VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

Creatures of wood and greens– the forest creatures here were the main enemies and the opponents that they had to face.

-Swiiiish!

They were powerful creatures of (Level-70) and higher.

[{ "Elio!" }]

-Oooooooooooong!

There were a lot of them as well, and right now, around ten of them had gathered around them.

[{ "Alex, right!" }]

Elio was at the back, Sera was still in the sky, assisting the two of them with Miu, and Az was on a tree branch, in a secured location.

The slime was their main weapon against these high level creatures since the two of them alone could not handle the rest of the creatures present.

[{ "I'll attack right-." }]

[{ "Don't tell me everything you're gonna do, dummy! Just do whatever you want! I trust you!" }]

She was on the frontline, fighting the creatures that resembled various different creatures and yet were made of a plant body.

They had flesh and blood but both resembled a creature that was born from an any, a forest spirit, or from an Ent's essence.

The creatures did not have any unique intelligence, but they were not dumb either.

With sharp instincts and amazing teamwork, the group of giant ants that had attacked them, were proving to be more dangerous than what they had expected at the beginning.

-Oooooooooooong!

They weren't resistant to magic, so the attacks that they were using were especially effective.

Alex was also using a unique sword that was enchanted with fire attributes.

She had to burn Mana stones to use the enchantment for a brief moment, but the fire attribute was especially effective against the creatures of this dungeon.

Since their skin, the limbs and practically their entire being was made out of wood, it was easy to burn them all down with a powerful enough fire.

The blade with fire attribute was effective even though these wooden ants were twice their size.

They were powerful so even with Restriction spells of Elio, even with the buffs that he gave her, it was becoming difficult for them to keep going.

"Ktktktktktktkt!"

"Krkrkrkr!"

"Kiiiiiii!"

The ants were good at working with one another. They were so strong that the giant glowing trees around them were nothing more than a normal tree to them.

They were unique, but they could still deal with them.

"Now!"

"Muuuuuu!"

-Oooooooooooong!

They had gathered the last of them in an open area, and with a strong condensed ball of water created by the slime, they managed to eradicate the creatures completely.

"Shrrrr.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

At least, they defeated the first wave of the creatures.

[{ "Elio, drink a potion. We will be pushing forward this time." }]

He was at the back since he still did not like how they were killing these creatures. If he could help it, and if it was possible, he would not bother and instead observe them in their natural habitat.

But he knew taming them was not an option.

They were aggressive beings so they needed to either deal with them completely or avoid them as much as possible.

"Ktatatat?"

"Here they come, everyone!"

They were here to level up… at least, she wanted to level up. He was here since he did not want her to go alone.

But levels were important for the creatures around him.

With increasing levels Az, Miu and Sera would become stronger.

They would also learn new skills and when they grow stronger, he is ultimately getting stronger as well.

The three of them needed to level up as well, so this time at least, he wanted to help them in whatever way he could.

[{ "Elio, try that AOE spell." }]

[{ "Already?" }]

All he had were his Grace and Restriction spells.

The physical spells were not effective when going against creatures like them on the beginning tiers of magic, so he wasn't concerned with them.

[{ "There are only three this time. I'll stall them, so prepare the spell!" }]

Alex just went ahead and defended against the creature that was coming for them.

It had sharp, long, blade-like pincers. They were dangerous, no one would want to get caught up with these things.

Still…

-Swish!

Alex used her {Blink} and moved across the big creatures.

She jumped, used {Smash} and damaged the hard structures of the creatures.

They had not encountered other kinds of creatures yet, however, from the briefing they had before coming here, Elio knew all of the creatures in this dungeon were called Elm creatures.

They were a native species of a unique environment such as this one.

There were quite a lot of places that had similar environments in this world, some were far bigger than this one and covered a land as vast as a state's.

This one was comparatively smaller.

Located below a great tree, this place was like an underground world where colors were common things for the plant lives.

The Elm creatures, just like the ants that they were fighting right now, were also unique beings with dull colored bodies upon which, different bright plant lives grew.

"Huuuu…"

-Oooooooooooong!

The creatures in this kind of environment were unique and were ultimately connected to the 'tree' that they originate from.

'This is going to be tough.'

This dungeon was called Elmguardian's nest because of the Elm tree that they were under.

All of this existed inside the unique space of that tree, so the creatures present here were also called Elm creatures.

'Think…'

Still, since the creatures found here were mostly plant lives with not too complicated characteristics, just the fire element was going to work on it.

'Recreate…'

The Spells that Elio could use at the moment were limited to (tier-1) simple spells.

He could use natural magic and had his own spell casting method, but he could still not cast magic of the higher levels.

The AOE spells that the players and natives conventionally use were one of those difficult spells that he could not use yet.

At least, he could not cast the spells that were known to the general public.

[{ "I'm ready." }]

There were various types of spells. Some were simple and some were complex.

The strength of magic depended on the way it was weaved and the intentions that it was cast with.

At its core, Magic was a phenomenon where the Mage played with the truths of the world and existing laws of reality that encapsulates everything.

It was the conversion of energy, channeling of knowledge, manifestation of beliefs and one's own World, and recreation of natural elements.

[{ "On the count of three, release it!" }]

[{ "Alright…" }]

Magic was a vast subject and so were the countless spells of all kinds and types and series affiliated with it. Your next journey awaits at empire

[{ "3…2…One!" }]

There were no limitations to this subject so it offered one the most freedom one could hope for.

-Swish!

[{ "Now!" }]

She gathered all three of the creatures in a single spot, and vanished with a {Blink}.

-Oooooooooooong!

At the same time, Elio channeled half of his Mana and manifested six red magic circles that looked almost the same as one another.

"Ugh!"

All six of them were almost similar with only a few elements of the spells looking a little different.

However, when they manifested in Elio's hands, they all fused into a single large magic circle and became a new kind of spell altogether…

-OOOOOOOONG!

On the other hand, a spell circle also manifested under the ants.

"Ktktktktkt?"

It was a red magic circle.

And though only as big as the area the three ants covered, its mere appearance sent the emergency signals up to their antennas.

"...!"

Sadly, it was too late by the time they perceived the Restriction series, Fire attribute, Nature series spell of a higher grade than the ones he could handle at the moment.