LBF Chapter 17 Pantheon City

Within the milky way galaxy, at its center, there is something massive. A black hole, Sagittarius A*. Its a super monster which devours cosmic matter, even stars themselves.

Its gravitational pull is so strong that all the matter in this galaxy...planets, stars...and even entire solar systems are affected, rotating around it.

Seas of matter were being drawn in and crushed by the gravity, then swallowed, never to be seen again. Light itself faced the same fate.

Above this mass of matter being dragged into the maw of the black hole, a purple whirlpool appeared. It was mostly stable, but purple specks were still breaking off, failing to resist the gravity.

Something, like a whale surfacing, flew out of the whirlpool. A gigantic pyramid shaped space vessel. But in the presence of the supermassive black hole and the sea of matter heading within its maw, the space ship appeared no more than a speck of dust, too small to even be comparable.

Damien took all this in as he stood before a screen. You might mistake it for a window due to the visual acuity, but a window it was not. It was just an image formed by the walls of the room. He was amazed at the wonders of the universe.

This was as close to the center of the galaxy as you could get, and even then, you had to be in this type of ship unless you had evolved to the level of the gods.

Above this sea of matter, a giant open gate stood, simply floating in the void. So large, that ten of the ships he was in could enter side by side with plenty of space between them.

It was taller than it was wide. Array lines, like circuits on a circuit board ram along its frame and the two massive open doors.

According to the talk he had heard from the grapevine, no one could move those doors, even the gods themselves. It had been one of the reasons that the age of chaos had lasted so long.

Damien took it all in as the ship headed for the open gate. There, in the space supposed to be closed off by the doors was a blue lake, rippling with waves. The ship entered the blue waters and Damien temporarily lost his vision.

When his vision was regained, he involuntarily closed them this time. Light had fallen into them almost blinding them.

'It has been a long time since I last had such a sensation.' He thought as he opened them a little to get adjusted to the light. Normal light wouldn't have been able to give him such a sensation, even one from the brightest of stars. This light was special. It had something that could affect even a powerhouse like him.

His eyes fell on a ring, more like a river of flames in a ring with waves visible on its surface. It was gigantic and floating in space.

As he beheld it, he unconsciously took out his lifetime pass to Pantheon city, holding it in front I'd himself to compare. He was shocked to find that the flaming light within it was mimicking the flow of the bright ring of flames in the distance, however slow it was.

His gaze moved downwards, attracted to something the light from the ring was shining on. His pupils constricted within his sockets and he took in a massive breath of elemental particles the moment he laid eyes on that something.

It was a pentagon shaped piece of land, rivalling Sagittarius A* itself in size. It was simply floating there in space rotating slowly. Damien could see it rotating because he was still very very far away from it. It and the ring of flames above were the only two things existing in this massive space.

Since it was a spatial pocket, it probably had boundaries, but he couldn't see them.

Light particles were being ejected from the surface of the continent into the air, and he could vaguely make out that they seemed to denote the colors of the five powerful god clans. The light particles marked five distinct domains in the shape of triangles.

[It will take a year to reach the city travelling at light speed and using spatial compression technology. Warp travel can't be activated in this dimension.] A notification came from the AI.

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Time passed and the space ship finally reached a space dork on the side of the floating continent. Damien flew off and saw that the edges of the continent were steep cliffs dropping down into the unknown. His gaze couldn't see their ends.

Many others alighted from the ship causing the platform to become crowded. The ship had been carrying millions of passengers, varying from one elemental string individuals to six elemental ones, demigods like him.

The moment he stepped on the continent, the purplish haze he had seen rising from it vanished as if it had never existed. Damien also saw two more pyramid ships docked at the side of the one he had alighted from.

'The gravity appears to be stronger, the soil more compact...and I can't tear through this space, its too solid...the concentration of the elements is...wow!' His brain had gone into analysis mode the moment he has stepped upon this land.

Taking in a massive breath of the particles in the air had caused his cells to jump in excitement.

"I heard that in a month, the handing over of the city to the new goddess is going to take place."

"Yes. Its an exciting time to be in Pantheon city right now."

"We can call ourselves lucky to be here at this time. Hahahaha..." Three lifeforms discussed in high spirits not knowing that their words were entering into Damien's ears.

According to what he knew, the pass with the lowest duration of staying in Pantheon city was the 100 year pass.

Everywhere he looked, lifeforms in the human form were all that he could see. It looked like Pantheon city was strict about that as it was even emblazoned in the sky by the projector, well, unless you were a two and one elemental string individual.

"Demigod Blood, I presume." Someone's voice entered his ears from the front as he was looking around.

"What do you want, fellow demigod?" He asked.

"My young master has been itching to meet you in person and has asked me to invite you over." The man said. A crest resembling that on the massive spacecraft sewn into his suit on the chest area.