[VRMMO] Dead One

[At the royal palace located in the Golden Sand city.]

"…"

"You know. I'm getting really nervous right now." – said Shri.

"Right now?! The demon lord hasn't arrived yet!" – said Oron.

The members of the Purple Hyena guild were waiting for the demon lord, right in front of the palace entrance together with the queen and the members of the royal guards.

"Hey. Be example to the newbies Shir. They are already in bad shape from stress. So, calm the hell down." – said GreyHunt.

"Can you guys shut up? The demon lord will soon get here and we don't want to be an embarrassment!" – said ClownFrog.

The group waited for some time and finally, at exact time the visit was supposed to take place, a caravan that was being dragged by 2 sand running lizards had finally arrived to the area right next to the entrance.

Suddenly, the human coach that was driving the caravan has left his spot and walked to the caravan door.

As soon as the caravan door was opened, a tall female adult with a pair of horns that were stretching above the woman head and connecting right above it, making the horns appears to be a ring.

The woman hair was long and had dark purple color.

The woman nails were long and dark.

The woman was wearing a beautiful dress.

From the woman back, a set of 3 long tails with pointy end of a spear were being fallowing the woman.

"…"

(So, this is a demon lord?) – though ClownFrog.

(At first glance, she look like a peaceful and beautiful lady.)

(But-)

[Demon Lord – Queen Of The Liefay Kingdom - Abigail Neverend]

(She is a demon lord.)

"…"

"Welcome. Miss Neverend." – said the queen while approaching the demon lord.

"Greetings. Queen Umil." – said the demon lord.

"I'm sorry for troubling you with the sudden visit while you yourself are quite busy this days."

"No problem. You probably have a good reason for coming here, so please, fallow me." – said the queen.

The rules of the nations headed to the palace and entered it.

"…"

"Huh… I though…. You know… She would like more demon monster like or something?" – said Swim.

"Well, appearance can be deceiving. I mean, the queen is a necromancer that can control an army of undeads that can destroy kingdoms." – said Oron.

"So it wouldn't be surprising if the demon lord is also overpower like her."

"…"

"Now that you mentioned that… Are all the rules of the country that powerful like them?!" – asked Wretch.

"Nope."

"The king of the Adernul kingdom was just fat ass and the king of the Umuri kingdom isn't a warrior, but a tactician type of guy." – said ClownFrog.

"So pretty much these two maybe are expectation. Well, there is a huge chance that they are not only powerfully rules of the nations and there may be more like them out there."

"Anyway, let's go."

The two queens of their own kingdoms held a dinner party between just themselves where they apparently discussed many different topics. They also did other stuff like walking around the palace and other stuff.

We didn't joined the dinner or anything and just waited.

We had to wait 2 hours, doing nothing and just wait for them inside the palace.

It was… Very annoying.

But oh well, we finally got to meet the demon lord.

"Thank you for the generous meal as well as showing me around the palace." – said the Abigail Neverend.

"I'm just glad you enjoyed yourself." – said Arrianhi Umil.

"Well now."

"Should we cut straight through everything and tell you the reason for my sudden visit?" – asked the Abigail Neverend.

"…Fine." – said the Arrianhi Umil.

"So, what is the reason for the demon lord and the queen of the Liefay kingdom would want from us?"

"Well, first thing first." – said the Abigail Neverend.

"If I remember correctly, there were 6 people in the Purple Hyena guild, but I see 10? Who are these people?"

"Well, they are our new members we just recruited." – said ClownFrog.

"And we received an order to bring all of the members of the Purple Hyena guild… So…."

"… I understand." – said the demon lord.

"Anyway, first, I want to thank you Arrianhi Umil for dealing with Adernul kingdom."

"I knew about the Adernul kingdom plans thanks to my spies and I knew they were preparing for the war."

"But thanks to your resurrection, you have dealt with these corrupted people and have even cleaned up their mess."

"Not only that, you also saved a lot of demonoids that were captured and enslaved by the king."

"Honestly, I wanted to Adernul kingdom myself. But you beat me to it."

"True. I did saved Adernul kingdom in the past, but back then it wasn't the bad country. But then it became more rotten with each year and they even enslaved your people."

