[VRMMO] Dead One

(Currently ClownFrog must be trying to spot us with detection skills or trying to find any traces of commotion that he can use to pinpoint our location.) – thought Alamin as he was trying to come up with a plan.

(ClownFrog knows by now that the area near the entrance is a safe area….But as soon as he takes even a SINGLE step out of it, he will get swarmed by undeads, just like we were.)

(Not only that, he must be still exhausted, since he had to go after us at full speed, not having even time to recover.)

(If we also add the fact that he is alone…. Yea, our chances of success are high…. But he may had realized that.)

(ClownFrog can just go with suicide tactic, taking us down with him IF he sees that it is the only way to stop us.)

(However, we have advantage.)

(He hasn't made a move yet…. And that can only mean one thing.)

(He still don't know where the "end" is located, unlike us!)

(The victory conditions are simple.)

(Reach the end goal while making sure that ClownFrog cannot either track us or find us.)

(ClownFrog detection range will expand quickly, so we cannot stay in one place for far too long…. We don't know if our means of "hiding" ourselves with items and skills can protect us from his gaze.)

(It is better if we don't stay in one place for too long.)

"We are heading towards the exit, but don't fight at any cost!" -said Alamin.

"If that bastard finds us, he will definitely go kamikaze on our assess."

"We will take a longer way around, in order to avoid areas that has liches."

"We need to get as far away from the starting location and from this bastard while he still has not detected us!"

"Go!" – said Alamin before moments later this guild started moving.

"…"

(DAMMIT! WHERE ARE THEY!?) – thought pissed off yet panicking ClownFrog as he was using his detection skills, trying to spot any players nearby, but not finding anything expect for the undeads.

(Should I start blasting at random?)

(No! It will only provoke all the undeads in area instantly!)

(Not only that…. There is also that guy.) – thought ClownFrog as he saw in the distance The Watcher Of The Lich Lord Tomb, walking around through the dungeon.

(If I provoke this guy while being all on my own, he will definitely lock me in place for a moment, giving time for these bastards to move!)

(But how…. NO! They are definitely still nearby!)

(If they were trying to rush it, I would have already seen traces of battle or chaos in the distance!)

(That means they are hiding somewhere…. And close by too!)

(But where!?)

(Shit! There is no way they are staying in one place! That thing I've smashed was the very same camera that I've found before!)

(They know I'm here!)

(And that means they had already started moving!)

"…"

(But what can I do?!)

(No! I mean seriously! What can I do right now!?)

(The moment I leave THIS spot, I will have a horde of these bastards coming after me!)

(And I can't really gamble here!)

(If I chose a wrong direction, then it is instant game over!)

(But I can't just stay here and wait for them to get away!)

(Scout familiars?)

(No. They will get attacked and destroyed instantly they leave my side.)

(Detection skills?)

(No. I'm still not picking anything, they could be using something to hide themselves, like item or skill, they had already used something before that managed to hide their tracks from Shri's monsters.)

(Wait for a fuck up?)

(No. They know the moment they make some "noises", I will instantly spot them…. But only if it happens near me. The reason why only "near me" is because of how stupidly bizarre this dungeon is constructed! If they make a mess that would be too far from me, then I wouldn't be able to notice!)

(Summon monsters and make them go on rampage?)

(No. It would only alarm the entire dungeon and it would also create opening for these bastards… Not only that, but my monsters maybe still needed outside. I don't know if the enemy has been dealt with or not.)

(Item. Skills. Summon. Passives. Blessings.)

"…"

(FUCK!)

(I CAN'T!)

(IT IS JUST A REPEAT OF BACK THEN! I HAVE FUCKING NOTHING THAT COULD HELP ME TRACK THESE BASTARDS DOWN INSTANTLY!)

(Fuck! I can't even possibly guess where the end of the dungeon is either! We had not obtained enough information to even attempt at guessing.)

(…. Sloth…. Should I…. NO!)

(I CAN'T FUCKING WASTE IT!)

(Honestly, there is good chance that the "favor" from her could be something far more valuable that whatever is inside of that tomb!)

(Are we missing something?)

(No! If we were missing something, we would have already found it last time, during that gamble attempt from the last time!)

(Lake size? No. There is no way it would give us a correct answer.)

