VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

(POV: Odin.)

(PS: Voice: He is a Dark Knight.)

It took me a long time to search for any clues related to the 'Bright Darkness' that was mentioned in the quest I received even before I became a Dark knight.

'Was it during the tutorial? I think right after the tutorial, right?'

I didn't find it strange that I was getting a quest out of the blue right after finishing the Tutorial quest.

It was a simple thing for someone like me who didn't even know much about these games and these worlds and the settings and what not…n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

'Yes I did my research, I surely read all the things I needed to- the guides and the tutorials- some of my colleagues used to play this game so I have heard about it in the past as well.'

So I didn't think much about this unique quest at that time, but after learning a little more about this game and understanding how the quests in general were a rare thing in this world, especially the ones that one received out of the blue, I was quite confused why I would have gotten this quest.

The quest didn't have many details. It was worded vaguely as well.

'It wanted me to go to the city that was living in its original state.'

The quest didn't reveal a lot of things, and kept pointing me in some direction…

"Go Odin~. Hahaha~. Elio, watch closely~. Something fun is going to happen."

I can hear Miss Alex's voice… she was not like the players that I've met until now.

'Rankers… or do they call them the High rankers?'

She was different from any kind of player I had met. She was more like those regressors on manhwa that know about the things that will happen or have far more experience compared to their low level and weak self.

She was different from anyone I've met, and her partner, Elio was the same.

'I've not seen someone use a Sword like she does, not even in the videos.'

And casting six spells and combining them into one spell? Casting two pairs of six spells of different elements at once?

'Is that even legal?'

If I was new to this game, I would think they were using some kind of bug or cheat.

'I actually would have believed at least Elio is using some kind of hacks or cracked additional code.'

Sadly, that wasn't the case. In a place that was practically an actual world, the 'hacking' concept couldn't exist in the first place.

'There was a very unique class that worked with space-time and was too sci-fi to fit into this medieval theme here, and Elio certainly didn't have that class.'

He was simply a mage, or something else like a mage.

'He just possessed tremendous talent.'

It's not everyday you meet special people like these two. Elio even had a special servant, so I can't even imagine what kind of force these two were going to grow into in the upcoming future…

'I have to maintain this connection we have at least.'

After being kicked out, the need for cash is constant. And with acquaintances like these two, who knows?

'I might actually strike it big.'

It was just a wish but hey, a thirsty longs for a paradise, right?

"Alright."

The quest brought me here. It forced me to get close to the viscount.

Thanks to this quest, I spent a big part of my time here doing various things for viscount and I was happy when the quest window said this quest from the viscount would be the final task.

'I knew I was looking for something.'

I knew the quests wanted me to look for something and most of the things I did were somehow related to that.

Until now, I didn't know what I was looking for… however…

-Psssssss…

The moment I saw that person covered in that dense Darkness, I felt something strange deep inside my heart.

It was a strange feeling… I knew what I was Searching for so long at that moment as well.

"Should I just pick it up?"

"It's fine, Odin! Just pick it up!"

She seemed to know something that I don't once again but, I don't know if she knows what's going on with me, or why I was still feeling so… so, hot.

This strange feeling in my heart…

In my soul, if I can say that…

"Alright then."

The little crystal that was the only thing remaining after the decomposition of the former Joker's body.

This little crystal that he was gifted with.

It was a living being.

A creature born from nature, from darkness itself.

"Hello." Picking the little crystal up carefully and gently, feeling the strange sensation intensifying inside of me, I looked at the beautiful movements of darkness inside this jewel.

It was beautiful.

And, for some reason, it seems like it's happy to see me as well.

-Oooooooooooong.

When I picked it up, my raging heart started calming down.

A strange sensation washed over me.

I felt as if… as if…

-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!

As if I was liberated.

-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish!

I was looking at the crystal a moment ago, and the very next moment, I found myself in an endless void.

Underneath my feet, there was black water.

In front of me, there was a dark sky starching endlessly on all sides.

And dividing all of this, was the surface of the black water… or, the faint silver light being reflected on its surface.

'What's happening…'

I wanted to think something like that, but I didn't.

I couldn't.

There was no need to…

-Step. Step. Step.

My heart was serene at this moment.

-Step. Step.

I could Feel footsteps inside of me.

Footsteps of not a human… but of a being that seemed to have been part of my long lost soul.

-Step.

I did not blinked, yet, something appeared before my eyes out of the blue.

< … >

And, seeing it… seeing this being, somehow made me tear up.

< Master? >

A silver horse, a Colt.

A being that only had a silver outline, and a body made up of the same darkness as the one present around me.

"Now I understand…"

I instinctively moved forward, and caressed the mane of the gorgeous being that… as they say, was my Soulmate.

"Now I understand what they call it… Bonding."

I placed my head on its young face.

It was cool. Not cold, just cool…

< Master? >

"You don't have to call me that…"

He wasn't my servant, nor was he going to be my slave.

< Then? >

"How about Odin? That's what everyone will call me in this world."

< Odin… >

He's young.

Just like his pure voice.

"That's right. Ah… you're going to need a name as well, right?"

< Name… My name…? >

"Yes, haha. Your name."

It has been a month since I reached (Level-100).

Perhaps, that was also the time I got an actual clue to the purpose of this strange quest.

"How about… Sleipnir."

It would be funny, but that would be quite lore accurate as well.

< Sleipnir… it sounds strong. >

"Well, that it is."

He doesn't have eight legs, but I know… I know he is going to become very strong.

< We like it. >

And I'm going to be the fortunate one to be there with him as he makes his existence known to this world…