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have saved them from the bastard Paimon. If I knew it would have happened, the whole tragedy could have been prevented."

"It's not your fault. You didn't know that the desanders of the Adernul kingdom would become so corrupted and power hungry." – said the Arrianhi Umil.

"I know what happened to your country. I know you also needed to do that to save your own people as well."

"So I'm not mad or anything."

"You had your own reason and all."

"…"

"Thank you for understanding." – said the demon lord.

Both queens began talking about different topics, mostly related about their countries and their future cooperation, like selling goods to one another.

And after some time passed, the demon lord…Kind of surprised us?

"Anyway, beside business and apologizing to you for my mistake, I also came here for another reason."

"I came here to meet with the members of the Purple Hyena guild."

"?"

"Us?" – asked confused ClownFrog.

"Yes."

"Honestly, this was the only way to meet you right now, without getting a suspicious attention."

"But just so you know. I did not used an excuse to apologize to you miss Umil, just to meet them."

"I have…. My own annoying circumstances right now."

"…I understand." – said the queen.

"Do you want me to leave and give you some privacy?"

"…I don't want to be mean or disgraceful towards you, but, if possible, can we?" – asked the demon lord.

"Sure."

The Arrianhi Umil left the room, making so that the only people in the room were the members of the Purple Hyena guild as well as the demon lord.

"…"

(OKAY. What the fuck is going on?!) – though ClownFrog.

"Please. Sit. I have some business with you." – said the demon lord.

"!"

"W-well then."

ClownFrog sit on the sofa where the queen sit before.

"…"

"So…. Is there…. Any reason why you want meet us in person?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Yes."

"I will just cut right through the chase again."

"I want to hire the entire Purple Hyena guild."

"?!"

"Wait, wait, wait, wait. You want to hire us? Like to work for your country?" – asked GreyHunt.

"Nope."

"I want you to work for me for specific amount of time. For 2-3 months. Maybe bit more if necessary."

"…"

"Em… Can you elaborate. Why do you want to hire us suddenly and for what reason?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Well, its related to those "Annoying Circumstances" I just mentioned."

"Simply put, my kingdom has a lot of trouble right now."

"I know you tried contacting us through my servant Rolando."

"!"

"Wait! So, he was really was working for you!" – said Rampage.

"Yea. He is." – said the demon lord.

"He informed me about the Adernul kingdom plans and war preparation."

"As well as the fact that you figured out that he was working for me and tried contacting me through him."

"Honestly, I would have helped you, but because my own kingdom has its own problems."

"I'm dealing everything mayor problems myself with other high ranking officials."

"But there are still some random annoyed that is very troubling, like some terrorist or Paimon fanatics."

"Not only that, the Oin empire we are hostile with are now attacking us more often."

"So yea… We have too many problems occurring at once to the point where I cannot be everywhere at once and my other high ranking officers are also busy like hell."

"So, we need to result to recruiting adventures."

[Oin Empire]

Oin Empire is a large empire that is also one of the most popular starting zones in the game.

It wasn't originally part of the current continent we are staying at, but they managed to conquer some kingdoms right next to the sea on our continued and now are trying to deal with the demonic kingdom.

The Oin empire mostly consist of a peaceful races like dwarfs, humans, elevens and some other races.

But they are also ambitious empire that want to grow in strength nonstop.

Simply put, people often join the Oin empire, if they just want to fight.

Honestly, for us villains working for that kind of empire may seem like good plan, but I don't trust them for few good reasons.

Anyway, the demonic kingdom was attacked by the Oin empire some time ago and demonic kingdom are right now fighting against them.

"Right now, thanks to the Adernul kingdom being dealt with and our borders being once again open, we can now recruit adventurers to join and help out our kingdom."

"But, the problem is that we need some stronger adventurers to deal with some problems we are dealing inside the kingdom right now."

"So, I came to look for you."

"You were one of the most important key figures during the war against Adernul kingdom."

"Not only that, I don't want some heroes of justice."

"I want somebody who can also do a dirty job without any problems and can fallow orders, no matter how cruel or inhuman they are."

"And you are that kind of bastards, aren't you?"

"…"

"Well, every good story need a villains. And we are one of those villains." – said ClownFrog.

