[VRMMO] Dead One

"?!" – GreyHunt and ClownFrog stared at each other confused upon hearing the green antman king reply.

"Wait, wait, wait." – said GreyHunt.

"Don't you want… I don't know. Take more time?"

"Right. You should take your time. And think this through." – said ClownFrog.

"Besides. We only just met. So why would you swear your allegiance to us from get go?"

"We haven't told you any benefits yet nor any effects that this would have."

(Even the green antmans in the room look extremely confused.) – though ClownFrog as he saw the green antman guards in the state of completely confusion.

"We just met, so shouldn't alliance be instead an better option for you and your people now? Wouldn't that make more sense? And then possibly become part of us."

(Why is he in such hurry?) – though confused ClownFrog.

(Sure, we planned to enslave him if he decide to say no to any of our requests, but he went straight for the recruitment?)

(We have not told him ANY of the benefits yet, but he straight up went with the recruitment option?)

"Are the green antmans in trouble by any chance?" – asked GreyHunt.

"Is there anything like an monster like feathered dragon threatening the green antmans? Or do you have some problem with an food shortages?"

"No…..We do not." – said the green antman king.

"Then why you want to become part of us?" – asked GreyHunt.

"We told you before, but we will be at the real war with the empire sooner or later."

"Sure our plan does benefit us all, but you may end up taking an part in the war."

"I'm not saying that accepting the green antmans into our ranks will be an bad thing, but what about your people?"

"What if all they want is to deal with the current problem right now and then just live in peace later on?"

"Wouldn't option of alliance be much better than?"

"…."

"How much time we have till we can give you an proper answer?" – asked the antman king with tired voice.

"…."

ClownFrog and GreyHunt looked at each other in confusion.

"The settlement have only started to get developed, but we don't have much. So, we can wait only 1 day with the reply." – said ClownFrog.

"Then please come back tomorrow. I will have an answer by now." – said the antman king.

The group looked at each other, not knowing what to said about the situation.

"Don't you want any informations from us?" – asked ClownFrog.

"…."

"Only basic." – said the antman king with tired voice.

"Benefits and other stuff we would get or be part of once we join you."

"…."

ClownFrog and GreyHunt began explaining every single benefit in details to the green antman, alongside any other important informations of value, such as what had happened to Amadeus as well as the very recently destroyed Forgotten Fragment dungeon.

After all the important informations as well as other things had been explained, the group had left the green antman nest and headed back home.

"…."

"My king." – said the green antman prince without any horns that approached the exhausted king alongside the some other antman princes.

"…Why did you wanted to accept their offer from get go?! What were you thinking?!" – said the antman prince with 3 horns.

"He is right. This is way too sudden." – said the antman with an one bend horn that was sticking out from his right side of a head.

"We heard everything they said. We were in this room entire time. But I still don't get it."

"Why alleges instead of alliance?"

"If what they said is true, then shouldn't we had chosen alliance option then?"

"IF they are speaking the truth."

"…."

"No." – said the antman king as he lifted up his head and stood up.

"They did not lied at all…. And I had also used the [Emerald Eye] on their king...." – as the antman king as his hands began trembling and the antman princes notices that almost instantly.

"This being…. This being Is not to be made an enemy of."

"He is an dragon of the death."

"No…. He is an god of the death itself. An dragon that devours and control the death itself."

"He alone could devour whole tribe if he wishes to and even if we were to combined all of our people forces."

"If I didn't saw what he truly was…. Then I would have refused his request…. But after seeing his "REAL" self, I can only tell you this."

"You can try and assassinate this guy."

"You can try and poison this guy."

"You can scheme against this guy."

"You can do whatever you want…. But it will be all in vain."

"We let into our homes something far more dangerous than feathered dragon himself."

"And this is just an small portion of his power."

"If what he said about him absorbing the remains of the feathered dragon, then we are fucked."