(Castle? The one from outside? Maybe its direction…. But that would be way too easy answer!)

(Then maybe all boss monsters? Maybe we need to hunt all bosses? But they didn't dropped any special "key" type items!)

(Pattern of the city?)

"…"

(Yea…. No. This place is way too mixed up.)

"!"

"Stop!" – whispered Alamin, stopping his party as an undead wyverns flew by.

"…"

"Fuck…. Do we really need to go through this part of the dungeon!? There is way too many dragons here!" – said female dragonewt player.

"Well, that or liches! And they will instantly spot us! And then this bastard will spot us!" – said Alamin.

"Common! We need to move!" – said Alamin as he started walking ahead, making sure that the path is safe.

(So far so good…. But for how long?) – thought nervous Alamin.

(So far, ClownFrog hasn't done anything…. Or has he?)

(Either way, we need to continue moving forward.) – thought Alamin before then instantly stopping and giving a hand gesture to his party to hide behind a wall, right before a giant land dinosaur like skeleton monster with long neck walked by.

"…"

"I think we are safe…. What about our rear?" – asked Alamin while trying to check the area in front of the group.

"!"

"Not good! Wyverns are coming back!" – said the female short dark elf player.

"We need to- "

"I'VE FOUND YOU! YOU MOTHEFUCKERS!" – shouted ClownFrog as his voice echoed throughout the whole dungeon, instantly alarming the whole party as they started looking around.

"!?"

"HE FOUND US?!" – said panicking female dragonewt player as she tried spotting ClownFrog, before moments later a sound of series of explosions could be heard coming from the distance, alarming further the party.

"!"

"Calm down!" – said Alamin.

"He maybe bluffing!"

"He is maybe trying to rat us out!

"…"

"I don't know about this! It sounds like the explosions are coming closer in our direction!" – said the panicking short female dark elf player as the sound of explosions could be heard coming closer to the group.

"Alamin! We need to move! Now!" – said the female dragonewt player.

"…"

(Is he fucking with us?! Or maybe did he really found us!?) – thought Alamin as he tried analyzing the situation.

(We should be still hidden!)

(But what if he started moving?! What if he gambled and used detection skill?!)

(But why would he have said that he had found us?! Is he fucking with us? Or is he trying to manipulate us?)

"!"

"SHIT! WYWERNS!" – shouted dragonewt player as undead wyverns had spotted the Silver Tiger guild, who instead of changing their positions, had instead stayed in the place, trying to analyze the situation.

"?!"

(SHIT! WE FORGOTTEN ABOUT WYWERNS!) – thought Alamin as he saw monsters coming towards the party.

"[Valkyrie Strike]!" – the female dragonewt player threw her spear at the flying dragon, unleashing a spear of the light that struck one of the wyverns.

"!"

"YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" – shouted Alamin as he snapped.

"…"

"Found you." – said ClownFrog as he saw a tiny burst of light in the distance.

(THERE YOU ARE, YOU PIECES OF SHIT!) – thought ClownFrog who instantly began flying towards the direction where he saw the light.

Explanation is needed.

ClownFrog has lied.

He did not spotted Alamin or his party.

If anything, he was both panicking and was desperate to find Alamin.

He knew he didn't have any ways of knowing where Alamin or where the dungeon end is…. So instead, he pulled out extremely desperate move.

A bluff.

ClownFrog used two things. His voice that can be extremely loud while in his dragon form, alongside the voice applying device that Blueberry made for the ClownFrog, which he had used during the speech before.

He used combination of those both things to make sure his voice could be heard everywhere in the dungeon.

This was the first bluff.

The second bluff was the attacks.

ClownFrog attacked at random in all directions, using all of the skills he had, he started blasting randomly around, expanding his range further and further in order to give an illusion of him moving and fighting the undeads.

But obviously, this was just a bluff.

And Alamin realized a possibility of what was ClownFrog doing just being a desperate attempt to make Alamin guild panic and do something stupid…. But there was a problem.

The one that screwed up was Alamin and not the dragonewt player.

He was thinking too much, to the point he didn't made his party move, which ended up exposing the group to the undeads that they were trying to avoid.

And now?

ClownFrog saw the dragonewt player attack from afar…. Which means that he now knows where Alamin and his party are currently hiding.