VCRMM: Chapter 285

Chapter 285

The area within the original border of the empire was originally recovered and roughly explored by Roland, while the area outside the original border was a land that had never been set foot on.

It was true that after clearing out a wave of beasts in the past, the danger wasn’t as great as before. But after all, this was an area they hadn’t set foot in for a hundred years. It could be said to be full of unknowns.

Silin still adopted a very cautious attitude, exploring slowly and nibbling away at it slowly.

But the situation now was much better than before.

It was due to the help of the braves!

Now the number of braves coming to Roland from another world had reached nearly two million. These two million people not only possessed the magical skill of resurrection, but have all become elementalists!

Silin simply couldn’t imagine what the concept of two million elementalists was like.

It had to be known that five years ago, the number of elementalists in the Roland Empire didn’t exceed 20,000. At that time, the population of Roland was much larger than it was now.

This was enough to show how precious elementalists were. However, all common sense had been broken by these braves.

Two million elementalists from another world, each possessing extraordinary talents and a miraculous racial skill.

To be honest, in addition to joy and gratitude, Silin also felt fear at times.

This was an extremely powerful force and it was constantly expanding. Every once in a while, a large number of new braves would appear.

This was different from what she had imagined.

Sometimes, Silin couldn’t help worrying. If the number of braves continued to increase like this, would they one day exceed the population of Roland? Would they one day seize power in Roland?

She told Snow her concerns, but Snow didn’t seem worried. He just asked her to interact more with the braves.

Silin didn’t quite understand the source of Snow’s confidence, but she was willing to believe in him. After all, Snow had led them and witnessed too many miracles.

Thus, she took the initiative to walk towards the braves.

The braves were indeed a strange group of people. They had all sorts of weird ideas. Silin felt this all the time while fighting together and recovering their homeland.

However, they also had good qualities.

They were willing to risk their lives for their comrades, sacrifice themselves for team results, obey orders and follow commands, sometimes to the point of being blind.

They were always so optimistic, laughing every day. It seemed that nothing could defeat them. They were full of curiosity and had a strong interest in the world.

At the same time, they were so friendly, respectful and humble to the people of Roland, often to the point of flattery.

Yes, flattery. This feeling was particularly obvious when facing some powerful people or people with special identities.

Of course, they were still warm and friendly when facing ordinary people. This could be felt from their daily interactions with the soldiers.

Silin couldn’t help thinking about what Snow had said to her.

‘Perhaps one day in the future, the number of braves will exceed our citizens but this is inevitable. As Roland develops, they will gradually move towards the universe, just like our ancestors.’

‘What we can do is to establish good relationships with most of the braves and win their hearts when they are weak.’

‘But there is no need to be too deliberate. Just remember that we are equals and we should respect each other.’

Silin took a deep breath. She pulled herself away from her chaotic thoughts and returned to the task at hand.

They had adopted the method of exploring in small teams. They broke into small groups and sneaked into the forest to collect information in order to avoid traps and large-scale casualties.

Each team consisted of ten people, including four Roland soldiers and six braves.

After these days of fighting, their cooperation had become very tacit and this effectively reduced casualties. However, the casualties were now basically braves. They always spared no effort to protect Roland’s soldiers.

Just as predicted before, the beast wave meant that there weren’t many interstellar beasts coming in and out of the area. What caused them great trouble were the mutated plants along the way.

These plants couldn’t be controlled by wood elementalists, were highly aggressive, had all sorts of strange characteristics and were even more difficult to deal with than interstellar beasts.

“F*k, is this a plant? It is clearly a boss!”

A player complained in a low voice.

Around ten meters away from them, a huge tree towered into the sky, covered with purple-black vines all over and filled with a dark aura.

Through detection and identification, they found that the information only showed ‘unfathomable.’ This meant that the level of the strange tree was at least four stars.

It was because their strength was generally close to four stars!

“Are we now leaving the novice area and entering the map with mid-level and high-level monsters?” Another player wondered.

At this moment, a soldier in the team suddenly changed his expression and shouted loudly, “Not good. Run!”

But it was obviously too late when he said this.

Boom!

Suddenly, a black vine broke out of the originally flat ground and rolled up the soldier who was speaking.

The big tree, which had been standing there quietly, parted its dense vines and revealed a wriggling black tree hole like an open mouth.

The vines wrapped tightly around the soldier, who couldn’t help screaming as he was carried all the way to the black tree hole. The outcome would be unpredictable if he was sent into it!

“I’ll f*k you!”

The players on the same team were angry.

