VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

A boundary.

A unique place that divides one spatial coordinate from the other.

Though this is a rare phenomenon, there are boundaries all around the world that connect one place with another, a place that acts like a natural teleportation system.

Though, unlike the gates and magic scrolls of teleportation that actually creates a medium that connects two distinct spatial coordinates, a boundary is basically like a hole in a flat fabric.

Even though it works pretty much the same as the normal Gates, it is not as safe as the maintained transportation mediums… they are dangerous, and in some cases, they connect one world with another.

Those that connect one world with another are called [World Boundaries]. But, the lake in the center of the forest wasn't anything like that.

{ "It's a place called 'Final plains' or something. I've only been there in the past so I don't know much about it, but that place apparently exists somewhere else.

And that makes it the only actual exit to this entire region since just like how the winds cover the mountain top most of the days, the same winds cover the entire area around this mountain and the forest under it.

Even I do not know what those winds are but they are the same as a barrier. Not even I can get past them, so those dumb beasts are obviously trapped here as well.

However, this lake is the exit, and all the beasts instinctively know that.

They are attracted to the strong energy that concentrates around the lake during the new moons. And, coincidentally, it is also the day when the barrier covering this specific mountain top vanishes." }

The fluffy creature explained to them how this might be due to the effects of the moonlight or the red light that is produced for that specific duration in that specific period.

It did not really know much about why it happened, but it explained to them all that it knew about the night, how it was concentrated on that lake for some reason, how the lake was a boundary, and how there was something about that 'exit' that attracted all those creatures.

{ "This place is mostly closed off so no one can go in and out of here unless they deal with the wind currents. Which, from what I know, is actually possible." }

This was an interesting part. Elio had been waiting for this strangely chatty creature to reach this part.

{ "There were two people, two strange humans like you from some different world that came here a few years ago.

And they came here after touring through those wind currents.

They used some kind of special technique, but most of it was because of their great power.

They were nothing like what I had seen until then.

They can see me as well, but unlike you who can do it because of some strange eye skill, they can do it because I was simply that much slower in their eyes.

They weren't intimidating, instead, they called me 'cute'… the way that strange woman looked at me and the way that amazing man looked at me were completely different.

But, the way they looked at one another indicated a bond so deep I have only seen it among some special creatures of this forest. Some special creature who bond with their partner for their lifetime." }

Elio didn't really have to ask more about these two individuals. Just from that little description, he could tell who this creature might be talking about.

"Did they tell you their name? Was it something like (White wing) and (Black wing)?"

Those were names that any mortal in this world, player or native, would know in a heartbeat.

{ "Oh! So you do know about them! You are not as oblivious as I thought you'd be!" }

The pinnacle of mortality, the highest ranking individuals on the unified rankings, the Gods of sword and magic… the honored ones. The heavens that achieved their fourth awakening along with their godhood and ascended to a realm that was beyond any of the mortals present here.

There was no way he would not know them. They were living legends that no one knew much about.

Only a few people had ever seen them, and even fewer knew about them… however, they had left the mark of their existence on this world deeply.

'Be it the first conquest of the highest difficulty dungeons, be it exploration of the furthest points of this world, be it making achievements in the creation and destruction fields, or be it their sheer uniqueness that lifted them above everyone else… the Wing-couple as the world called them.

'They were here…'

They came here on their own, and they went back with their own will.

'They scared a divine beast with their mere presence. And they even made me admire them.'

Elio had not met them, but Alex had. And from all that she had told him about them, he knew just how amazing those two were.

{ "They were strong so they could do whatever they wanted, but you're a weird human. Not only are you as weak as a twig, you fell out of nowhere.

You somehow befriended creatures that didn't even come close to those two, and you even stole my grass!

If not weird, I don't even know what I should call you!" }

Hearing about those two was surely a surprise for him.

And he wanted to know more about them. More than how to get out of here, he wanted to know more about this special creature that had met those legendary figures personally.

"You can call me Elio. That's my name in this world and from where I come from as well. And this is Sera.
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We might not know as much as a genius figure like you, but we would be honored if you could tell us more about our lowly selves. As well as your great being-."

{ "That human woman taught me how this way of talking is called 'buttering up' to someone. If you're trying that, it's not going to work. I'll warn you about that." }

From the looks of it, it certainly seemed to be working though.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that."

But telling this little one that would cause trouble so he just continued on with his question.

And, with a new motivation, the creature answered his questions as well. It was actually happy while he talked with him for some reason…