[VRMMO] Dead One

["Forgotten stories are twisted version of the real stories from the real world."]

["They are changed or a "true" version of the story in the game world."]

["However, the original version of the story, the copy of the real-world story isn't present."]

["A similar stories are present, but never a copycat or anything remotely related to them."]

"I've already written this down before the meeting." – said Yosuke.

"I've looked it up, but I couldn't find anything regarding two beings we know are related to the Forgotten World."

"Zeus and Arthur."

"They have no presence whatsoever inside of the game."

"Same goes for anybody related to the legends of king Arthur."

"There are people out there who have same names as those legends, but they are just pure coincidence."

"For example, the demon serving me, the Grand Succubus Witch by the name Hera is by any means not related to Zeus or has anything to do with Greek mythology."

"Let's say that the 'benefactor' goal is to prevent the real story from being covered."

"They want to bury it, they want to censure it, yada, yada, yada and stuff."

"But… Why?"

"Why the fuck aim to censure something that wasn't even there in the first place?"

"True…. That doesn't make any freaking sense." – said Chiyo.

"…"

"But isn't it more weird that these stories are even present in that world in the first place?"

"I mean, no matter how I think about it, they shouldn't be even present."

"They feel… Somewhat 'forced'?"

"Not like in shitty plot way, but more like…"

"They shouldn't be even there."

"True… It doesn't fit any plot in that game…." – said Shota Ono as he took the pen and piece of paper and started writing things,

[Relationship?]

-"Benefactor".

-"True Sins and True Virtues."

-"Forgotten Time".

"What is the relationship here?" – asked Shota Ono.

"Well, Sloth defiantly knows the truth regarding the Forgotten Time, and so must the 'Benefactor'."

"However, the problem is that we don't know who exactly 'benefactor' is."

"Maybe they are working for a special being, for example True Sin or True Virtuee."

"…"

"Or whatever that thing was."

"You mean the thing which was trying to possible keep Sloth in check from breaking the rules?" - said Luis.

"Honestly speaking, there is high chance they may be related."

"If the sin is really hiding you from it and Sloth wasn't planning on letting you be captured, this speaks stuff."

"Then again, what would the 'benefactor' aim be here? To the point True Sloth want them to be eliminated?" – said Luis as he written down on paper his question.

["True Sloth goal?"]

["Benefactor goal?"]

"So far? We know very little about the power of the Forgotten World items." – said Yosuke.

"But what we know is this." – said Yosuke as he started now writing down.

["They posses' main parts of history of the tale."]

["Posse's ability to revive the Forgotten Beings and reactivate the Forgotten Fragments."]

"Each of the Forgotten World items posses description that tells a bit about the Forgotten Being history, a history which was erased."

"For example, we didn't knew shit about the Forgotten Bride, but after we obtained her items, we found out that she was a cannibal twin sister who devoured her other half in order to replace her at weeding."

"Obviously we didn't get a fully story, the same goes for the Caliburn."

"It original description told about a the blade that was used by the mighty king who was hailed as the hero, a blade to slay the mystics that threaten his kingdom and people, however it was also the blade which slew the king in the end."

"After the true name was revealed, the blade full description was revealed, which in detail said who used the blade and for what."

"In other words, the story that the Forgotten Items have a real parts of the story."

"…"

"5." – said Kamil Kowal.

"We have 5 items from the Forgotten World which we had obtained from the Forgotten Executioner."

[Blade Of Endless Execution] – [Rare Legendary]

[A blade used by the enslaved one, a one who never wished to be executioner, yet was forced to execute over and over again.]

[This blade has devoured the blood and lives of countless innocent beings.]

[No matter who they were, no matter what they were, they were all executed.]

[This blade only purpose is execution.]

[Cloth Of Red Tears] – [Unique]

[A cloth which is straight up absorbed countless tears of blood, the cries of fear, the cries of mercy, the cries of nightmares. This cloth which hid the face of the executioner is nothing more as means of hiding his guild, his fear and his hatred towards himself.]

