VCRMM: Chapter 248

Queen Heidi held the little conch tightly in her palm, against her heart. It was as if she was holding her long-lost son in her arms.

Tears continued to flow out. This sea elf queen, who had endured too much, finally revealed her extremely vulnerable side.

All the sea elves surrounded them and they also heard the voice of His Highness, the crown prince.

Several of the elderly people couldn’t help shedding tears when they saw the queen crying sadly, but they also felt a bit of hope due to the information revealed in Sea Song’s words.

But they didn’t dare to show it.

It was because this hope was too slim. Relying on humans on land… was it really possible to save the sea elves?

As far as they knew, strange beasts had also appeared on land.

Back when the sea elves could still contact the outside world, they collected a lot of information. At least a few decades ago, the human race was completely unable to take care of itself.

Did they really have the energy to help the sea elves?

Seeing Queen Heidi breaking down due to Sea Song’s voice, Grumpy Little Rabbit looked at her quietly for a while and felt his eyes getting sore.

He quickly looked away and observed the sea elves around him.

In the few months he had been gone, not a single sea elf NPC was missing. The situation might be bad, but at least they were still alive.

Grumpy Little Rabbit sighed with relief. He used the diamond coins given to him by Lin Mu, bought some food from the system mall and piled it on the ground.

“You should eat something first. This is what I brought back from the Roland Empire.”

The sea elves originally had a protective magic circle, so there was no sea water in the place they lived. The sea elves could cook food just like on land.

The difference was that their food source was mainly marine fish and marine plants.

During the decades they were trapped by the marine interstellar beasts, they were barely able to maintain their survival needs by breeding marine fish and cultivating seaweed in their settlement.

However, after the habitat was flooded by seawater ten years ago, they lost their stable food source.

During the last ten years, they could only rely on cultivating some algae on the land under the Tree of Life while occasionally risking their lives to hunt sea beasts.

The shortage of food made the sea elves pale and thin, just like the Sea Song that Chamo had met in the beginning.

The eyes of the sea elves lit up when they saw that Grumpy Little Rabbit had brought back food. But Cessia asked in confusion, “Where did you get so many things from?”

The young man was stunned. He scratched his head before replying, “His Majesty Roland gave me a space item. These things were taken out of the space item.”

Hearing this, the sea elves’ impression of the Roland Empire improved a bit.

In their opinion, space items were very precious, but His Majesty Roland actually let Grumpy Little Rabbit hold it so casually.

In any case, this trust and generosity were enough for them to be grateful.

“Eat quickly and replenish your energy first.”

After all, they were at the bottom of the sea and many things were inedible. Thus, Grumpy Little Rabbit bought high-calorie and easy to eat chocolate. This wasn’t only delicious, but it also wasn’t easy to melt in the cold sea water.

This was the first time the sea elves had eaten this type of thing.

They imitated the boy and tore open the chocolate wrapper. Then they put the small black cube into their mouths and took a small bite.

Grumpy Little Rabbit didn’t know their tastes and simply bought the sweetest one.

Then he saw the eyes of the sea elves light up the moment they put the chocolate into their mouths. As they ate more, expressions of happiness and enjoyment appeared on their faces.

“What is this sweet thing?”

Cessia ate her chocolate bar and felt that she had no regrets, even if she was killed by a sea beast in the next moment.

Grumpy Little Bunny smiled and said, “This is called chocolate. It is processed and the sweet taste is because sugar is added.”

“Sugar?”

Cessia repeated the unfamiliar pronunciation.

Of course, there was no sugar on the seabed. Only some types of algae had a bit of sweetness, but that sweetness was like the difference between heaven and earth compared to this chocolate bar!

The sea elves were almost instantly captivated by the chocolate. Looking at their satisfied expressions, Grumpy Little Rabbit couldn’t help sighing.

The system mall wasn’t online yet when he left, or else he could’ve left some food for them. But on second thought, he didn’t have any money at that time…

The boy shook his head. He saw that the chocolate was eaten up so he quickly bought some more from the system mall.

What he didn’t know was that due to his unintentional act, chocolate would become the hard currency in the land of the sea elves. There, all currencies were useless. Only chocolate could be circulated freely.

Even though players later provided other foods, the favorite of the sea elves was still chocolate.

Players couldn’t figure out why the sea elves loved chocolate so much. Only sea elves who had experienced this moment knew the real reason.

