[VRMMO] Dead One

The information about the fanatic's base as well as the raid was made public.

And its instantly got attention of a lot people.

Almost all people that are current in the demonic kingdom will participate in the raid if not all people.

Why?

Well… It's a literally kingdom underground.

Not only that, the fanatics were pushed to the defense and many of their hidden entrances were "Discovered by the demon lord army personally." ….

Anyway.

Even if you don't participate in the main attack on their city fortress, you can still attack some key locations in their base and get contribution points. Not only that, you can attack that place from many different locations, so you don't need to worry about traveling.

Even people that are currently staying the Umil kingdom are even willing to go to the demonic kingdom to just join the raid.

Not only that.

The queen of the Umil kingdom even send some of the sobeks warriors' elites, including the chieftain of the sobek tribe to join and help out.

She and the demon lord probably want to have an excuse to forge stronger alliance between the two nations and the queen also wants to get rid of the terrorist called "Paimon Fanatics" since they are straight up mad people that could also pose threat to the Umil kingdom.

In an instance, the fanatics who were seen as an extremely powerful and mighty group were now backed against the wall in many different ways.

Their bases were discovered and attacked and their hidden paths were also discovered and are being monitored, forcing the fanatics to hid underground.

Yea…. The situation turned out too "Perfectly" …. That bitch…...

…

Anyway, our guild was preparing for the raid.

Blueberry was focused on making golems while the newbies were given new items and class books.

I also went and had a little "Talk" with the demon lord day before the planned raid would happened…... This sly fox mother fucker.

I wasn't wrong about her being far more dangerous that she may seemed.

Fuck me.

I guess it's better if I watch my back from now on… But the problem is that if both of want succeed, we need to watch each other backs or we both go down.

I'm starting to dislike her… But also, like her more.

Anyway, before long the D day has come.

Many forces of the demon lord army, including some of her high ranking generals as well as the players that wanted to join the raid for the rewards as well as Umil kingdom support squad.

As for us. We headed to the village where the GreyHunt infiltrated the enemy base.

"…"

"Huh." – said Howl.

"…. Say…. Isn't this… Too easy?"

"Yea…. The fanatics were a big threat to the demonic kingdom…. But now it feels… Like they are not? I mean in just a single day, the demon lord army moved out and deal massive damage to them." – said Swim.

"But isn't this…. Well… Too sudden?"

"I mean sure."

"We need to get rid of the fanatics ASAP for the safety of the demonic kingdom… But isn't this too fast?!"

"Yea…. I mean, based on the contract and all, I thought we would be at least you know…. For bit long in here?" – said Rampage.

"Yea… If we stayed bit longer, we would have gotten a lot of rewards… BUT WHY THE FUCK ITS ENDING SO SOON?!"

"I…. Fuck…. I'm quiet regretting that we even discovered that base in the first place."

"Right boss?"

"…"

"Boss?"

"Ah… Sorry. I was quiet lost I thought." – said ClownFrog.

"…"

"Is it about the demon lord?" – asked Oron.

"Like I said, its better if we don't distract ourselves at all and focus on the matter at hand." – said ClownFrog.

"Anyway, our allies are coming this way."

"…"

"Sorry for the wait ClownFrog! We were blocked by the group of the players heading to the different entrance nearby." – said Ampy after she and her guild managed to make their way to the members of the Purple Hyena guild.

"Don't worry. If anything, we didn't lost anything by having other players go before us." – said ClownFrog.

"Hm? What do you mean by that?" – asked Tail.

"Simple."

"The fanatics are now against the wall and they are forced to use everything they have."

"The greedy players who goes first will probably end up meeting the enemy traps head on and die quite early, but they will discover the enemy traps for us."

"So, they will act as our meat shields at the start."

"Oh…. So that why you wanted us to gather bit later before the raid happens." – said Ampy.

"Yeb."

"But probably is it's time for us to move. Since people kind of start realizing that the enemy aren't that weak as they expected."

"Anyway, are you guys ready?"

"Yea! We made sure that everything was ready! We have potions and we even got some new equipment! We won't let you down!" – said excited Ampi.

"Hmph. We will see." – said ClownFrog.

"Let's go."

The alliance of the two groups entered the underground through the shed that belonged to the fanatics.

"…"

"Huh…. There is… Nobody here?" – said Shri.

"Well, this isn't surprising." – said GreyHunt.

