[VRMMO] Dead One

Inside the underground mine where the slaves are being kept.

"Dammit. What the heck is going on?" – said male slave.

"I don't know. I don't care. They just told us to stop working and locked up all up in our rooms." – said the second male slave.

"However, thanks to that we can finally have a break and breathe a little."

"But aren't you at least curios one bit about what is going on?" – said the third male slave.

"I don't- "

Suddenly, a sound of screaming outside the doors could be heard.

"?"

"Hey. Did you heard that?"

"What is going on?"

"!?"

More and more screams could be heard coming from outside and the sound it self could be heard coming closer and closer to the door.

However, moments later, all the screams had suddenly stopped.

All the slaves that were locked up watched in horror at the door, not knowing what was happening.

The silence completely took over the room, however moment later, a sound of door being unlocked could be heard.

The door opened and a skeleton lizardman monster appeared.

"You- "

"Ahhhhhh!"

The slaves screamed in fear.

"Em-"

"AHHHH!

"…"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" – shouted ClownFrog.

"!"

ClownFrog suddenly screamed with all his strength, shutting up all the slaves.

"For fuck's sake! I'm not here to harm you!" – said ClownFrog.

"I came here to fuking rescue you all! Here! I have a freaking zombie of a guard that I killed as proof!" – said ClownFrog while pointing to the zombie.

"…"

"Wait. Really?" – asked slave.

"YES!"

"If you don't trust me, just take a fuking look around! I killed all the guards in the mine and turned them into undead!" – said ClownFrog.

"…"

The slaves looked at each with confused look, not knowing if ClownFrog was telling the truth or not.

"…"

"H-how can we trust you?" – asked one of the slaves.

"Well, I haven't killed you and turned you into undeads like the guards, so isn't this one reason at least?" – said ClownFrog.

"…"

"Look. You can either trust me or get killed by the guards the moment I leave. So, you can either trust me or just die. What will it be?"

"…"

"W-we will trust you." – said scared slave.

"Good. Then come out and help me."

The slaves began leaving their room and as soon as they did, they saw the zombies and skeletons that were once the guards. Including the slave master.

"?!"

"See? I told you I got rid off them all." – said ClownFrog.

"Now do you trust me bit more?"

"…"

The slaves observed in silence and shock the ClownFrog.

"Hey. This is not over. I need you to help me out."

"Here. These are the keys to the human slaves rooms. Use them to release rest of the slaves."

"However, don't go outside yet. Its dangerous. Wait for everybody."

"And there is one more thing. Does any of you know where the lamias are?"

"?!"

"L-lamias? Do you also want to free lamias?" – asked one of the slaves.

"Yes. My goal is to rescue the lamias and the slaves from the Silver Sand city. I will give you the whole run down of the situation after the lamias are rescued."

"But this is an order. Do not even dare to leave this place until the time is right or else all of us will end up dying. Do you understand?"

"…"

"T-the lamias should be in the opposite side. If you go that way you should reach them." – said slave.

"…"

"Lead the way." – said ClownFrog.

"Y-yes!"

The slave lead the ClownFrog to the room where lamias are being kept imprisoned.

"Is this the room?"

"Y-yes! I saw lamias being put in there." – said the slave.

"…"

ClownFrog took out the keys he stole from the guards and unlocked the door.

"!"

As soon as ClownFrog opened the door, he saw the captured Melody Tail members inside that were badly wounded.

"?"

"W-who are you?" – asked one of the lamias.

"…"

"I'm ClownFrog. I'm member of the revolution army and the ally of the Melody Tail tribe." – said ClownFrog while showing off the Melody Tail sigil.

"?!"

"Per the acting chieftain request, I have come to rescue you all."

"?!"

"I-is this true?!"

"He has our tribe sigil…."

"…"

"…I can tell that you don't fully trust me yet, but if you want to escape, you need to fallow my orders."

"Anyway, where is the tribe chieftain? I need to speak with her."

"…She is locket in the different part of the mine. They were keeping her locked up in order keep us in check." – said one of the lamias.

"Do you know where exactly she is?" – asked ClownFrog.

"N-no. We don't." – said the lamia.

"…"

"Hey. Do you have any idea where she could be?"

"Me?! Em… Maybe? I saw the guards guarding one place where a steel door is located. We never been in there, so its not a storage. Maybe she is in there?" – said the slave.

"Hm… Lead the way."

ClownFrog alongside the lamias began fallowing the slave into the deeper parts of the mine.

"…"

"Say. You don't need to answer this question, but why are you so roughed up? You are even worse shape than slaves." – said ClownFrog.

"…"

"They tortured us." – said lamia.

"…"

"They wanted the information. They wanted to find the location of the rest of our tribe and enslave them."

"?"

