[VRMMO] Dead One

After defeating the unknown slime monsters as well as killing all of the pursuing empire soldiers, Oron alongside GreyHunt met up with the runaway caravan convoy and began transporting the group towards the Garog kingdom at fast pace.

Sometime later, the group somehow managed to safety arrive at the Garog kingdom territory, before then entering an secured fortress located at the frontlines.

The time went by and the group of nobles, servants and the knights that defected from the empire had been successful rescued and brough to the safety by the duchess Amelia forces.

After being rescued and brough to the safety, GreyHunt alongside Oron had decided to return back to the capital city while awaiting any news from the duchess Amelia.

[Current location: Royal Library Of The Garog kingdom.]

"An lie slime?" – asked Hera while reading an book.

"Yea, I want an fuking answers. What the fuck was that?" – asked GreyHunt.

"We know it was creature from hell, but its ability was weird. It wasn't just shapeshifter, but it was also strong as hell while also having regenerative ability."

"This isn't all, that thing took on the form of the Hell Lord, the guy that had died."

"…."

"Honestly… An "Lie Slime" are the species of an slimes from the hell, but they are very rare species to the point people doubt their existence…. Or more exactly, they wouldn't be able to tell them apart from the real monsters." – said Hera.

"I don't really know much about those things and I never tried to find anything about them before, but here is what I know."

"They apparently eat the flesh of something and turn into copy of it while also copping the creature physical abilities."

"This ability make them hard to find, since some random ass demonic monster that could be used for farming could be just an lie slime in disguise and you wouldn't know it."

"And those that encountered that thing…. Well, things didn't end well for them."

"I heard something about them having colors that didn't fit, but also some stories that said that they copy colors perfectly…. I really don't know with one is true."

"…"

"Hm…. Well, the guy we had fought was definitely weaker than hell lord. He didn't had his monster strength nor his defense. However, it was still strong like hell." – said GreyHunt.

"There was also an powerful regenerative ability…. But beside that there was nothing."

"It wasn't using anything like skills or special attacks, it was just using claws, snake limbs and all other body type attacks."

"There is also the fact that its entire color palled was completely inverted compare to the original hell lord."

"…..Hm…. So, it has high physical abilities, but not as strong as the hell lord, while also having inserted colors?" – said Hera while thinking about something.

"…."

"Hm….. This is just theory, but I think that slime that was summoned wasn't just some random slime that was fed with the hell lord remains…. THAT slime was one of the beast raised by the hell lord himself. It could also explain how those things were able to take on hell lord form while also be willing to work for the empire." – said Hera.

"…. Wait…. If that thing was raised by the hell lord…. Wouldn't that suggest- "

"An possibility of multiple lie slimes existing that had fed on the hell lord blood and flesh, turning them into weaker version of the hell lord? Very possible option." – said Hera, cutting off GreyHunt mid question.

"Look. I can start researching those things, trying to find some answers, but I don't know if I will find anything in time in case something DO come up, so don't hope for much."

"…"

"Then what about this?" – asked Oron as he took out an black grail from his inventory.

"?"

"?!"

"Why do you have that!?" – said surprised Hera.

"…. You recognize it?" – asked Oron while handing over the black grail.

"Of course I do! It's an black grail!" – said Hera as she took the grail.

"…."

"The female knight working for the empire used that thing to summon that slime monster and several other demons by spilling out some black blood from the grail." – said Oron.

"Yea… That thing is the "Black Grail". An artifact that is known as an best artefact when it comes to summoning demons." – said Hera.

"It also has an counterpart known as an "White Grai", an grail that creates white blood that summons the angels."

"Anyway, this "Black Grail" here…. Well, it would be too good to be true, but alas I got to say it."

"This thing is fake."

"This isn't an actual "Black Grail", but even so, it does possess power similar to the original, but obviously not of a same level."

"Tell me, did the monsters that were fighting alongside the empire were the demonic beast like usual?"

"Yeb." – replied Oron.

"Hm…. Then I think they may had used this fake Black Grail in order to create an gateway for their contracted demons to pass through….. Still, this is worrying."

"How they hell did they got this thing? Even if it's an fake, it is still powerful…. And who made this thing?"

"Let me tell you something, I'VE seen the real Black Grail once in my life, there was that old Hell Lord by the name Iogar who liked to show off his power. I kind of just once came to his "showcase" in order to see the Black Grail in action and oh boy, that thing was strong."

