[VRMMO] Dead One

"…"

"Is this the place Merlin?" – asked Arthur as he and his knights were led to the lake located in the middle of the forest.

"Yes, it is." – replied Merlin as he stepped forward.

"…."

"Lady of a lake! Its me! Merlin!"

"The servant of the knight king!"

"I wish for an audience!"

"…"

"What do you want from me Merlin?" – said the voice of the water as an figure of a female emerged from the lake that was completely made out of water.

"…. Merlin."

"What is the meaning of this?"

"Why did you brough here humans?"

"…I'm sorry lady of a lake, but an…" – said Merlin before stopping.

"Okay. I won't be beating around the bush."

"The age of chaos that we had prophesized will soon come…. Monsters ravaged the land."

"However, with the help of the new wielder of the Caliburn, the new Knight King, we were able to push back the chaos…. However, the enemy had managed to get us."

"…"

"The Caliburn was destroyed, wasn't it?" – asked the lady of a lake.

"…Yes." – said Arthur as he stepped forward while holding the remains of the sword.

"I'm the king Arthur Pendragon, the new Knight King…. And during my battle against the forces of the evil, the holy blade had shattered."

"…"

"You want me to repair the blade, don't you? Since I was the one that made it?" – asked the lady of a lake.

"…. If possible." – asked the Arthur as he got on his knee.

"…"

"Sorry, it won't work." – said the lady of a lake.

"Caliburn was an special weapon."

"It was power and almost unbreakable."

"However, the blade life had been completely destroyed…. What ever method they had used must had costed many lifes to pull off."

"Sorry, but Caliburn is gone."

"!"

"Please! Is there any way?!" – asked Arthur.

"Honestly, I do wish for the Caliburn to be restored…. But right now, the situation is so dire that it doesn't matter if this blade is restored or not."

"All I need is an holy blade that would destroy the monsters that are only vurnable to it."

"I don't care if the blade is just 1/10 of the original Caliburn power."

"Please lady of a lake. Help us!"

"I don't care if you just give me an stick that would be an weakest divine weapon, I would still take it."

"…"

"Throw the remains of the Caliburn into the lake." – said the lady of a lake.

"?"

"What are you staring for. Throw them into the lake, NOW!"

"!"

Arthur fallowed the instruction of the ancient spirit fairy and threw the remains of his once beloved blade into lake.

"…."

"Tell me, young king."

"How much do you know about the creation of the Caliburn?"

"…."

"Not much. Merlin promised that he wouldn't tell anybody about you and he only told me now about you in the time of desperation. He only said that you had created the sword." – replied Knight King.

"I see. So, he kept his word." – said the lady of a lake.

"Well, here is the story."

"I created, but I also didn't created the Caliburn."

"?"

"You created, but also didn't created Caliburn? What does that mean?" – asked confused Knight King.

"Well…. Its bit complicated." – said lady of a lake.

"You see. What I created was an mold for the Caliburn, but the one that truly crafted the blade was Uther Pendragon."

"However, the blade was crafted with heat an hammer, but with an soul and will."

"The Caliburn could be said to be the mirror of the Uther Pendragon."

"That sword was him."

"His will, his conviction, his determination."

"They were the things that were used to create the Caliburn."

"His heart was pure and so was his mind."

"Honestly speaking, I though that you got somewhat lucky by pulling out Caliburn or that you had stolen it…. But color me surprised. The remains of the blade confirms that you had…. No."

"You are far more worth than Uther Pendragon."

"I honestly can't believe it, but here I'm, finding out the truth through the blade."

"Honestly, I wanted to make you suffer through the hellish trials to test out your will, but I guess there is no need to and no time really."

The water around the lake began shifting, before moments later and small whirlpool manifested in front of the Arthur.

"This is the mold."

"The same one that was used by the Uther Pendragon to forge the Caliburn."

"And now I'm giving you an opportunity."

"Dive with your hand into it, grasp your destiny and grab the grip of the sword you shall make with your own hands."

"Create your own blade."

"Create your own reflection."

"Create your own destiny."

"This is your own challenge that you create yourself and shall destroy yourself."

"Now, do it."

"Show me what you got."

"Arthur Pendragon."

"…."

Arthur got on his knee and thrusted his hand without hesitation into whirlpool and as soon as he did, the entire lake glow with the light of gold.

Arthur screamed as he grabbed onto something, before then pulling out the blade of gold out of the lake.

The blade shined, crumbling apart its body of the light as an blade appeared in the hands of the knight king.

"Well, well, well. You did it."

