveyed his surroundings as he approached one of the urns of the closest to seraphim beings present.

Bright Eyes!

Using his secondary ability, he saw the surroundings in a completely different way, quickly seeing through the many traps in the area and the urns and heirlooms there.

"Oh? That's...' He turned his eyes toward the great seraphim wings and saw what looked like a folded space. 'That... That looks like a small Spatial Kingdom! How?' He asked in shock. 'Didn't the seraphim die before reaching the 10th stage? How could there be a Spatial Kingdom in those wings? Did another being do this?'

Minos manipulated space and checked the characteristics of that Spatial Kingdom, even without entering or touching that fold of space.

Noticing the size and composition of the interior of that region of space, Minos moved in that direction, feeling that he would gain something by going there.

'Someone powerful seems to have left something hidden in this place for the right person to find.' He smiled as he reached the side of those wings and stretched out one of his hands towards where the fold in space was.

Several menacing auras appeared around the area of urns, and four sarcophagi opened, revealing mummified skeletons. However, those beings who seemed to be completely dead a moment ago suddenly gained extremely powerful auras, their eyes glowing bloodshot.

"Oh? Are you trying to test me?" Minos looked over and saw the four creatures launching attacks in his direction.

He smiled as he moved his energies and quickly activated his 10th technique, Nullification.

The energy shots that could have threatened his life lost more than 80% of their power. At the same time, the gravitational pressure on the four mummies increased to the point where their bones trembled.

Dragon's Gaze!

Minos attacked two of these creatures with his dragon ability and had no trouble killing them as soon as he unleashed this mental attack.

'I don't need to convince you of anything. I already have what I want.' He turned his back on the beings who could not reach him for the moment.

Touching the location of the pocket space, Minos used his spatial manipulation skills to open a rift over that part of space, opening an alternate entrance to that small Spatial Kingdom.

He moved without delay and entered that region of space without bothering to defeat the creatures assigned to defend it.

While those beings saw that they had failed to fulfill their role, Minos appeared in a strange space where the orange, slightly cloudy sky covered an area slightly larger than the island where the Seraphim's Ancient Sarcophagus was located. Beneath this sky, there was no solid ground, only a large lake that strangely reflected the sky, making the place seem larger than it was.

Seeing this place, which at first seemed to have nothing, Minos gradually saw the clouds in the sky change and take the form of a prominent winged being with six wings covering its entire body.

"Finally, someone has found this place." An ancient voice full of vicissitudes sounded from the direction of the clouds. "I just didn't expect someone to beat my test so easily... Young man, you're a monster even to someone like me."

The clouds shifted, finally revealing a body as real as Minos' but still hidden by its own wings.

"Welcome to the final home of the seraphim."