[Chains Of Enslavement And Suffering] – [Unique]

[A chains that takes over the mind of the victim, tortures them into submit ion…. And if the targets dares to resist, then they shall be taken away by the chains, their minds twisted and ruptured, to the point they would become nothing more than animals…. Yet the executioner, who was afflicted with these chains somehow was able to retain his mind for who knows how long.]

[Tattered Rags Of Hunting Past And Pain] – [Unique]

[Rags which were once cloths of possible wealthy origin, however, as the countless negative emotions and blood ravaged the once beautiful clothing that were meant to represent love and compassion…. But now they are nothing more than symbol of hatred towards the oppressor… And towards the victim.]

[Unique Wood Goat Toy] – [Unknown]

[A childish toy of a goat made out of unknown wood. A toy that contains pleasant memories…. Yet sad beyond comprehension.]

"I've made a copy of each item description just in case and printed it out." – said Yosuke as he laid down each of the items' effects, description and names.

"Oh… You came prepared?" – said Kamil as he picked the two version of the same print, one in English, one in Japanese.

"Well, I need to prepare and shit." – said Yosuke.

"And I knew this would be important."

"I mean, did you thought I was not doing anything when that shit happened to me? I was getting ready and stuff."

"But honestly speaking, this is nowhere near enough."

"We know somewhat that the executioner was a child, that it was a son of a goodness and nameless titan…. The titan in question may had been turned into Forgotten Being, causing its name to be… Well… Forgotten."

"Simple put, with the info we have at hand, we can somewhat guess that the Zeus was some sort of supremacist maniac or some shit."

"But this isn't nowhere near enough."

"However! We have some means of obtaining knowledge!"

"!"

"Wait! That thing fucking spoke! What was it again?" – said Luis.

"Greek…. It spoke in Greek…" – said Kamil with sour look on his face as he remembers the screams of the Forgotten Executioner.

"Yeah! We can use it! We can freaking…. Wait, now that I think about, why the hell do you even you know Greek?" – asked Luis.

"…"

"I wanted to be historian once…. So, I studied history and shit…. Honestly, I wanted to be history teacher…. Just like my uncle." – said Kamil.

"But I kind of given up on it…. Considering how fucked up system is."

"Oh…. Sorry." – said Luis who understood what Kamil was hinting at.

"No… It is really fine…. Still… Hey! I've learned few language and Greek is one of them."

"So…. I guess we got lucky that I knew how to use it…"

"…"

"…"

"Say…. I don't…."

"Fuck…"

"…"

"Look."

"I know you told us about the revival method."

"And now I can somewhat see that the Sloth didn't just told you it for you to repair the Caliburn."

"Yeah… I can tell now clearly that she played me." – said Yosuke.

"Yeah…. And if that method really works for any dungeon, even those without destroyed Forgotten Items…. We can revive the executioner…."

"…"

"But…."

"Fuck me…."

"…"

"Dude… Speak up." – said Jarzyna.

"…"

"I…. I really don't want to revive the Forgotten Executioner." – said Kamil as everybody got instantly confused upon.

"Em… What do you mean?" – asked Jarzyna with confused look.

"We can learn something from him!"

"Hell! You can learn something from him! We may just-"

"I KNOW!" – shouted Kamil, silencing his sister instantly.

"It is just….Fuck."

"…"

"I know…. I fucking know we had obtained a lot of information the moment we started talking, even for short amount of time."

"And I know we can probably obtain more information…. But did you forgotten what had happened to it? The moment those chains got him?"

"They fucking turned him into nothing more than animal!"

"And those freaking screams!"

"I…. I COULDN'T FUCKING SLEEP THAT NIGHT!"

"Fuck me…."

"…"

"I never told anybody about it…. I mean, why would I?"

"It was just a game?"

"…"

"But…. Back then?"

"I felt…. I really felt that something was off."

"…"

"Look… I…. I really don't want to revive…. That child…. I know we may obtain some crucial information… But the moment we start talking, those chains will rip its brain apart like before… So, what next?"

"We revive it over and over again? Like some sick fucking joke!?"

"…"

"We are villains."

"We murdered countless innocents' people in that game. NPCs which would never spawn!"

"Hell! I remember shooting down kids of the noble families that were being escorted! I shot fucking kids like it was some sort of hunting game!"

