[VRMMO] Dead One

ClownFrog began explaining everything he discovered as well as his theories about the current situation.

"So, you are saying… That this place maybe a heart of the fanatic's base." – said Oron.

"An underground base with a system beneath the surface that allows the fanatics to travel to the different parts of the kingdom, unnoticed."

"It would explain how their army could appear and disappear in thin air, right?" – said Rampage.

"Yea. And that is problematic… But also confusing? Isn't this- "

"Oron. I know what you want to talk about, but now its not the time." – said ClownFrog.

"The problem how do we deal with that city."

"Honestly, it would be the best if all the members of the Purple Hyena guild AND Litle Bastards joined up the forces and formed a raid party."

"However… I can now say that we won't be able to do it."

"?!"

"Are the city defenses that solid?" – asked Wretch.

"Unfortunately, yes." – said ClownFrog.

"…"

"The situation…. Is way harder than I though."

"Honestly, even if 2 of our guild would went in there, we would still lose. 100%"

"I only saw the fraction of their defense, but they still have too many hidden cards AND the defenses they showed me so far were enough to repel me, even though they weren't showing all of their cards yet."

"This isn't just some city that only look like one."

"It's also a fortress and heavily defended one at that."

"…"

"Well, by the look of things, I need to talk with the demon lord."

"?!"

"Wait! You know the demon lord?!" – said shocked Ampi.

"Its... Complicated."

"We did meet and all, so I can talk with her."

"By the way, don't go around spreading this news."

"Yes! We won't!" – said intimidated Tail.

(If we spread it around, he will murder us personally.)

"…Well. If you don't mind, I need to make a call, a private one." – said ClownFrog.

"You all, turn off your things. I need to talk with her, ALONE."

After saying that, ClownFrog walked away from everybody.

"…"

"Huh… Is it me or did he looked bit angry?" – said Shri.

[Few moments later.]

"…."

"You fucked up son of a bitch." – said ClownFrog.

"Yes, yes. Insult me all you like." – said the demon lord voice.

"Just keep your end of the bargain."

"…Fine." – said ClownFrog.

"But you do realize that if you fuking do "THAT", we will become your enemies." – said ClownFrog.

"We may not be as powerful as you or have a power of a kingdom, but trust me. We are not somebody to be messed with."

"But. I will keep my end of the deal. I will fallow your orders like a loyal dog."

"But then comes the question time. You got that?"

"Yea… I honestly doubt you wouldn't discover the truth sooner or later if not already have discover some parts of it."

"Anyway, I will keep in touch." – said the demon lord before hanging up.

"…"

"…"

"Hm?"

"Oh. The boss is back." – said Blueberry after noticing ClownFrog walking back.

"So, how did I went?" – asked Rampage.

"I talked with the demon lord." – said ClownFrog.

"Two things to talk about."

"First is that the demon lord forces are heading this way to help the prisoners and deal with the captured fanatics. However, before they get here, we need to keep them safe and be on guard."

"The second is an order to retreat."

"The fanatics will probably be unable to leave that place, since its literally a heart of their main base, so the demon lord said that there will a raid organized under demon lord name."

"She will post a special quest where the players will be recruited to attack the underground fortress city."

"So…. Its no longer two of our guilds, but different players will join in?" – asked Tail.

"Yea." – said ClownFrog.

"The raid will be held in two days."

"The demon lord army and the demon lord herself will be now on high alert, making it very difficult for the fanatics to now go unnoticed and not be catched red handed and murdered by the demon lord army."

"Pretty much, any movements from their side will expose more of their hidden passages. And they will definitely not want that since its one of their main advantages."

"During this time, players will gather a full out assault before having them launch an attack on their base."

"So, I have now question for your guild."

"Will you be participating in the raid?"

"Em…. Hm… I think we will." – said Ampi.

"We have a bone to pick up with those bastards after they throwed us in that freaking prison."

"Good." – said ClownFrog.

"Anyway, still no words from GreyHunt?"

"Nope. Still nothing." – said Rampage.

"If what you said was correct, then there is a chance that he is also in the underground network and his communication to the outside world was cut off."

"I see."

(Well, I do have a real life phone number to the GreyHunt as well as the group chat, we made so we can communicate offline, so there shouldn't be any problems to reach out to him.) – though ClownFrog.

(It would be a good thing if he somehow manages to secure some important information about the enemy if not their base.)

