Chapter 77 : The Path of the Black Star
Dirga stepped out of the City Registry building, the automatic doors sliding shut behind him with a soft hiss.
In his hand, he held a thin, translucent card embedded with faint red circuits. Etched across the surface were simple words:
Ortheva City ID – Level 1
Dirgantara
A soft sigh escaped him.
Level 1. The lowest tier. But also, the most common.
According to the woman behind the counter, nearly 80 percent of Ortheva’s population held this level.
It wasn’t surprising—Dirga was new, unconnected, and from world called earth
Dirga had simply nodded.
She’d stared at him—a strange mix of disbelief and curiosity—before handing him the card in silence and waving him away.
Now he walked alone through the main street of Sector Z, card tucked into his pocket, eyes scanning the overwhelming sprawl around him.