VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

"What did you name him?"

"Sleipnir."

"Oh? Lore accurate, are we? Well… he won't grow more legs, or else it would have been a perfect name."

A body made of pure darkness, outlined by the primordial silver light that was the same as the silver card that Sera came from.

Eyes so deep and such a profound shade of black that anyone looking into those eyes would be lost into an entirely different realm.

A young body, only as big as a pony for now, however, as a few of them already knew, this little one was going to grow a lot more very soon.

"I can't believe I'm seeing one myself…"

Viscount had a deep admiration as he looked at this creature, and there was a unique envy hidden within his unique eyes.

This being… aside from being a familiar of someone that he had been looking after for a long time now, this creature was also a legend from the old folklores.

"The horse of horizon…"

There exists a horizon that connects all the realms, a dark place that is not habitable to anything.

Only beings that have embraced the greatest darkness could live there, though their lives there couldn't be considered as simply living.

"You've heard the tale of the Golden emperor, Lord Andrew?" This was perhaps the first time Rein was calling him respectfully.

She knew how to act in all kinds of situations, and this was the best way to address someone that was flowing in the memories of his past.

"My grandmother used to tell me that story sometimes."

Story of a miserable hero that lost everything he had more than once. Someone that kept giving what he had, and someone that kept helping those that needed his help.

The one kind person that seems like a mythical existence to the world of today, a selfless man that smiled every time someone was taken away from him, and someone that walked a path of peace, a path of constant bloodshed, and a path that led him to a place that no mortal should have been able to enter.

"Shining gold glittering under the darkness of the sky, with his feet bathed in serene silver.

He who suffered it all, he who lost it all… he who embraced truth regardless of it all… he found himself facing a family of three in the vast darkness enlightened only by a thin silver lining."

The viscount was lost in his memories, warm memories that he seemed to have forgotten about, and he wanted to stay lost forever in that nostalgia.

But, he shook his head and came back to reality as he looked at the Brave knight that seemed to be oblivious to what he had just obtained.

"Sir Odin."

He was calling him with honorifics now, even though the difference between them was still the same.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Would you bless my little daughter with your presence on her birthday?"

And since he was directly giving him this invitation, something he had not even done with the two of them, the knights and mages that were attending him understood what they were supposed to do now.

"Hmm? Viscount?"

The knights and mages that were standing behind the viscount got on their knees with their weapons dug into the ground.

"And…"

They were bowing before them, or perhaps something else. Elio did not understand it.

However, Alex knew exactly what was happening here.

"Would you like to be my [Knight], Sir Odin?"

Knighthood… a knight was only a knight when he was serving a master, or was a quest of his own.

Odin was searching for something ever since he came to this world, but now that he had achieved what the world wanted him to, he did not have anything specific he had to do.

Just like every player, he had to find the path that he would take from this point forth.

And, within the many paths that he could begin on, he was offered a unique path that very few individuals in this entire world receive.

"A knight?"

"It's like sharing their noble authority with someone else… and since a viscount can only appoint fifteen knights at a time, the knights that are more like servants of the viscount would obviously be below him if he accepts that offer."

Authority.

It was also one of the major things in this world.

The nobles weren't Noble just because they were appointed as nobles by their king or the head… they were Nobles because they also received special privileges from the System when they received this important title.

The journey of a simple nobleman started from being a knight and proving their worth to the world and to the crown through their achievements, that is how they could gain independent status.

For players, this was one of the most common ways to enter the noble circles of this world, and the more important the master in the political sphere, the more likely it is for them to succeed as a noble of any place they are in.

"My lord…"

It was an amazing opportunity that has a lot of money involved. Any player would know just how much profit an official knight made with simple tasks and through the salary they receive from their lords.

But… money wasn't everything to this amazing game.

"I will have to decline the offer of becoming a knight."

There was a vast world that one could experience, a kind of freedom that one cannot experience when they are tied to one place, or when they are working under someone else.

"Though, it would be my honor to attend Young Lady Eve's birthday. I believe she would love to see Slee as well."

As someone who had already lived the life of an employee, he did not want to be tied to this place anymore.

There was a new companion with him. He could finally go to the places that he wanted to instead of the places that the quests wanted him to visit.

"Haaa… I expected it."

The knights and mages on the ground were shocked.

They were even glaring at him with thoughts like 'how can he do that?!', 'such disrespect! Unacceptable!', 'we must cut his throat this instant!', or something similar.

This was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and he was declining it without even giving it any thought?

They couldn't understand it like the natives.

"Oh~. Odin will be coming as well~?"

But the people from the other world like the two of them knew very well why he would be so quick with his answer.

"You two were going as well, Miss Alex?"

"Obviously~."

If money was not the main driving force for a player, it would always be the game, the world, and the fun that all of this brings.

Not everyone wanted to be noble and not everyone wanted to fight and kill and get stronger and earn achievements.

There were some like Elio, there were some like Alex, and then there are also some like Odin.

"Let's have fun again then~."

Ones that simply want to do what they want with those that they feel comfortable with…