[VRMMO] Dead One

[Current location: Holy kingdom.]

"FUCK! WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN THAT THEY HAD DEFEATED THE BEASTMAN KING AND THE "BENEFACTOR"?!" – shouted furious pope king as he threw a grail at one of the female priest.

"Please, your holiness calm yourself." – said the adult woman with vail covering her face who was also accompanied by a group of young priestesses.

[Saint of the Karraoi kingdom – Magdalena Steel]

"Calm down!? CALM THE FUCK DOWN?!" – shouted the pope king.

"I've lost one of my most trusted, most powerful and most inspiring paladins."

"He and his entire army was completely annihilated."

"The army of the heavens that were with him?! All dead as well!"

"And you also fucking came here, telling me that little bitch of a dragon is straight up refusing to fucking fight?!"

"BEFORE THEN THIS FUCKER COMES HERE AND TELLS ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED BETWEEN BEASTMAN KINGDOM AND EMPIRE?!" – shouted the pope king while pointing at the trembling messenger.

"…"

"We had lost so MANY of our forces…. And you dare to tell me to calm down?"

"For crying out loud….. What about the second summoning!? Can't you summon something far more useful than that crying giant baby?!"

"…. Sir…. We don't have any means." – replied saint.

"We had been using the heaven gates nonstop, even making them go overdrive in order to summon that amount of angels, including several high ranking angels and even daughter of the heavenly dragon."

"Our heavenly gates are straight up unable to be used anymore for any massive or powerful summoning."

"THEN FIXE THEM! USE ALL THE RESOURCES WE HAVE! IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM, JUST CONFISCATE THEM!"

"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! FUCKING GO FOR IT ALREADY!" – shouted the pope king, straight up kicking out the saints and her priestesses out of the throne room.

"…."

"…."

"Out…. All of you….. OUT!" – said the pope king, ordering all people that were still in the room to leave the throne room.

"…"

(This is bad…. Very bad.)

(We had lost way too many soldiers way too fast…. And the so called "sword" that the heavenly dragon lend us has turned out to be nothing more than disappointment!)

(Not only that, but the adventurers have also betrayed us. They are leaving us, with some even apparently changing sides.)

(Fucking worthless traitors!)

(I will hunt them all down when this is over…..)

(But for now, I need more power.) – thought the pope king as he got off his throne and kneeled.

"Gods of heavens."

"Gods from above."

"The ones that judges us and tells us our fates."

"Please, answer to my prayers."

"We, the sheep, are now hunted down by the unholy."

"Our forces, our believes, they are not enough."

"Please, give me a sign."

"Please, give us a guidance."

"Our believes and bodies are yours to use."

"…"

(Heavenly dragon….. I can feel his presence....)

"…"

"…"

"?"

(Wait…. Why I'm only feeling heavenly dragon presence?!)

(Normally I would feel presence of multiple gods or deities….. But why I'm only feeling presence of the heavenly dragon?!)

"Heavens? Do you not hear me?"

"…"

"…"

(S-still only one!?)

(W-what is going on?!)

(Why I'm feeling the presence of only the heavenly dragon?!)

(WHY ARE THE OTHER GODS NOT ASNWERING TO MY PRAYERS?!)

[Meanwhile: Tail city.]

"Huh…. I understand." – said ClownFrog while using [Chat] to communicate with Wretch.

"Tell GreyHunt and that beastman general that I agree to their proposition."

"Anyway, take care and all, I have still some shit on my end." – said ClownFrog before ending the call.

"…"

"…"

"Welp, shit."

(So the "benefactor" was really fucking aiming for the Forgotten World items.)

(According to Wretch, that general guy said stuff about monster with a lantern and crab hand.)

(Apparently it was the Forgotten World monster that was slain and it was a being from which they obtained Forgotten World items.)

(….)

(But now there is fucking question, "what".)

(What are the Forgotten World items they are looking for?)

(Are they looking for any Forgotten World items?)

(Or more specific?)

(Caliburn.)

(The holy sword wielded by the original king of knights before Arthur Pendragon.)

(There is also that one thing.)

(The grimoire of the witch queen, "Medea Grimoire".)

(He made a huge deal out of this war as well…. So, I fucking doubt that these Forgotten World items he had gotten his hands on are just some random ass items… They must had been special….. And if they are, how does he know?)

(The same with the Caliburn. It was just a broken stick and yet he knew the truth behind it?)

(….)