But this was all a story for later.

As the sea elves were eating quietly, Queen Heidi finally calmed down. Just as she was about to talk to Grumpy Little Rabbit, she saw her eating clan members.

Cessia quickly stuffed a piece into her mouth. After she ate it… she forgot what to say for a moment.

Grumpy Little Rabbit was very happy.

He saw that the favorability of the sea elves toward him was rising rapidly. What made him happier was the happy expressions on the faces of the sea elves.

Moreover, he firmly believed that with players like them around, the sea elves would never perish!

At this time, Lin Mu’s voice rang out in the team voice channel. “Little Rabbit, have you returned to the clan land?”

“Yes, I’m back,” the boy hurriedly replied.

“How are the sea elves?”

“They are good. They are all eating chocolate.”

Lin Mu paused before continuing to ask, “Can they provide us with help?”

Grumpy Little Rabbit finally remembered his second mission. He quickly told Lin Mu to wait for a moment before looking at the sea elf queen.

At this time, Queen Heidi finally finished her piece of chocolate. She felt that her taste buds and empty stomach were satisfied and healed, so she happened to look at him.

Her eyes softened a lot when she looked at Grumpy Little Rabbit.

“Little Rabbit, you just said that you brought reinforcements. Where are they?”

Grumpy Little Rabbit replied quickly, “They are still on the surface of the sea, preparing to come down.”

Queen Heidi’s eyes lit up. “I wonder how many people are coming this time?”

“Ten.”

The moment Grumpy Little Rabbit said this number, the light in Queen Heidi’s eyes dimmed noticeably. The sea elves, who had just eaten the chocolate and were happy and joyful, couldn’t help falling silent.

What could ten people do?

They might be grateful to the kindness of the Roland Empire, but ten people was too few. It would be difficult for them to play any significant role in alleviating the crisis of the sea elves.

Queen Heidi sighed and said, “Do you have any way to contact them?”

Grumpy Little Bunny nodded.

Queen Heidi was well-informed and wasn’t surprised. She said, “Let them go back. Don’t come to die in vain. Tell them that the sea elves thank His Majesty Roland for his kindness, but…”

She sighed again and didn’t continue.

Instead, she said, “I hope His Majesty Roland can help take care of Sea Song. As long as he is still alive, at least the sea elves won’t be destroyed…”

The atmosphere of sadness and despair once again enveloped the heads of the sea elves, making Grumpy Little Rabbit a bit anxious.

“Your Majesty, if you don’t believe me, don’t you believe His Highness Sea Song?”

“The ten braves who came this time are very powerful. Don’t look at the small number of people. They are all strong!”

Queen Heidi hesitated for a moment before asking, “…What is their strength?”

“The lowest has the strength of three and a half stars.”

Grumpy Little Rabbit tried hard to sell it, but Queen Heidi shook her head in disappointment when she heard their level.

Before the incident with the Tree of Life, her level had reached six and a half stars. Even though her strength had been weakened now, she still had a strength of four stars.

A team of ten people with a strength of three and a half stars. She really couldn’t imagine how they could save the sea elves.

Seeing that his words weren’t working, Grumpy Little Rabbit had no choice but to say, “Then we’ll see how it goes!”

Hearing his words, even Cessia looked at him disapprovingly.

The sea elves might be in trouble but they were noble elves. How could they do something like pushing their allies into the fire?

Grumpy Little Rabbit was taught a lesson, but he felt he was right. He just couldn’t explain himself. He had no choice but to remain silent and told Lin Mu and the others what the sea elves had said.

Lin Mu and the others listened to his retelling. They thought that NPCs like the sea elves were pretty good, but they were also speechless.

They, the fourth disaster, were actually despised by NPCs!

[F*k, this is intolerable! Sister Qing Yan, hurry up and show these sea elves how powerful our players are!]

[The reputation of our fourth disaster depends on you! Master Lin, go ahead!]

[Take over the land of the sea elves! Take over the sea!]

The players watching the live broadcast were all very excited. Lin Mu and the others were under great pressure, but they didn’t say much.

It was done! At most, they would die again and again!

Finally, Grumpy Little Rabbit managed to get a simple map of the terrain and the distribution of the sea beasts.

After analyzing the situation, the team of ten quickly came up with a plan and dived into the water. They officially started the journey to take over the territory of the sea elves!

Proofreader: Purichan