VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

Chapter 89: Presence of Evil

"You know did not help with the town quest."

"I am not obligated to, you know that better than anyone else."

As the event neared its conclusion, the spectators outside of the library were getting excited to see who would get the highest scores and who would get the chance to take something away from the library.

All the town's people knew about the things that were present in the library. There were all kinds of items of the past and things that were related to the various civilizations of the past.

The library was not just a simple place where the books were sold, it was the main attraction of the Moongold because there were so many unique things here for everyone to see.

"Still, you could have given out quests at least."

"And why would I do that? A single low level Dark magician is something the foreigners and town's people can handle very well on their own.

Thanks to your presence, actually, the losses were minimized and the positive effects maximized.

The peace in the town was getting a little too much. A crisis like this will only lead them towards growth and ultimately they will be much better than they are right now."

They were all watching the players and the natives showcase their talents.

Some were painting while some were playing music. There were some disputes where a group was present, but they were little things that were resolved quickly.

The players all knew how important the Trials were and for the trials, they at least had to move around.

So as they showcased their talent, they also moved across the library in the search of a way out of the maze, following the clues they received at the end of each of the trials.

It was not that difficult for any of them to find a trial, almost everyone had received at least one trial even if they had not moved from the place they were transported to.

However, the real challenge was following and deciphering the clues that they received and reaching either the next location or to the place that had the next trial that they would have to cross for more clues.

Every action of the ones participating in the trail was counted and the unique ones were given a star.

Finishing a trial did not give a golden star, the way the trial was completed was the real factor that decided the kind of stars that one would receive from the trails.

"You are the same bastard that you were the last time I saw you, hun?"

"Well, what can I say? I'm too old for change or something like growth."

"I don't think you-."

"Suddup, El. Elders are talking here." she was the one to say that, but she was also blushing as if she had just done something very thrilling.

"Is that so?" and the surprised smirk he had somewhat explained what kind of roles they had in their personal lives.

"Anyway…"

Elio had received a total of nine stars after finishing six of his trials so it was at least clear that he completed each of his quests in a way that was worth a golden star. But, some parts of his trials were so extraordinary that just one gold star was not enough for them.

Two stars was the maximum that one could receive from a trial, so he had received two stars in his second, fourth, and sixth trial.

Additionally, for crossing the trial of a Forgotten enigma, he also received a tri-colour star.

"The unexpected Presence of Evil in this town was a good thing from many points of view. One can just see how positively it affected the town from the way the natives are celebrating this festival."

Unlike Elio, even though Alex had broken through six of the trials of the Forgotten Enigmas, since she actually speed ran everything and passed with the most optimum answers and actions to the trials that she knew already, she only received a star and not a blessing.

She knew blessings were a rare thing already so getting one was uncommon even on the higher levels.

Even she had not received that many blessings in all her time as a player. And getting one before reaching (Level-100) from Fragment of a Divinity, and from some bastard of the [Temple] after spending a shit ton of money was a rare thing.

She was happy for him, but the words of the librarian did not sit that well with her.

"Why are you like this, Connie?"

No one knew the Librarian's given name, but those like her called him <Constance>. And since she was one of the few people close to him, he did not mind it when she called him by that… unique, name.

"You can help people, but you chose to stay in this place. You have the strength but you only come out and use it when the world is ending. You can do some good crazy stuff but instead of doing something like many others, going around the world, why is it that even after having so many options, you just stay in this… in this, cold place?"

People come and go in this library. It is almost always open to the public day and night and those who like books sometimes spend days and weeks in this place.

As a librarian, he is great at what he does. He did things that not would want to do when they have as much power as he did.

"Hmm."

She was not too close to him. They just had some bad history together.

She did not come to Moongold to meet him or have tea with him. She was here for something and she was going to get it.

This chat was a coincidence, but since things had come down to this anyway, she wanted the answers to the questions that she had always wanted to ask this person.

"There isn't any particular reason, actually."

Elio was eating the cake that she could not finish.

And even without hearing the answer of this unique person to that complicated sounding question, he knew what he was going to say.

"I'm just doing what I find right."

"Yeah."

He knew it, and it was pretty simple to guess actually.