"Since many of their hidden entrances were comprised, they needed to abandon many of their facilities and only focus on their main facilities."

"This place seemed like a research facility when I first came here, but considering how they just abandoned it means that they didn't have any means of protecting it."

"However, there were few giant contains with some weird blue water and monsters inside in here, but now there are gone."

"They probably took anything valuable and put it in the fortress for the time being."

"Well, they can afford having some of their facilities robbed or even destroyed, since if they win this battle, they won the war." – said ClownFrog.

"Eh? Why? Aren't they…. You know the enemies of the demonic kingdom and all? How would they be able to win the war after winning this battle?" – asked Ampi.

"Well, the current battlefield is a table."

"And there are 4 players, each with their own chips."

"Us."

"Demon lord."

"Fanatics."

"And last but not least: Empire."

"Do you really think that pulling that kind of kingdom wide move will have no consequences while the demonic kingdom is literally at war with the empire?"

"The demon lord may have pulled an HUGE gamble right now, to the point it looked like an complete madness."

"If we don't win it, the empire and the fanatics will have an solid opportunity to attack the demonic kingdom."

"Even if the demon lord remains alive, they would take control over the demonic kingdom, since the grasp of the demon lord herself over her kingdom would get temporarily broken, giving them the opportunity they need for the takeover."

"Because of that, doing something like attacking the fanatics simultaneity in many different locations across the kingdom is literally both taxic for the soldier AND its giving an huge chance for the empire to attack."

"…."

"Wait a fuking moment…. Are you saying she is literally GAMPLING her entire kingdom?!" – said Tail.

"But that doesn't make any sense!"

"She could probably dealt with fanatics if she just let them be dealt with by just us (Players)."

"Sure. It would take quite some time, but I don't see any rush to deal with the fanatics instantly, to the point where she is leaving her kingdom fate at gamble."

"It's just doesn't make any sense no matter how I look at this!"

"I mean, sure. Getting rid of the fanatics and then dealing with empire is correct choice of actions, but it doesn't still make sense for her to take that kind of drastic measures. Is there other objective or something?"

"…"

(Huh… I knew that Tail guy isn't some idiot… But look at that… He is quiet smart. No wonder he is a vice guild master.) – though ClownFrog.

(It seems he is realizing that there is something going on behind the scenes… But without any proper informations or anything, he won't find out about the demon lord "Plot" that she cooking up.)

(I only saw and heard part of it, but fuck me… She is straight up one of those "REAL Masterminds" villains that controls everything according to their plans.)

(Still.)

(It's not only him.)

(I did have a little "Sparing" session with them to see their ability.)

(They are bit above average; they are not really nobodies.)

(But the Ampi and Tail are both quite strong.)

(I honestly wouldn't mind having them becoming the members of my guild.)

"Hm?"

"Wait a second." – said Ampi.

"You said that there are 4 players at the table."

"Us. Demon lord. Fanatics and the empire."

"…"

(Oh shit. I slipped up.) – though ClownFrog.

(How the fuck I managed to fuck up like that?!)

"…"

"Em…. Well, at the current situation we needed to stop being the demon lord chips and instead became another players." – said ClownFrog.

"The fanatics are warry of us, especially us 6."

"I even explained that to you before that they set up a trap specially made for us."

"That is why we need to play wild."

(I'm mixing lies with truth, so I'm not entire lying to her.)

"We need to act smart and unpredictable."

"The enemy is smart, so sometimes we need to play it like normally, but sometimes try and see through the enemy tactics or try to outplay them."

"A wild card in the sense and to be one, we cannot be just an chips, but other players at the table."

"…"

"So… If we want to get the enemy that is wary of us… We need to act on our own and try to get them in unexpected way?" – asked Tail.

"Well. Kind of? It's more like to throw them off and gave either us or the demon lord an opportunity." – said ClownFrog.

"However, our real goal is the enemy leader head IF we want to end this raid as soon as possible, and that is the second reason why we need to act as player instead of chip."

"Hm… Well…. If you say so… Then okay." – said Tail.

"…"

(Holy shit…. I was panicking inside my head!)

(Good thing that I somehow managed to convince them and believe in made up lie…... But I can feel the stares of my guild members…. They realized that I fucked up….)

"…."

"Well then, let's stop talking." – said ClownFrog.

"We could be fighting the fanatics at any time now, so get ready for combat."