Such a statement naturally drew strong protests from Jibril (physical). After some debate (physical) and sacrifices, the final compromise resulted in the flying car number two in front of us.

Flying Car One has disappeared from the debate (physics).

The two rows of proper seats eliminated the potential danger, and Sull specially named Mr. Flying Car No. 2 "Mr. Miraculous Survivor".

In short, it was quite tiring.

No longer did he have to struggle across the land; in fact, it only took him a few hours to reach the settlement where he had lived for several years. The powerful security forces also meant he no longer had to worry about other races that liked to start wars for no reason and roam the continent.

If Xinke can't beat them, there's Jibril. And if Jibril can't beat them either, she can call for backup. As a race skilled in spatial manipulation, Jibril can easily summon several of her sisters to help her in an instant if she wants to.

Suer always felt that even if this Skywing race fought to the death, he wouldn't call for reinforcements.

Standing at the entrance to that secluded path leading into the mountainside, a path he had traversed countless times, Suer felt a mix of emotions.

Yes, the old settlement.

This place has been abandoned by Liku.

This was the information reported by the forest elves that Xinke had sent. To be honest, when Suer first heard this news, he almost had a heart attack. However, he was relieved after hearing that there were no signs of an attack inside.

Liku chose to transfer voluntarily... Was it because of the last message I left behind?

Sull could only guess at this, and the unease that Riku felt about entrusting his safety to the enemy was unbearable, given the potential crisis from the orcs.

Using the light created by magic, Suer saw that the ore hidden in the iron rack between the stones at the entrance was covered with dust, indicating that no one had been here for a long time.

Feeling inexplicably complicated, even though the light created by Xinke's magic was enough to see, Suer still took a piece of ore from the iron rack, stuck it on a wooden stick, and dipped it into the babbling underground river beside him.

Soaked in the water, the originally translucent mineral gradually began to shimmer, emitting a warm orange-yellow glow, appearing particularly persistent in the magical white light.

"It's really cramped," Jibril remarked, looking around as her toes were only a few centimeters off the ground.

“…It’s quite spacious inside, let’s go in first,” Su’er explained simply, then held up his torch and walked into the depths of the path he had walked countless times.

Perhaps sensing Suer's mood, no one spoke during the rather long walk until they reached the end.

The wooden door, meant to keep out wild animals that occasionally wandered in, was half-open, and the spiked traps had been pushed aside. Through the gap in the middle, Suer could also see white spider webs.

Pulling away the spiderwebs, Suer and his two companions entered through the rising dust and arrived at the settlement's main hall.

In the past, when people had nothing to do and were afraid of being lonely, they would come to this square-like place to chat or something. The light from the minerals illuminated the place day and night. But now, there is no one here, and only emptiness remains.

Suer saw the huge stone pillar in the center of the hall and the pool below it, but the beautiful stones hanging from the ropes around the pillar were gone.

Those stones, representing the lives of those who gave their lives for the community, are the only remaining proof of those most venerable heroes.

'They must have been taken to the new settlement during the relocation, right?'

Suer pondered this in his heart. To be honest, this should have been good news, proving that everyone had not been attacked and had chosen to migrate. But for some reason, what lingered in his heart at this moment was an endless sense of loneliness.

Some things can never be recovered.

Chapter 169 A Feeling of Fear Upon Returning Home?

He once considered this place his final resting place, but that resting place has since vanished.

The empty cave, devoid of any human presence, is filled only with endless cold and gloom. Although it was a home built by our own hands, stepping into it again now feels like an adventure from the first time we arrived.

"This is where livestock are raised."

"So small~"

"This is where most people live."

"So messy~"

"This is where you take a bath."

"How shabby!"

"This is where books and documents are stored."

Where is the book?

"It's probably been moved... I guess."

"So little~"

"...It's already pretty good. Don't be too demanding."

Despite Xin Ke's cheerful assessment, Su Er listlessly gave her and Jibril a brief introduction, showing them all the settlements where he had once lived.

She showed no signs of impatience; in fact, Jibril flew up and down with great curiosity, carefully observing the items that couldn't be taken with her during the evacuation.

“This is the last place,” Suer said, stopping in front of a wooden door after walking through a corridor. “My room.”

Some of the cracked wooden doors were covered in dust, as were the iron racks used to hold the lamps by the door. The damp air made them stick together slightly, and they felt sticky when Suer's hand touched the doorknob.

The creaking sound when the door was pushed open made Su Er wonder if he would have twisted it off if he had used just a little more force.

"Mr. Monkey has been living here since he came to this world?" As Xin Ke walked past Su Er into the room, she asked curiously, raising the ball of light she was holding.

The magical orb radiating white light flew to the top of the room in the blink of an eye, and its light increased, illuminating everything in the room.

“…No, when I first came to this world, I was actually in a small settlement with not many people. I didn’t even stay there for long before the settlement was destroyed by the orcs,” Sul said with a casual shrug, sticking the now-unused torch into the wall.