"Enslave you? But in their eyes, you are nothing more than a monsters to be killed. Why would they want to enslave you?" – asked ClownFrog.

"!"

"Wait. Your tribe specialty!"

"Yes. Our tribe are excellent item maker, farmer and miners. They wanted to use us as their pets to do all their dirty work for them."

"…"

"That explain some things." – said ClownFrog.

"The Melody Tail wanted to rescue you all, but since the you all and the tribe chieftain was captured, the tribe couldn't even lift the finger against the Silver Sand city."

"However, considering that Melody Tail is still okay means that you didn't sold out your people." – said ClownFrog.

"!"

"Hey. Is this the place?" – asked ClownFrog while standing near the steel door.

"Yes. Normally we are never even allowed to be near it, so there must be something important inside." – said the slave.

"Hm… This a special lock impeded with magic." – said one of the lamias.

"Hm? You know what it is?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Yes. Those locks are bit special. You cannot pick lock it or anything and there is a special barrier placed on the doors."

"You need a special key to open it and the keys you are holding are just normal keys."

"Oh. So that what this thing is for." – said ClownFrog while taking out a weird key.

"?!"

"Em… When did you get that?" – asked slave.

"I told you I killed every single guard in here. That slave master guy had this on him but I didn't know what this key could open."

"Anyway, this key should open it, right?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Em… I guess so?" – said the lamia.

(I see. So, sneaking in and rescuing the lamias was out of question from the get go, since that guy was holding on this.) – though ClownFrog.

"Okay. Let me try using it then."

ClownFrog put the strange key into the keyhole before turning the key around and unlocking the door.

"Huh. It worked."

After unlocking the door, ClownFrog opened the door before then entering the room together with the lamias.

"!"

"Chief!" – said one of the lamias.

In the dark room, a rattlesnake lamia with a long tail was held captive with many chains holding down her arms and tail in place.

"Hey! Help me out! We need to get this chains off her!" – said the lamia after rushing to the chieftain side.

"…"

"You also help out." – said ClownFrog to the slave.

The group began taking off the restrains and chains off the imprisoned lamia.

"Hey. Is she okay?" – asked ClownFrog after the lamia restrains were taken off.

"No. She is not in good state. Not only that but she appears to be unconscious." – said one of the lamias that were inspecting the lamias chieftain body.

"…."

"You. Get some of your people here. They need to help with carrying her to safety." – said ClownFrog.

"!"

"Y-yes!"

Few moments later, the group of slaves arrived and lifted up the lamia chieftain unconscious body to the safer location.

After relocating the lamia chieftain, all of the slaves and lamias had gathered per ClownFrog request.

"Okay. I won't be beating around the bush and will tell you the current situation." – said ClownFrog.

"Right now, above on the ground. The sobeks army has invaded the city and are currently battling the forces of the Silver Sand city."

"This is a revolution. The ancient queen of the Umil kingdom has been awaken all the tribes that lived in this kingdom are gathering."

"Our plan right now is to fully resurrect the queen as well as to fully form the revolution army."

"However to do that, we needed to rescue Umil kingdom people as well as the Melody Tail tribe members."

"As of right now, the sobeks as well as my group are currently trying to deal with the Silver Sand city troops. However, my role was to infiltrate the mine and rescue you all."

"?"

"Wait. I don't understand something. Why rescue us now? Wouldn't it be better to rescue us after to conquer the Silver Sand city?" – asked the lamia.

"Well, here comes the problematic part."

"The reason why I'm doing the rescue right now is to make sure that you guys are safe and will not be used hostages."

"Another reason why the rescue operation is being carried right now is because of the danger of the battle."

"We don't want you guys to get hit in crossfire and while you are still being kept in here, we cannot recklessly destroy the city."

"We need to rescue you now, even when the battle is taking place."

"B-but how we will be getting out?" – asked the slave.

"Well, that is the hard part. We need to get to the gate that was taken over by the sobeks. If we try to go with any different gate, then our path would not only be blocked but also guarded by archers and ballistas."

"The only way to escort you to safety is reach the gate that the army has breached."

"…"

"Does that mean we will have to run through the battlefield?" – asked the lamia.

"Unfortunately, yes."

"I know this plan is stupid and very risky, but considering the current circumstances we have no choice but to do it this way."

"However, you are forgetting something. I'm a freaking necromancer and I'm not alone." – said ClownFrog while brining out his horde of undeads.

"?!"

(W-what the heck are those numbers?! How he is able to control so many undeads?) – though the one of the lamias.

"Get ready. Sooner or later the enemy will find out that the mine was taken over and they will send some forces to deal with us."

"Before that happens, we need to running away."

"Eat up and drink something. As soon as you are ready, we are getting out of here alive!"