VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

A city of the past for the players who had not been around for more than a decade of their time.

A city that doesn't change…

"It's fascinating, you know?"

There was a phenomenon in the world of <NO> called [Foreign propagation]. A unique phenomenon that brought a unique wave of change to the entire world that had existed independently before them.

When they arrived, the entire world that was functioning just fine started going through a spontaneous adaptation.

The existence of beings that could not be killed was not something the natives of this virtual world had experienced until now.

But, they knew just how dangerous these people could become.

"What's fascinating? This city? If you think this place is special, I will tell you there are many-."

"Not that, Alex…"

An abnormal growth speed, something that they called Quests and rewards, the existence of special communication channels, their unique knowledge that they brought from the other world, special privileges that only they possessed– all of that was not only fascinating to the natives, it was almost unbelievable how there could be someone possessing such powers.

When they appear in this world, they are already as strong as a normal adult human, but then they get stronger faster than most of the people of their own world possibly could.

"Look at the people around here."

If not for the two beta-testings that took place and the measures that were created over time before the global release, things could have been a lot more chaotic than they were when the players first appeared in this world.

However, with time, things got better.

The people of this world, nature, and the world itself adapted to the players and changed over time.

Even to this day, all the nations that had a certain degree of player population were growing, adapting, and changing themselves, keeping up with the momentum that these foreign elements had brought to this world.

"Moongold was like a medieval town, Yuta was like the towns of the Revolution era with all the knights and association halls around.

On the other hand… look at this place."

After walking around the streets for a while, Alex and Elio had stopped by a stall and were eating a skewer. Apparently it was a speciality item of Kalp.

"The architecture has been preserved like it was when the city was created, the same with the houses, and the entire vibe of the place."

Elio liked this place, he certainly did.

Unlike the cultural richness of Moongold and the theme specificity of Yuta, Kalp was pretty cozy, friendly, and classic.

The people of this city, as he had seen until now, are pretty friendly.

They were peaceful, kind, and cheerful as well.

Unlike the towns, the city that he had seen until now was pretty simple and aside from the idols and carvings all around the town, there wasn't much special to this town.

"I feel like I'm in some kind of old movie. You know, those yellow and dull colored ancient things."

There was art all around him, but there weren't that many colors.

Stones and carvings. Most of the beautiful things that he had seen since the morning they arrived here were idols of various beings, depictions of various nature deities engraved into the walls and things in the shops.

Wooden elements that had stories made from them… there was art around him but there were no colors.

So, he was fascinated even more.

"It's just the theme of this place, Elio."

Alex could understand well why he was saying that kind of stuff.

He is happy right now, and whenever he is happy and is talking about the things that he likes, she knows she has to prepare herself for a few hours of long chatting sessions.

"You like these things, I know. But that's just how this place is. What's there to be fascinated about?"

She wasn't an artist like him, but she was still closely interested in those things thanks to him.

He liked to talk a lot when it came to his stuff, and she liked making fun of him whenever he was talking about things like that.

"Well, Alex."

He looked at her with a smile while taking out a piece of potato from his skewer. It wasn't common to have potatoes in the skewers but they had made these special balls of mixed meat with some kind of special herbal mix that they boiled first before roasting them.

It was a delicious dish.

"They are not ancient."

They were only talking about two centuries.

"The town was created just because there was a fire in the plains and things burnt down."

Kingdom only took the opportunity and claimed the land that the empire could not take.

"There was no reason for them to stay the same as they used to be. The players also came here and they also brought the wave of change with them."

There were a lot of idols on their path around the town. They were quite fascinating since not many of them were related to the gods that were worshiped by natives and were instead depictions of something that they regarded as a 'supreme' deity.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

It was their individual perspective and it was diverse even though their daily lives were pretty much the same… and that very thing was fascinating to him.

"The people of this city, Alex…"

He looked around himself and saw the nice people that were doing what they usually do, people that were going to try something new today, people that were happy, and also people that were pretty sad at the moment.

"They choose to live a common, simple, mundane life that the people of Their past used to follow."

All their attire was the same as the common cultural attire that one would find in the Kingdom of Viv and yet, as he looked around, unlike the two towns and the village that he had been to, he could feel something… something that seemed to be from a completely different time.

"This is their culture. They carve things to remember their time, and they naturally immortalize the past so that they don't stray away from what this city, their culture, was originally based on."

She already told him the founding story of Kalp, and how Cromewell was appointed as the governors of this city as well as the towns and villages in this entire region.

Following that example, the city that used to be at the heart of that whole historic account, Kalp has become what is present before their eyes.

"It's an unconscious cultural process… as a person of science, Alex… don't you find this fascinating?"

This city, the idols and sculptors, even the carvings and statues around them…

He could tell not all these things were made from a hammer and nail.

As Alex knew, some were made with a sword, some with magic, some with just a hammer, while some carvings in this city were made with bare fingers.

There was diversity and there was uniqueness, and along with it, there was a nostalgic feeling in the atmosphere.

"It sure is a fun place, if that's what you mean."

It wasn't that amazing for her to be fascinated by it. But she still liked it here.

It was kind of cozy.

And, the inn that they had decided to go to was also quite a special place.

She knew they would have fun in that Lavish place.