[VRMMO] Dead One

"You did it!"

"I knew it! I knew it! There was really one! We were never wrong!"

"How did you find him?! HOW?!"

"Who is he?!"

"Is he an commoner? Noble? A king?"

Erza could feel countless questions and praise from her parents via telepathy.

However, she did not responded.

No.

She just stared at the Arthur who was now holding the holy blade Caliburn.

"Erza? Erza?! Are you alright?!" – asked Arthur that rushed to the Erza side, worried.

"Hey! Is everything okay?!"

"…."

Erza head was filled confusion.

Why?

How?

….

Is it my fault?

Her questions.

Her parents barrage of praises.

And her lover holding the holy sword.

….

She couldn't handle it at all; it was just beyond chaotic in her head.

And so, she shut down.

"?!"

"Erza!" – shouted the boy as he quickly grabbed Erza as she lost unconscious and almost fallen if not for the boy catching her in time.

"Erza?! ERZA!?"

"Calm down. She is fine." – said the man that appeared from the shadows.

"!"

"HOLD IT!" – shouted Arthur as he pointed with his sword at the man.

"At ease young boy." – said the man as he stepped out of the shadows.

"My name is Merlin."

"And I was advisor and the friend of the previous wielder of this sword, Uther Pendragon."

"But I think this can wait."

"Since, I can see that young lady there being in quiet bad shape…. May I?"

"!"

"Please!" – said panicking Aruther.

"…"

"She doesn't seem like she is any danger. If anything, it seems her emotions straight up went haywire."

"In short, she got overwhelmed by the situation that she just passed out. Its nothing to worry about or anything that even need basic medical attention."

"!?"

"R-really?!" – asked Arhtur.

"Yes. You can even see that she is alright without my help." – replied Merlin.

"…. Oh, thank heavens." – replied relived Arthur.

"…."

"Now. I think I should introduce myself once again." – said Merlin as he moved away from the man before then getting on one of his knees.

"I'm Merlin."

"I'm an half human half incubus."

"I was once an sword friend of the previous holder of Caliburn, Uther Pendragon and I was also his loyal subject."

"You may not had heard of me, since with the help of my friend I was able to erase my existence from the history."

"The reason why we did it was for my job as overseer."

"By the wish of the previous wielder of the blade, I kept waiting for the faithful day when the worthy one finally appears pass the trial!"

"And you had proven yourself."

"You had cutten and defeated the spirits of the Uther story. You have pulled out the Caliburn."

"You have passed the trial and so you had earned my loyalty."

"Please. Tell me."

"What is your name?"

"…"

"Arthur."

"Arthur, huh?"

"Arthur young boy, you had proven yourself and passed the trial."

"Therefore you had earned not only the sword of the legends Caliburn, but also had earned the name of the late king."

"Pendragon."

"From this day fourth, you shall be known by an new name. By the name that was once worn by the previous wielder of this holy sword."

"You shall be known as an Arthur Pendragon."

"And please accept this humble mage as your first subject."

"My king."

….

The holy sword had been pulled….. Just as Merlin and Morgan had planned.

The true hero had appeared.

The wielder of the Caliburn.

The one who is destined to become the king.

The one who is destined to become the knight.

He was born.

Arthur Pendragon.

….

However, this was also the being of the nightmare.

Not for him.

No.

….

But for Erza.

When she regained her mind, he realized what had happened.

Merlin had decided to step out from the shadows and become the teacher and the servant of his lover Arthur.

And her parents once again tried wrapping her strings around her.

However, this time would be different.

Before she was nothing more than doll that would do as they said.

But now? She understand how things works and developed her humanity.

She knew that they wouldn't be able to wrap their strings around her again….. Or so she though.

She could take on Merlin, but if he were to fight alongside Morgan? She knew that she may not have an chance to win.

There is also another problem.

Arthur.

If she were to expose her parents, they would kill the man or they may do something even worse to him than death.

Arthur would never become an hero once he finds out the truth about the situation and would throw away the Caliburn.

She knew that would happened.

But they?

They would snap.

They would snap that their true hero decided to "abandon" his duty.

She didn't mind killing her parents at the cost of her own life, but at the current situation? At this current time?

She would fail.

And her lover would suffer fate worse than death.

She couldn't do it.

She tried calculating like the machine she once was, but even so, she couldn't find an opening or anything like that.

….

She did it.

She did it.

SHE DID IT!

She doomed both herself and her lover.

She created this situation.

It was all her fault.

She created an doomed situation without any way out.

…

She wanted to protect his lover no matter what.

And so, she decided.

She decided to become her parents puppets once again, but this time becoming an willing one in exchange of protecting of her beloved from the fate worse than death.

…

…

….

The sacred sword had pulled.

And the new pendragon was born.

Arthur Pendragon.

An young man.

An nobody.

An son of mother and father who were both farmers.

This nobody had pulled out the sword Caliburn.

Many did not believed this story nor accepted it.

"An commoner?!"

"An son of farmer?!"

Many people denied the claims, but the fact remains that this "Nobody" had now wielded the Caliburn and the stone that the sealed the stone is no more, and even an column of the light that would symbol the birth of the new Knight King had been revealed as prophesized.

This took the whole Britain in panic… Especially the current royal family that ruled this nation.

They said that the sword does not mean that he is an king of the Brittan.

He declined his rights to the throne….. Well, it wasn't him saying that.

Morgan.

She killed the king wife and took on her form, pretending to be her while filling the head of the king with madness.

Madness. Madness. MADNESS!

She corrupted the king, turning him the herald of the madness.

….

And so, the first quest began.

The quest where the rightful ruler of the throne now shall face the king that hide his dark nature through the years.

The monster, the false king, now exposed had started his rule of terror.

His lies, exposed. He planned on destroying the Brittan. Making sure that the King Of Knights would never be born again.

The young rightest king had emergence, faced off against the monster that deceived and lied to the people.

Morgan even made sure that the king and all who bore his blood would change, becoming real monsters in appearance.

The monsters that purpose was to be cut down by the king.

One by one, the heinous monsters that deceived people were cut down, before moments later the tyrant king had been beheaded.

The monsters lies exposed.

The monster plan destroyed.

The truth exposed.

And the new rightful ruler of the Brittan had appeared.

"All hail our king!"

"All hail Arthur Pendragon!"

People cheered in joy as their true king had been born.

….

"What are you doing?" – asked Erza.

"…"

"I'm asking what are you doing?! You never acted like this! You only threw a rock or something to cause some events, but never like this!"

"Answer me! Why you stopped your job as observers?!"

"…"

"Because its boring." – replied both of them.

"This current age…. It's way too peaceful."

"This isn't an age where the hero can shine or is needed."

"And so we will bring fourth an age of chaos that will be destroyed by the true hero."

"…"

Madness.

Erza knew.

She knew instantly what was going on.

Her parents who were nothing more than observers in hero stories had now became the instruments of chaos.

Their madness had reached the new peak…. But she could do nothing.

If she were to do anything, the madness would spiral out of control and completely destroy everything.

An so, she kept quiet.

And as promised, she married the new king.

She married her lover Arthur.

But it wasn't for the love.

It was for protection.

She cried.

She desperate.

She harmed herself.

She despised herself.

She didn't wanted this to happened.

She wanted Arthur to be free.

But now?

She caused for her beloved to become an Hero Knight while also unleashing the madness of her parents.

But she could do nothing….. And so, she observed as the legends of the king Arthur Pendragon had started.