The Rise of the Black Plain

Chapter 2683  Escape Towards Pirate Island

As soon as he had stowed the two corpses in their hibernation urns, Minos returned to the bow of the ship, where the men of the crew were already hurrying to leave in a south-westerly direction.

"What's going on?" Gloria asked when she saw her husband looking in the opposite direction they were moving.

"Enemies. Supreme sea monsters." Minos replied quickly as he positioned himself defensively, while several people watched him with curiosity about the gem embedded in his forehead, but also at a new level.

No one asked about it when they heard enemies were approaching, while Abby and Tiolos appeared beside him.

"If we continue in the direction you recommended, we'll quickly stray from the route Leger recommended." Said one navigator, while Tiolos looked at Minos expectantly.

"No problem. We won't be following their recommendations any more from now on." Minos announced, before moving his hands in the air, forming a special seal in the shape of a clock.

Seeing the golden symbols forming in the air, Tiolos asked, "Are you sure about this?"

Minos smiled as he pointed one of his fingers at his forehead. "I am."

Then, after turning his focus back to the clock in front of him, bright silver clouds formed around the ship, creating a hazy tunnel as the vessel picked up speed.

Not even Tiolos could feel the difference in the passage of time between them and the surroundings they were passing through, amidst Minos' manipulation of Temporal Sands.

But as they sailed along, seeming to be just fleeing in a hurry, the two mid-level Supremes approaching them, at the bottom of the sea in that area, halted.

'What's that?' a creature as large as a 12th stage Divide Dragon wondered as it felt the impressive aura from moments ago disappear.

The other being with a totally different body build didn't stop its upward movement, but it couldn't help but change its expression of interest to a grimace of incomprehension.

'I felt the Nautilus' Compass a moment ago... How could it disappear so suddenly?' it thought as it moved.

A minute later, this creature, a huge shark with scales that looked like underwater rocks, red, black and orange, appeared on the surface of the Violent Sea, close to where Minos' ship had been just a few moments ago.

As he looked around, he felt some of the energy attracted by the absorption of a part of a True Celestial's body, but no sign of the group that had done this.

"Who was here?! Come out!" it shouted angrily, as the surrounding waters trembled, with the surrounding sea receding, forming a depression as red lightning surged through the area, with the spatial fabric itself vibrating, as if it might tear apart at any moment.

"Reveal yourself to this Supreme!" it continued to scream in anger, causing its powerful level 120 aura to reach great distances from it, while smaller, weaker creatures fled into the depths of the sea, afraid of an intermediate-level Supreme going mad in the area.

A minute later, feeling nothing that could tell it where it should go, this creature gave up.

'Whatever. But I'm sure that the Nautilus' Compass has appeared here. I'll take that information to the Sea Serpent!'

With the creature gone, the place, disturbed by its powers as much as it had been by Minos' absorption, was gradually freed from this powerful existence, returning to its usual 'calm'.

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Meanwhile, Minos and his companions were already 80 minutes ahead of the previous creature, over 600 kilometers southwest of the previous area.

When Minos felt the enemy would no longer be a problem, he sighed as he stopped monitoring the weather around the ship.

"We're fine, relax!" he announced as the silver clouds around them dissipated, revealing the work of art that was the area they had arrived in, with dark blue waters and a pink sky.

As the people sighed with some relief, Minos saw a 4D map appear in his surroundings as he stimulated his new ability, sensing perfectly where they were.

He said, "We're safe, with no strange weather phenomena and no Supremes around. Continue ahead in a south-westerly direction per hour, sailing at 70% of the ship's maximum speed and with our formations active."

Diret didn't question his leader, even though he didn't know what was going on. Meanwhile, Gloria and Ruth gathered near Abby and Tiolos, curious.

Minos got straight to the point. "I've absorbed an artifact and now I can better sense the surroundings and tell which way is best. So trust me, this is the best possible way forward."

"So the functions of the Nautilus' Compass are real?" Tiolos asked with a slightly better look on his face.

Minos would not go into details, but answered in the affirmative. "Yes, they are. Despite some differences from what Wenni and Walkas told us, the artifact can indeed help us navigate safely."

"What do we do now?" Abby asked as she breathed a sigh of relief after all the surprises of the last few minutes.

"We're going to Walkas' pirate island." Minos decided, now fully confident he could make his way to such an island and he would indeed be the best for his group.

With another part of a True Celestial's body in his powers, he was much stronger and more confident in his own characteristics.

Having reached level 113, Minos was confident that if he used his innate ability with 100% of his characteristics, he would reach level 115 temporarily, enough for him to raise his combat ability many times over.

"Let's wake those two up and do our planning!"

With Minos' words, the group felt more comfortable, but each of them was also full of curiosity about the journey ahead. Anywhere in the Violent Sea would be impressive and have immense potential.

Before, they would have avoided unnecessary risks, even considering potential opportunities. But now that they were in a different situation, with Minos at a higher and more confident level, each member of the crew was more interested in venturing into the dark Violent Sea.

Together with Minos, his three wives, Tiolos and two sailors made their way to the room where the black coffins were with Wenni and Walkas, now in a safe enough situation not to have to worry, as they had done earlier.