"If we were to fight him or think of binding our time and betraying him, we would get squashed without much effort."

"However, you saw the red antmans…. We… We ALL though they had been exterminated, but they rescued them. They helped them and are still helping them recover."

"Not only that, but that scythe that he let me hold? It was an incredible powerful item and it had the aura of non-other than the feathered dragon himself."

"He isn't some heartless tyrant…. I think…. And he had dealt with the mad dragon."

"True."

"What they said about an alliance was an good option for us."

"We could just help them once, while also helping ourselves…. But in the long run?"

"What if that being become even stronger?"

"And not only that, but the guy next to him…. That "GreyHunt" guy seemed also extremely strong. I wouldn't have even be able to defeat him."

"They will grow stronger and any being fallowing behind them would also grow stronger."

"Then what would happened to us?"

"Other servants who have become member of his faction will become stronger, but we will be left behind."

"And what would happened if we became an "Nuisance" or seen as an "Parasites"?"

"No."

"I refuse to let my tribe to be destroyed, even if that means making the deal with the devil himself!"

"B-but isn't there another way?" – asked the antman prince with four short horns.

"DO YOU THINK I DIDN'T THOUGH OF IT?!" – shouted the antman king at the antman prince.

"…."

*Sigh*

"Sorry…. I didn't mean to…." – said the antman king a he apologizes at the antman prince he yield at.

"…."

"What I'm saying is…. I don't see any hope."

"If we want to make sure our tribe would survive at any cost, then we need to swear our alleges to them."

"I tried thinking of alternative routes or ways to handle the situation as well as possible futures…. But everything that came to my head ended leading our people to doom." – as the antman king said that, the princes in the room began looking at each other, extremely worried and conflicted, not knowing what to say.

"If you think I'm foolish. Strike me down and take my place…. But I will warn you. You will end up only seeing the same fate as me."

"We need to work with them, no matter if we like it or not."

"And even if you won't like an option of serving them, we will still need to work with them to deal with the empire, or our people will be in danger."

"So understand my children's. We have no option."

While the green antmans were debating on what to do regarding the green antman decision, ClownFrog alongside the others had already left the green antman territory and were heading to their home.

"…."

"This was weird." – said GreyHunt.

"You tell me." – said ClownFrog who walked side by side with GreyHunt while using his humanoid form.

"Blueberry confirmed that there was no ambush nor anything suspicious."

"Do you think he is scheming something?"

"Even if he was, he would fail….. But…. I think there was something else going on…. Not an scheme." – said GreyHunt.

"…."

"He looked at you." – said GreyHunt.

"He looked at you at one moment and then he started acting weird."

"Scared." – said ClownFrog.

"I know that look. He was scared of me for some reason."

"He was trying to act calm, but he couldn't."

"He was straight up too much afraid of me. But why?"

"Is it because we defeated the Amadeus and you are our "King"?" – said GreyHunt.

"No." – said ClownFrog.

"I think there was another reason…. I think he maybe had used some sort of skill or item to "Look at me" in some way. He looked at me weirdly for moment…. As if he wasn't looking at me?"

"Whatever he saw must have caused him to shit his pants."

"But it had also caused him to "Surrender" and made him chose the servitude instead of alliance or refusal options."

"…."

"Do you think the green antmans will really just like that become part of us?" – asked GreyHunt.

"I don't know. The situation got…. Weird to say the least." – said ClownFrog.

"The green antmans may end up refusing to fallow that king, since he decided to fallow us all of the sudden and we only just met."

"They may end up overthrowing the king, thinking that he went mad."

"But he seemed aware of the threat that the empire poses, so there is an good chance he and his people would work with us at least to deal with the settlement." – said GreyHunt.

"Let's believe so." – replied ClownFrog.

(Well, the possibility of the revolution of the antmans may happened…. But even if it did, we will still force the antmans to work for us, but not as an comrades, but as slaves.)

(So, let's hope this will be resolved peaceful.)