Chapter 38 - Freedom?

It has been nearly three weeks since they started exploring. Currently, Tatsuya was sitting on a broken pillar, reading a book. Around him, sometimes there was thunder, sometimes wind, sometimes ice and mist, sometimes small whirlpool of wind.

Shortly, A tired Ye Ziyun came and sat by his side. She said in a low voice, "Tatsuya-ge, you are lazing around again."

Tatsuya turned the page, "No, I am giving you a chance to get some combat experience."

Ning'Er came soon after dragging her legs. She was disheveled, "Lie, now I understand why you agreed to bring us here. You needed a slave to work for you."

Tatsuya nodded as if agreeing to her statement, "That is not true!"

Ziyun's mouth twitched, "You are not even trying to hide it."

Ning'Er sat by his side and put her hand on his shoulder while wrapping her hand around his, "Tatsuya! this one is already the 6th ruin we explored. We should go back." She looked around the dead Demon beasts, from 2m tall to 20m tall.

It's not like they didn't find treasures. They got too many, Inscriptions, Armors, Gold Coins, Demon Crystals, Scrolls, Rotten Elixirs.

Every time Tatsuya would put them on his shoulder, then throw them to fight against all the demon beasts and find treasures when they reach the ruin. They realized Tatsuya was going to keep treating them as slaves and labor.

"Let me ask Miyuki."

A celebratory smile appeared on their face, "Ok!!"

Tatsuya closed his eyes. When he opened them, he was standing in the borderless void.

Ning'Er, Ziyun were both standing by his side. In front of him, Shen Xiu appeared.

She glanced at the three of them, nodded, "I will tell her." with that, she disappeared.

Ning'Er sighed softly, "I am still not used to seeing her."

Ziyun nodded, "Me neither, especially since the sacred family is the enemy."

Because of Cocytus, Tatsuya couldn't directly connect with Miyuki until she put down her defenses. That is why they needed people to act as messengers.

Shortly, Miyuki appeared.

"Tatsuya-ge, Ziyun, Ning'Er."

"Miyuki!!"

"Miyuki-Jiemie!!"

As soon as she appeared, both of them ran to her embracing her.

Miyuki patted their heads with a smile. She looked towards Tatsuya with an expression as if asking what happened.

Tatsuya just shrugged like he wasn't responsible.

"What did he do?" Miyuki asked while patting their heads.

"Tatsuya-ge made us fight monsters, take their meat, cook, find treasures, even make camp. While he did nothing." Ziyun complained first.

"Tatsuya said it was because he was training us but, we were just for doing all the work so, he won't have to do anything."

Miyuki let out a small chuckle. She looked towards Tatsuya with suspicion in her eyes, raising her eyebrows.

Tatsuya sighed, "Their demon beast's spirits are too strong. They have too many passive abilities. They need to fight, to draw out their potential to understand those demon beast's abilities."

Miyuki spoke with a smile, "You are too harsh both are tired. The ranking tournament is about to start. Bring them back."

"Fine! We will be back by morning. Although, Ranking Tournament is no use for them."

Miyuki nodded, "It will show the progress of Glory City. Give some pressure to Dark Guild. They are too quiet. Without some pressure, they won't make a mistake. Rather than revealing high-end power like Legend just showing powers of kids and prospects would be better."

Ziyun pouted, "Miyuki-jiemie, don't treat us like kids."

Ning'Er pushed out her chest as if showing its size, "I am not a kid."

Miyuki had an amused smile on her face, "Come back home. It is your time to shine."

The next moment, they were back from the dream world.

Both of them started giggling while looking at each other as if they had won a great battle.

Tatsuya just started reading again, "You still have to get the treasure. If you delay too much, then we won't get there on time."

Their laughter stopped in the middle.

The next day, Glory City.

A Jubilant atmosphere filled the whole of Glory City. Everywhere people were talking about the ranking tournament. Young people will fight in this tournament. The top 10 were getting amazing rewards, Aristocratic titles, their territory, treasured demon spirit, even a legend rank armor set.

Glory City had few sources of entertainment. The few sources were popular.

Before, there used to be exams to decide who would move to the genius class. Recently the format changed. Rather than just an exam, a tournament will decide.

It wouldn't matter if you were a demon spiritist or just a fighter. All that matters is how strong you were. Fame, money, education, exploration rights, you could gain everything by winning.

Currently, Ye Mo, Ye Zong, Ye Xiu were standing at the top of the arena. Preparations were about to be completed. Ye Mo looked at it while nodding, "Good!! It feels good to see the city becoming so lively."

Ye Zong frowned, "Isn't it riskier to do this. Until now, we have tried to keep the progress in check so as not to attract the dark guild's attention. Then there is them."

He said while looking towards Shen Xiu, who was processing all the work.

