[VRMMO] Dead One

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE CITY WAS CONQUERED?!" – shouted ClownFrog while using [Chat].

["I…..I…."]

"…"

"Sorry for yielding….. But please. What happened?" – asked ClownFrog as he could not calm down at all.

"…"

["Honestly, I don't know what had happened."] – said Blueberry.

["The communication with the world outside the city was suddenly cut off. The chat function didn't functioned for everybody nor any of our communication devices were able to operate."]

["We also lost contact with all of our scouts and stuff…. And before we knew it, we spotted a large army approaching us."]

["Obviously we tried defend the city and everything."]

["And honestly, things were looking good."]

["We were able to hold back the empire and even slaughter countless soldiers of theirs… Hell, I just went around like a jet, taking down angels left and right, higher ranked ones or just angel dragons."]

["Honestly…. They underestimated us, but they still had more enough power to wreck the castle walls and kill a lot of our soldiers, so the battle wasn't really one sided."]

["However, the second holy kingdom army came, breaking through one of our defenses located far away, resulting in them attacking us from two different locations."]

["And to add even more problems…. We got attacked from inside."]

["A huge group of players suddenly emerged out of a blue from within the city alongside explosives, straight up blowing up our defenses from inside."]

["We don't know these players or anything! Nobody did!"]

["They just appeared out of blue inside of the city and started wrecking shit up."]

["Those players were not only equipped with explosives, but they also started using some high tier items, summoning temporarily a high rank angels…. Honestly, THAT attack fucked our defenses."]

["In the end…. We were forced to retreat and abandon the city."]

["We are currently on the run….. And we had lost quiet bit of our forces."]

["I myself is currently flying around, taking out flying angels while Shir are taking down the riders."]

"…."

"Fuck…."

(They managed to take over the city?! HOW?!) – thought confused and furious ClownFrog.

(Were these bastard always this powerful? One of our main armies was located in that city, but they still lost and were forced to flee?!)

(That place was also heavily fortified on top it all!)

"…"

"That bastard."

(That son of a bitch Alamin may had fucking lost the fight, but he did won in the battle! He was meant to stall me! All of us! They were sacrificial pawns!)

(But didn't he gave into his rage like idiot!?)

(NO! HE DID GIVEN IN! HE WASN'T FAKING IT!)

(He probably planned on really killing me back then! Hell, his plan was even solid!)

(We knew that the barrier was meant to trap us and we did thought that their plan was to stop us from going back to the city…. But then me and Oron thought that their plan may had been really to trap us and kill us.)

(They did destroyed a lot of our monsters and a lot of our soldiers had also been slain.)

(But overall, we tried to get back to the city as soon as possible, since we still worried about the communication suddenly going flat.)

(Dammit! When the hell did they started preparing this?!)

"…"

"Shit. For now, regroup. We will join up with you and tell you our side of the story later."

"For now, focus on survival."

<<Okay…. Things are not looking good.>>

<<So, we managed to regroup with Blueberry forces…. And honestly, I saw how huge loses there were….. Not only that, but we even lost one of our generals.>>

<<General Arias Von Wion.>>

<<She was killed in battle.>>

<<Fuck me…..I really liked her too. She was one of the first few slaves I've had rescued personally early on…. She was…. Damn.>>

<<She was really special amongst the vampires and was even looked up upon by her kin….>>

<<War….. You don't really know who you will lose…..>>

<<Not only her, but we also lost a lot of soldiers that were not expendable….>>

<<….>>

<<Besides losing soldiers and one of our generals, we had complexly lost the city of Tail.>>

<<And this is way worse than it may seem.>>

<<That city was a major factor when it came down to controlling the territory in that region.>>

<<Meaning that whoever owns this city, also owns a large amount of territory.>>

<<Originally that city was conquered by the holy kingdom, but we took it back with a powerful and swift attack before they could had set up their defenses…. But was their defeat by any chance a fake out? Maybe they wanted us to take over the city?>>

<<Dammit!>>

<<I….. I looked down on them….. Fuck me! They were just mindless fanatics that were shouting "holy", "heaven", "judgment" and "justice" left and right like mad man, so I would never really expected them to do THAT!>>

<<…By the looks of things I've looked too much down on them…. I've fucked up. It is my fault.>>

<<Because of me not only empire regained one of most important location in the beastmen kingdom, but we had also took a heavy hit.>>

<<…. FUCK ME!>>

<<…>>

<<…>>

<<Well…. At least I managed to stab these bastards deep right in the chest.>>

<<How? Exposed.>>

<<The players that originally lost to us and joined the holy kingdom to survive thought that they would be safe…. But instead, they just found out that the holy kingdom was the worst possible option they could had chosen.>>

<<Now the players that are using anything "non holy" as their power will be judged.>>

<<Not only that, but a high ranking leader of the church army AND representee of the players turned out to be a traitor.>>

<<This will obviously will make managing players much harder AND the trust issue between both parties will arise.>>

<<The high ranking traitor and the church plan of betraying the players.>>

<<This will make things chaotic amongst themselves.>>

<<But right now? We need to find a way to retake the Tail city.>>

<<it isn't only for our own good, but also for the rebellion forces.>>

<<Since right now? The holy kingdom has a pretty good angle at attack them from.>>

<<We need to take back that city at all cost, since the conquest of the beastmen nation heavily depends on it.>>

<<I've also gave a heads up order to GreyHunt and the revolution group about the situation, telling them to slow down since there is a chance that the holy kingdom may attack them.>>

<<But for now… We needed to focus on recovery.>>

<<We moved our destroyed main army to the Wing city, regrouping with the second main army that was on the standby.>>

"But the problem is how we will do it." – said ClownFrog as he held a meeting with the army officials.

