[VRMMO] Dead One

[Current location: Wumi Clan's castle.]

(Shit! The hell is going on?!)

(Why the investigation still on going?!)

(By now there should had been something! Why the hell they are… FUCK!)

(What do I do?! What the hell do I do?!)

(Do I run?!)

(But if… NO!)

(FUCK IF THEY PUT BOUNTY ON MY LIFE! I WILL JUST LEAVE THIS EMPIRE! HELL! I WILL LEAVE THIS CONTINENT ALL TOGETHER!)

(I WILL JUST-)

"!"

"What-"

*BONK*

"…"

"…"

"Ugh…."

(What… Where?)

"?!"

"Wait! Where the hell am I?!" – shouted the chained up lizardman soldier, as he looked around and realized he found himself in some kind of cell that was made out of plant roots.

(I was just in the hall… Where the hell am I?!) – thought panicking soldier as he tried to break free from his chains, only in the next moment for the root like cell bars to come to life and create opening… Allowing a masked lizardman to enter the cell.

"!"

"WHO ARE YOU?! DO YOU REALIZE WHO ARE YOU DEALING WITH!?" – shouted the chained up lizardman soldier as the masked lizardman, carrying a blood covered cleaver was approaching the man.

"!?"

"Wait! What are you doing!?"

"I'M KNIGHT OF THE WUMI CLAN! YOU SCUM! I'M TELLING YOU-"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"…"

"So we really had traitor in our mists." – said the dragon king in his elven form as he and Oron were in the garden in the middle of the castle.

"Yeb… I realized that something was wrong about the timing, so I snuck in without telling you… And found the fucker as he was panicking." – said Oron in his lizardman form.

"Did you gotten anything out of him?"

"No." – said the dragon king.

"The torture should start now."

"However, we found this on him." – said the dragon king while holding a small plate shaped device.

"A communication device."

"A one that matches one of the devices you had retrieved yourself from these saboteurs."

"There is no mistaking it. This bastard is working for the traitors."

"…"

"Still, don't let your guard down." – said Oron.

"There could be a chance that there was more than a one on the loose."

"Yeah." – said the dragon king as bloodlust was once again consuming him.

"I fucking know."

"…"

<<Welp. He is pissed.>>

<<No freaking wonder there.>>

<<The member of his own clan was part of the treason that brough the clan to the ruins.>>

<<I mean, who wouldn't be freaking angry right now about all of this?>>

<<That guy will definitely die… But still, we needed info.>>

<<However, this guy was expendable.>>

<<He wasn't told much nor he had one of those detonation seals placed on him that were meant to kill his heart.>>

<<But still, he had some info.>>

<<He confirmed that he worked for the Fish Hook company and that he got paid to deliver any important inside info to the person on the other end of the communication device.>>

<<He didn't knew who he was speaking to.>>

<<But he knew that about the sabotage.>>

<<Even though we have NOT made the information about somebody trying to sabotage the investigation public.>>

<<Only me and the dragon king knows about it right now.>>

<<But again, the enemy is on the move and they are making desperate moves.>>

<<Things are starting to go in our direction right now.>>

<<And the rat told us something.>>

<<The place where he originally met his contacts.>>

<<A bar.>>

<<Obviously I went to investigate the place.>>

<<But->>

"Everybody is dead." – said Oron while using communication device.

"There was a freaking genocide here."

"Guards are already swarming the area."

"What?! What happened?!" – asked the dragon king via communication device.

"Everybody in the bar were killed."

"From what I've investigated, it seems they were ripped apart by something."

"I don't know if it was a beast or blade doings, somebody wanted to make sure that nobody could tell apart."

"Still, they moved too fast again."

"Tch! So, we got ratted out already again?!" – said pissed off dragon king.

"It would make sense… But from what I found out, it happened somewhat long ago before I came here." – said Oron.

"Must had been around the time that guy got imprisoned."

"There is a good chance that they had somebody here on the standby."

"This isn't good."

"Somebody with power in your clan maybe the rat."

"…"

"Yes… That is the only logical explanation." – said the dragon king.

