VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

[Ding!]

[You've completed the personal quest.]

[You've earned the achievement: Viscount's recognition (Rare)!]

[You've earned the achievement: Savior of Darkness (Common)!]

[Exp has been awarded for the total achievements!]

[Ding!]

[Level up!]

[(Level-66) > (Level-67).]

[As an additional reward for defeating the puppets of the designated target, you have received: Victory pouch [Coins: 30 Silver, 100 Copper; Potion: Healing potion (Basic) Stamina potion (Basic).]

[Chain quest will be revealed soon…]

[Viscount's unique trade shop will become available soon...]

The rewards they received were quite good. And the fact that they both received two new achievements was the best thing.

The additional rewards were one thing, but the reward boxes were more important than anything else that they received, aside from the level and Exp, of course.

"Haaa… it was exhausting…"

Elio walked up to Alex and looked down at her as she lay on the destroyed ground, covered in dry blood and dust.

"You look like a mess."

"I Am a mess…"

He used up all his Mana so he didn't even have anything left to cast a water attribute spell to help her clean herself.

Sera was also exhausted so Elio already instructed her to go back inside her mark on his hand.

She needed rest, but she declined and flew back to look around the place in case there was any danger left.

"Man, that was quite something."

Odin was also still stunned by what they had just done.

"That was the most thrilling thing I've done in this game!"

He was also out of all energy but there was a bright smile present on his face.

His hamlet was destroyed, half of his armor was dented after enduring all those explosions and he was bleeding through his mouth and eyes… but he was still smiling radiantly.

"Are you a solo player, Odin?"

Alex somehow sat down with Elio's help and looked beside her at the dark knight that had achieved his goal.

The quest from the viscount must have been completed, but since the seed of darkness that was present in the body of the now dead Joker was still present there, his main main task should still be pending.

But that was beside the point.

"Yes… well, I don't have any special friends or anything. I just like playing by myself.

It's only been two months IRL time since I started actually so I've not met anyone special."

<NO> was a special game that almost everyone throughout the world knew about.

Around thirty percent of the world population was playing this game in this era, and new players that had not joined it in the last few years due to their own circumstances were still joining this world every day.

Be it young people that were just becoming eligible for playing this game or had gathered enough money to purchase a head gear, were the main population of the new players.

But, occasionally, even older people like him joined in on this fun world.

"Is that so? Then, why did you start playing? To earn money or something?"

The equipment that he had was pretty basic and seemed to be purchased from this very city or rewards from the quests.

He wasn't like the normal players and like Olive, he seemed to be an old fashioned man.

"Not really for money, though money definitely is a great factor in this game.

Well… to tell you the truth, I was working in a good position until recently so I didn't really have any interest in games or anything."

"This is your first VR game?"

Now that was surprising for both of them.

He was somewhat like Elio.

"Yes… you can say that."

He was still laying on the floor, but, right after he said that, he felt a familiar presence from nearby and instinctively raised his body.

"Looks like you're bonding… we should have waited a little longer."

It was a familiar voice. A deep familiar voice that they all recognised instantly and looked in the direction it had come from.

"Lord Andrew…"

Elio looked at him with an upset gaze, while Alex was already pouting.

"Hey! Why didn't you tell us it's going to be so dangerous?!"

He was a noble and yet she was shouting at him again.

"Mind your words, Lady!"

The informal talk was something the knights and the battle mages still overlooked, but this kind of informal way of talking to him was unacceptable!

They couldn't tolerate it. And ended up raising their voice.

"It's alright."

However the viscount didn't mind her words.

"That's right. We should have given you some more information. I apologize."

"Hmm?"

"…"

Until now, he had only shown them his tough act and his noble side, but for the first time, he was being humble before them.

And, that apology was something that was unexpected even for Alex.

"I'll make sure you have all the information we do the next time."

He was saying he would be more transparent with his quests the next time… which actually meant he wasn't going to test them anymore.

"I'd appreciate it if we can continue this cooperative relationship."

Relationship…

[{ "Is this his recognition? Does this mean we are closer now?" }]

[{ "Of course, dummy." }]

They had to get the recognition of the viscount to finish their quest, and they did get it at this moment.

They proved their worth, and that worth was something too precious for even this person…

"Ah, looks like you got hurt a little."

Viscount Andrew Cromwell.

He was a mage knight.

A knight that could wield magic.

-Ooooooooooooong!

It was known that he had mastered various spells of the Destruction series and even knew various basic spells of the rest of the series.

He had fought in the wars alongside the person he followed, so he was an experienced mage.

"There. Is it better now?"

Casting a healing spell was no big deal for him.

"Much better. Thanks."

Alex was being informal again, but the two others with her were genuinely surprised how all the wounds were healed in an instant.

They even got cleaned up, as if someone had washed them with a few buckets of water without them knowing.

"Well then… now that our work is taken care of, how about we all go back? Staying here isn't the best thing at the moment."

Someone that had lived in this underground for a long time was killed… the other inhabitants and The ones that changed the structure of this place every other day weren't going to like it.

"Oh, but before that… you should claim what you've worked so much for, Mister Odin."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

There was a dead body that was already decomposing.

However beside this dead body, there was an Embryo… a pulsating life that was searching for a host.

"Thank you… Lord viscount."

This little dark Crystal wasn't anything simple. It was very valuable, and precious.

"It is what you have been looking for. It is only right that you have it."

He could have very well claimed this precious thing as his own and made an enormous profit off of it.

But, he didn't do what many other lords would have done in this situation.

He did what was right… just like how he had done for most of his human life.