Ye Mo smiled, "Don't worry, I have heard their plan. Sacred Family won't be a danger. We need to get rid of the dark guild sooner or later. They will be our biggest help."

Ye Zong muttered, "No one tells me anything!!"

Ye Xiu, who heard his muttering let out a laugh.

Ye Mo's eyes became sharp, "Come viewers are coming. Let us see our younger generation."

At this time, Tatsuya was standing in the air, merged with Bahamut. Ning'Er and Ziyun were lying on his shoulder half-asleep. He could see the people below but, they couldn't see them.

'Get up, we have reached home.'

They just rolled over. Both were dead tired, they weren't in a mood to move a single muscle.

Suddenly, both of them raised their body at once. It looked like they had a nightmare.

They were breathing heavily, cold sweats forming on their necks. Both looked at Tatsuya with anger, "Tatsuya-ge!!" "Tatsuya!!!!"

They knew it was him. Whenever they went against his tyranny, he would always do that. This time they felt they were falling from great heights. Last time, they were sinking in a lake. Before that, they were in a place with nothing but ice. They couldn't use soul force. They could only shiver till they woke up.

"Did something happen? Good things you are awake. Time for registration is coming to an end." Tatsuya had a small smile on his face.

Ning'Er wrapped her hands around Ziyun. After merging with Garuda, she floated down with Ziyun, "Look if we talk to you again."

Looking at feisty Ning'Er, a smile appeared on Tatsuya's face. If something changed in these 20 days was that his emotions were starting to calm down. For the first time, he could feel things for people other than Miyuki. Albeit only a little.

In the middle of the arena, there were VIP stands. In one of the VIP stands, Ye Mo, Ye Zong, Ye Xiu, Yang Xin, and other important people were sitting.

Right opposite them, Miyuki and Shen Xiu were sitting. Yu Yan was currently sitting on Miyuki's shoulder. She was using Bent Light to hide. At this moment, Yu Yan was looking at the air, "They are here!" Her eyes moved downwards as if the following something until Tatsuya appeared in front of them.

Miyuki gracefully stood up and moved forward to hug Tatsuya with a smile on her face.

Tatsuya hugged her, "Miyuki! You look enchanting."

Miyuki looked up while wrapping her arms around his neck, "It's good to see you."

Tatsuya gazed deeply into her eyes, "Although we saw each other every day in there. Having you by my side feels much better."

A small blush appeared on her face as she buried her face in his neck, "Tatsuya-sama, you shouldn't say things like this out of nowhere."

At this time, an arrogant voice interrupted them, "You know others can see you."

Tatsuya glanced at Shen Xiu, who was acting all arrogant again. He stopped hugging Miyuki and took a step back. Caressing her arms, he said, "She is right."

Tatsuya went forward and sat down with Miyuki at his right. Shen Xiu slightly shivered when he sat down beside her.

Yu Yan floated and sat down on his shoulder, "What did you do to her that she is so scared of you."

Tatsuya looked towards Shen Xiu, "I did something stupid."

Miyuki wrapped her hand around his, "Tatsuya-sama, shouldn't you remove the seal on her." She knew as a magician who was trapped by society and was only ever thinking about ways to escape and release them. Using a seal to enslave someone was something Tatsuya would never do. He did that was enough to explain the turmoil he was in.

Tatsuya didn't do anything, "I already removed it a week ago."

Shen Xiu almost didn't process what she heard. She wasn't expecting Miyuki to say something like that. More than that she wasn't expecting Tatsuya had already removed the seal. She stood up, shocked, "You!!! You Fucking....!!"

She looked like she wanted to curse him, but no words came out of her mouth.

Tatsuya, Miyuki, Yu Yan looked at her for a while as if waiting for her to curse.

Looking at their expression, she looked defeated and sat down on her chair.

"Fine!! aren't you worried I will betray you now?"

Miyuki and Yu Yan pitied her. Tatsuya didn't even bother to look at her, "You are already 5-Star Black Gold Yet you weren't able to last one move against Miyuki. We trained you with very rare resources, You are already stronger than Shen Hong and the whole of Sacred Family together. If you betray us then the only place you could go to is the Dark Guild. Shen Xiu, if you think without a seal you are free, then I can tell you that is not true. Freedom is the biggest lie," Tatsuya wasn't worried about her. She was arrogant but not foolish and freedom was the biggest lie.

Suddenly Tatsuya stopped thinking about other things as if he noticed something, 'Freedom is the biggest lie. Right, even so, we all hope that it was true."

He opened the status screen and looked towards Bloodline Mission.

Bloodline Mission is activated.

Accepting the mission will allow you to view the development logs of your bloodline. Will you accept the mission? Y/N?

He clicked on Yes.