Versatile: Alternate World

Just like that, I departed Resurgia using Leona to go to the portal that connects Sandurk and Aquagius. I am going back to the island where everything started the moment I arrived on the Aquagius continent.

Although I have explored the cave system of that island, I have not fully explored the forest of that island as I have no time to do that when I am trying to prioritize some of the things I needed to get before. Now that I am looking for the photo's exact location, perhaps it is indeed time for me to fully explore this island. The island is big so it will take me quite a while before I can finish exploring this place.

I landed not too far from the area where the portal is located but I was not expecting a lot of players lining up to use the portal. Portals have never been this crowded before. Then, I remembered what Almira said before. The Kingdom of the Sea is going to resurface and this causes attraction to many players who wanted to see Merfolks.

I don't know what is going to happen and I also have no idea what happened these past few months after the events that transpired there before. Perhaps the siblings returned and decided to rule over it? Or did someone else decides to take over and return the prosperity of the kingdom? As much as I want to ask for those things, I have no possible answer for all of them. But hey, if the Kingdom of the Sea is back to its feet, then all of it is good.

I still used the same plague doctor mask before so no one really paid attention to me. There are also plenty of players wearing masks now which allowed me to easily blend in without being crowded by players who heard of my Abyss Difficulty solo clear before or it won't just f*cking end.

Thankfully, the process was fast, and even though I arrived last, I still managed to use the teleportation portal after around 3 minutes of lining up.

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The moment I arrived at the Insect Kingdom, most of the damage that has been done before when I was here are already gone, there are even some changes and some are already repaired so I am glad that they have already returned to their normal lives. However, I am not here to sightsee around the Insect Kingdom.

I left the Insect Kingdom, went into the forest, and summoned Leona for us to go to the island from before.

"Whoa, I didn't know there was a continent with the vast majority of the lands surrounded by water, and the lands themselves have a little touch of other intelligent beings that can make communities. This continent is a very good way to explore the place in a primitive way. Definitely would make a lair here if I was born in here," Cath Palug jumped off from the summon's area without my orders but I didn't mind as he didn't escape. If he ever escaped, he would be dead immediately.

"So you liked to live in jungles like these huh? Then how come you just remained in Resurgia where the majority of the forests are not so big and currently occupied by inhabitants?"

"How would I know that there is a continent like this?! Also, remember that I can't fly like your bird pet here."

"Then, just walk in the water. You are big in your true form right? Merlin told me before. With your size alone, you could have traversed the seas and reached the forests of this continent easily," I suggested. Of course, it won't be happening as Cath Palug is already stuck in its current form.

"Ugh, no way. Risking my foot to step on the water? No thanks."

Cath Palug and I did some idle chatter before Leona arrived on that same island. I recalled Leona and was about to recall Cath Palug too but he insisted to remain for the exploration so I decided to let him be.

Just like my assumption from before, this forest seems very identical to the place in the photo. Not only that but it also has the shrubs I mentioned before that are only found in this place. Since my guess is correct, it's now up to me to find the place.

Before I dived into the forest, I reequipped the Wolf Mask and the Versatile Weapon. As much as I want to keep using different playstyles, I don't think I have the leisure to do that here. Who knows what enemies are here and since this is Aquagius, monsters here are already around level 90 or above already. Who knows what the levels of the monsters living on this island are?

We entered the forest and it didn't even take long before we meet enemies already and not just one but multiple enemies.

[Carnivorous Vines]

Level 100

HP: 900,000/900,000

Trait: Plant, Poison

I changed the versatile weapon into a normal longsword. After experiencing the Swordsman gameplay, I kinda liked how it feels so I decided to keep using it. As I was charging through the enemies, I counted at least 5 of them around, and seeing that they are immediately hostile to me can make the situation really bad or really troublesome.

As soon as I got into their range, the Carnivorous vines used their tendrils to attack me and since there are multiple of them, they attacked me simultaneously. I immediately dodged before cutting a few tendrils. The fewer tendrils they have, the better.

But it seems like shallow cutting them isn't going to do it as the tendrils grow back again and it started attacking me again. I took a bit of a step back to perform a dashing slash to the plants, cutting off all of the approaching tendrils. I can feel my motivation by just performing that.

Although their tendrils are annoying and can follow you everywhere, their main body remained stationary. The Carnivorous Vines attacked again by using their majority of vines to bind me. But I immediately sliced through them with ease before approaching the main body of the Carnivorous Vines and cutting it in half. Compared to my expectations, the main body is very squishy and it is 100% plant cutting. I easily defeated one by just doing so, allowing me to reveal its roots. If my guess is correct, killing the root will allow me to fully kill this guy. I didn't hesitate and stabbed it with the Versatile Weapon.

I also did the same thing to the other 4 carnivorous vines and overall, I kinda know what enemies are we going to face from here on out. This place can be a real tentacle land and girls would definitely hate this place immediately so I guess I wouldn't even bother summoning anyone.

After picking up the drops and checking for any usable parts the monster has, I returned to exploration and started killing the monsters one by one. All of them are easy so it wasn't worth mentioning how my fights ended as I easily cut them off. They are just plants after all.

"This island is full of plants and plants monsters. I don't even detect any kind of animals in this place. Are you even sure you will find what you are looking for here? It seems more like a paradise of plant monsters here and the one you are looking for might have been already eaten by these monsters," Cath Palug licked his fur that got smeared by some dew from the leaves I have run over.

"It might be here. It might be not. I just needed to explore the place to see whether the place I was looking for is in here."

But like what Cath Palug said, I don't even think I can find what I am looking for here. I don't even sense any sign of any living being here like small monsters or even critters here and there. All of the enemies are just those carnivorous plants. Of course, I didn't add the monsters we can meet in the cave as that place is a different area and I can see that the plants are even avoiding it as the area is barren with the greenery so perhaps it was bad.

The greens are getting more and more expansive and my exploration is getting shorter and shorter as monsters keep on attacking and all of them are just plants that just don't stop that easily when killed as they can revive unless you destroy their roots.

I thought Cath Palug was right that I should stop as those plants might have already consumed the one I am looking for but I suddenly noticed the same white ice that seems to have frozen through the ground. I thought it was something so I checked it out and I realized that it looks the same as the one in the photo. The moment I discovered this, I quickly went through the forest and as expected, the place where the photo was is finally revealed. I was right, this is indeed the place.