[VRMMO] Dead One

"Slow down. What do you mean we killed the prince?" – asked ClownFrog.

["Eh? Didn't you killed him?"] – asked princess Amelia while using the communication device.

"No. He escaped."

"We did an search though the entire castle, but we couldn't find any traces of him….. However, this isn't all….." – said ClownFrog before he started explaining the whole situation regarding the 'benefactor' and the attack on the capital city.

["They showed themselves?! And they even attacked capital city."] – said worried princess Amelia.

"Yeb. Things turned way more chaotic than we had though. This also led to the first prince losing most of his forces as the result."

"Anyway, you said that the prince had died?"

"…."

["I don't know."]

["The heavenly and hellish dragon contract had been fulfilled."]

["That means either two things. Apollo had given up on his rights to the throne, or he had died."]

["Either way, the Apollo had been removed from the battle for the throne…. And that means only one thing."]

["By the rights of the contract, Erun had been crowded as the new emperor of the Oin empire and the news are already spreading everywhere."]

"…."

"Shit."

(The plan was to hold the first prince hostage for some time before executing him.)

(But now this plan ended up being thrown out of an window out of blue?)

"Damn. That fuking 'benefactor' messed up everything."

"….."

"We didn't find any traces of the first prince…. You think he really went and just died?"

["Honestly…. I don't know."]

["Apollo is greedy and prideful."]

["He wants the empire, but he doesn't want it destroy and would make sure to defend it. He was that kind of person."]

["Honestly…. I really don't think that this bastard would give up on the throne. It wouldn't really had been surprising if he did an coup when the late emperor was still around, there was really high chance of him really doing that."]

["So, I think there is an high chance he was killed."]

"…."

"But would that really make sense though?"

"I mean, we both know that the whole reason why the 'benefactor' did all of this was for the 'staff'. Why would he aim for the empiric family?"

"Can we be sure that the 'benefactor' really was the one behind the prince Apollo death?"

"We don't even know where he is or his body is, meaning that we really can't confirm anything."

["Well, I said what I said. I honestly don't think that bastard would have it in him to abandon the throne. He was the greediest bastard among us four."]

["Anyway…. What was it? The staff I mean."]

"….."

(Should I tell her?)

(I mean, it doesn't look like…. Nah. There are definitely people within the empire, especially those close to her family that may know.)

(It would take her time to dig out the informations…. But she would be able to get her hands on it.)

(Tch. Hiding it won't matter.)

"The staff is an item from the Forgotten World."

["!"]

["Wait, by Forgotten World, are you talking about the "Lost time"?"]

"Yea. The staff belongs to the Forgotten World."

"However, the staff right now is nothing more than trash. It does not posses any power at all or anything."

"But even so, these guys were desperate to get their hands on that 'staff', meaning that this thing has some hidden value OR these guys posses some means of restoring it."

"Honestly speaking, even if it wasn't us attacking, these bastards may posses enough forces to destroy the whole Oin empire."

"There is way too many things we don't know about the 'benefactor' and now this? An whole army appeared right underneath everybody noses and there is also that unknown white grey skinned elf."

"Honestly, they didn't wanted to appeared and wanted to use the third prince to do their dirty work, but after having no choice they showed themselves…. And then disappeared without noticing."

"Humanoid monsters and undeads. That is everything we had killed."

"No people or that elf. Nothing. Those were just expendable monsters."

"Somebody must had controlled these, but they had disappeared."

"Honestly, that 'benefactor' is far more dangerous than we had though."

"We don't even know how they managed to make their armies appear here out of a blue or how they managed to acquire such large amount of undead as well as a lot of high ranking ones."

(There is also the fact that they straight up threw away those high ranking undeads and that is worrying part.)

(Creating an demi-lich from the skill is different than produced using special monster creating factory, its way harder… Was there an elder necromancers part of the army? Or did they just had means of mass producing high tier undeads while also being able to create so much that they don't care if they lose an demi-lich or even an full born lich?)