"Specifically, the fact that the holy kingdom knows by now we will try and reclaim that city ASAP."

"But HOW exactly did they even managed to it?"

"I get the whole 2 huge armies appearing and stuff."

"But what happened to the communication? Or how did these adventures appeared inside the city?"

"That…. We don't know." – said Blueberry.

"We did a full sweep of the city few times, hunting down any remaining members of the holy kingdom that were still left hiding…. But honestly we don't know how they did it."

"Until now." – said Blueberry while staring at one of the members of the beastmen revolution, the bear beastman.

"In the past, the city of Tail was one of the places of civil war and it was also run by corrupted people in power, where the traitorous king was still at the power, working for the holy kingdom." – said the bear beastman.

"These corrupted officials would use that escape path to get away….. And honestly, it only recent years we even found out about its existence."

"Wait, then why we weren't informed of this before?!" – asked angry Shir.

"Because there were no beastmen in city. The holy kingdom exterminated them all." – said Blueberry.

"Shit….. That explains it all….. But again. What about the communication?"

"Yea, this is good question." – said Oron.

"From what I understand, the city communication with outside world was cut off, before then our communication was cut off by the barrier trapping us."

"However, you didn't had anything like that, right?"

"Nope…. There was nothing like a barrier or a flare or anything that stood out." – said Blueberry.

"Honestly, the only thing I can think about would be some sort of item that they had placed and activated inside the city."

"Welp…. This is just fucking nice." – said annoyed Shri.

"First some sort of barrier and now some disturber that blocks contact? Where the hell are these bastards getting these?"

"Actually…. We checked the barrier that trapped us and we found a 6 disk like items that are just 1 item combined." – said Oron.

"And that very item…. It is divine item."

"A item with the power of a god."

"…"

"Wait, wait, wait." – said Shri.

"You are saying, they are now throwing around some items with goldy powers?" – asked Shri.

"Specifically fragments and authorities from the god." – said Blueberry.

"Yea? And? They are just now using them!? Was that thing that cut us off from outside world also a divine item?!" – asked Shri.

"We don't know…. Since we didn't got our hands on it." – said Blueberry.

"…"

"Wait, a moment." – said Shri.

"We have that divine item?! I mean the barrier, right!? Can't we use it!?"

"Nope. This thing was meant to trap people inside." – said ClownFrog.

"Not only that, but this thing has extremely long recharge time."

"So, yea, we can't use it."

"…. But it will also act like a bait." – said ClownFrog.

"I mean, this is a divine item blessed by heavens."

"Considering how they were doing things, they didn't expected us to defeat Alamin and his army."

"They did not expected them to lose this divine item."

"And they will make absolutely sure that they get it back."

"We could probably use this thing as bait for now."

"But we really can't do it, right?"

"Nope…. Right now, we need to take back the city of Tail ASAP." – said Blueberry.

"I've been contacted by GreyHunt and he said that things at the frontlines between revolution and beastmen king forces are looking bit tough. Apparently the beastmen king started having the "benefactor" use more manmade monsters…. As well as undeads…. And if the holy kingdom would join in…. The revolution may have harder time succeeding."

"We need to take back the Tail city before it is too late."

"But the problem is how we will take back the city?"

"I doubt the holy kingdom has nothing up their sleave…. Hell, they may have already another plan they are preparing for us, so we should be careful what we would do."

"Actually, if I may, there is something I would like to say regarding the matter with the divine artefact." – said the demon noble Zorank Vir, a humanoid demon with single twisted horn and grey skin.

"How can we be sure that the holy kingdom only received 1 divine artefact? What if they had received more than one?"

"…"

"True…. This is problematic." – said Tail.

"But how many would of these so called divine artefact would the holy kingdom have in the first place Zorank?"

"Not many, if I'm honest." – said the one horned demon.

"The divine artefacts are not just some random items blessed with the gods power, they have a small fraction of the said god power, a bit of their divinity."

"However, even tearing of a bit of divinity is dangerous, since power and stuff."

"So, most of the times the churches have at least 1 weak artefact, while some bigger churches would have few big divine artefacts."

"Divine artefacts plays a religious role, meaning that they are not only useful as "item", but they are also tools of gathering faith."

"Not only that, but sending divine artefact directly would be like extremely high tier summon ritual."

"So, most of the time a bit of divinity is granted to the church and then they have somebody go craft that thing."