"…"

"I know… I fucking know we only talked for fucking moment!"

"I FUCKING KNOW THAT WE TALKED FOR A FUCKING MOMENT! BUT STILL!"

"…"

"Maybe…. Back then it didn't said that it was child of a god and titan because it wanted to let us know…."

"…"

"No…"

"Now that I think about it, the reason why it maybe did said that was because it was losing its mind."

"Maybe it was…. Maybe it was trying to remember who it was."

"…"

"Wait…. So, you are saying that-"

"It wasn't sane…. It was never sane…. He was suffering." – said Kamil before Luis could finish his question.

"I don't know how I never noticed until now…. But now that I have a moment like this…. Yeah… I can tell…. It was just trying to stay sane."

"…"

"Jezus Christ…" – said Jarzyna with disturbed look.

"So, it was way fucked up than we had thought?"

"…"

"Boss… Everybody… Look… I'm sorry." – said Kamil.

"It just… I know he maybe an NPC…. But I freaking can't!"

"I'm fucking villain!"

"I maybe fucking monster and shit, but there are fucking lines that I even won't cross…. None of us should."

"…"

Yosuke looked around and noticed everybody disturbed expressions…. As well as exhausted look on Kamil's face.

"…"

"Does anybody still want to do it?" – asked Yosuke…. But nobody dared to even speak up.

(Makes sense…. Oron/Kamil never acted this way before…. Honestly, we all knew he was acting up a bit after we had slain the Forgotten Executioner.) – thought Yosuke.

(But still… My plan was for us to resurrect the Executioner in order to try and ask him few questions….)

(However, it doesn't looks like he will be willing to change his opinion any time soon… If anything, I think it would end up badly if we were to push it.)

"…"

"…"

"?"

"Wait, a fucking moment." – said Jarzyna.

"I mean, all of us knew that the whole thing regarding Forgotten Executioner speaking Greek was off and all."

"But now that I think about it, isn't that even more off?"

"?"

"What do you mean?" – asked Luis.

"I mean, think about it." – said Jarzyna.

"Greece isn't present in Avriones."

"True, there are monsters out there from Greek mythology there, but no story."

"The same goes for the whole legends of king Arthur."

"There is no Britain."

"There is no English or anything in there, nor Greek."

"!"

"Shit! You maybe onto something!" – said Miteki Kato.

"Yeah! Of fucking course I'm onto something now!" – said Jarzyna as everybody else still had confused expression on their faces.

"None of you still get it?!"

"If the Greek language and Greek history was in that world, then why isn't it present?"

"I mean, forget the Forgotten World for just a moment and think about it."

"Whole nation? Gone? Their entire history?"

"If I'm getting this correctly as well… Which I think I'm…. Then Brittain must had also been present there as well."

"And if the whole Forgotten World is about all of the histories of our world, somewhat twisted and shit, then wouldn't that mean Avriones is a copy of earth?"

"There are some easter, western and what not kind of things around in that world, but no nations and shit."

"Heck! The whole globe of Avriones looks nothing like to Earth."

"…"

"So… You are saying that the story of Avriones…. Maybe about our Earth?" – said Yosuke.

"I mean…. Either this… Or something else?" – said Jarzyna.

"…"

"By any chance… Are you talking about the real-world story?" – asked Yosuke.

"!"

"Wait, you thought of the same thing!?" – asked surprised woman in wheelchair.

"Yeah… If anything, that was the first bloody thing I've thought once I found out there were no traces of our stories in that world." – said Yosuke.

"But there is no way this is true."

"I mean, think logically for a second."

"Would that theory make…..."

"…"

"…"

"Em…. Dude?" – said Jarzyna as the man suddenly went silent while holding his mouth with confused… Yet scared expression.

"Are you-"

"Nothing… There is nothing." – said the man with terrified expression.

"Your theory sounds good… No! If anything, it sounds perfect!"

"Avriones is earth! That theory sounds perfect!"

"But there is nothing!"

"No traces whatsoever!"

"But the Forgotten Story!"

"Isn't it left over evidence!?"

"The evidence that the Avriones is 'EARTH'?!"