(Hell, us losing an demi-lich hurts us bad, but these guys don't care? Nah, fuck them. They are definitely deadly motherfuckers that can produce them without care.)

(There is also the whole fuking army they brough.)

(Is this thing REALLY that important?)

(Fuck….)

"….."

(Should I just give them this staff in order to avoid the war?)

"…."

(No…..No. The staff is far too important.)

(And this isn't all…. Forgotten World.)

(Why the hell this thing is popping up now of all the times?)

(….)

(Forgotten Execution Grounds.)

(An leads and reveals showing that the there was some Greek mythology story that was somewhat twisted.)

(And the Forgotten Executioner was linked to two people, one of with was the goodness Artemis.)

(While the other is the nameless titan.)

(…..The twisted story. That is what we came up with when it comes to the theory.)

(Honestly, the whole informations thing was thanks only to our luck.)

(I mean, that guy had some sanity left and for some random ass reason Oron knew Greek language.)

(It was all the luck…. But again. Why is the Forgotten World popping up now?)

(…..)

(Was their…. Was their target the 'STAFF'?)

(Or…. Or by any chance their target was an item from the Forgotten World?)

(If it's the latter, then things got way more complicated.)

(…..)

([Executioner Beheader] …. And rare legendary weapon that we had obtained from the Forgotten Executioner.)

(Right now we don't have anybody using that weapon, since the restriction are strict like hell when it comes to equiping it…. But we have that weapon in our hands.)

(If the 'benefactor' is really aiming at those items, then we are in danger.)

(They may end up declaring war on us and we still don't have fuking clue who we are dealing with.)

(Honestly, right now I'm more scared of this 'benefactor' than any of the neighboring kingdoms or that new emperor.)

(Fuck…. What the hell is going on right now?)

(There is also the fuking new emperor.)

(We don't even know what the hell had happened to the prince Apollo, but now? The Erun won the battle and ended up becoming the new emperor…. And now Amelia is in danger, since he can now attack her openly.)

(Honestly, I wouldn't mind abandoning her, since now rescue would be way harder…. However, the problem is that she would be way too useful pawn that we would need. An crucial one at that as well.)

(Fuck… Being the king can be annoying job.)

"…."

(Things are looking grim…. But its not everything is over.)

(Our forces are exhausted, but so is the Oin empire.)

(The first prince forces got scattered while the second prince had already lost way too many soldiers when he supported the first prince. He definitely still has some of his own soldiers waiting and he also has the church of the holy angel dragon behind him.)

(But even so, he can't do any reckless moves.)

(We need to connect the conquered first prince territory with the princess Amelia territory in order to give the rescue route.)

(And as for the staff…. Too risky to send it home, even with an solid escort and an army.)

(Its staying with me until the conquest is over.)

(…. But is this an good decision?)

(What if the 'benefactor' attacks us while we are conquering the territory that once belonged to the first prince?)

(The second prince is weakened, but that would give him an chance to land an solid blow on us.)

"….."

(Fuck it. We need to gamble it. But just in case lets send the fake convoy back to the kingdom.)

(We give it high ranking undeads and make it look like the 'staff' is inside of it.)

(If it gets attacked, then that means that the 'benefactor' has no backed down yet.)

(But there is obviously an chance that the 'benefactor' won't fall for it and still attack us…. All we can do is hope and gamble.)

"…."

"Amelia. We don't know what these guys goal truly was. Be it staff or maybe something connected with it." – said ClownFrog.

"However, if they were really behind the prince Apollo death, then there is an chance they would be targeting both you and Erun as well."

"But that is only "IF". We still don't know jack shit about the situation."

"However, you still need to prepare to defend yourself and run away, since Erun can now attack you."

["I understand. I will start preparations right away."]

*Sigh*

"Things will probably get way messier now, won't they?"