Chapter 61 - Monument and Settlement.

Tatsuya and Miyuki were standing at the side watching Xiao Ning'Er and Ye Ziyun fighting monkey-like creatures. They didn't have any hair on their body; their skin is scarlet in color. They have sharp pointy ears, short arms but long and slender claws, and bulging eyes were like a couple of blue jewels that were blooming with a faint light.

Sometimes Ziyun threw ice sickles at them while Ning'Er cut them with crescent wind blades.

Tatsuya sighed, "I hoped the enemies here would be more of a challenge."

Miyuki let out a chuckle, "Tatsuya-sama really wants to drill them."

"Yeah! their cultivation is growing too fast; they don't have enough experience," Tatsuya thought since demigods in a false limit. Then in the demigod realm, it would be more about skills. They might become demigods, but they might be the weakest demigods if they didn't have enough mastery of their powers.

Miyuki gazed at Tatsuya, "This is just a waste of time, The enemies are too weak to do anything."

Tatsuya looked at them, massacring the monsters, and said, "You are right."

He called both of them back.

Miyuki and Ning'Er heard his voice and started falling back. Although their enemies were weak, there were too many of them.

When they were near Tatsuya and Miyuki, gigantic swords appeared in the sky before falling down and cutting the path of the monsters.

They killed the ones that were left on their side before taking a breath of relief.

They were both weirded out by that, "Tatsuya-ge, are you feeling well?" She was genuinely worried.

Xiao Ning'Er stared at him with worried eyes. Letting them off easy wasn't something he would do.

Miyuki started giggling; Tatsuya glanced at her before looking at the two who had worried looks, "Don't worry, It's just that these enemies are too weak to be of any trouble to you. Unless something more dangerous comes along, you don't have to worry."

Ziyun had a blissfully happy smile on her face, "A joyful trip for once."

Ning'Er was nodding while smiling, but beneath the surface, she was still vigilant.

They walked for quite some time when Ziyun suddenly noticed something.

"!!! someone is there!!!"

When the others looked towards the direction she was pointing, a lamp was swaying about from the wind.

Although the weather was drizzling and a little misty, the light was not extinguished.

"Is someone living here?" Xiao Ning'Er frowned.

Miyuki shook her head, "No, I smell a monster."

Tatsuya started towards the monsters, "Don't bother with that, for now, we need more information."

Ziyun looked worried, "Is it strong?"

"Not really, It is probably only Peak Gold Rank."

Miyuki could collect information better than anyone when it comes to situations like these.

Especially when Tatsuya couldn't use Elemental Sight freely.

They walked for some time when, Miyuki stopped, "Shen Xiu and Yang Xin are close."

Tatsuya looked behind, "let's wait."

It didn't take long before Yang Xin, Shen Xiu reached them.

"So?"

Shen Xiu first spoke, "Just monsters, there were some small red monsters, they dropped this." she said while taking out some small red orbs.

Miyuki took the crystal, "It seems it could be absorbed; this is a good thing."

Tatsuya gazed at Shen Xiu, "what is the ratio?"

Shen Xiu looked at him, confused, "Ratio?"

Tatsuya nodded, "How many did you kill? How many did they drop?"

Shen Xiu thought for a bit, "Around 100, they dropped 5 or 6."

Tatsuya looked at Miyuki, "Miyuki, do you still have those gloves and Materia?"

Miyuki nodded, "Yes!!" She took out few bracelets with Luck Materia attached to them, "here, these will help, Absorb them into your soul realm."

Ziyun took the bracelet, "Absorb in the soul realm? How?"

Yang Xin snatched one, "Wow! It's so pretty! what does it do?"

Tatsuya looked at her and everyone, "It will help you."

Yang Xin raised her eyebrows, "More stuff you can't tell?"

Tatsuya nodded, "Sorry."

Seeing all of them absorb it, Miyuki looked at Yang Xin, "what did you find?"

Yang Xin shook her head, "Just some monsters."

Tatsuya nodded, "Then let's move forward."

While they were walking, Yang Xin came forward and started walking beside Tatsuya, "Do you think we will find anything here?"