"And in fact, this blade is far stronger than the one forged by the Uther."

"This is the true blade befitting the knight king."

"…"

"And lets give it the name."

"In the honor of the Uther Pendragon."

"In the name of the new hero knight."

"This blade shall now be fourth called Excalibur."

….

The king of knights had obtained an new weapon.

An new weapon that was created the same way Caliburn was born.

Excalibur.

The new holy sword.

The one based on the original Caliburn.

The blade far stronger and powerful than his previous blade.

With this blade, the new tale of the Arthur Pendragon had started.

But first thing first were the corrupted fairy dragons.

Arthur rushed in, destroyed the corrupted dragons with ease with his new blade, saving the Britan and its people once again….. Or so it seemed.

"…"

"Erza?"

The king wife…. She was assassinated by the forces of the chaos.

She was burned right in front of the people in the pillar of fire to the point not even her ashes remains.

Reason?

They wanted Arthur to suffer.

They wanted to break him.

But they didn't.

If anything, they pissed him off.

"…."

"!"

"Wait, where is Mordred?!"

"?!"

Amidst of chaos, son of the king Arthur went missing.

However, in reality he was made "disappear".

Morgan and Merlin knew that the Mordred was an eyesore so they send monsters to kill the young prince.

And so, he was "disposed off".

….

Or so the Merlin and Morgan believed in.

Erza knew that something would happened in the future.

So just in case she gave her two beloved, her son she loved and husband she loved.

The two medallions that they are always wearing around their neck contained part of Erza, her soul.

If the worse were to happened and the chaos of the two creatures would bring to this world be beyond unstable, she decided to risk everything and believe in her loved ones.

Even though she was an sword, even though her body was destroyed, she was still conscious.

And with these medallions, she was able to communicate.

She contacted Mordred, warned him about the danger and truth, told him to use the prepared spells she had stored and fake his death in order to run away.

Merlin and Morgan did not knew that Morder was alive.

The kingdom suspected the young prince to had died alongside her mother, but in reality he ran away. He ran away with his life thanks to spells prepared by her mother.

But he didn't ran without reason.

Lake.

He ran to the lake where Excalibur was born.

"…"

"Mordred." – said the fragile voice.

"!"

"W-who there?!" – asked alarmed prince as he pulled out his blade.

"Calm….. I'm….. I'm the lady of a lake…. The real one…. Not the imposter…. Or what that has remained of me…." – said the fragile voice.

"Morgan…. Merlin… They murdered me…. They took on my form, deceived your father and bestowed upon him Excalibur….. The blade that was created with the soul and body of your mother."

"…"

"What?"

Lady of a lake explained secrets that she and Erza knew.

About the truth regarding everything.

And the madness that was hidden.

"Erza…. She was…. Weaken…. Murdered…..Like me….. But she…. She was able to rescue my soul with the remaining power she had….. But even so….. Most of my being had been destroyed already…. I'm just an shadow…. But I'm an shadow that is strong enough to tell you the truth that I learned….. And the last gift I will ever make…."

"These bastards…. Threw the remains of the Caliburn in here…. In order to dispose of it…. They used my lake….. My home…. As their trash side…. Overconfident bastards."

"…."

"Mordred."

"Young and innocent prince…. Morder…. I'm sorry…. But I can't do much and its just matter of time before I will be gone…. However, I can do this at least."

The water screamed and moved as at the bottom of the lake, the blade was stuck in the lake bottom.

"?!"

"Caliburn?!"

"Yes…. I repaired the blade…. But obviously that costed me…. My last remaining being…. I'm sorry… But this is the last gift I will be able ever bestow…. Take the blade…. And avenge us all."

"…"

Lady of a lake was no more.

Morder with hesitation approached the sword, not knowing if he was worth or not…. But his conviction was strengthen as he understood that this chaos and evil need to be destroyed.

And so, he pulled the Caliburn without hesitation.

The new wielder of the Caliburn, Mordred Pendragon was born.

He shall aim to avenge all and destroy the chaos that the Merlin and Morgan had created.

Now there was an real hero that would destroy the chaos…. But Erza didn't stopped there.

After securing Mordred safety, she tried contacting her beloved via medallion…. But she was catched red handedly by the Merlin, who destroyed the medallion before she could warn him.

She failed to warn him.

But they also didn't knew that she and Mordred were still in the contact.

They didn't knew that the Caliburn that they had destroyed was reforged and was now being wielded by the prince Mordred.

The time had come for the counter attack.

The time had come to destroy the false chaos and end it once and for all.