"That is how it works."

"Useful tool, but if you lose it, then the said god would receive a massive hit, meaning that mass production is out of question."

"However, considering how these bastards are activin and by them I means heavens, the holy kingdom may had obtained some new divine artifacts, but question how many and how strong?"

"…"

"The barrier thing…. We still have yet to confirm it if it was with them before the war started OR if it was just newly created divine artefact." – said Tail.

"There is also possibility that they conducted a high tier summoning to borrow the said divine artifact from some god as well…. So, this is also the possibility."

"…"

"Hey. I'm going to say something." – said Hera as she was laying on top of ClownFrog shoulder.

"Heavenly Dragon."

"If we consider a possibility of somebody lending their divinity, then they would be the best answer."

"…"

"A major god of heavens… Huh?" – said Shri.

"This will be annoying."

"A evil god that has a group of mad fanatics fallowing him around."

"…"

"Em…. If I may." – said the oxman chieftain A'gan.

"From what I understand, churches and gods obtain more power the more faith their obtain from the believers, right?"

"But didn't we destroyed the reputation and exposed to the whole world the truth regarding the heavenly dragon?"

"Shouldn't the said heavenly dragon and his church… I don't know…. Lose all power?"

"This doesn't work this way, you idiot." – said the one horned demon.

"He may had lost a lot of faith from his fallowers, since one of his main churches had been completely eradicated and even the ugly truth that he had hidden was exposed…. It would mean nothing to him for now."

"Or more specifically, he won't be going down anytime soon. He is strong and it will be hard for him to removed from his position as one of the major gods of heavens."

"Still, he is definitely losing power and it wouldn't be surprised if he were to removed from his current position as one of the major gods."

"But then again….. They are working together right now…. Which is weird."

"Hm…."

"I think we can find out about later, but for we need to focus on taking back the Tail city." – said Blueberry.

"The longer they have that place under control, then not only it will make the situation problematic for us, but also for the rebellion forces."

[Meanwhile: Frontline between beastmen kingdom and rebellion forces.]

"THIS IS A DIRECT ORDER YOU BASTARD! WE ARE STOPPING THE MARCH! TELL THAT TO EVERBODY AND PISS OFF!" – shouted general Axe.

"If you don't want to die pointless death, then just wait! Simple as that! Dismissed!" – said general axe as he started wandering through the rebellion camp, before then arriving at the tent where GreyHunt alongside Wretch were waiting for him.

"Seesh, they really can't hold themselves anymore, can't they?" – asked Wretch.

"Unfortunately not…. Honestly, the entire kingdom want the king off the throne right now… Even our spies said that the capital city is in pretty much wrecked state after a rebellion also broke out there." – said the general Axe.

"Pretty much, they are all relying to go all out and get to the king."

"Then force them to stay." – said GreyHunt.

"I don't care if you use force or not, force them to control themselves."

"The beast king is one thing."

"But I'm more worried about that completely unpredictable "benefactor". We don't know what kind of games he is playing at and he already shown us that he has some fucking bloody tricks where he can snap his finger and a fucking army appears out of blue."

"Like during the previous war that we had with Oin empire where he would summon a extremely large army of undeads out of nowhere near the empire capital city."

"And even if they wouldn't have anything, there is a fucking church now."

"If we attack now, we may end up just inviting the holy kingdom to just fuck us in the ass and kill us on the spot."

"Hell, I don't even know if our current location is safe."

"We may consider even retreating!"

"!"

"But if we do that, then the traitorous king will have the room to breathe!" – said general Axe.

"Then what would you have? Him breathing? Or our soldier death?" – asked GreyHunt, instantly shutting up the beastmen general.

"Look. I don't like this either but- "

"Em…. Can I….. Can I point out something?" – asked Wretch, interrupting GreyHunt midsentence.

"…"

"What is it?" – asked GreyHunt.

"Okay….. Say, general Axe…. Was there any necromancers working for you?" – asked Wretch.

"?"

"No? We didn't had any?" – replied confused lion beastman.

"Okay….. Em…. So why are they not using them?" – asked Wretch.

"???"

"I lost you man. What the hell are you talking about?" – asked GreyHunt.

"I mean the benefactor." – said Wretch.

"He can use armies of undeads and yet he is not deploying any necromancers? WE SAW HIM USE A BIG AND POWERFUL ARMY OF UNDEADS! AND YET THEY ARE NOT USING THEM AGAIN?!"

"Hell! We can use those manmade monsters as undeads!"

"But so they can!"

"We know they have necromancers, so why are they not using them?!"

"…"

"Wait…. Yea…..Why are they not using them!?" – said GreyHunt who was instantly filled with feeling of dread.

(Hell! Forget them hording undeads for big battle, they should had been using undeads as soon as they betrayed us!)

(So why the hell they did not used them!?)

(Undeads are way more ethical than the "benefactor" monsters and everybody have fucking knows it!)

(Even that fucking mad king who no longer cares about ethics should have been using undeads!)

(So why have they not used any undeads at all?!)