[VRMMO] Dead One

"…"

(Something is off…. They don't seem to be fighting?) – though ClownFrog while flying through the sky.

["Boss."]

"Hm? What is going on?"

["These people don't wish to fight. They instead wish to speak to you."]

["They are not even trying to run away any longer."]

"?"

(First unknown people appear and now suddenly surrender?)

(This doesn't make sense.)

(They should still have solid chance to run away…... By any chance it wasn't the scouts spotting them, but instead they let themselves get spotted instead?)

(Is it a trap?)

"…."

(It's worth a risk.)

(And if its indeed a trick, oh well, I can just murder them.)

"Fine. I will talk with them."

"…."

"Boss said he agrees to talk." – said Morion.

"Good."

"…."

"Hey!" – said the noble man knight while whispering to the eyepatches man.

"The fuck?! That wasn't the plan!"

"Yea. And you want to try your luck with this guy?" – replied Sirius.

"I honestly thought I could beat the necromancer…. But now I'm not so sure."

"The information provided wasn't accurate at all."

(The information did stated that he can control horde of monsters by himself… But this? These demons are not some weaklings.)

(Not only that, this is just a small portion of his army?)

(When we were observing them from afar, I could tell that his army wasn't something small or something that only consisted of some extremely weak monsters.)

(And you are saying one person is controlling it ALL?)

(Honestly…. This is gamble.)

(If he agrees to talk, then our mission will be completed…. But…. If worse comes to worse than I may have a shot.)

"And don't worry. We have it in case the negotiation won't work."

"…."

"Fine." – said the nervous noble.

Before long ClownFrog had landed in the area where his demons and the unknown soldiers were located.

"…."

(They are really not players….) – though ClownFrog while observing the unknown soldiers.

(And this guy…... He isn't letting his guard at all, even though he was the one who said that he wants to talk.) – though ClownFrog while looking at the eyepatches man.

(Well, even if he does land a proper sneak attack, it won't work.)

[Benefits – Dark Green Scales Dragonewt]

[Increase user base Vitality stat 15%]

[Increase the performance of necrotic elements and skills by 200%]

[Increase performance of dragonic element and skills by 100%]

[Increase basic defense necrotic element and skills by 100%]

[Grants user HP, MP and SP regeneration: 3 point.]

[Gain extra stat: Dragon Glory]

[Decrees performance of the holy element and skills by 100%]

[Increase damage taken from holy element and skills by 100%]

[The benefits of Unliving race are left, but they are reduced by 50%]

[Special race class: [Dragonewt: Dark Green Scales].]

[Class race special effect per level: increase all stats per level and rank. The grow effect becomes way more effective with each level and rank up.]

(My current defense is extremely high right now thanks to my classes and race and I had also invested a lot of points into the vitality alongside the fact my current armor is defense oriented.)

(My special race class skill starts weak, but more time passes as well as more efforts are put into it, the stronger the effects becomes by a lot.)

(Even if he did launched a surprise attack and catched me completely off guard, it won't be enough to kill me.)

"So…. Who are you?"

"I can see you have members of the empire soldiers with you…. Specifically, the third prince forces."

"Just so you know, if that whole "Talk" is an excuse to get me in your attack range, it won't work, even if I don't block."

"So. What is the deal?"

"…."

(Damn monster…. But he isn't wrong.) – though Sirius Cruel.

(Now that I came face to face with that bastard, I can definitely say one thing for certain.)

(I won't be able to win.)

(This guy is real monster!)

"…."

"The third prince wants to talk."

"?!"

"HEY! WHAT- "

Before the noble man could finish speaking the mercenary aimed with his blade at him, shutting him up.

"Shut up."

"That was our plan, wasn't it?"

"Specifically, we were supposed to beat you up and bring you to him."

"?!"

"SHUT- "

"Hey." – said ClownFrog.

"Shut up."

"I'm speaking with him."

"…." – the embarrassed and scared noble shut himself up.

"…"

"Well then, I guess you are enemy."

"No."

"The reason why we wanted to beat you up and kidnap you was to cover things up, but by the look of things it's impossible."

"?"

"The third prince wants to talk with you…..."

"…."

"Bullshit."

"…Sorry?"

"I said bullshit."

"We are currently enemies with the entire empire and we even humiliated the third prince alongside the first prince when we helped in stopping their invasion in the past."

"And I now had also destroyed the town under his faction control."

"And I had also obtained some nasty dirt on him and his faction…."

"So… Give him to me."

"…Sorry?" – said confused Sirius.

"Communication device."

"I bet he isn't that big of an idiot. So, if you are really working for him, then give it. The communication device."

"…."

The eye patched man looked back to the nobleman who quickly began panicking and began searching his body before then taking out a hand mirror like device to the ClownFrog.

"…P-please turn around the jewel on top of the mirror to activate it." – said the noble man.

