VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

Magic, Stats, and external support.

He knew there were three things that he needed to progress if he wanted to survive in the area that was present outside somewhere.

And, he also had to get stronger so he had chosen Creation, Taming, and Learning as his primary ways to gain more experience.

-Ooooooooooooooooooooong!

"Chirp!"

[{ Yes, master! That's it! We can do it this time! }]

"Go!"

"Ptsssssss~!"

"Chirp! Chirp!"

"Grawllllllllllll…!"

It has been a month since he was stuck in this peaceful forest, little over a week in real world time, and in this time, he had progressed quite well in all three of the aspects.

-Booooom!

"Yes!"

He had befriended a bunch of creatures so now he had two different teams consisting of some strong creatures who were pretty strong individuals.

And as a group, with a little more practice, they would be able to work as a strong team as well.

"Good work, everyone!"

"Gurrrrrr~!"

"Ptsssss~!"

"Chip! Chip!"

When he started, there were only a few creatures that followed him but now, there were over a dozen creatures.

One of them was a strong tiger, a strong muscular creature over three meters in height, a beast that he simply tamed with some fish that he had cooked for himself one day.

He was lucky with this one, but a lot of the others present there took days before they became friends with him even with his title.

They were difficult ones, but still, even right now, only had enough creatures to go against a (Level-150)+ beast.

None of the creatures he had met here were over (Level-100) aside from the big fishes that were in the lake at the center of the forest.

But those were fishes, so he knew they couldn't be with him outside of the lake.

Still, he now had enough force to set a combat training and use his newly learned assistance spells, restricting spells, and physical series spells to help his own smaller party against the bigger party.

Sera, the big snake, a little melodious horned crow, and he was on one side. They didn't have as much combat powers as the tiger but they were useful in their own ways.

He just had to use right spells while fighting against the opponents who all almost worked together with another as he had taught them.

"No, hey! You can't do that."

[{ Haha, she's still after him. }]

Their tiger friend was friendly, but there was a little squirrel among her team that she had gone after many times.

She didn't try to attack the squirrel, but she simply wanted to play with his furry tale. Stay connected via empire

He was like a toy to her, so it was always funny to Sera whenever she sneaked up on the squirrel and he tried to get away from her.

"How many times do I have to tell you, Miss! That's not a toy!"

"Chip! Chip!

Chip chip chip!

Chip!!"

The squirrel obviously didn't like being treated as a plaything. But it couldn't do anything to the big tiger either, so he simply went ahead and hid behind the big snake, the only other creature that could go against the big cat.

"Haaa… this is going to be difficult if it grows more."

He had mastered many new spells, he was on the verge of creating his (Mana core) and entering the new stage as a mage as well, but that aside, the way his group of creatures was increasing, he knew he wouldn't be able to handle all of them in an actual battle.

[{ It's going to be alright, master." ]

Many of them would have to work by themselves, while the others who couldn't fight as well as the others would have to rely on the others.

They had other roles and as long as they fulfilled those roles, they would be alright even in the tough battles.

He wasn't going to take all of them out with him anyway, he knew his limits and the fact that he wouldn't be able to handle too many of these creatures.

They weren't like Az or Miu. Though useful and friendly, they weren't as intelligent as the two of his initial friends who understood him on a deep level.

He would need a long time to make a bond like that with these creatures, besides, he didn't even know if they would follow him outside of this place yet.

They belonged here so going with him would mean forsaking this peaceful life that they have here. Additionally, he had not yet connected with them on as deep a level as he wanted.

There was something holding these creatures back, something that had more influence over them than him.

They were different from Az and Miu in many ways. But he had not yet figured out what exactly was holding them back from connecting with him on a deeper level.

"Well, should we wrap things up for today?"

He had mastered another spell today, a physical series, earth attribute grace spell that made it easier for his snake friend to move faster.

It was a spell that would only work on creatures that crawled, or creatures that rolled around, but it was a powerful spell.

And after he improved this spell, he knew he would be able to help anyone with it.

[{ Will you do your Training again, master? }]

"Yeah, we don't really have any other choice, do we? We will need those extra stats."

Aside from leveling and bonus stats that they receive from the system, simple physical training could also increase physical stats.

Strength, agility, and endurance could be increased with physical training like the knights do as well. But not the system stats.

He just had never done it until now, but now that he had no choice but to get stronger, he did everything he could.

He fought with the creatures that he had trained. Got wounded on purpose to increase his endurance, and since he had the healing bugs, he didn't really need any precious potions.

Since he was in a vast forest, running around all day with his spell's assistance also increased his agility, and he meditated for a few hours to increase his mental strength.

He was also practicing archery on the side so that he wouldn't be in any trouble even if he gets separated from his new teammates.

Unlike a servant that primarily resides inside the bond markings, these creatures were simply his friends.

This forest was their home and they belonged here.

Even if he couldn't take any of them with him, he was going to make sure he's at least strong enough to get past the dangerous place that existed beyond this closed off paradise.

"Let's start then."

He had a daily routine, and now that it was time for his stat training, he would focus on that.

"We will have to go south later as well."

After that, since it would still be bright here, he would go and find another creature to befriend.

Thankfully, there would be someone he still hasn't met yet.

Meeting new creatures in this Peaceful and Quiet place had been his salvation since a few days ago…