VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

"What's that~? Woh! It looks pretty~!"

Thankfully, Misha had recovered from the shock of the incident pretty quickly.

"It's a tree creature, dear. It's called (Pink flower tree). It's quite dangerous, but they don't attack anyone unless they are provoked."

They were still passing through the forest area but the town was nearing.

Just one more night's travel and they would reach their destination.

"Look at those flowers~! So prettttttty~!"

Misha was having fun looking at the things around here and there.

The creatures of the forest weren't all dangerous. Some were quite friendly. And thanks to Elio, there were a lot that were much friendlier to them.

These creatures were pretty fun, but traveling without fights with beasts and creatures was pretty uncommon.

There were a great lot of beings here and there that caught the attention of both Elio and Alex.

Sera was doing much better as well so with her informing them, they did not have to worry about any great threats.

They were trying to make it easy to fight creatures of comparatively lower levels as the target, but now that Elio was (Level-39), the Leveling up was going to be a difficult task.

Defeating the mage was a great thing for them. Alex was now (Level-42) as well, and though the Exp that Miss Rin got was comparatively higher than Elio's portion, she did not advance even one level.

She was already high level so the divided Exp she got according to her contribution was much lower, but she was happy with what she got.

"Oh, look! There's a pretty bird!"

"It's a Red Nightingale dear. They are pretty sweet."

"And shy as well."

They are rarely tamable, but some people, usually nobles, did have their kind as pets.

"We should prepare to stop now, right?"

"Hmm?"

They all had leveled up quite a bit, and they were going to travel at night now that they were almost out of the forest area.

It would be a smooth journey once they were outside the forest, so they could sleep later if they wanted.

Resting now and having some food was more important.

"Are we camping again?"

"Yes, a short rest."

Misha was having fun looking around the things even though it wasn't her first time traveling in a carriage through the forest.

She had seen her fair share of things, but she was having fun since for the first time, she was not by herself.

Az and Miu were with her as well and they were also having fun together with their friend.

They were happy now, but they had also suffered as much as the rest of them.

Az did its best and it protected her by fighting the mage with everything it had. And Miu did what it could…

Misha could not do anything since she had no experience with such incidents. She had not seen her mom fight and she had never been in a situation where someone would be after her.

She did not yet understand how special she was, but now that they have had this experience, questions have bloomed in her heart.

And, it would be up to her mother to answer those personal questions.

"That seems to be a good place."

"No. Sera says there's a bee nest near that area."

"Oh?"

They were inside a forest but this place was relatively safer than the forest around the Moongold.

It was also maintained regularly by the forces of Yuta, so the travelers did not always have to worry about the sudden ambush.

Still, being careful was always much better than engaging in a fight unprepared.

"We will camp there then."

"Hmmm. That one's fine."

They had learned how important it was to stay alert even in the safest places, so they weren't going to face the kind of situation they did earlier.

"Miss Rin. Can you please look after them this time?"

"Of course. You haven't slept in a while, so have some rest."

"I'll help-."

"I can look after them. Besides, Misha wanted to learn how to set up a camp."

"Yei~! Both of you should sleep! You look tired!"

"Muuu!"

"Miu!"

"Chirp!"

Even Sera suggested they go to sleep since she knew they were going to mostly stay awake tonight as well.

It was still bright and the sun was still there. They wouldn't have to worry about them for a while at least.

"Alright then…"

The town of Yuta was not that far anymore.

They should reach the place by the time the next dawn breaks out.

The journey that should not have taken too long was prolonged due to a greedy mage. They almost faced a tragedy on their way to this town.

But that was all in the past.

"I'll make something to eat for everyone before we depart."

She was tired, and he was sleepy.

They did not get much sleep after their first camp, and they had been traveling for a while now.

They needed to be careful while traveling since they were with creatures that had the tendency to run around occasionally, and someone had to watch over them all the time.

"El."

"Don't worry about me… I'm just… sleepy."

He was not just sleepy. He was still contemplating over the big question haunting him.

Everyone around him, especially Miss Rin was doing her best even though there wasn't really any need for her to do so.

She was traveling with us but it wasn't like she was our knight. She was free to do anything she wanted… and yet, even after being wounded and experiencing an incident like that, she did not blame them for it.

She knew she was to blame for a lot that happened, if it weren't for her being unable to control her powers well, none of this would have happened in the first place.

She also blamed herself for all of this.

But at the end of the day, it happened because the greedy mage found an opportunity.

"Az~! Miu~! Let's play~."

"Miu!"

"Muuuu~!"

One thing that at least soothed their burning hearts and souls was this happy smile of the young girl.

She knew what everyone was going through right now.

She knew how they were feeling as well. That was perhaps the main reason she thought acting happy and fine like this would make them all happy.

"Don't make too much noise! You will attract big and scary monsters~!"

They knew she had still not recovered from that incident completely, but her tricks still worked on them. Read new chapters at empire

"That girl…"

"Hahaha."

They were a little more cheerful thanks to her.

And perhaps, it was also thanks to these cheerful bright children that they were able to have a good night's sleep without any breathing problems or hypnic jerks.