Chapter 493 - 494 – Noble broker.
[Current location: Garog kingdom – Golem Factory.]
"How are the preparations going?" – asked Blueberry while in her humanoid form.
"Good." – said Vin.
"However- "– said Min.
"-It will take time." – said Pin
"The damage golems took too much damage." – said Vin.
"The puppet knights also took too much damage." – said Min.
"The siege weapons also took too much damage." – said Pin.
"It will take time to repair all of it." – replied all three.
*Sigh*
"On this end as well?" – said Blueberry.
(Dammit. Those suicidal golems not only took out a lot of our undeads, but also damaged if not destroyed a lot of our automatic monsters and war weapons.) – though Blueberry.
(A lot of our equipment used by the soldiers and even guild members took a lot of damage and need to be repaired ASAP….. That Hell Lord really wrecked us good…. And then came the emperor new army that finished off our equipment.)
(Yea… We are nowhere near enough to go out.)
"…."
"Well… I guess we will be stuck here for a while…. Repairing all this stuff." – said Blueberry.
"Anyway, other matter."
"While we were gone, how many of the mass produced golems did we managed to make?"
"Here." – said Pin while handing over an clipboard with data regarding golems.
"…."
(The low quality and the medium quality golems are good to go, but the problem is that we still don't have enough some strong golems and puppets.)
(I can produce some high ranking toy monsters…. But even those will take time to produce and I have already my hands full with work.)
(ClownFrog is also pilled up with the work…. Since he in charge of creating armies of the undeads…..Hm?)
(Speaking of with, didn't he said he will have chat with something?)
[Location: Temple of Sins – Sloth]
"…."
(Damn. She isn't picking up.) -though annoyed ClownFrog in his humanoid form.
(I though she would at least give something like simple message like she did before, but nothing. She is completely silent.)
(Is she just messing with me? She is an shitty brat and stuff…. Still…. No, that "thing" isn't exactly slothful….. Does that mean she is planning something or maybe she just for some reason "Can't"?)
(….)
(Either way, we need to be careful.)
(I still don't know if the true sin of pride is pissed at me for killing her herald, or maybe it will just get it over within and don't do anything?)
(…. But what if they are already taking revenge on us?)
(For example…. Naming the emperor Erun their new herald in order to take revenge for the Hell Lord?)
(With the status of the herald, they would gain both the awaken sin of pride alongside the lesser sin of the pride and the status that would allow them to more easily command the demons that respect the "SINS" and the herald status….)
(….. This isn't all.)
(News, posts online, videos and all sort of stuff.)
(People around the world are currently observing us.)
("An kingdom of monsters that may soon become an empire.")
("The current strongest player in the game is now an evil demon lord who wishes to conquer all.")
("Secrets of the Garog kingdom growth.")
(Honestly speaking, this is…. Well, too much attention to say the least…. And that is bad.)
(Jealously, hatreat and all sort of stuff…. We are painting some targets on us by standing out so much.)
(Honestly, it wouldn't be surprised if we had some random player guilds just coming over and harassing us… But the problem is that we are currently considered as one of the strongest guilds in the game and we are the first ever player guild to create an kingdom that is strong enough to oppose and possible completely devour an empire.)
(They won't make move…. Yet at least…. However, if the war prolongs for far too long then things could end up complicated.)
(Players can come in armies…. Or in the small form of monsters known as rankers.)
(There are also the neighboring kingdoms that may end up making some moves if the war lasts for too long…. We need to somehow finish off the emperor and the empire itself…. But how?)
(Our invasion army is yet to be fully finished and we still don't-)
"Master ClownFrog! Master ClownFrog!" – said the female voice.
"?"
ClownFrog turned around and saw the succubus entering temple building.
"!"
"Oh, there you are!" – said succubus.
"What is it?" – asked ClownFrog as the succubus walked closer.
"Sir. Its one of the princess Amelia servants. They apparently came bearing some news that they want to share." – said succubus.
"?"
(Amelia servant? Why would they…. Hm…)
"Where are they?" – asked ClownFrog.
[Few moments later – Guess room.]
"An runaway that wants to join the Garog kingdom?" – asked ClownFrog.