"…"

"Well, before we split up, I need to talk a bit more with you. Litle Bastards guild." – said ClownFrog.

"…"

"Em…Okay?" – said awkwardly Ampy.

"So… What do you want to talk about?"

"Well, honestly speaking, I have zero clue how strong any of you are. Hera did told me that you were one sidedly beating the prison guards, but those guys were weaklings."– said ClownFrog.

"However, the fanatics at the city were a completely different. Even minions were far stronger than many guards combined."

"I don't know how strong you all and I can probably guess that I can probably kill all you by myself if not the other members of my guild."

"However, I won't be lying if I said I need you."

"?!"

"Us? You need us?" – asked confused Ampy.

"Yea."

"I want an alliance between our 2 guilds."

"?!"

"Wait! You want us to work together?! I mean sure! We were supposed to work together when it came to the exploring the enemy base. But the raid is a completely different subject!" – said Ampy.

"Not only that, why us? There- "

"Trust." – said ClownFrog.

"You have proven yourself trust worthy."

"Not only that, with the fanatics employing their own players, we don't know who to trust."

"And there is also another reason why we need you."

"Its honestly nothing over complicated or anything."

"An alliance where two of our guilds will be working together."

"Of course the rewards will be splitted depending on the contribution, but even if you barely do anything, I promise you to give you at least some good stuff."

"How about it?"

"…"

"Em… Please wait a moment."

Ampi and her guild members walked away from the Purple Hyena guild.

"Holy shit! Should we accept his offer?!" – asked male Catfolk.

"Even if we split up the rewards based on the personal contribution, we would still probably get good amount of contribution points from the raid by just being allies with the Purple Hyena guild." – said a second male kobold player that wasn't tail.

"Yea. I get what you mean… But this is an ClownFrog." – said Tail.

"He is cunning person and smart one at that."

"But…. I don't think he wants us to betray us or anything…."

"…"

"Honestly, the deal sounds suspicious…. But I'm willing to take it."

"What about you boss?"

"…."

"Okay… We will do it."

The members of the Litle Bastard walked back to the Purple Hyena guild members.

"So how about it?"

"Do you want to wish to take this little devil hand?" – asked ClownFrog while extending his hand.

"…"

Ampi looked to her guild members.

Some of them had a nervous look while some were excited.

"…"

"Okay."

"We accept your proposal of cooperation." – said Ampi while shaking hands with ClownFrog.

"Good."

"Oh. By the way, I kind of talked with the demon lord."

"If you make a good job, she can offer you some bonus… Rewards."

"?!"

"Wait! But they- "

"Don't worry Shri. They are not getting the same stuff as us. But the demon lord will made sure that their reward will be worth it. Be it either money or items." – said ClownFrog.

"So, don't think about just leaching and do your job, but also don't die like a greedy idiot for achievements."

"Got it?"

"Y-yes! We will give our all!" – said Ampi.

"Good." – said ClownFrog.

(I don't know if this will be enough, but right now I gained a new chip that may turn the tides of battle.)

Currently, it's a game.

A game between the fanatics and us.

Both of us possess chips.

Each chip possess different values.

The current chips on the table on our sides are.

-Undead army.

-Demons.

-Summons.

-Tamed monsters.

-Blueberry golems.

-Me, Shri, Oron, Rampage and Blueberry as well as Swim, Howl, Wretch and Lil.

-There is also the members of the Little Bastards guild.

-Also, the players that will join the raid.

While the enemy has those kind of chips:

-The army of the fanatics.

-The city and its defenses.

-Unknown chip – Leaders.

-Unknown chip – The enemy leader.

-Unknown chip – Equipment that the fanatics may have.

-Unknown chip – The giants demonic undead – We don't know how many of them they have.

-Unknown chip – The mastermind.

-Unknown chip – The underground that may hold some secrets.

-Unknown chip – The players working for the fanatics.

Honestly, I said that we may win, but I don't honestly know.

The enemy has too many unknown chips.

The enemy also has now time to prepare themselves properly since they forced me to retreat.

However, the problem is their informations.

The trap they set was specifically made for me.

They probably also know about the strength of the other members of the guild, since we are quiet famous, both among NPCs and players.

So, they have information while we don't.

They will definitely prepare for the raid army to come, since they have spies among our ranks.

BUT!

They don't know about the new chip I got on my hands.

A chip that shall bring some "Chaos" on the battlefield.