[VRMMO] Dead One

["So, the dragon king of the Wumi clan is a complete idiot?"] – asked ClownFrog, as Oron used the {Chat – Video Call}, to talk with his boss after making noticeable amount of distance away from the dragon castle.

"Unfortunately, yes." – said extremely annoyed Oron.

"He seemed like somewhat smart guy too at first… But now he went and did that bullshit."

"Because of him, things will start escalating…. Then again, we may be able to find the real culprit by exchanging the whole Wumi clan's life."

"…"

["I won't argue nor say not to do it."]

["That idiot really fucked up if he did what you said he did."]

(Still, I do freaking wish that we wouldn't end up causing any of the dragon clan's destruction, before we find out the truth.) – thought annoyed ClownFrog.

(Then again, this fucking idiot may had killed himself and by trying to rescue him from the self-destruction, we may end up exposing ourselves.)

"…"

[*Sigh*]

["Just focus on your current job and do what you think it is the best."]

"Was planning to."

"Anyway, I have my own question right now."

"How are things back home?"

["They are still quiet and there is still no provocations and war preparations aimed at us."]

["It is quiet."]

["But I'm still too scared to move personally towards the Lich Lord's Tomb."]

"The others still haven't returned?"

["No… All of them returned… But I honestly want to prepare our nation bit more in military way."]

"Welp, now you have even more reason to not to move."

"I wouldn't be surprised if this war wouldn't kick up soon."

"I couldn't find anything for months, but now very recently, in matter of few days, I started uncovering an extremely massive conspiracy."

"I'm going to say this honestly."

"There will be blood."

"…"

["Should I head there for a visit?"]

"No. I don't know if you should do it or not, just yet."

"I will tell you if you are needed here."

["Okay."]

["Then next question."]

["Forgotten Fragments."]

"They were here."

"But they were already cleared before I've came here."

"As for items, I couldn't get info."

"There is a good chance that they were taken by the players and moved away, or some of the dragon clans may had bought them."

"However, I couldn't find any involved regarding the 'benefactor'."

["Still, that doesn't mean he isn't here."]

["Until we confirm what happens to the Forgotten World' Items, we cannot be sure of anything just yet."]

"…"

"Are you sure about this?"

"About the 'benefactor' working with one of the clans?"

["No. I'm not."]

["However, at the same time, if there is too few traitors, then no matter what the traitors do, be it pinning other clans against each other and what not, they will fail."]

["That is if we are not the ones helping the traitors."]

["However, if the traitors are really just too few… Then it could mean either of these two things."]

["First, they have some kind of weapon."]

["Or second, somebody is helping them out."]

["And there is one person who could instantly provide a powerful army on the spot and make them appear without warning."]

"…True."

"Benefactor perfectly fits the bill, no matter how I look at this."

"Still, we maybe jumping to the gun too soon."

"Since now we may now know about one of the enemies' weapons."

"The mass brainwashing."

["But how strong it is exactly? Did they truly needed to use drugs to take control over the dragon king's mind or not?"]

["That so called fiancé is still way too dangerous."]

"I know, I was going to keep focusing on her while also doing my regular hunt."

"Got anything else to say?"

["Nope. We talked pretty much over everything now."]

"Well then, I'm ending the call. See yeah."

["You too… And good luck."] – said ClownFrog before Oron ended the call.

"…"

(Still, the whole situation is extremely annoying.) – thought Oron.

(Forget just "blood".)

(It will be a freaking genocide that may start it all off.)

"…"

"And where the hell do I look in the first place?"