“Thanks to Riku and the others for taking us in, otherwise I would probably be dead somewhere by now, since I couldn’t even communicate back then,” Sull said as he walked to his table and looked around, paying particular attention to the bottom of the table—but he found nothing.

"Ah~, that human named Riku?" Jibril said casually as she rummaged through Sull's cabinet as if she could find a flower in it. "I've heard you praise him so much... to be honest, it's getting a bit tiresome. Even I'm starting to feel curious to meet him."

"Haha, please forgive me, you'll see him soon... Uh, I just hope your presence won't scare him..." Suddenly, one funny scene after another popped into his mind. Suer wanted to laugh, but then felt it wasn't quite right, so he held it back.

Why does he always feel like Riku will yell at him? He's a little scared, what should he do?

"What is Mr. Monkey looking for?" Suer's room wasn't big, and at this moment, a lot of things had been moved out. Xin Ke quickly lost interest, but when she turned around, she saw Suer lying under the bed with only his two legs sticking out.

"Looking for that mark... Ah, found it," Suer said, quickly crawling out from under the bed and moving the wooden bed outwards, squatting down next to the stone near the head of the bed.

A unique symbol without any written meaning, not very large, was the most obvious mark found by the forest elves sent here by Shinko after a thorough investigation—representing one of all the habitable caves that Sull and Riku had explored.

With a try-it-and-see attitude, Sull asked the forest elf to go and check the cave that the mark represented again. There they found the settlement that had already been relocated. After that, it was just a matter of providing hidden supplies. There's not much to say about that.

But what Suer is looking for right now is not just this symbol. He observes the symbol and silently counts the small hooks on the main body drawn in one stroke from top to bottom. Then he stands up, turns his back to the wall, and walks around, taking a few steps to the left and a few steps to the right. Then he carefully examines the marks on the spot where he stands. There are many different characters there. He then picks out the correct characters in order.

By reassembling these words, Sull obtained the information that Liku had left behind.

To summarize: If you, Sur, are still alive and have returned here, then just go directly to the new settlement. Don't worry about implicating us. Thanks to your efforts, the orcs' sphere of influence has begun to shrink. I haven't revealed the information you left behind to everyone; the others just think you've gone on a difficult mission. In addition, Riku pointed out several places on the continent that could potentially become battlefields, warning him to be extremely careful...

Liku firmly believed that Sull was definitely not dead.

It's clear that even after the relocation, he returned here several times to continuously update the information.

"Let's go," Suer sighed deeply, glancing around the room one last time. He probably wouldn't be coming back here. "It's time to leave."

The obsession I had placed here has vanished.

Xin Ke drove very fast, and Su Er even felt as if he had become light, with scattered spirits trailing behind the flying car like comets.

"Slow down!! Please slow down!!!"

"Huh? Didn't you say you wanted to see that Riku as soon as possible?"

Jibril leaned against the car door, chatting and laughing. She found Sue's reaction quite amusing.

"Don't be so conspicuous!! What if we expose the settlement's secrecy! Going straight there like this will definitely attract the attention of other races!!!" Everything outside his sight had been stretched into colorful thin lines. Suer was almost screaming. To be honest, thanks to the equipment, this speed didn't put any pressure on his body, but it might not be so psychological.

"Alright, alright, Mr. Monkey really has a lot of demands," Xin Ke sighed helplessly, finally slowing down and concealing the existence of the flying car.

Thanks to this rapid arrival, Suer felt unprepared, and he was already standing at the entrance of the relocated settlement.

What causes this feeling of trepidation upon returning home?

Following the village's custom, Suer found a new torch in a crack in the stone not far from the entrance to the path. It was brand new and without a speck of dust, indicating that it was used frequently.

This time, we can't use magical lighting.

Chapter 170 Relief

"Oh right, put these on," Suer said, suddenly remembering something crucial, as he took two dark brown robes out of his backpack.

"Huh? Can I not wear it?" Jibril said disdainfully, pinching the robe between two fingers.

“Obviously not,” Sue rolled his eyes and handed another, much larger robe to Xinke beside him. He was still worried and kept reminding Jibril, “By the way, please walk on the ground while we’re inside—if that’s not possible, please make sure you float just a little bit off the ground, okay?”

Seeing that the tall forest elf hadn't said much before draping the robe over her shoulders, Xin Ke was alright; although she was a bit too tall compared to other humans, it was still somewhat understandable. But Jibril's wings...

To be honest, after putting on the robe, I looked like a triangular kite being stretched out...

"...Could you please retract your wings a little, uh, tuck them behind your back or something?" With his hands gesturing back and forth in the air, Sull pointed to the two protruding horns that appeared after Jibril put on her cloak.

It was impossible for them to wait for him outside. Sull had mentioned this when they arrived at the new settlement, and the Forest Elves and Skywings immediately rejected it. They even refused his subsequent suggestion to use invisibility magic to follow him, leaving no room for negotiation.

Rather, it's more like Suer felt that the more he tried to persuade them, the more these two wanted to appear openly in the settlement... They were naturally fearless.

Only humans can experience a spike in blood pressure.

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