Versatile: Alternate World

It took some time before all of the shoppers left once their orders are satisfied. Still, I am quite sure that the players will come back here again once their supplies ran out. With the monsters they are fighting quite strong to destroy that easily, if they could easily do that, they wouldn't be struggling a lot in ending things.

As for me, I remained passive while witnessing the situation. The wave of monsters is almost near the walls of the Insect Kingdom and the latter are already using high-level spells just to destroy the hordes of monsters. Not only the NPC soldiers are there, but I can also spot a lot of players as well. Seeing the number of players participating, it's not just small guilds but also huge guilds present. Seeing some carrying the flags and banners of their guilds means they have passed the 200-player threshold since they only get those the moment they have developed their guild house and expanded their facilities to accommodate 200 players.

However, no matter how many players are helping, the amount of monsters invading is quite enormous that even the wall of players is not invulnerable against the horde plus with the raid boss still advancing slowly and annihilating any enemies that it sees in its path, they can't just continuously block the horde, they also have to deal with the raid boss at the same time as well.

The strategy of the players is pretty bad. Since the players didn't experience the raid battle against the Cath Palug, the players are not that knowledgeable in big major raid battles like this. Speaking of Cath Palug, the guy has not been making a ruckus for quite a while and I am a bit curious about why the beast stopped making any kind of effort to either annoy me or try to escape. In fact, it barely did any kind of movements that would anger me which is a bit suspicious.

But since Cath Palug is not really doing anything that garners my attention and the dogs that are helping me keep watch of him has not reported anything nor did they die or anything at all, I am not that worried.

Back to the current situation. While watching the battle, I formulated countless strategies that can help feel down the mantis as efficiently and easily as possible. I made countless simulations in my head on how to deal with it without it passing through the final boundary that separates the vast swamp that the corrupted insects are coming from and the walls that separate the Insect Kingdom's populace.

It's hard and tedious, but not impossible.

But perhaps this was my fault as the intended fight against Cath Palug didn't occur, or I should just have blamed the invasion for happening much earlier than expected. I don't really know much but since everything works like a domino, perhaps some of my new actions have changed situations that shouldn't have happened or do not exist before.

While contemplating, a slithering snake appeared from the forest. I was surprised since snakes are not present in the Insect Forest despite being a forest full of lush greenery and cold spots for snakes to breed, so seeing one immediately raised my guard and instinctively grab the hilt of my weapon.

However, I immediately recognize the snake. It's one of the snakes that Sigma tamed, and if I remember correctly, this snake is Beta. The other players who were just staying there were also surprised that they immediately pulled out their weapons as well but seeing the snake didn't even bat an eye from them, they are now curious as to what the snake is coming here for.

Soon, the one riding the snake came down and I thought it was just the owner riding the snake but there are several others as well.

"Yo, Bladeheart! I didn't know you have a house here as well! And dayum, this is one crazy cozy cabin you have! Why did you make this place a secret though?" Hagane grinned as he went down from the snake's back.

"Hagane, just because he has a mansion doesn't mean he didn't want to have some sort of vacation house. With a place like this being isolated in this forest, it is just a good place to have solace and enjoy the game peacefully once! He doesn't need to tell us this though?" Dolly scratches her head as she went down from the back of Beta as well.

The others went down as well, Topaz and Iron, my parents, Mr. Bear, Harmless Sparrow, and lastly, Sigma who went down last from the back of Beta.

"Looks like the view of the battle was indeed very easy to view here. I can't believe you have a location picked in this area," Sigma stares into the battlefield.

"It's just a coincidence. I am not even expecting the war would occur very near my location. As a result, the players who are grinding in the forest made this place a little resting spot as monsters don't spawn here due to it being owned by a player, and any monsters spawning here will deter from going here, making a small safe place for players to gather without being attacked."

"'Woah, is that how it works? I didn't know creating a place like this randomly in the wild will allow you to make a safe area just like that?" Harmless Sparrow.

"Haha, you still needed to find a neutral area and make it a space where someone can live to become a safe area, otherwise, it will not work."

Once Sigma recalled Beta, she looks over into the current war.

"The situation looks bad. How are the players so bad at handling the enemies quite so bad right now?" Dolly frowned when she looked at the chaos on the battlefield.

"Compared to us who have experienced a much more dangerous raid than this, these players have yet to experience a massive battle like this so I think it is normal that they won't be able to formulate a good battle plan and just fight against it like a normal enemy," Topaz immediately  deduced.

I nodded in agreement. "Topaz is right. They lack experience and although it was a bit easy to handle, the way they execute the plan is just bad enough that this is easy enough to crumble without any problem."

"Bladeheart, will the tide change if we decided to go and help out?" Sigma asked.

"Of course. You guys already know most of the tricks on handling a raid as you guys have experienced it first hand, but keep in mind that not only us are present there but also other players. Just like you guys, they are seeking glory, so if you guys are going to join into the fray, make sure you all are prepared."

My father laughed when he heard me say that.  I frowned since my father is not someone who makes fun of me without thinking. So why is he laughing though?

"Son, every one of us here has already experienced many things against other players. This is an MMORPG game, a game where other players compete against other players for glory. We of course know that, and that is why you don't need to be worried. What we needed to be worried about is how to efficiently take down the enemy boss, as fast as possible."