"So, you want us to help out with dealing with the inside matter within the demonic kingdom?"

"Yes. Right now, we need somebody to deal with them, since me and all of the high ranking officials are busy right now."

"…"

"I understand the situation."

"But question, you said you want to hire us. So, what would be our payment?"

"…"

"Glad you asked." – said the demon lord with smile.

Suddenly, a dark space opened near the demon lord.

"?!"

Demon lord put her hand into the space and began taking out weird bottles, contained different liquates.

"This would be your upfront payment for the start and you would receive also payment for any job and assignment you done for me while working for me." – said the demon lord.

"Em… What is this?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Oh. Something special. Take a look." – said the demon lord.

"?"

ClownFrog grabbed the two different bottles that were on the table before trying to find out what they are.

"?!"

[Dragonewt Ritual Potion]

[Rarity: Unique]

[A special potion that was made by using a unique ritual of the lizardmans and the dragons.]

[The ritual is made using special elixir and the blood of a high dragon.]

[If a lizardman drinks this potion, they will undergo an evolution and became a dragonewt.]

[Works for the unlivings but not undeads.]

[Demonic Aspect Potion]

[Rarity: Epic]

[A special blood used with special demonic arts.]

[When consumed, the blood will forcefully evolve its host and made him become a demonic being.]

[Changes race when consumed.]

"…What?!" – said very shocked ClownFrog.

"The demonic aspect blood isn't problematic for us to produce. But the problem was with the ritual potions." – said the demon lord.

"Normally, you became a dragonewt when undergoing special ritual or trial, but this potions possess a same effect and let you skip all that. It's just that its extremely hard to come across, since they rarely made those potions and its way easier to just do the ritual or the special trail instead."

"But, I have 2 of these potions."

"I also have 3 of the demonic aspect potions."

"…"

"Wait. Quick question. What happens if a demonoid drinks a demonic aspect potion? Aren't demonoids an demonic creatures?" – asked Shri.

"Don't worry. It works on the demonoids and it does make them stronger." – said the demon lord.

"…"

"Huh. You prepared well." – said ClownFrog.

"We have 2 lizardmans."

"1 dark forest elf, 1 human and 1 demonoid."

"And we also have 1 vampire, but she doesn't need it."

"As for these 4, they are brand new. So, you didn't expected them."

"Well, even if I didn't included them, the offer is still good."

"The upfront payment and a solid payment for any tasks I give you."

"So, what do you say?"

"…"

"Can we have a moment between us?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Sure."

The members of the Purple Hyena guild left the room for the moment, leaving the demon lord all alone.

"…"

"So, what do you guys think?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Well… Wow. That was very sudden." – said Oron.

"I get what you mean." – said GreyHunt.

"Just working alone for her may give us huge rewards. But the upfront payment part?! The potions that can evolve our races?! We saw how powerfully Rampage had become after changing into vampire and she is also has ability to evolve and special classes."

"Yea. And if we work long enough and hard enough, we maybe be able to secure some more of these special potions for these guys." – said Shri.

"…Fuck…. She said that there are other ways of becoming dragonewt, but how long it would take us to find a special place where the ritual or trials are taking place?" – said ClownFrog.

"Not only that, she is offering 2 potions and 3 demonic potions."

"…."

"…"

"Fuck. I say we do it." – said ClownFrog.

"The deal is too good to turn down."

"I'm sorry you won't get anything from the upfront payment you guys, but we maybe be able to get some rewards not only for us, but also for you all. You all maybe even be able to secure some powerful titles that maybe be able to grow in strength."

"…. Hm… I have nothing against it." – said Wretch.

"Me too. We may get something way better than race change item from the demon lord, like a powerful class or something." – said Swim.

"I have no problems as well. I mean, a special job offered by the demon lord? Fuck that! I'm all in!" - said Howl.

"…"

"Lil?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Well, why are you even asking me for? Literally all of you want to go for it. I'm also okay with it, since it will definitely make us stronger." – said Lil.

"…"

The party returned back into the room where the demon lord was waiting.

"Sorry to make you wait." – said ClownFrog.

"We had a dissuasion between ourselves and we have decided."

"We are accepting your offer."