After taking care of all the troubles, Youlius was freed from that artifact and got his powers back. He was punished to be the guardian of the city for a few years and after that he would still be able to live freely just like before. Youlius knew that there was no way that he would be left without any punishment at all so this light punishment was fine for him.

But before that he asked for permission from Selena to visit his hometown once before settling in this city for quite some time. Selena had no reason to reject his request and so she gave him her permission.

And his hometown was also exactly the place that Elena and Tomoe were planning to go next. It was located deeper into a dense forest and this city was called the Hanging City of Menuzin. Tomoe had already seen the sea and even had a fight in the middle of it and now Elena wanted her to see a dense forest which she had never seen before.

As a desert elf, it was hard for Tomoe to imagine what a forest would look like. The closest thing she had seen resembling a forest was a group of cactus bunching up together. For that reason she was truly very interested in seeing a real forest for the first time.

Youlius, Elena and Tomoe would make the journey together and then they would be separated after reaching the city. Youlius was planning to return back to the city of Hel Oieri after two days at most where Elena and Tomoe were planning to stay here for quite some time.

They could have stayed in the Hel Oieri for a few more days as rent really had not explored the city. But after it was known that Tomoe was a S ranker and was also one of the heroes, her popularity in the city had gone high up. For that reason people were always looking at her with respectful expression and always behaved very obediently.

This did not bother Tomoe but Elena was not fine with it. She had brought Tomoe out here to gain new experiences but the way the people had started to behave was no different from how the people of the desert were acting toward the ladies of the secret village.

So Tomoe was not getting enough social experience here. That was the main reason why Elena decided to change their location. She did plan to take her to a different coastal region before ending their journey to allow her to enjoy the sea once again to her heart's content.

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The journey to the city of Menuzin was very boring and uneventful. That was because Tomoe did not like Youlius that much and she was still a little bit upset because of his taunting. So for the whole way she did not interact with him that much.

As for the dangers there was none. Elena did not need to do anything as whenever any monsters approached them, Tomoe either cut them all down or Youlius smashed them with his hammer. So the journey was very smooth.

Even though it was a bit awkward, as Elena had given him quite a few advice on the way Youlius was still happy with the journey. After reaching the city he thanked Elena and went on his different way.

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The city of Menuzin was different from all the other cities that Elena and Tomoe had seen before. There were no front gates or walls and for a person coming across this place unknowingly might even not be able to see that a city was present in this place.

That was because the Hanging City of Menuzin was located above the ground, on the bodies of the large trees located in this forest. Because of the High Goddess Alreuni's blessing, the trees of this forest never died and were also extra robust to support a lot of weight. That was the reason why this city was still thriving after many years.

This city was one of the oldest cities of this continent. This place was also one of the most ancient cities where the elves had first started living in a group. At the beginning of their creation as a race, elves were mostly solitary and did not seek companionship from anyone.

But with time, they started to group up together for many reasons, like survival, lust or genuine friendship. And that was how they started to live within small groups. One such group created this city. This group were together because they were grouping up against powerful monsters and beasts living in this forest and that was the reason why they built their houses above the trees in order to give them some extra protection.

Obviously since that time the city had changed and became bigger. And with the appearance of many powerful people, this forest also became a very safe place after all the monsters were killed. So technically there was no need for the elves of this place to live above the trees anymore.

But after living in this way for a long time, they had gotten used to it. Most even found their current lifestyle to be more desirable than living normally on the ground. That was the reason why this city still stayed the same way.

It was a city full of history and it was also extremely large. To get a slight idea about the scale of the city, there were five layers to this city. Even the smallest layer was covering an area of over a few kilometers. And as for the biggest layer, it was ten times larger than that. So yeah it was extremely huge.

That was the reason why Elena was planning to live here for a long time. Not only would Tomoe be able to experience and enjoy a rare lifestyle, even Elena herself was excited to try this lifestyle out. So even she was looking forward to exploring this city.

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This city was also known as one of the holy grounds as the Goddess Alreuni herself had blessed this place. And with its unique culture and structure, it was definitely a very famous tourist sight. And at the same time, this place was also the birthplace of many S rankers.

Over the last century this place had produced more than 5 S rankers, so Youlius was not an anomaly of this place. In terms of pure strength, this city was stronger than even the secret village. But the population of the sacred village was just a few hundreds of people but on the other hand, this city had tens of millions of elves living in it. So comparing them was unfair.

For all these reasons Elena believed that this would be a perfect place for Tomoe to gain many valuable experiences. So just like that, Elena's and Tomoe's adventure was just beginning in the ancient hanging city, Menuzin.

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