"…."

ClownFrog took the mirror from the man and did as the man instructed, turning the jewel around and activating the hand mirror.

The mirror relaxion disappeared, only leaving an empty space before then activating and showing the roof.

"Hm?"

"Sorry. But I need to pick it up." – said the voice from the mirror.

"Yes." – said the other voice

"…."

The sound of door closing could be heard.

"…"

"For crying out loud. Who- "

"….Oh."

The face of the young man appeared in the mirror.

"Em…. Are you ClownFrog?" – asked the third prince.

"That is correct."

"And you are the third prince."

"So…. What do you want from me?"

"…."

"Wait a moment."

The third prince pulled out some sort of device in his room and activated it.

"Sorry. I needed to make sure that nobody ears drops on this."

"Anyway…. Are- "

"The plan failed prince." – said the Sirius.

"?"

"This guy is way stronger than we had imagined…. We needed to have him talk with you like this."

"…. Don't blame him." – said ClownFrog.

"Honestly, if he didn't said anything, I would have killed them and we wouldn't even had a chance like this to talk."

"So… What is that you want to talk about?"

"…."

"I want to make temporarily alliance with you."

"…."

"…"

"Hey…. Are you dumb?!"

"Me and my people are currently seen as nothing more than terrorist to the empire and you even want us death."

"Not only that, we had humiliated both you and the first prince."

"This is straight up trap, isn't it?"

"You really just threw away your people lifes to try and fool me as if I'm some sort of retard?!"

"!"

The soldiers and the mercenaries backed away in fear upon hearing ClownFrog words, but they quickly stopped when ClownFrog gaze catched them all.

"…"

"Tch."

"I know how that sounds like. Jeez." – said annoyed third prince.

"So that is why I proposed the temporarily alliance."

"I want you to stop attacking any settlements belonging to me or my faction."

"…. Oh? That is quiet tall order."

"And what? Will we become some sort of buddies if we stop attacking you?"

"Give me one good reason why we shouldn't attack you at all."

"Will you ignore us or something in return? Bullshit."

"As long as you are aiming to become emperor, you will see us targets to exterminate."

"So stop fuking around and get to the point."

"What sort of REAL benefits we would get from "Temporarily Joining Forces"? And its better be good."

"…."

"Okay. Let me explain."

"If you agree to my deal and won't attack my faction, then we will ignore your actions."

"And we will also provide you with rare materials and equipment."

"How about it?"

"…."

"You do realize what you are offering us is straight up treason against the empire, right?"

"If anybody finds out about it, you will lose your rights as successor and may even face some serios punishments."

"And considering how you said "Temporarily", means that you want to later on start fighting against us."

"Yea…But right now both of us would benefit from that kind of alliance, wouldn't we?"

"…."

(True…. The third prince may seem like the weakest of the four successors…. But he does have power.)

(Not only that, but there is also the question of those new soldiers as well black markets.)

(I get the slave market where the female slaves can be sold for good amount of money…. But the male slaves…. This was fucked up.)

(This was definitely not some sort of illegal trade where they sell body parts…. Experiments?)

(The fat man did said that they were using male slaves for experiments…. But what kind exactly?)

(This time we had managed to rescued some of the male slaves… We should inspect their bodies and-)

["BOSS!"]

"?"

"What is it Hera?"

[Whisper Of Thoughts] skill – Long range communication skill where the user can connect with 1 person and send messages from specific distance.

["T-the humans! The male humans we rescued, they turned into some sort of monsters!"]

"?!"

(What?!)

"!"

(Em… Why is he looking at us like that?) – though Sirius while noting weird gaze of ClownFrog.

"…."

'Sigh'

"Deal with it the way you fit Hera."

"And you mister prince… I have one solid question." – said ClownFrog while looking directly at the prince.

"Do you know about the black markets that works within your faction?"

"There is no denying it or anything like that, so let me ask you just this."

"Are they working for you? Or they are just part of your faction."

"…."

"Yes…. They work for my faction."

"…I see."

"Unfortunately for you, that was the worst possible answer you could give."

"And here is my reply to this."

ClownFrog grabbed the mirror with his other hand shattered communication device mirror with his rough strength.

"?!" – the soldiers looked confused and scared as the remains of the mirror fallen on the ground.

"Your employ seems to be a total dumbass that tried to act smart but somehow managed to fuck it up."

"But hey, he at least gave me some good informations, so I'm in somewhat good mood."

"But, you all will die anyway here."

"…."

"Shit." – said Sirius while jumping away, gaining distance.

"No hard feelings…... Or not." – said ClownFrog.

"You can have hard feelings, but not towards be, but instead of that stupid prince."

"So, you can haunt him or curse him in the afterlife… But for now, just die quickly since by the look of things that stupid employer of yours just gave me more job to do."