VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

{ "Some happenings in the great forest had been concerning us for a few days now, however, despite our investigations, we had not found anything that could threaten the safety and integrity of our Moongold." }

The town mayor, Roland Lan Hunter, was around a forty year old man that had a sharp face, a thick mustache and among all the people present in this plaza, only he was dressed like a proper high standing person.

His appearance was distinct from the other natives of this world, it was Elio's first time seeing someone as unique as him ever since he came here.

{ "The rumors of a 'nightmare' being present in the forest was but a rumor, and the individuals that caused trouble for the other foreigners will be investigated as we find more concrete evidence of their alleged actions." }

His hair was blue, even his mustache was. His eyes on the other hand were deep green… the people could see a unique faint glow inside them as well but, they did not think much of it.

Just the way he was dressed made him seem intimidating and since all the individuals present here knew about his status, they could not help but look up to the person chosen by the great lord that governs this entire northwestern lands of the great kingdom this town was ultimately part of.

{ "However, we face a greater threat today and I want all of you to hear us out in this grave time of urgency." }

There was a unique seriousness in his eyes, and even though Alex and Elio had just arrived here, both of them could guess what all of this was about.

"They are talking about a light."

"I think you're thinking the same thing as me."

Elio didn't need many details to know the light that alerted the mages of the magic tower coming from the forest was in fact the same light that was sparked when they used the spell tome to heal the little gecko.

"Then… is this because of us?"

He looked up at the Mayor, the highest authority of this town that possessed greater charisma than anyone else in this plaza.

He was a simple human, not a mage or a knight, and yet the kind of aura that this person had stood out even when the strong knights and mages of the magic tower were all present in the same plaza as them.

"I… don't think that's all."

Alex was thinking about a certain thing since earlier…

"You see how they are talking about this 'nightmare' thing?"

Elio looked at her while the Mayor had paused to take a look at the people who had gathered at his urgent notice.

There was a certain confusion on her face, a kind of expression that was confused about something deeper than what met to one's eyes.

"You mean… you're not the nightmare they have been talking about?"

"Um-hun."

She was confused how even though she only beat up a few people, there was so much commotion happening about some kind of nightmare being present in the hunting forest.

It was the biggest hunting area of this town so even though she had wiped out every single kind of creature of this forest at least once in her half a month she had been here, she did not engage with the other people much.

The most she had done was to teach a lesson to the thugs that she sent to the prison, and deal with a bunch of nobodies that would not have such a profound impact on a town as great as this one.

Her actions had always been calculated so she would not be the center of a rumor as widespread as this one. So…

Something else was definitely the cause of these rumors.

And, this same something must also be the reason why a field boss that should always be fighting with the players had been living such a lax life, or why a creature as unique as their new gecko friend was suffering inside the cave of a dirty Hob.

"Let's see…"

This whole situation was unexpected as well since just a bright light inside the forest that one could not say for certain belonged to a (tier-5) unique magic of a lost civilization, would not attract this much attention from the mages.

And, ultimately, as she knew, the mayor of this town was one of the most qualified people in the northwest.

He would not gather almost all the players and just the most elite forces available in the town for something as simple as a bright light of an unknown origin or a or, for some rumored nightmare's investigation.

"He should explain the situation now."

With a complicated look, she looked up at the mayor and, though worried about his new friend, he also focused on the Mayor.

However… what the mayor revealed next shocked not just him or her, but to nearly all players currently present in this plaza.

{ "We have confirmed that a dungeon of our territory- the Deep Cave of Arrbo, has fallen into the hands of a dark magician." }

"...what?"

"Hun?"

"Hunnn???"

"A Dark magician?!"

"Wait!? What?!"

This new revelation came as the most unexpected news to the new players who had just joined this game or had always been a resident of this town.

"It all makes sense now…"

Alex joined the pieces together from that simple piece of information and knew exactly what was going on right now, as well as how their simple time in this town was going to become a little more exciting than what she had expected.

{ "It is shocking news, I understand as well. However, some of our bravest and most talented friends lost their lives to confirm this information. And I do not want their sacrifice to be in vain." }

As all players familiar with the world of <New origin> knew… as every single person who knew about the [Six Main scenarios] knew, the name 'Dark' magician was not something as simple as someone who used dark magic.

The dark magicians of this world were the same as what one would understand as 'Demons' of the underworld.

They were entities far beyond the simple mages, and were worshipers of evil beings– not demons, but evil beings who had nothing but evil in them.

{ "Additionally, the mages of magic tower unanimously sensed a great explosion of dark magic in the northern part of the forest." }

The northern part was completely on the opposite side from where the two of them had been when they used the magic tome to cure the gecko.

{ "And just now… we confirmed that the dark mage would soon initiate an assault on Our Moongold!" }

There was a great anger in the calm eyes of the Mayor that every player present in the vicinity could feel right on their skins.

"This is unexpected…"

But this very situation sent a smirk on Her face.

{ "Thus… I ask for your great help, foreigners." }

[Ding!]

There were many types of quests in <NO> but the one that she liked the most was not where one had to fight a strong opponent.

No…

There were many strong opponents present in this world already that were beyond anyone's imagination.

And she was well familiar with them.

[A unique Regional-quest has been issued!]

She had already fought many unfathomable creatures and ones that she could not defeat even with her strength. So she was not interested in them that much.

"Alex?"

What interested her, though, were the large-scale quests that had a boss monster that one needed a large group of people or an army to take care of…

"Looks like we will have to finish the dinner quickly, El darling."

She loved these kinds of quests.

And, she loved doing crazy things during these already crazy kinds of event quests.