Tatsuya glanced at the mountains and rocks around, "Maybe, Maybe not, this is a big place; we might not have walked even a corner of it."

They walked until they came across a giant monument; Yu Yan looked at that and frowned, "That thing was made by a strong expert."

Ziyun looked at her curiously; "How strong?"

Yu Yan gazed at the momentum, "Very strong."

Tatsuya glanced at the momentum, "Can you tell which spiritual god?"

Yu Yan shook her head, "No."

Just when Tatsuya was thinking if they should interact with the monument or not, a system pop up appeared.

#Suggestion Skill has been activated. Do not interact with the monument.

Tatsuya showed it to Miyuki, who frowned; she was not happy with this. Usually, this meant that they had to give up a big chance to get stronger.

Tatsuya felt her unhappiness, "Why?" he muttered under his breath.

He wasn't talking to Miyuki, but the system. He wanted to try if the suggestion skill was just suggesting or will it explain.

Xiao Ning'Er stood in front of them, "What's wrong?"

Tatsuya looked at everyone looking at him and Miyuki and said, "I don't know if we should interact with it or not."

Miyuki felt a little rebellious; she wanted to interact with the monument, but she couldn't ignore the instinct that was repelling that idea.

Shen Xiu spoke with impatience, "So? are we going to or not?"

Tatsuya frowned, "Not sure, Give me some time."

He took a distance from the others. He took a deep breath thinking about what to do next. According to Yu Yan, that monument was made by an expert.

This place was made by an expert, one or two? If it was one, then good, In case they were two, then they must be somehow connected.

This place raised so many questions and brought massive risk. If Tatsuya wanted to find the answers, then he must step in the risk. The problem was he wasn't sure he could survive this risk, not yet.

Miyuki, who came to Tatsuya, hugged him from behind, "We can always ignore it?"

Tatsuya put his hand on her, "It makes me uneasy."

Miyuki tightened her grip, "Me too."

Xiao Ning'Er came near them but maintained a few arms distance, "We can always come again?"

Tatsuya took a deep breath, "Let me go check."

Miyuki held his hand, "Don't!!"

Tatsuya reassured her, "Don't worry!"

Tatsuya walked towards the monument; when he was near it, he finally got a clear view.

The height of the gigantic monument is roughly dozens meters tall, besides having an ash grey tone.

He saw something written on the monument,

"Who follows me shall be honored. Those who oppose me shall perish. In the lifetime, gifted with extraordinary talent, I started to comprehend at the age of ten, splitting mountains and scattering stones. I Comprehended the gentle realm at the age of thirteen, drying a river at the wave of a hand. At the age of sixteen, I comprehended the profound of the demon spirits and broke through the Legend rank realm. At the age of thirty, no one under the sky can withstand three of my strikes, battling all supreme experts around the world and have never tasted defeat. Comprehended the realm of a man at the age of forty, opened the wisdom, knowing the past and present. At the age of fifty, I sensed a calamity arriving, abandoned the throne, and left. Leaving behind these ten words; to pass down to the next generation."

Tatsuya stared at this; he looked at the ten words that have been destroyed by someone.

He moved forward to touch the monument when suddenly, a smile appeared on his mouth.

#It is suggested you do not interact. If you interact, you will die.

He backed away; at least he knew what he wanted. The guy who left this behind was an enemy and a dangerous one at that.

After Tatsuya, Miyuki, and others left, the monument disappeared.

"Is that a village? Wow! people actually live here!!" Yang Xin shouted excitedly like a little child.

Ziyun and Ning'Er's eyes were shining, "We found another settlement."

Even Shen Xiu was tightly gripping her fist. In times like these where people of the Glory City used to think that they were the last settlement until recently till Heavenly Fate Plateau was found. Finding a new village was like finding a new world.

Houses were built on top of the towering trees. Some places were open platforms, with giant Thunderbird demon beasts quietly standing there.

On the head of the Thunderbirds, there's a crown-like item glowing in the darkness.

This place should be a huge village with tens of thousands of residents living here. Furthermore, from the location that he's standing, there are even more lights in the mountains. Seems like the settlements here are not only one.