[VRMMO] Dead One

"What?" – said ClownFrog while holding the communication device.

"…. Yes…. Okay… I get it…..Huh…."

"…."

"Be wary and watch out for anything suspicious."

"ClownFrog out."

"…."

"What happened?" – asked Blueberry while approaching ClownFrog who were both in their humanoid forms.

"Amelia called in. She said that the emperor Erun is letting her and the people fallowing her go." – said ClownFrog.

"?!"

"Wait, what? Without a fight?!" – said confused Blueberry.

"Yea…. He isn't preparing attack or anything like that. It seems he is planning on letting the Amelia and her fallowers to run away and join us?" – said ClownFrog.

"…..Is it an trap?" – asked Blueberry.

"I don't know…. Honestly I was expecting some resistance or at least an attack on Amelia, forcing us on the "battle against time" kind of deal, but nope?" – said confused ClownFrog.

"What is that bastard planning?"

(This is an chance for the new emperor to attack and yet he isn't doing that?)

(Erun is not some idiot bastard….. He has an plan.)

(Are we by any chance walking into the trap by trying to rescue the Amelia? This guy must had already figured out our movements.)

(Not only that, but from what Amelia told me, Erun specialty is informations and manipulation. He must have some agents watching us from the shadows and must be aware of the state of our army….. So why not attack?)

(Or maybe he is laying down an ambush?)

(No. He would be forced to move his forces around and that would be noticed.)

(And if he were to start moving, now or when we connect with Amelia, then what the fuck? We would be able to get away and his whole ambush would fail.)

(Is there something we are not seeing?)

(An teleportation…. Nah. He would need to do an mass scale one and that kind of teleportation operation would end up being founded out. This ain't it either.)

(He definitely has some plan in mind…. Or by any chance he still completely exhausted after battling us and he can't attack?)

(It would make sense if that would be the case.)

(The prince forces aren't like ours where we can create undead and golems while also summoning demons to our side.)

(However, the empire now posses means of large scale angel summoning, since the prince Erun taken over.)

(Not only that, but Erun can probably gather up some forces that once belonged to Apollo, since a lot of them did managed to escape.)

(But is that really it?)

(I mean, even if he does do an mass scale angel summon and even gather up the forces that were once part of the first prince faction, they won't be enough.)

(No. Erun isn't foolish enough to not realize that it won't be enough.)

(He must be planning something. But the question is what?)

(…. Is he by any chance allies with the 'benefactor'?)

(…. No…. At the current situation if that was revealed, then the entire Oin empire would end up dismantling itself and rebelling against the "Mad emperor".)

(He would be aware of the fact that doing something like that would led to instant self-destruction.)

(So then what is he planning?)

(Is he planning on suggesting an cease fire and peace thread?)

"…."

(No, that is not either. He is aware that there won't be any peace as long as Oin empire still exist and he lives.)

(What am I missing here?)

(Does he has something we are not aware of?)

(Honestly, it wouldn't be surprising if he had some extremely important artefact, considering how the Oin empire lasted for many years and had many important historical events.)

(…..)

(The church…. These bastard maybe hiding some hidden weapon.)

(They did once took and hid the remains the of the mad demon lord of poisons and used his remains to create an weapon that struck down Amadeus.)

(By any chance the church still has some of the remains in their disposal?)

(…. No… Even if they did, that bastard Erun wouldn't use it, since we had already spread around the truth regarding the Amadeus and the betrayal of the Oin empire spread.)

(If he were to use the remains, it would solidify our stories even more and cause mass scale scandal.)

(And it would especially enrage the dragons that would hear about this since what the heavenly angel dragon did was straight up calling all other dragons inferior and nothing more than expendable pawns.)

(It could be said that he declared war on the dragons of both the core realm and all other realm.)

(And from what I know, the core realm has the strongest dragons among all the realms.)

(Either way, we will spread the stories and the fact about the heavenly dragon church far and wide and let people know how big of piece of shit that bastard.)

(Amadeus will have his justice.)

(Still, what could be that bastard Erun be plotting?)

"…."