<<They are moving WAY TOO FAST!>>

<<There is no way that single rat would had been responsible for this, nor even 2 or 3.>>

<<Somebody with power within the clan is the one helping out in sabotage.>>

<<I did said that the king and I are the only ones aware of the sabotage, but there is no way we can properly hide the fact that we just made some random soldier inside of the castle just disappear out of nowhere.>>

<<But still, having some of their forces, INSIDE of this territory? Even if they are good at stealth, they must have in possession some kind of base of operation.>>

<<And somebody must had helped them from inside in concealing it.>>

<<But who?>>

<<That is the question.>>

<<We are accusing the high-ranking members of the clan, obviously it wouldn't cause no small problems… If anything, it could straight up kick a disaster.>>

<<Still, we are speeding up.>>

<<We are getting closer and closer to obtaining SOME clue regarding who could possible be behind everything.>>

<<But still, even when I was investigating the clan members, nothing was going on.>>

<<They must had realized that they are under watch and are acting normal.>>

"At the rate things are going, we will go nowhere." – said Oron while using communication device in order to communicate with the dragon king who was in his office.

"I know. But direct investigation maybe problematic."

"Then again… If we reveal the investigation publicly-"

"You could obtain valid excuse for the search." – said Oron.

"It may end up hurting the trust between you and the clan, but again, it would be worth it."

"However, there is one thing you are overlooking."

"The enemy was desperate to hide the evidence that they started revealing themselves."

"They may end up killing the head of the rats."

"But they could also very well just murder somebody in power and just pin the blame on them."

"You need to do it smart and I cannot help you in this."

"I know." – said the dragon king.

"I will do my job, you do yours." – said the dragon king before ending the call.

"…"

(Enemy is starting to act way too bold, compare to before.) – thought Oron.

(Sabotage I get, but a straight up massacre?)

(…I don't like this.)

<<The reason was simple.>>

<<The culprit may be forced to make their move soon, if they are just that desperate.>>

<<Still, if they do make a move, they could possible reveal themselves in the process.>>

<<But…. Fuck.>>

<<Revealing the truth.>>

<<Obviously it wouldn't be just high-ranking members of the dragon clan who would find out the truth.>>

<<But several elite knights as well, who will be conducing the investigation.>>

<<And once they hear the truth, that the Wumi clan wasn't destroyed by the mad prince, but instead by somebody's else… There is no use wondering what sort of reactions will pop up.>>

<<And there is good chance that somebody may end up slitting up… If that happens and the rumors would end up spreading to the different clans… Then things could end up annoying.>>

<<Especially the Muwi clan.>>

<<The tension between the two clans is already high, so it wouldn't be surprising if the people of the Wumi clan would point fingers at the Muwi clan, calling them traitors and what not.>>

<<But we don't know if they really did that.>>

<<Maybe somebody just want the Wumi and Muwi clan to be straight up hostile to each other, if not just straight up murder each other.>>

<<I've warned the dragon king about this obviously, that somebody may end up trying to make somebody take a blame, for example have us think that the Muwi clan are the main suspects, while in reality they had never anything to do with the whole situation.>>

<<Honestly, one of the clans that were present during the trial, that demanded the "justice" for the crimes of the mad prince may had very well be one of the culprits.>>

<<But again… We had no real evidence yet regarding who did that.>>

<<However, we obtained one evidence already.>>

<<Drugs.>>

<<The entire Wumi clan was drugged.>>

<<And that was when that "fiancé" was still present.>>

<<We have the main suspect behind everything, we have a solid target with solid evidence.>>

<<And that is enough to confirm some of the rumors that could end up happening.>>

<<…Still… There is also the dragon king's decision.>>

"…"

"I've decided to do it." – said the dragon king via communication device.

"You sure about this? It will be no way back… If anything, it could be a straight up hell in front of you." – said Oron.

"I don't fucking care." – said the dragon king.

"Do you really think that I will give up now?"

"THAT I WILL GIVE UP WHEN THE TRUTH IS AROUND THE CORNER?!"

"No."

"My family suffered enough."

"My land suffered enough."

"My whole clan suffered more than enough!"

"I will have the justice."

"No matter how many corpses I will pile on the way, be it even my own."

"I will get the truth no matter fucking what."