After these days of fighting together, they had come to regard the NPC soldier as one of their own. If they were to just watch him being eaten by a monster, not only would they be laughed at by other players but they would also feel uncomfortable psychologically.

“Look at me!”

A heavy sword flew out and directly hit the black vine, making a clanging sound.

Then in full view of everyone, the heavy sword bounced out again at a higher speed than before and stuck into a stone.

The skin of this black vine was extremely tough, even harder than metal!

“F*k, how could it not be cut off?”

Xiao Ye asked in disbelief. His Metal Transformation Technique-Heavy Sword had reached level 4 and was able to cut through iron like mud.

However, now there was only a white mark left on this black vine!

This was ridiculously strong!

What was worse was that the vine seemed to have a sense of pain. After being hit, the strange big tree suddenly let out a shrill scream.

This cry was not only unpleasant to the ear, but also aggressive!

The other three soldiers subconsciously covered their ears. The one caught by the vine had blood flowing from his ears. He screamed in pain and fainted!

“Oh my god, what can we do?”

The players were completely caught off guard.

They didn’t feel anything since their sense of realism was lowered. However, the fatal thing was that the sound wave attack power was too strong and their health fell quickly.

The light elementalist continued to perform light healing magic to add health to the unconscious soldier and save his life.

The players drank the health potions one after another and tried their best to rescue the soldier. As for killing the boss? Wait for the main force to arrive!

However, the vines couldn’t be cut by a knife or burned by fire. Apart from stimulating the tree to make a sharper cry, it was all useless. And…

More vines shot out from the ground!

“Retreat quickly! Take Paul and the others with you first!”

The team leader looked solemn and gave the order to retreat, allowing three players to leave first with the seriously injured soldiers.

The rest stayed and continued to try and rescue them.

As if seeing through their intentions, the big tree suddenly stopped screaming. A black gas spread out from the open tree hole, quickly covering the surrounding area.

“This gas is poisonous!”

The team leader’s expression changed slightly.

This boss was too strong. Based on this strength, it might take a team of 100 people to defeat him! The monsters in the mid and high level maps were too scary!

The players, who were each carrying a soldier on their backs and preparing to evacuate, became extremely slow.

There was a poisoning effect, paralysis, dizziness and perception confusion!

As their movements were obstructed, the black vines wrapped around the six people and dragged them back.

There had been fewer active interstellar beasts lately and this big tree hadn’t eaten for a long time. Today, it could finally have a good meal. Don’t think it will let go of any of these snacks!

“What should we do? If this continues, Paul and the others will die here.”

The light healing player was also entangled by the vines. She didn’t care about her own life or death. She was only worried about the NPC in the team.

She said with red eyes, “Why haven’t the reinforcements arrived yet?”

The voices of other teams were heard in the voice channel, but they were quite far away. By the time they arrived, this team would probably already be the delicious meal for the big tree.

The team leader had no choice but to report as much information about the tree as possible on the public channel so that others could be prepared later.

Just as everyone was in despair, a breeze suddenly blew by. Then…

The sound of a sword breaking through the air was heard.

Immediately afterwards, the vines that had entangled around the team of ten people suddenly broke one by one, spurting black juice.

At the same time, the players heard the familiar sound of music that was full of life and gave people hope.

“F*k, it is Sprouting!”

“It is the Sprouting of His Majesty Snow!”

“My health is full! It is His Majesty Snow. It is really him!”

In the midst of the music, the health bars of all the players were restored in less than ten seconds. The four NPC warriors were still at half health but they were temporarily out of danger.

Even if they fainted or were deaf, the sound elements could act directly on the brain!

Moreover, after the vines were cut off, the big tree was still screaming but the sound seemed to be blocked. They couldn’t hear it and naturally couldn’t suffer any more damage!

Then there was the flash of a sword light. The tree, which was higher than level 40, was cut in half, revealing a purple-black heart in the middle of the trunk.

As the heart was split into two, the tree monster’s health bar was directly reduced to zero.

The players stared at this scene in a daze. Soon, the light player pointed at the sky and shouted, “Look!’

She saw a snow-white figure floating in the air, with a white cloak embroidered with gold patterns fluttering behind him. A drop of black juice slipped from the blade in his hand and dripped onto the ground.

The players looked at him and forgot their words for a moment.

Si Sheng looked back at them, took out a bottle of potion from the cloak, threw it to them and disappeared.

It was only after the figure completely disappeared that the players couldn’t help screaming.

“Ahhh, it is the patron saint Si Sheng!”

“Why is he here?”