"I don't like this." – said ClownFrog.

"I don't know what that bastard Erun is planning and we are also possible dealing with the fuking 'benefactor' as well while we are at it."

"We are continuing with our plan. We are getting to Amelia and we are escorting her and her people back to the Garog kingdom ASAP before then bastard Erun does something or the 'benefactor' attacks us."

After receiving the confusing news from Amelia, we resumed our march though the first prince territory…. And the emperor Erun still had not attacked us direct. We did got attacked by the remains of the first prince faction, but that is it.

This was worrying by a lot.

The forces back home also did not reported anything usual. Be it the new emperor movements or the possible 'benefactor' servants. Nothing…. And that makes things more complicated.

We don't know anything and that is the scary part.

Still, we had no option but to pursue our goal…. However just in case, our troops were ready for the retreat at any moment if we would really walking into the trap or if the 'benefactor' would launch an surprise attack on us.

Our forces traveled around…. And finally, we had reached the territory of the Amelia.

There, we did an simple thing. We set up an camp and gave the people choice of whenever they wish to join us or not. After the decision would be made, we would leave in peace, for now that would be.

We also gave the people the third choice if they wish to not take either our or the empire side, we gave them chance that they can stay neutral and join any side they wish, even when the war is over.

This was Amelia idea and honestly… It's an good one.

If we give the chance the citizens and soldiers an ability to be neutral, then we would appear far more…. "FRIENDLY".

And if Oin empire were to attack them and force them to take sides instead of waiting, then people would lose their trust and instead run away to join us.

Not only that, but thanks to that we will have possible far less enemies joining the empire side.

Amelia said that Erun won't attack those neutral people…. But I don't know. Some of his nobles did attacked the fleeing citizens, so maybe there is an hope that they will do something stupid that would benefit us.

…..Maybe we can use vampires and succubus to manipulate some people into attacking the neutral faction?

…. Nah. Erun would find out what is going on and would use this to expose us, resulting in the neutral people joining the empire side.

So, yea, its better if we don't scheme on this one.

Anyway, the time went by and Amelia and many of the people that decided to fallow her had arrived.

"…."

"Well… I guess this is the first time we are meeting face to face, eh?" – said nervous Amelia that confronted ClownFrog in his humanoid form.

"Indeed." – said ClownFrog.

"….."

"You sure you want to do it? This is your last chance to turn around and I won't kill you the moment you give up." – said ClownFrog while approaching the nervous princess who tried to hide her fear behind the smile.

"Sorry…. But I really can't." – said Amelia while nervously smiling.

"…. Hmph. Your choice." – said ClownFrog as he grabbed and shaked hands with Amelia as an sign of peace.

"…."

["Still nothing. He moved his forces, but it doesn't look like he plans to attack."] – said Tail using the chat window.

(Still nothing, eh?) – though ClownFrog while looking at the chat window.

(The second scout party had also not contacted us….. That means the 'benefactor' hasn't been spotted yet?)

(Things are going way too easy…. Are things really going to end this way for now?)

(Honestly, I was expecting about now the 'benefactor' attack now…. Or something like the first prince faction remains ambush attack…. But seriously? Nothing?)

"…."

"Let's go."

The Garog kingdom army stayed in the Amelia territory for some time, giving time for the people to decided their alleges, before then leaving the territory alongside all the people that decided to side with Garog kingdom.

On their way, the Garog kingdom was not attacked by either Oin empire or the 'benefactor' forces, resulting in the army and refuges returning back to the safety of the Garog kingdom territory.

Resulting in the Garog counter attack being successful and the first prince faction being left in ruins.

However, after the Garog kingdom retreat, the new emperor, Erun Oin had moved his forces and taken back the territories that once were under prince Apollo Oin control, causing the Oin empire to reclaim their territory.

Now, the only players in the game is the new Oin empire led by the Erun Oin.

Garog kingdom ruled by the ClownFrog, the guild master of the Purple Hyena guild.

And also, the unknown forces known as the 'benefactor' that nobody knows their origins of.

Now, the question remains: Who shall survive in the end of this war?