"Still, this thing? How the hell did they made it? Did they have the real black grail as an reference material?"

"…."

"I can somewhat mess around with this grail alongside Blueberry, trying to figure out in and outs of this thing and figure out its whole power, but it's better if you warn ClownFrog about it."

(This thing is an fake…. But to create even an "FAKE" that is that strong? This isn't normal.) – though interested Hera.

GreyHunt and Oron talked with Hera for some time before few moments later, Oron and GreyHunt had left the library.

"…."

"Well…. Do you think it was worth it?" – asked Oron.

"Hm? About what? About rescuing the nobles guys?" – asked GreyHunt.

"Well, more about the whole rescue operations." – said Oron.

"We discovered that weird slime monster and the fake black grail."

"This alone is important piece of informations…. But also worrying one at that."

"What if they have multiple fake black grails or multiple lie slimes?"

"If we think about it, the number of the summoned demons that came here after the Hell Lord was abnormal high… This is just theory, but maybe the Hell Lord ability wasn't strong in terms of summoning and instead the black grail was used?"

"Hm…. If that is true, then things could be annoying. The emperor could be the one now wielding the grail after the Hell Lord death…. But I doubt that it will be that simple." – said GreyHunt.

"Hera said that the original black grail required an "Energy" to operate, and that energy could be either vitality or mana."

"This fake grail probably require the same thing, meaning that they would living sacrifices if they would want to mass summon demons."

"Still…. Hm…. Never mind."

"What is it?" – asked Oron.

"No, its about the whole lie slime monster that chased us." – said GreyHunt.

"Did they had some sacrifices on the standby? Then again, that giant was able to catch up to the convoy running at the full speed, they could have some sacrifices fallowing behind from far away…. I don't think we should be thinking about it."

"Anyway, what about the guys we had rescued? Did they talked?"

"Well, Amelia said that they need time to somewhat make them safe, but she also said that she will try to get informations out of them as soon as possible." – said Oron.

"And lets hope they have the good kind of informations on them."

[Sometime later]

"Okay Amelia, what is going on? Did you managed to get informations out of them?" – said ClownFrog while using the communication mirror.

"Yeb. He finally talked since he needed to prove his loyalty. And the informations he said are indeed important." – replied duchess Amelia though the communication mirror.

"Then lets hear it." – said ClownFrog.

"Very well." – replied duchess Amelia.

"Here is the situation and its simple one at that."

"The Oin empire have zero troops left."

"?"

"Wait, what do you mean?" – asked ClownFrog with confused expression.

"Yeb. That it." – replied Amelia.

"The Oin empire had lost their entire army, all of their soldiers that were able to fight are now completely gone."

"The golem army that was send alongside the demons wasn't meant to defeat you, but to force you to retreat and panic."

"If you were to attack the empire after defeating the golem army, you would had just won on the spot."

"It was scam. The empire had run out of any cards they could play AND they are still in the shitty state."

"They don't have enough forces to defend themselves with right now and they are running on the fumes right now."

"Not only that, but the emperor Erun is hard set on not using the people of the empire as living sacrifices."

"He apparently plans on joining alliances with the neighboring kingdoms, but based on the current circumstances, they won't work together."

"…"

"Is everything you said true?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Yes." – replied Amelia.

"Right now, the empire is trying to scrap anything possible, ranging from the remains of the factions as well as gathering up remains of the golems in order to recycle them while also doing some demonic summoning meanwhile."

"However, it all will take time, and right now? They don't have it! They only have an "show off army" that makes it look like the empire is still great in numbers and that they can fight. It's an illusion."

"The empire does not have any army left, expect for the handful of soldiers that are spread around, giving an illusions and spreading misinformation."

"…."

(So that is why they desperately wanted to run away and why the empire wanted to desperately silence them permanently!) – though ClownFrog.

(If the empire had lost their entire army and are right now at their weakness, we don't even need an proper army! HELL! MY UNDEAD ARMY ALONE WILL DO!)

(And asking for the "alliance"?! He is straight up saying that he is at his edge!)

(Is the informations correct? Or maybe fake…. No! It's definitely real if you think about it!)

(That desperate attack on us with the golems proves it!)

(…)

(Well then…. I guess we don't want to wait anymore if this information is real.)

(Its time to finally finish off the Oin empire. This time for real.)