VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

(1Hr proper to descend…)

"Oh, Master Elio, Lady Alex."

They were meeting the Viscount early in the morning, yet he looked even more intimidating than yesterday.

"Greetings, Lord Andrew."

"Morning~."

Yesterday, the viscount told them to be more casual around him.

He allowed them to use his name instead of the usual honorifics as a gesture to get closer to them, so Elio was now using his name instead of his title, however, Alex wasn't paying any attention to his status anymore.

[{ "Hey! Aren't you being a little too casual?!" }]

He asked them to be casual with him and she was doing exactly that. However, Elio didn't like how she was even shaking his hand when they met him.

[{ "He asked us to be casual darling. He should have specified what kind of casual." }]

Even the knights that were with him couldn't help their surprise when she shook the viscount's hand.

It was out of the blue.

Even Viscount didn't understand why he instinctively accepted her handshake as if it was the most natural thing he should do at that moment.

"Let me introduce to the people that will be joining us today…"

He didn't understand why he did that. There was no reason for a noble like him to act like that in front of some low leveled new foreigner that had only a few achievements to their name.

She wasn't even a noble so it was just strange how he couldn't even feel anything wrong with what he had just done.

"Oh~. I see a player. Is he someone that will be coming with us?"

This was strange, but he ignored it for the time being and focused on what was important at the moment.

"Oh, that's right. He's someone I've had my eyes on for a while."

There were a few battle mages in his party as well as a few knights. However, along with them, there was an individual in black armor that most certainly didn't seem like a native.

"This is Mister Odin. A dark knight with exceptional combat abilities."

His dark armor was not black but it was a shade of black close to the actual black.

It was shiny armor, and the person that was wearing this armor seemed to be someone in his Late twenties.

"Greetings, Mister-."

"That's a cool name, mister! It's quite refreshing to see someone using a simple name as their ID~." Elio was going to greet him normally, but Alex jumped in and shook his hand as well.

And the one in knight armor actually shook it as well. Experiencing something similar to what Viscount had experienced a moment ago.

"Oh? You're welcome, I guess?"

Short Black hair and dark brown eyes. He seemed pretty much like those eastern people that go for the samurai path when they reach their first awakening stage.

But, this person was different from them.

"I'm Elio. And this is Alex… please excuse her rudeness." He smacked her head and bowed to him as he apologized.

Elio knew it was inappropriate, especially when the person before them had already achieved their first awakening and had a unique Class.

"It's fine. It's no big deal."

He was a [< Dark knight >] someone that could control the [Darkness], a rare kind of energy that very few people in <NO> can access.

Plus, he wasn't a swordsman like most of the knights in this game.

"Haha, it seems like we will be doing the same quest~. Let's do our best~."

He was carrying around a large hammer of his own size, and he was holding it with only one hand as if this large hammer didn't weigh anything to him at all.

"Mister Odin has had experience with the underground area, however, it will be your first time so let me tell you a little about it as we walk."

The viscount first introduced the rest of the party to the two heroes of Moongold who had become famous in the city recently.

Then he introduced the warhammer wielding dark knight, told them how he had known him for a few months now, and finished the small talk.

They would know more about one another as they continued with this quest, so the viscount didn't have to worry about them himself.

[{ "What do you think about him?" }]

[{ "Can't tell yet, but it seems like he knows his stuff. Seeing as how he has achieved his first awakening and is still in this city, it seems like he either likes this place, or there's some reason he's here." }]

"The place we are going to exists under Kalp and only a few people could go there."

They already knew about the underground underworld. Alex had already told him all about it yesterday and, though neither of them had been there, they knew what kind place it was.

"A few 'special' individuals reside there and a few 'unique' things happen there, so I'd like it if you keep what you see there to yourself."

It was early morning so the streets of the city were all pretty much empty.

The shops were closed, there were no hammering sounds, and the people and children were still sleeping in their houses.

There was no one around at this early hour, but they were still using spells to conceal themselves to make their morning walk simple.

Their destination was already decided, but they still walked slowly. There was no need to hurry there.

"Don't worry, lol. We know how to keep things to ourselves."

Alex wasn't even following basic curtsies anymore and was chatting with him as if he was her junior or something.

And the viscount didn't even feel anything weird about it.

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The fact that he was unbothered by something that would be intolerable to him usually started concerning him.

But, for now, he didn't have to worry about it.

There was a bigger issue they had to take care of today.

"This is the gate and once we pass through it, you will find yourself in a new place."

They had reached the corner of a back alley that would take them to the underground area.

They only had to pass through this one wall… and then their main task would commence.