<<Wumi clan fucked up big time.>>

<<And I mean it.>>

<<They really and I mean REALLY just may had killed themselves.>>

<<Working with them may prove now… Negative, to say the least.>>

<<Meaning that I'm pretty much all on my own once again, unless some kind of special situation turns up.>>

<<…Still… That fiancé is still bothering me.>>

<<Ability to mass control people.>>

<<Forget the drug fish.>>

<<How they mind controlled entire clan?>>

<<Considering how they only made them forget about single person no matter what would suggest that the fiancé was the one behind brainwashing the whole clan.>>

<<And that means she is dangerous.>>

<<Still, the problem is that we lack info on WHO she is?>>

<<But then again, the dragon king made another stupid move.>>

<<Bounty.>>

<<He had his artists create a sketch of the woman and post the bounties of the fiancé everywhere.>>

<<He is…. Wow.>>

<<That was extremely retarded move.>>

<<I mean, at this point he is the one spreading around the information that the Wumi clan was manipulated.>>

<<Jezus Christ… Too soon, too soon you freaking fucking idiot.>>

<<…Still, thanks to that at least I know how that woman looks like.>>

<<And it could put some pressure on the woman.>>

<<If she is living a "normal" life in order to blend in, she shouldn't be using the mind control magic right now in order to not leave any traces behind.>>

<<However, if the wanted posters spread around and people do notice her, it will be quiet annoying for her.>>

<<But again, she could easily counter it by just leaving the empire, easily dodging the detection and making Wumi clan look somewhat stupid.>>

<<Not only that, but what if she the "official" member of different clan?>>

<<Then things could end up problematic even more.>>

<<…>>

<<There is still Wo'won clan.>>

<<That bastard still didn't wanted to reveal anything regarding the visits he had before.>>

<<Why?>>

<<I know I'm hiding my identity and what not… But the way he is protective of Wo'won clan is… Weird to say the least.>>

<<…>>

<<Okay. Seriously now.>>

<<What the hell do I do?>>

<<I mean, if I start the search now, I would just do the same stuff I did before, walking in circles blindly.>>

<<The goal is clear.>>

<<Find the fiancé in order to find out which clan is the truly planning on conducing the treason.>>

<<But now that those fucking bounty situation going on, the true culprits will now be way too wary… For fuck's sake.>>

<<…>>

<<I went to the Muwi clan.>>

<<I wanted to see if there was any "unique" reaction… But it is pretty much the thing as I've heard so far.>>

<<Conflict.>>

<<Muwi clan is saying that the Wumi clan is just desperate.>>

<<That they are trying to act like victims and make the Muwi clan suffer.>>

<<Pretty much, just pure hostility.>>

<<And as for the bounty? Well, I've asked around a bit, but nobody recognizes the woman.>>

<<Still… There was something.>>

<<The lack of memories in some areas.>>

<<There is no doubt about it.>>

<<The Muwi clan was also hit with brainwashing.>>

<<Makes sense if you think about it.>>

<<People of the Muwi clan may had realized the truth, since the two clans were still extremely close back then.>>

<<But this begs a question.>>

<<But was so the dragon king of the Muwi clan?>>

<<If the king of the Muwi clan was behind the whole conspiracy in the first place, then it would maybe make sense?>>

<<It would also be way easier for him to possible brainwash his people, erasing some of their memories, while also manipulating them.>>

<<…Then again, it wouldn't make sense.>>

<<Wumi and Muwi clans may not had been the strongest, but just working with each other made them beyond extremely dangerous, to the point even each one of the three clans would have problem with them.>>

<<They could compete against one of the three.>>

<<So for the Muwi clan to betray the Wumi clan is beyond stupid.>>

<<And that kind of betrayal may had just fucked the Muwi clan as much as it did Wumi clan.>>

<<…>>

<<I didn't sneaked in this time to have a private talk with the dragon king, since those fucking bastard from Wumi clan made things way too heated!>>

<<It would had been nice if they FUCKING HELD BACK FOR AT LEAST FOR A BIT!>>

<<And allow me to fucking make contact with dragon king of the Muwi clan!>>

<<….But thanks to them, this plan went all into the drain.>>

<<So where the hell do I go now?>>

<<The Fish Hook company, it did provided some leads, but not direct ones.>>

<<Should I track the company main workers? The ones that went missing?>>

<<…No. They may had left the empire for the safety reason by now as well.>>

<<Searching for them will be straight up pointless.>>

<<Ahhhhhh…. This is fucking annoying.>>

<<At this point I will be walking in circles non stop again without gaining anything!>>

<<…>>

<<Should I just fuck the search for the fiancé and just investigate the Wo'won clan?>>