The Rise of the Black Plain

Chapter 2835  Eater

Overlooking the grand Eater, a planet with large rock formations and notable for an uneven surface covered in rocks that resemble jaws and teeth, the group saw the intensity of movement near the planet rise substantially.

Several spaceships surrounded the outskirts of the planet, forming space roads in and out of the planet, showing to the group the entrances and exits of this colossus where they would first stop to investigate the tracks of the 'king of beasts'.

There were basically two methods of entering Eater. Using an instantaneous transport from one of the space stations that functioned as Eater's moons, or going directly to the planet with your ship, if it had suitable characteristics for entering the area's atmosphere.

As you'd imagine from a high level planet, most of the comings and goings didn't face Eater's atmosphere. The greatest flow was obviously in the various space stations nearby, which outnumbered those around Zocarro.

Because of the number of spaceships and the number of stations around the big yellow planet, Minos, and his wives readily concluded that Eater was superior to Zocarro.

They already knew that their entire journey in this galaxy would be through planets stronger than Zocarro, but they still needed to witness the reality of these worlds to confirm their expectations.

Today they confirmed much of what they had heard from their crew and some storytellers on the Artificial Moon earlier.

"Chief, we will dock at the port at the top left of your view in 1 hour." Warned the crew commander, as anxious or more so than Minos and the three women who would actually be entering Eater.

This crew would stay behind to wait for them and find out their next destination, another planet in the galaxy, or the return to the Artificial Moon.

Minos had already paid the crew enough for them to be comfortable where they were to park their spaceship, but the risks of the area were substantial. Any place in the universe where there were Celestial disputes, such as this world which had several known experts, could quickly become a terrible place.

Minos and his wives listened to the crew leader's warning, preparing to disembark and begin their investigations.

What they wanted in this world was not to get involved in internal affairs. They wanted to avoid getting involved with the place and its inhabitants. Their target was merely the 'king of beasts', who would lead them to the next tips for the Divine Tail.

Their crew naturally did not know of the 'king of beasts' or the Divine Tail, so the group would start their journey from scratch on this planet.

Minos' plan was to follow the Nautilus' Compass for the time being and understand the possibilities of the future as they made their decisions on the planet they would soon be entering.

So the last hour of spacecraft travel before they landed passed, with one of Eater's nearby space stations authorizing the landing of his spacecraft. Not five minutes after the spacecraft's engines shut down, a hatch opened and four figures stepped out.

Minos and his wives soon came across a metal bridge similar to a pier, connected to a large construction that covered their group's entire field of vision in what looked like a gigantic elevator shaft of a cylinder-shaped station.

On the side of that small point that gave access to the interior of the station was a level 123 Supreme waiting for them.

"Welcome to Eater 11, space travelers," said the alien in their path, speaking in a friendly tone. "Are you passing through the area or do you intend to go to Eater?"

"We're going into Eater."

"How many of you are in this group?"

"Four of us will go to Eater and nine will stay behind in the spaceship."

"Okay, that's possible, but we have some fees and rules. Are you aware of them?"

Minos finished crossing that bridge, giving the man the fee in question as he nodded affirmatively. "Yes, we are aware."

"In that case, you may proceed." The alien made way for the group to pass after handing them small devices that looked like space rings.

But they weren't rings, they were permits to enter Eater, something like a temporary ID.

"You'll have three months. At the end of the period, go to a Coalition post and get a renewal to stay regular in Eater.

Have a good trip to Eater and good luck on your journey. May the Saints be by your side." n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Minos and his three wives thanked him before passing through a large metal door, arriving at a place quite different from what they had expected.

In front of them was what looked like a hall of unparalleled proportions, where thousands of capsules were connected to huge glass tubes, from which these structures moved like balls until they disappeared or reappeared in the area.

Cultivators came and went from these structures, the method of travel from this place to Eater.

Abby, Ruth, and Gloria found the area's transportation methods a little strange, but they carried on until they were all inside a capsule. But instead of feeling like they were inside an enormous metal ball moving, they felt the space around them distort as the device went into operation.

Without delay, they arrived in Eater. In particular, they arrived at one of the many floating towers of this world, far from the yellowish surface of this high level planet.

They found themselves in an area similar to the previous one when they left their capsule, seeing several similar structures, also receiving people or taking individuals out of this area.

The journey there had made them feel a little out of sorts, but it was nothing that could stop them from moving on. They walked straight towards the exit of this area, imagining that they could reach an area of this arrival point where they could access local information using their bargaining power.

But when they left that place and came across the area outside this arrival and departure zone, it was then that they realized exactly where in Eater they had arrived.

They saw the outside of the building they had arrived at, a massive floating city in what looked like a tower, but was actually more like a giant artificial floating island.

Below them they couldn't see the ground, only a dense fog, from which came a spiritual power compatible with 13th stage beings.

Minos and his wives immediately understood that in that direction lay the dangers, but also the opportunities of Eater.