"Ah….. This is annoying as fuck."

(Well, we can say definitely that if you are not the "benefactor" client, you are his enemy….. And even if you are the client, you are nothing more than expendable pawn in the end of the day.)

"…"

"So are you going to show yourself, or not? Witch?"

"…"

"It wasn't my intend to offend you, emperor ClownFrog." – said the female voice that came from the crow who sitting on the window, before then landing inside the room and taking on the form of the lizardman witch.

[Elizabeth Marvawan – One of Nails And Representee Of Feral Finger]

"You knew I was here all this time, yet you didn't stopped your conversation?" – asked the witch.

"There was no need to." – replied ClownFrog.

"Also I was the one that called you, since I wanted to explain the current situation to you….. But please remember, try to knock on the door instead of sneaking in."

"If you know what I mean."

"…"

"I understand. I'm sorry for my behavior just now." – said the lizardman witch as she bowed her head.

"…."

"No matter." – said ClownFrog.

"Anyway, sit, we need to talk." – said ClownFrog, before then fully explaining to the witch the state of the war, the "benefactor" actions as well as confirmation of his goal.

"…..And that wraps it up."

"…I see… So, his goal is really items from the Forgotten World." – said the witch.

"But... The black ink…..This... Hm…"

"?"

"What is it? You do know something about the ink that killed beastman king?" – asked ClownFrog.

"…"

"I don't know…. I will need to look into it." – said the witch.

"It does sound suspicious, but I don't know if I will find something."

(Or you are hiding something and this is related to you witches?) – thought ClownFrog.

"Anyway, you do remember of our deal, right?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Even thought the "benefactor" was defeated for now, you are still obliged to provide some support, not as big as before obviously, but at least a little."

"Especially with the plague outbreaks caused by these self-destructive elves."

"Don't worry, we will keep our world." – said the witch.

"But if I may, is it possible for us to take some of the monster factories parts, tools and other things that were made by the "benefactor"?"

"Suit yourself." – replied ClownFrog.

"But if you find something from them, then please share the news."

"And while we are still able to talk like this, what about the thing I've asked you to look into?"

"…"

"The Sabath found nothing." – replied the witch.

"We didn't found any "unusual" cases like before…. We believe that the "benefactor" had either started moving recently… Or he only recently started doing big moves like this, while before he only sticked to shadows."

"Hmm…. I understand." – replied ClownFrog.

"In short, we both still know right next to nothing about that bastard."

"We have way more questions and other stupid shit….. But we at least figured out his main objective."

"But now we have an annoying question."

"Is that bastard still on this continent? Did he obtained every single Forgotten World item he wanted?"

"Or will he not give up? Since we have one of the things he desperately wanted to obtain?"

"…"

"Honestly…. I wouldn't be surprised if they were still here…. I will continue keeping our watch and search." – replied the witch.

"Yea, I will be counting on you, Elizabeth." – said ClownFrog.

"Don't worry emperor. I won't disappoint you." – said the witch.

"Well then, I think it is better if I get going." – said the witch before then taking once again her crow form and flying out of the window.

"…"

"…"

(In this entire fucking bloody war, I've only feared one fucking faction. One fucking person at the table that refuses to take off their mask.) – thought ClownFrog.

("Benefactor.")

(Just how strong he is?)

(He isn't doing anything personally, unless he is forced to…. And even when he is, he does possess a quiet powerful forces on his own…..There are also secrets regarding those who stands besides him….. All we can say for certain he isn't weak.)

(No. He is nowhere near being called weak…. If anything, he is extremely strong….. But then, why hide it?)

(Why is he trying to hide his face no matter what? His forces and powers, he is trying to make sure nobody sees them as much as possible…..)

(There is also the case regarding the witches network didn't worked, nor even ours.)

(We didn't knew that the beastman would betray us and use the "benefactor" monsters, even though we looked everywhere, we still couldn't see jack shit. It was obvious that it was also the "benefactor" doing as well….. We will need to interrogate the beastman kingdom higher ups, especially the corrupted ones regarding on how they hid those monsters from us at the start.)

(Son of a bitch that cannot be seen, who is also a strong as fuck.)

(He destroys without care.)

(He murders without care.)

(All he cares about is those stupid Forgotten World items.)

(But why?)

(What is that bastard end goal?)

"…"

*Sigh*

"And I honestly fucking doubt it will be the last time we will have a run in with that bastard.... Just fucking great."