"Yes sir. Its by the looks of things margrave Ash that primally wants to join us. They contacted us via the duchess Amelia contacts." – said the male human knight.
"And? Is he somebody important?" – asked ClownFrog.
"He is. He had an high ranking office within the empire and he had been working with the prince Erun for the long time, but now he decided to betray him and join our side in order to make sure his family survives." – said the servant.
"…. So what? He wants us to somehow "bring him to safety"? We don't even know him or anything and I don't think he is one of the most important figures left in the empire, since I never heard of him nor I received any reports mentioning anybody like him." – said ClownFrog.
"Yes, pri- I mean, duchess Amelia has stated that there shouldn't be anything special in order to risk our safety for… However, apparently the margrave Ash has apparently some crucial intel about current state of the Oin empire that they are keeping at the highest security secret."
"He had already showed some of the informations…. Its regarding the demons and how they are keep summoning them."
"Apparently, the emperor Erun prostatic arm had been replaced by the "gift" given to him by the Hell Lord, an arm of an ancient demon of the beast, he is using it as the catalyst to summon demonic beast."
"!"
(Wait what?! He had something like that on him?!) – though surprised ClownFrog.
(…. And if they have that kind of informations and are willing to share it from get go…. Then what kind of other informations they could be holding?)
"…"
"It's worth the risk." – said ClownFrog before opening up his menu and searching though the friend list.
"…"
"Oron. GreyHunt. You hear me?"
"I have an job for you two."
[Sometime later.]
*Sigh*
"Why the hell are we getting send right back out?" – said annoyed GreyHunt while riding his demonic horse.
"Can't blame him. If what the information given is true, then its far too valuable to pass by." – said Oron while ridding his half lizard half snake demonic beast.
"I get it…. But the timing is the problem." – said GreyHunt.
"Its way too early…. Unless that guy had completely lost hope in the Oin empire survival, but from what we know they are still standing."
"However, what if that guy knows something, like an informations about something like Oin empire crumbling?" – said Oron.
"Exactly." – said GreyHunt.
"And it must be that big to the point that guy ran away instantly and decided to sold his nation in order for his family to survive."
(If that is the truth, then we can possibly expose the prince entire hand and see if he really has any cards left or only bluffs.) – though GreyHunt as he and Oron left the forested area.
(And from what ClownFrog said, the informations received about the ancient demon arm is probably the true, meaning that these guys needs to be brough in for the rest of the information they-)
"!"
"Grey! Situation!" – said Oron as he used his demonic eye.
"I think I found our targets… And they are getting slaughtered! The empire troops are attacking them!"
"!"
"Shit! Then this confirms it! Rescue the fuckers!" – said GreyHunt as sped up while Oron took out his crossbow.
"S-SHIT! Will you fuck off?!" – said the knight defending the carriage.
"SCREW OFF TRAITOR!" – shouted the empire knight as he cut down the knight defending the carriage.
"There is no escape for you, traitors!" – said the knight before then starting to approach carriage where runaway nobles were hiding, however right before he would reach the carriage doorhandle, his entire head would suddenly blew up in front of everybody, alarming both the carriages escorts as well as the empire soldiers.
Moments later, crossbow bolts began flying, taking down empire soldiers one by one.
"Shit! We are taking fire! Take cover!" – shouted the empire knight before then having his head cut off by somebody from behind.
"No." – said GreyHunt before pulling out his guns and starting to gun down the empire soldiers rushing at him.
Some of the soldiers tried attacking the GreyHunt even after that, but they were easily cut to shreds by his blades and those who tried to run away were easily sniped down by the Oron.
It did not took long for the entire group of empire soldiers to get easily and quickly annihilated in just few moments.
"…."
"W-what is going on?" – said the little boy voice from the carriage.
"Shh! Stay quiet honey!" – said the woman voice.
"…."
Somebody opened up one of the carriages doors and moments later an adult male human with brown hair and stressed look had made their appearance.
"A-are you the escort requested from the Garog kingdom?" – said the shaken up man.
"Depends on who is asking." – said GreyHunt.
"Are you part of the margrave Ash group?"
"Y-yes. In fact, I'm mangrove Ash himself." – said the somewhat relived nobleman.
"Good. Then consider yourself rescued." – said Oron.
